^bes.] , Lii. SAxiFBAGACBJ!. (0. B. Clarke.) 411 



,r SikkimHimaiaya, alt.. 10,000-12,000 ft. ; Lacken, j; X>. K , ., , 



, A shrub, 4 ft. high, with erect twigs, polygamo-dioecious. icaws 3-5-lobed, 1 by 

 1 J in., lobes crenate-serrate. Sacemes pubescent, erect in fruit, short. Flowers sub- 

 sessile, chestnut. Caiyxrtnbe of the. flower subcampanulate. — ;Very near R. glaciate ; 

 the leaves are in general outline subreniform while those of B. glaciale usually hare 

 the middle lobe elongate and acuminate. '^' 



** Calyx-tvhe produced above the fruit. 



6. R. nigrvaa, lAnn. ; BC. Prodr. lii. 481 ; branches and leavesTieiirly 

 fflabrous, racemes pubescent long pendulous, bracts i^j- J in. long narrow, beVv 

 black. ■ Eitg. Bot. t. 1291 ; H. f. Sr T. in Jimm. lAnn: Sac. ii. 88 ; Boies: Fl. 

 Orietit. ii. 815 ; Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersh., Mel. Biol. ix. 222 ; Brand, 

 For. Fl. 215. ... 1 



Temperate Western Himalaya from Ktinawae to Kashmir, alt. 7000-12,000 ft.| 

 T. Thomson. — ^Distrib. North Europe and i^orth Asia. \ 



^''■'Leaves in the Xashmir examples not always punctate beneath. Sacemes long, 

 pendulous; no solitary peduncle at their base. Pedicelslong. Flowers green. 



7. B» Griffithil, S.f. ir T. in Jowm. lAnn. Soc. ii. 88 ; leaves pubescent 

 on the nerves beneath, racemes S-6 in. long flexuoae pendent very lax, bracts 

 ^-^ in. long linear-lanceolate exceeding the pedicels, berry ^ in. long glabrous 

 red. ... 



Eastern Himalaya ;. Bsotan, alt. 7500 ft., Griffith. SiKKiM,alt. 10,000-13,000 ft., 

 /. B. S. 



An erect shrub 8 ft. high. Leaves 2-3 in., 5-lobed ; lobes acuminate or caudate, 

 sharply serrate. Cah/x-Me in flower and in young fruit broadly campanulate. 



8. XI. rubrum, Idnn.; DC. Prodr. iii. 481 ; branohlets glabrous, racemes 

 pubescent elongate pendulous, bracts ~-^ in. long lower often broad or obovate, 

 berry led smooth. Eng. Bot. t. 1289 ; H.f.^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 89 ; 

 Boiis. Fl.-Oriemt. ii. 816 ; Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Petersh., Mel. Biol. ix. 333 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 215. R. Himalayense, Bone, in Jac'q. ' Toy. Bot. t. 77 (not of 

 Boyle). 



Western Himalaya, from Ktjmaon to Kashmir, alt. 8000-12,000 ft., frequent; 

 Soi/le, T. Thomson, &c. — Distrib. Alpine Europe, Caucasus, Altai. 



, Leaves long-pptioled, petioles often ciliate at the base, ovate-cordate, 3-5-lobed ; 

 lobes acute,' crenate-serrate ; upper surface' glabrous or with scattered hairs, lower 

 glabrous or pubescent. Pedicels short. Calyx-lobes short, obtuse. Blowers large, 

 greenish-J'ellow. 



? Vab. ; berries black, leaves glabrous or pubescent beneath, pedicels very 

 short. Kashmir, alt. 9500 ft. ; Levimge. Karakorum, alt. 11,500 ft., C. B. Clarke, 

 Lahul; Jaeschke in Brand. For. Fl. 215. 



Obdeb LIlI. CRASSITXaACES:. 



Herbs, often with a woody perennial rootstock, or under-shrubs, usually suc- 

 culent. Leaves alternate or opposite, usually simple but divided in Brgophj/Hum 

 and Kala/nchoe ; stipules 0. Flowers often cymose, sometimes spicate-race- 

 mose in Cotyledon, or paniculate in Bryophyllum, regular, hermaphrodite or 

 unisexual. Calyx 4-6-fld more rarely 6-8-fid, free. Petals as many as tlie 

 sepals, free or connate. iSfnmejM.hypogjTious or upon the' petals, as many or 

 twice as many as the petak... Ca>'^«fo usually as many as the petals (fewer in 

 Triactina and in a few Sedums) with a hypogynous gland or scale at the bage of 



