so VI. BEEBEEIDACE^ [Btrben's 



6. B. coriaria, Royle ; Bot. Register vol. xxvii. (1841 ^ t. 4.0. Yern. 

 Tharmala^ Chochar^ Kambra, Narkanda^ Bagi. 



A tall shrub, branches grey, rigid, spines general!}^ trifid, i in. long, from a 

 broad base. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 1-3 in. long, upper side dark green, 

 ■with prominent whitish reticulate veins, under side pale green, shining, 

 lacunose when dry, pblanceolate or obovate, narrowed into a short petiole, the 

 upper half serrate, teeth large, spinescent. Racemes siiff, simple, sessile, longer 

 than leaves, pedicels in the axils of persistent, lanceolate, often serrate bracts, 

 with 2 minute lateral bracteoles. Berry ovoid, covered wiih thick white 

 bloom, ptirple when ripe. Stigma broad, flat, on a distinct style. 



North-West Himalaya, from Ktilu to Kuniami, 8,000-10,000 ft., extHnHiiig into tlu» 

 imier dry valleys. Abundant on the great ridge which separate^ the Sutlej'and Tons 

 valleys, from Narkanda to Sungri. I^l. March-May. I call thii^ remarkalile spM'ies 

 B. coriaria out of deference to the authorities at Ivew. The figuie quoted lia^ r<'d 

 l^erries, stated to be without bloom, and it is very doubtful whether B. coriaria^ Eoyle, 

 is this species. 



7. B. umbellata, Wall. ; El. Brit. Ind. i. 110, 



Leaves more or less deciduous, obovate or oblanceolate, glaucous beneath, 

 sparingly serrulate. Fl. in umbelliform corymbs on a long naked peduncle, 

 berries ovoid-oblong, stigma flat, sessile. 



Himalaya 9,000-11,000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards. Fl. Ma^'-June, 8. B. virescens. 

 Hook, ill, Bot. Mag. t. 7116, Kashmir, Sikkim (9,000 ft.), Bhutan. Leaves small '•f-lj in., 

 fl. pale yellow or greenish-yellow, fasciculate or in few fld. racemes. Berry' oblongl 

 ,scarletj stigma nearly sessile. 



B. Peduncles fascicled, 1 flowered, 



a B. Wallichiana, DC; Wall. PL As. Rar. t. 243. 



Evergreen. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, lanceolate, tufted, the arrested leaf, 

 bearing shoots often on the top of stout woody tuberculate branclalets up 

 to 1 in. long, spines 3-7 fid. Fascicles generally many-flowered, pedicels 

 slender. Berries ovoid, purple. 



Himalaya, from Nepal eastwards, 8,000-10,000 ft., Khasi hilk, Manipur, Upper 

 Burma, Buby Mines, and Southern Shan States at 4,000 ft. Fl. April, May. 10. B. 

 ulicina, Hook. fil. & Thorns. 5 Ladak, Western Tibet, a small densely spiny shrub l-i 

 ft. high. Fl. on short peduncles, crowded. 



The following three species have solitary peduncles : 11. B. angnlosa, Wall. • 

 Kashmir, Nepal, Sikkim (11,000-18,000 ft.). Leaves 1-1 J in., usually tpiite entire' 

 peduncle longer than leaf, stout, curved, berry globose or "broadl v oblong, red, |-i in! 

 long. 12. B. macrosepala, Hook, fil.. Inner Sikkim Himalaya, 12,000-18,000 ft. Leaves 

 obovate, spinulose-toothed, f-lj in., berries ^-| in., red, 6-10 seeded. 13. B. conctnua, 

 Hook, fil., G-arhwal, Kumaon, 9,000-13,000 ft. Interior valleys of Sikkim, 12,(X)0-ia000 

 ft., a small much branched shrub, forming dense tufts or cushions. L<^aves 1-4 in., 

 obovate, spinous-toothed, white beneath, peduncles slender, exceeding the leaves. Pi"! 

 briglit orange, berries J~i in. 



14 B. insignis, Hook, fil, & Thorns. ; Gramble List 5. 



A large shrub, resembling holly, differs from all Indian species of this 

 section by the leaves not being crowded on short arrested branchlets, but 

 separated by well developed internodes. Leaves lanceolate, rigidly coriaceous 

 shining on both surfaces, with long spinescent teeth, 3-6 in. long ; secondary 

 nerves numerous, prominent beneath, copiously branching towards the edge. 

 PI. golden-yellow, 3-20 in a fascicle, berries | in., black. 



Sikkim, 8,000-10,000 ft., Bhutan, China. PL spring and autumn. 



