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3. L riparia, Collett et Henisley in Journ.Linn.Soc.xxviii. 57. Common on river banks 

 in the Southern Shan States, 2-4,000 ft. Branchlets channelled, 1. lanceolate denticu- 

 late, 3—4 in. long. Racemes terminal erect, petals lanceolate, erect, $ in. long. 4. 

 I. nutans, Eoyle : Kanjilal F. Fl. 168, Duns and valleys of the N. W. Himalaya, Hazara 

 to Kumaon. ascending to 6,000 ft. A small tree ]. ovate, acuminate, serrate, blade 4-7, 

 petiole 1 in. Racemes long, drooping, petals erect, capsule with styles J in. long. 



Pottingeria acuminata, Prain: Ann. Bot. Gard. (.'ale. ix. t. 49. Kachin hills, Upper 



Burma, 3,700 ft.. 1. glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, ovate-Ian late, 5 longitudinal nerves 



from the base, 3 prominent, the 2 marginal ones very slender, fl. in lateral cymes, 

 capsule septicidally 3-vaIved, the 3 placentas remaining attached to the style when the 

 capsule opens. 



6. RIBES, Linn. : Fl. Brit. Lid. ii. 409. 



Shrubs, prickly or unarmed, 1. alternate, palmately lobed, frequently clustered 

 en arrested branchlets. Calyx superior, tube often produced beyond the ovary, 

 petals 4—5. stamens as many. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, ovules on "2 slender 

 parietal placenta's. Berry ovoid or globose, crowned by the persistent calyx. 



A. Armed, peduncles 1-2-fld. 



1. R. Grossularia, Linn. Gooseberry. Yeru. Tain, Arnlu, Paugi ; 

 Yanghai, Kun. 



Pubescent, stout spines generally in threes under the petiole, and often 

 numerous smaller scattered prickles in addition. L. as broad as lone;. 3—5- 

 lobed, .', 1 .'. in. diam., petiole as long as leaf. Berry oblong hairy. 



Kurain valley. Inner drier districts of the X. W. Himalaya. Kashmir I" Kumaon 

 8 12,000 ft, Armenia, Caucasus, Mountains of Or le. Northern Europe. 



B. Unarmed, fl. unisexual, calyx limb beyond the ovary short. Hat. 



2. R. orientale, Poir. Baluchistan, in the Juniper tracts. Kuram valley. Afghanistan. 

 Kashmir. Inner arid Himalaya, 8-12,000 ft.. Lahaul, Kunawar, Kumaon. West Tibet. 



Mountains of Gr :e and Western Asia. Sticky-glandular and minutely hairy. L.a~ 



broad as or broader than long, }— 1J in. across, more or less lobed, lobes rounded. Berries 

 glandular-pubescent, j in. diam., reddish-yellow. 3. E. glaciale, Wall. Himalaya. 

 Kashmir i" Bhutan, chiefly in the inner ranges, 7 12,000 ft. In the x. \v. Himalaya 

 of ten at the limit of tree vegetation, associated with Rhododendron campanulatum, the 

 alpine Birch and Abies Webbiana, Often epiphytic or climbing. Glabrous, a few 

 scattered hairs occasionally on theleaves. D. longer than broad, 3-5-lobed, 1-4 in.long. 

 PI. reddish-brows (greenish, Kanjilal). PI. in pubescent racemes I ii in. long, which 



at reel in fl. inn die,. ping in fr. Berries globose, nearly glabrous, I in. diam. 4. 



R. desmocarpum, Hook. 61. & Thorns. Sikkim, Him tan B-10,000 ft. Tibet. Closely allied 

 to 8, Ian berries glandular-pubescent. 5. R. lucidum, Hook. f. & Thorns, Leaves glab- 

 rous, as broad as or broader than long, berries small, glabrous. 



( '. Unarmed, il. bisexual, calyx tubular or campanulate beyond ovary. 



ii. R. rubrum, I. inn.: Kanjilal F. Fl. 169. — Syn. R. Himalcnse, Dene. /.'•■' 

 ('arrant. Vern. Ban 'I'illa. \\\\\{\. 



Attains In ft., .utter Lark peeling off in Ion;; thin strips. Leaves as la-, .ad as 

 or broader than long, •"> 5-lobed, blade I I. pcti.de red, "J 3 in. long, with a few 

 scattered grey hairs along the edge near the base. Racemes pubescent, many- 

 lM.. drooping, no I. at base, fl. greenish-yellow, pedicels equal, bracts ovate, 

 shorter than pedicels, free part ..I calvx-tube and tl btuse segments promi- 

 nently veined. 



Kuram valley, \. W. Himalaya, Kashmir to Kumaon, 7 12,000 ft., also in tic 

 inner .|r\ . I ist rids. Fl. Apr. May. Northern Europe and mountains of Central Europe. 



Caucasus. Altai. A remarkable variety with black fr., butnol ar atic, no resinous 



elands on calyx and leaves, in Kashmir, Lahaul, at the lead ..f the Rupin valley, 

 Tehri Gtarhwal, and elsewhere. 1 1 fraud is P. PI. 216. | 



7. r. nigrum, I. inn. Black Currant, s.aiee in Kunawar and the inner dry valleys 

 of Kashmir. Ar..maii.. round yellow glands on calyx and underside of leaves. 

 Racemes few-fid., pubescent, a tuft of I. at the base, bracts minute, much shorter than 



