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] xLii. KHAMNE^. (M. A. Lawson;) 639 



A shrub,' 6-8 ft., or small tree, 20 ft,, witli coarse spinous or unarmed branohes.' Leaves' 



• faBoioled at the ends of tbe congested branohlets, ^-2 in., oblong or elliptio-lanceolatfe 

 'or obovate, acute or rounded at the apex, minutely tomentose beneath, entire or faintly 

 setrate. Flowers few, shortly pedicellate, fascicled in the axils of the leaves. Petals 



"^athulate. Ovary 3-4-ceUed. Fruit J in. long, obovoid-globose, 2-4-cBlled, 1 or ,2 

 of the cells often abortive.' — Boissier mentions only the small obovate-leaved plants, but 

 in many specimens the large and small leaves occur together. 



3. R. dahuricus, Pcdl. Fl. Ross. ii. t, 61 ; armed, leaves glabrous, 

 petals 4. DG.Frodr. ii. 25. 'B,. ^obo&\iL&, Bunge Enkm. Chin. 14. R. parvi- 

 folius, Turck. in BuU. Mosc. 1857, ii. 150. E. polymorphus, Turc*. Fl. Baik. 



• Dalmr.i. 269. E. virgatus, Roxh. Fl. Ind. i, 604; DonProdr. 190; Brand. 

 For. Flbr. 92; iiar. sylvestris, Maxim, in Mem. Acad. Imp. Sa. Peter sb. x. 11, 13. 



The Panjab, at Peshawur, Stewart; Temperate Himalaya, from Jamu and Simla, 

 to Bhotan, alt. 4-9500 ft. ; Westebh Pehinsula, in the Ghats.— Disteib. China, Japan. 



A tree, 15-20 ft., or shrub, usually much branched, very variable in habit and ebape 

 of the leaves. Branches divaricating, ' the spines terminating the branches and sb 

 often appearing in the forks, Leaves fascicled at the ends of the exceedingly congested 

 branchlets, f -2 in., obovatCj acuminate, to narrow elliptical-lanceolate, slightly pubes- 

 cent beneath ^fhen young. Flowers numerous, fascicled in the axils of the leaves. 

 Pitals spathulate. Fruit obovate-obicular, \ in. long. — Closely allied to the European 

 jB. catharticMS. It seems hardly possible to define even as varieties the numerous forms 

 that have been proposed as species. E. virgatus, var. aprioa, Max. in Mem. Acad. 

 So. Petersb., is a dwarf foi-m with scrubby squamose branches and very small 

 leaves. 



Vae. hvrsutus ; a large shrub or small tree, leaves 2 in. E. hirsiitus, W. & A. 

 Prodr. 165 ; JBedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. Ixx. t. x. f. vi. — Western Peninsula. 



** Unarmed. Flowers 5-7mrous. 



4. R. Wi^htii, W. & A. Prod/r. 164; leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in. 



glabrous, flowers fascicled, petals 5. Wight Ic. t. 159; Bedd. PI. Sylv. 

 Anal. Geru, Ixx. ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 50. Ceanothus Wightiana, Wall. 

 Gat. 4264. 

 Westekh PEKiNStTLA ; from the highest hills of the Conban southwards to the Nil- 



i, ghiris., Ceylon ; in the elevated parts of the Central province. 



I ' A large glabrous shrub, the younger parts drying black. Zeaaes elliptic or narrowly- 

 elliptic, shortly acuminate, closely serrate, sUbcoriaoeous. Pfdicels much shorter than 

 the petiole. Petals cuneate-obovate, with a short apiculus, flat. Styles 3-4, diverging. 



5. R. purpureus, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. ,44; leaves 3-5 

 by 1-2 in. glabrous, flowers fascicled, petals 0. Brandis For. Flor. 91. 



Western Himalaya ; from Marri to Kumaon, alt. 4500^10,000 ft. 



A middle-sized unarmed tree. Branches purplish,' with white spots ; the young 

 leaves pubescent beneath, otherwise glabrous. Leaves ovate,_ shortly acuminate, closely 

 and finely seiTate, membranous. Flowers i-Z ; pedicels J in,, nearly as long as the 

 petiole. Fruit on pedicels ^ in., the size of a pea, subglobose, bitter and purgative. 



6. R. trlqueter, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 376 (mider 

 Ceanothus) ; Gat. 4265 ; leaves 3-6 by 1-2| in. pubescent beneath, fascicles 

 of flovFers disposed in racemes. — Brand. For. Fl. 92. 



Panjab, in the Salt range ; Westeen Himalaya, from the Jhelum, alt. 3-4000 ft., 

 ■jKewart; to Kumaon, alt. 6000 ft. , - ■■/ ■ i i 



A shrub, the young branches pubescent. Leaves elliptio-ovate to oblong-lanBeolate, 

 acute or subaouminate, closely sei-rate, the old leaves pubescent on. the nerves only. 

 Flowers shortly pedicellate, fascicled on the leafless (very rarely leafy) branches, pu- 

 beralous. Airfs broadly obovate, em'afginate. Fruit J in., obovoid, S-lobed— Although 

 Wallich says of this species that the fruit is acutely 3-oornered, I do not hnd it to be 

 . the case in any of his specimens. 



