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GENUS IV. RHAMNUS. 
Pentandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. From the Celtic word, Ram, signifying a tuft of branches, 
‘Gen. Cuar. Shrubs or small trees: calyx 4-cleft: petals 5, 
er.wanting: anthers ovate, 2-celled-: ovary free from the calyx and 
not immersed, 2—4-celled: styles 2-4, connected or distinct: fruit 
fleshy, containing 2—4 nuts. ; 
(1) R. Wicutn. {(W. § A.) 
‘Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 164. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 159. 
‘Spec. Cuan. Unarmed shrub: leaves opposite or nearly ‘sa, 
elliptical, suddenly acuminated, sharply serrated: pedicels axillary, 
fascicled, much shorter than the petiole: calyx 5-cleft: ‘petals 
cuneate-obovate, obtuse, with a short point: ovary 3—4-celled: 
styles 8-4, connected to the middle and then diverging: seeds with 
a deep furrow at the base. 
Courtallum. Hillsin the Northern Ghauts. The bark is esteem~ 
ed very medicinal as a tonic and deobstruent. ss 
(2) R. umrsura. (W. & A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. 1. p. 165. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 978.—Spicil. t. 49. 
Spec. Cuar. ~ Young branches spinescent, pubescent: leaves 
alternate, ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, suddenly acuminated, serru= 
lated, hairy beneath: pedicels 3-6 together, pubescent as long as 
the petiole: calyx 4-cleft: petals obovate, obtuse, entire, flat; 
ovary .2—-3-celled: styles 2-8, connected to the middle and then 
diverging: fruit 2-celled: seeds plano convex, with a deep furrow 
at the base on the convex side. 
Courtallum. Hills of the Peninsula. Flowering nearly all the 
year. 
(8) R. vircatra. (Roxbd.) 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. ¥. p. 604.—Dee. prod. IT. p. 24. 
Spec. Cuar. Erect: branches twiggy: leaves somewhat oppo« 
site, oval, acuminated at both ends, serrulate: flowers few, very 
pmall, greenish-yellow. 
Neilgherries. Mussooree, Flowering in the hot season, 
