638 XLii. RHAMNE^. (M. A. Lawson.) [Berehemia. 



Temperate Himalaya ; Nipal, Wcdlich; Sikkim, ^It. 7-10,000 ft., /. I>. E. 



A climbing ehrub ; young branches with black spreading deciduous hairs. Pediceh 

 |-i in. long, often arcuate. CcHyx 5-M ; lobes triangular, acute. Petals 5, oblong. 

 Stamens 5. Fruit 4 in. long. 



3. B. polyphylla, Wall. Cat. 4259 ; leaves \-\\ in. ovate obtuse, 

 petiole 5 in., flowers in axillary racemes. 



BiEMA ; at Taong Dong, Wallich. 



An erect ? shrub ; young branches, rachis, and petioles puberulous.^ Pediceh J-J in. 

 long, straight. Calyx 5-fid, lobes triangular, acute. Petals 5, almost orbicular! Stamens 5. 

 Fruit J in. long.— Closely allied to B.fiavescens. 



4. B. lineata, DC. Prodr. ii. ,23; leaves 5-I in. ovate or suborbicular 

 subkessile, stipules very small setaceous, flowers 2-3 together fascicled in 

 the axils of the leaves or clustered at the ends of the branches. Book. & 

 Am. Bot. Beech. VTl, t. xxxvii. ; Brandis For. Flor. 91. 1 B. Poiretiana, 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 23. Ehamnus lineatus, iinm. Amom. iv. 308. 



North West Himalaya, from the Indus eastwards ; Khazan Valley, alt. 4-7000 ft., 

 Stewart; Sikkim, alt. 10,000 ft., /. D. H.—Dssrsm. China. 



A diffuse shrub, with subyoluble branches, puberulous when young. Flowers on 

 slender pedicels J-| in. Calyx 5-cleft ; lobes linear subulate, many times longer 

 than the tube. Petals linear-lanceolate. Fruit ovoid, J in. long, succulent, blue. 



5. B. Ed^eworthll, Laws. ; leaves f-1 in. subelliptic, petiole \^ in., 

 stipules \ in. long ovate-lanceolate scarious, flowers about 2 together in the 

 axils of the leaves. 



Western 'Himalaya, alt'. 7-8000 ft., Edgeworth. 



An erect? shrub, with glabrous branches.. Flowers on short pedicels, the buds 

 almost hidden by the stipules. Calyx 6-fid. PetaJs 6, very broadly-ovate. Stamens 6. 

 Fruit § in. long, surrounded at the base by the persistent entire calyx, — Known at 

 once by its conspicuous stipules and 6-merous flowers. 



5. BKAMNUS, L. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, penninerved. Mowers fascicled in 

 the axils of the leaves or disposed in simple or compound racemes, 

 hermaphrodite or polygamous. Calyx 4-5-fid ; tube urceolate ; lobes 

 keeled within. Petals 4-5 or 0, cucullate or flat. Stamens 4-5. Dish thin, 

 lining the calyx-tube. Ovary free, 3-4-celled, narrowed into a 3-4-cleft 

 style. Fruit a berry-like drupe, girt at the base by the small calyx-tube, 

 2-4-celled, 2-4-seeded, obscurely dehiscent or indehiacent. Seed obevbidj 

 albumen fleshy. — Disteib. Species about 60, scattered over the hotter aiia 

 temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



* Flowers 4-merous. 



1. B. Arnottianus, Gardn, in Thwaites Enum. 74; unarmed, 

 petals 0. 



Ceylon ; in the most elevated parts of the Central province. 



A small glabrous tree; young branches puberulous. Leaves 1^-3 by f-1 J in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacuminate, closely serrate. Flowers 2-4, fascicled in 

 the axils of the leaves. Fruit on pedicels |-1 in. long, the size of a pea, 3-4-lobed, 

 reddish-black. — The whole plant turns blackish in drying. 



2. B. persicus, Boixs. Fl. Orient, n. 17; armed, leaves tomentose 

 beneath, petals 4. Brandis For. Flor. 93. 



Sdliman and Salt ranges ; Tempekate Himalaya, from the Jhelum eastwards to 

 Garwhal, alt. 2-5000 ft. ; Western Tibet, alt. 9-14,000 ft.— Distrib. Beluohistan, 

 Persia, 



