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gularly serrate, the serratures tipped with incurved hard points, secondary 

 and tertiary nerves conspicuous beneath, blade 3-4, petiole \-\ in. Fl. 

 yellowish-green, g clustered on axillary racemes, ? in axillary fascicles or 

 on short racemes. 



"Western Ghats, from Mahabaleshwar southwards, Xilgiris, Palni hills. Fl. R. S. 

 Ceylon. 



4. R. triqueter, Wall. : Brandis F. Fl. 92. 

 ■ A small tree, branchlets and leaves with dense short tomentum. L. ovate- 

 or elliptic-oblong, sec. n. 6-10 pair, prominent, blade 2-5, petiole },-§ in. long. 

 Fl. clustered on axillary racemes attaining 3 in., style 3-4-cleft, the branches 

 cohering nearly to the apex. Seed with a broad open groove. 



SaJt range and North-West Himalaya. Jhe] me. to Sarda. 3-ii.uOO ft. Fl. May-Aug. 

 ">. K. nepalensis, Wall. Nepal, Sikkim, to 3,000 ft. Achat, Nep. Bengal. Assam, Khasi 

 hills. Upper Burma. A large shrub. L glabrous, sec. n.5-7 pair, blade 3-6. petiole J-J in. 

 Fl. often unisexual in long often branching and leafy racemes, style 3-4-cleft at the 

 apex, berries red. 



C. Unarmed. Fl. 5-merous, petals none. 



6. R. purpureus, Edgew. ; Brandis F. Fl. 91, t. 18. Vera. Rangrek, Pb. : 



Liihixh. .bums. 



A middle-sized tree, young shoots minutely pubescent, the previous year's 

 branrhli'ts purple L. alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sec. n.6-10 pair, 

 prominent, blade 3-4, petiole \ iu. Fl. mostly bisexual, in axillary clusters or 

 i • \ in. s, -.tvle short, 3-cleft nearly to the base. Drupe \ in. long, pear-shaped, 

 bitter. 



Outer North-Wesl Himalaya, Indus to Sarda river, 4,500-10,000 ft. Fl. May. June. 

 7. R. procumbens, Edgew. Simla. Jaunsar, Kumaon, 7-8,000 ft. A small prostrate shrub. 

 L. 1-1$ In., stipules persistent,' subulate, as long as petiole. Fl. solitary, axillary, on 

 long slender pedicels. 



5. SAGERETIA, Brongn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 641. 



I'liarined <>r spinescent shrubs. Branches angular. L. generally opposite, 



the upper someti s alternate, stipules small, deciduous. Fl. bisexual, penta- 



merous, sessile, in small (dusters, supported by bracts, arranged in terminal or 

 lateral panicles. Calyx a shallow cup, segments keeled inside, persistent. 

 Disk thick-, fleshy, filling the calyx tube, upper pari Eree. Ovarj 3-celled, 

 narrowed into 3 short coherent styles. Drupe with •"> coriaceous indehisceni 

 pyrenes. Cotyledons foliaceous, in thin fleshy albumen. Species 10, Central 

 and Eastern Asia, Mexico and Florida. 



1. S. oppositifolia, Brongn.: Brandis F. Fl. '.».">. Veru. Gonta, nun: 

 Mn nclii, Sur&bi, ( luddapah. 



A large shrill) nr small tree. Branchlets and underside of young leaves 

 woolly-tomentose, branchlets often spinescent. I., shining above, acuminate, 

 serrate, sec. n. 3-6 pair, arching, blade 2-4, petiole \ in. Spikes axillary and 



in terminal racemes. Drupe sweetish, edible, \ in. Long. 



Himalaya, [ndus to Bhutan, 2-6,000 ft., Khasi bills, Conkan Ghats Hills of the 

 Ceded Districts and Northern Ciroars. Fl. spring bo autumn. '2. s. hamosa, Brongn. 

 Nepal, Nilgiris, Palni bills, China, Unarmed, or with stout short deflexed -pi no. 1.. 

 glabrous, sec. n. arching, 6 10 pair, blade 4 &, petiole j .', in. 



3. S. Brandrethiana, Aitchis .n : Brandis P. Fl. 95. Vera. Mangri, Bal. ; 

 Mn ma mi i ', I 'n-lit ii : Qang&i', Pb. 



A shrub, at most 10—12 ft. high. Branches stiff, divergent, the younger 



decussate and frequently spinescent. Often only f the two opposite buds 



develops, and at times the branchlets are whorled. Branchlets, inflorescence 

 and underside of leaves clothed with white tomentum. L. entire or slightly 



