108 Ti. BEHBEHiDE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Decaimea. 



Bacemes 1 ft,, horizontal, fascicled, terminal or leaf-opposed, i'lowers 1 in. long, pen- 

 dulous, yellow-green ; pedicels as long ; bracts small, subulate, deciduous. Follicles 3 in., 

 cylindric, obtuse, recurved, edible. 



2. FARVATIA, Decaisne. 



A large climbing shrub. Leaves alternate, 3 foliolate. Flowers racemed, 

 monosciou's. SepSs 6, 2-seriate, 3 outervalvate. Fetds 6, lanceolate, much 

 smaller. Maxe fl. : Stamens 3, monadelphous ; anthers oblong, apiculate. 

 Fem. fl. : Staminodes 6, minute, free. Ovaries 3 ; stigma, sessile, oblong, 

 acute ; ovules many, covering the vsralls of the ovary, mixed with long hairs. 

 FruU of 3, berried, indehiscent, many-seeded carpels. Seeds imbedded in 

 pulp. 



1. P. Brunoniana, Decaisne in Archiv. Mus. L 190, t. 12 A ; leaflets 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate rarely obtuse. H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 214. 

 Stauntonia Brunoniana, Wall. Cat. 4592. 



Assam and Khasia hills, alt. 3-4000 ft., Wallich, &c. 



Bark of old branches pale corky, of young smooth. Petioles 3-5 in. Leaflets 3-5 

 by 1-2J in., base subacute or rounded, shining above, glaucous below ; petiole of mid- 

 leaflet 1 in., of lateral J in. Peduncles 2-4 in. , fascicled on scaly tubercles, rigid, slender ; 

 pedicels spreading; bracteoles basal, minute, linear. Flowers greenish-white; male 

 ^, female | in. long. Carpels 4 in., obtuse at both ends, granulate. — Assairl specimens 

 nave more membranous and obtuse leaves, less glaucous beneath. 



3. KOX.BfCZiI.IA, Wall. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves digitate. Flowers monoecious, in axillary fas- 

 cicles or racemes. Sepals 6; 2-seriate ; 3 outer valvate. Petals 6, minute, 

 orbicular. Male fl. : StameTis 6, free ; anthers apiculate. Fem. fl. : Star 

 minodes 6, minute. Ovaries 3 ; stigmas oblong ; ovules many, covering the 

 ■walls of the ovary. Fruit of 3, berried, many-seeded carpels. Seeds im- 

 bedded in pulp. 



1. K. latifolia, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 24, t. 16 ; leaflets ovate or oblong, 

 lanceolate or linear in young plants, acuminate. 



Himalaya, alt. 4^-9000 ft., from Bhotan to Kumaon ; Khasia hills, alt. 4000 ft. 

 TJppEK Assam at low elevations. 



Trunk sometimes 4-6 in. diam., bark corky when old. Leaves 3-9-foliolate ; leaflets 

 3-6 by J-2 in., base rounded or acute, shining above, pale and reticulate beneath ; 

 petiole of mid-leaflet its own length, of the lateral shorter. Peduncles solitary or 

 fascicled. Plowers subcorymbose, purplish-green, sweet-scented; male 4 -| in., fem. 

 larger. Carpels 2-3 in., sessile or short-stalked, oblong, obtuse at both ends ; very 

 variable. The characters of the seed require confirmation. 



Var. 1. latifolia, leaflets 3-5, ovate or oblong, seeds straight obovoid. — H. latifolia, 

 WaU. I.e. ; Decaisne in Archiv. Mus. i. 194, t. 12, B ; IT.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 215. = H. 

 acuminata, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Sac. ii. 313. Stauntonia latifolia. Wall. Cat. 4950. 



Vae. 2. anpustifolia, leaflets 7-9, narrow- or linear lanceolate, seeds curved. — H. 

 angustifolia. Wall. Tent.t. 17; Jiecaisne stuiLT.f. d; T.l.c. Stauntonia angustifoUa, 

 WaU. Cat. 4951. 



4. BBXIBBRXS, Linn. 



Shrubs ; wood yellow. Leaves pinnate or simple and then fascicled in 

 the axils of 3-5-partite spines. Flowers yellow, hermaphrodite, fascicled, 

 racemed or solitary. Sq>als 6, with 2-3 appressed bracts, imbricate in 2 



