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12. R. lineatus, Eeinw. ; Yern. Gemjjd Aselu, Nep. 



A large nearly unarmed shiub, l^ark peeling off in flake>s, leaflets 3 or 5, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, usually clothed beneatli with dense silky silver}^ tonientum, 

 sec. n. nnmerouSy straight; parallel, terminating in sharp serratiires. Stipules 

 ovate or lanceolate, entire, semipersistent. Fl. white, in short axillary clusters. 

 Drupes red, edible. 



Sikkim 6-8,000 ft., coming up gregariously m cleaiances. Fl. Aug.-Sept. 13, R. 

 Andersom, Hook, f ., Sikkim, 7-10,000 ft , siimlarj but leaflets hroacler. Numerous 

 spreading gland-tipped hairs on hi anchletto, petioles and underside of leaflets. PL m 

 axillary short spreading panicles 14. R. alpestris, Blume, Himalaya, Garhwal to 

 Sikkim 7-10,000 It Prickles straight, scatteied, leaflets 3-5, deeply seriate, slightly 

 pubescent while young, sec. n 7-10 pair, stipules linear. Fl. terminal, 1-3 together, 

 on slender pedicels. 



Fig-. 123. — Eubus Imeatus, Bemw. J. 



D. Leaves impari-pinnate, leaflets usually one pair only. 



15. R. niveus, Wall.; Brandis F. FL 199. (E. gracilis, Eoxb. is the 

 older name, but Hooker, in Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 336^ has justly retained the well 

 understood and more expressive name of JR. nivetis.) Vern. BJiera, Jauns. 



A large straggling exceedingly variable, often gregarious shrub, branches 

 dull brown or greyish-brown, often trailing over rocks; silky mostly grey 

 pubescence on branchlets, leaves and inflorescence, numerous small conical 

 prickles on branches and petioles, no bristles or gland-tipped hairs. Leaflets, 

 one or two pair, membranous, deeply incised-serrate, often slightly lobed, vari- 

 able in size and shape, but generally ovate, acuminate, silky pale green or white 

 beneath, stipules linear-subulate, often 1 in. long. Corymbs lax, few-flowered, 

 petals pink, shorter than calyx-lobes, connivent over ovaries. 



Kuram valley, trans Indus Outer Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhutan, 6-10,000 ft. 

 in the west, ascending to 12,000 ft. in the east. Manipur. FL May-July in the N. "W., 

 Oct. in Bikkim (Gamble.) 16. R. purpureus, Bunge, Kuram valley 9-10,000 ft. Kash- 

 mir. Lahaul, Kunawar. West Tibet, branches yellowish-red, eglandular bristles 

 numerous on branchlets and calyx, fl. few on long slender pedicels, in lax axillary 

 cymes. 17. R. Hookeri, Focke, Sikkim 7-10,000 ft, softly pubescent, i)rickles few, 

 straight, glandular bristles numerous, leaflets 3, rhomboid-ovate, stipules broad pecti- 



