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gularly serrate, the serratares tipped with incurved hard points, secondary 

 and tertiary nerves conspicuous beneath, blade 3-4, petiole \-\ in. FL 

 yellowish-green, ^ clustered on axillary racemes, ? in axillary fascicles or 

 on short racemes. 



Western Ghats, from Mahabalesliwar southwards, Nilgiris, Paini hills. Fl. R. S. 

 Ceylon. 



4. R. triqueter, Wall. ; Braudis F. Fl. 92. 



A small tree, branchlets and leaves with dense short tomentum. L. ovate- 

 or elliptic-oblong, sec. n. 6-10 pair, prominent, blade 2-3, petiole 1-| in. long. 

 Fl. clustered on axillary racemes attaining 3 in., style 3-4-cleft, the branches 

 cohering nearly to the apex. Seed with a broad open groove. 



Salt range and North- West Himalaya, Jlielnni to Sarda, 3-6,000 ft. El. May-Aug. 

 5. U. nepalensis, Wall. Nepal, Sikkim, to 3,000 ft. Ackal, Nep. Bengal, Assam^ Khasi 

 liills, Upper Burma. A large shrub. L glabrous, sec. n. 5-7 pair, blade 3-6, petiole J—J in. 

 Fl. often unisexual in long often branching and leafy racemes, style 8— 1-cleft at^tbe 

 apex, berries red. 



0. Unarmed. Fl. 5~merous, petals none. 



6. R. purpureas, Edgew. ; Brandis F. Fl. 91, t. 18. Tern. Ranc/}x'l', Pb. ; 

 Liihish^ Jauns. 



A middle-sized tree, young shoots minutely pubescent, the previous year's 

 branchlets purple. L. alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sec. n. G-10 pair, 

 prominent, blade 3-4, petiole ^ in. FL mostly bisexual, in axillary clusters or 

 cymes, style short, 3-cleft nearly to the base. Drupe ^ in. long, pear-shaped, 

 bitter. 



Outer North- West Himalaya, Indus to Sarda river, 4,500-10,000 ft. FL May, June. 

 7. U. procumbens, Edgew. Simla, Jaunsar, Kumaon, 7-8,000 ft. A small prostrate shrub. 

 3j. 1-1 1 in., stipules persistent, subulate, as long as petiole. FL solitary, axillary, on 

 long slender pedicels. 



5. SAGERETIA, Brongn.; FL Brit. Tnd. i. G41. 



Unarmed or spinescent shrubs. Branches angular. L. generally opposite, 

 the upper sometimes alternate, stipules small, deciduous. FL bisexual, penta- 

 nierous, sessile, in small clusters, supported by bracts, arranged in terminal or 

 lateral panicles. Calyx a shallow cup, segments keeled inside, persistent. 

 Bisk thick, fleshy, filling the calyx tube, upper part free. Ovary 3-celled, 

 narrowed into 3 short coherent styles. Drupe with 3 coriaceous indehiscent 

 pyrenes. Cotyledons foliaceous, in thin fleshy albumen. Species 10, Central 

 and Eastern Asia, Mexico and Florida. 



1. S. oppositifolia, Brongn.; Brandis F. FL 1)5. Tern. 6ro«fa, Dun; 

 MancM^ Surabi, Cuddapah. 



A large shrub or small tree. Branchlets and underside of young leaves 

 wooUy-tomentose, branchlets often spinescent. L. shining above, acuminate, 

 serrate, sec. n. B-6 pair, arching, blade 2-4, petiole | in. Spikes axillary and 

 in terminal racemes. Drupe sweetish, edible, | in. long. 



Himalaya, Indus to Bhutan, 2-6,000 ft., Khasi hill&. Konkan Ghats. Hills of the 

 Ceded Districts and Northern Circars. FL spring to autumn. 2. S. hamosa, Brongn. 

 Nepal, Nilgiris, Palnx hills, China. Uxiarmed, or with stout short defiexed spines. L. 

 glabrous, sec. n. arching, 6-10 pair, blade 4-5, petiole J-J in. 



3. S. Brandrethiana, Aitchison ; Brandis F. FL 95. Vern. 3Iangri, Bal. ; 

 Mumanai^ Pushtu ; Ganger, Pb. 



A shrub, at most 10-12 ft, high. Branches stiff, divergent, the younger 

 decussate and frequently spinescent. Often only one of the two opposite buds 

 develops, and at times the branchlets are whorled. Branchlets, inflorescence 

 and underside of leaves clothed with white tomentxim. L. entire or slightly 



