112 VI. BEHBERiDE^. (Hook. f. &, Thoms.) [Berberis. 



beneath margin thickened, peduncles slender^ outer sepals half as long as 

 the inner, berries large oblong. H.f. <fc T. ffl. Ind. 229. 

 Interior valleyB of SiKKiM ; Himalaya, alt. 12-13,000 ft., B"./. _ 

 A siflall shrub, 1-3 ft., often forming appressed cushions, conspicuous for the deep 

 green upper and white under surface of its small deciduous leaves ; spines Mualling 

 the leaves or shorter, 3-fid, slender. Leaves 4-| in., tip rounded or truncate. Pedunde 

 exceeding the leaves. Flowers bright-orange. Berties ^-| in., pendulous, compressed, 

 many-seeded. . 



Doubtful species are (1) a shrub like B. concinfia and referred to it as var. ^ in El. 

 Ind., with angled and lobed spinous toothed leaves, found at 9-10,000 ft. in Kumaon 

 and Garwhal. (2) A Sikkim (alt. 9000 ft.) species allied to the above, in flower and 

 young leaf only, with obovate-lanceolate entire awned leaves, and fascicled or subum- , 

 belled flowers on a slender peduncle. 



5. BFiniZIDXII'M, Linn. 



Herbs ; rootstock creeping. Leaves ternately compound. Mowers -white 

 or coloured, racemed or panicled. Sepals 8, petaloid, in 2 opposite series, 

 outer smaller. Petals 4 opposite the sepals, hooded or spurred. Siamens 

 4, opposite the petals ; anther-cells opening by recurved valves. Ovary 1 ; 

 style subulate, continuous with the dorsal suture, stigma dilated ; ovules 

 few or many, 2-seriate on the ventral suture. Capsule elongate, unequally 

 2-valved, smaller valve deciduous, leaving the seeds attached to the persis- 

 tent larger. Seeds few, aril fleshy. — Disteds. Species about 8 ; temp. Europe 

 and Asia. 



E. elatum, Morr. & Dne. in Ann. So. Nat. Sir. 2, iL 356 ; leaves 2-3- . 

 ternate, leaflets ovate-cordate, sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, filaments 

 equalling the ovary, ovules 2-3. Dne. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 9, t. 8 ; H. f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 231. 



Western Himalaya, Kashmh:, Bahahal and Kishtwae, alt. 6-8000 ft., Jacgue- 

 mont, &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., slender, glabrous. I/eaves 6-12 in.; leaflets 1-24 ^^-i lateral obHqne, 

 membranous, spinulous-toothed. Panicle glabrous or glandular; bracts minute. 

 Flowers J in. diam., yellow-white. Anthers linear. Ovary linear ; style slender, per- 

 sistent. Oa/psvle membranous. Seeds 2-3, reniform black. 



6. FODOKFYXiXilTIlI, Linn. 



Scapigerous herbs ; rootstock creeping, scaly, 2-leaved. Leaves peltate, 

 palmately lobed. Flowers large, white or rose-coloured. Sepals 3-6, peta- 

 loid. Petals 6-9 (rarely 4). Stamens as many or twice as many as the 

 petals ; anther-cells opening by slits. Ovary simple ; stigma large, sessile, 

 peltatej ovules many, on a broad ventral placenta. Fruit berried; many- 

 seeded. Seeds obovoid, imbedded in pulp. — Distetb. A N. American and 

 a Himalayan species. 



1. P. emodi, Wall. Cat. 814 ; scape supra- axillary, stamens usually 6. 

 Boyle III. 64 and 379 in note; H.f. & T.Fl. Ind. 232. P. hexandrnm, 

 Boyle I.e.; Dne. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. ii. t. 9. 



Interior ranges of the Himalaya, alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Siekim to Hazaba, 

 descending to 6000 ft. in Kashmir. 



Stem or scape 6-12 in., erect, stout, herbaceous. Leaves 2, vernal, alternate, long- 

 petioled, plaited and deflexed in venation, 6-10 in. diam., orbicular, 3-5-lobed to the 



