



FAM. 46. RHAMNACEiE. 



Trees or shrubs, often scrambling or climbing, furnished with 

 th coiled twigs in 

 nous or prickly. ' L. aim 

 rarely opposite 



deciduous or changed into prickles. Fls. small, give,, 

 in axillary .yiii,, ..„• rmminy; -nt i u 1o c V i,h„, panicles. Calyx 4-6- 

 merous, lobes fcri bhin. Petals 4-o, 



disc, usually very small and often I : 



which are always inserted opposite to the petals u 



>• 'Use, and are hence fre<,u. 

 2-celled. Ova.. , ia J ■, superior in *>'• . 



but inferior in I., i, ,.:,.. ,. , .;. rarely 2-4-celled Style short 



