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XXIV. RHAMNACEvE 
4. Rhamnus procumbens, Edgew. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 640. A 
small, procumbent, unarmed, nearly glabrous shrub. Leaves 
alternate, leathery, shining, lanceolate, ^-1^ in., acute. Flowers 
on rather long stalks, solitary or in pairs. Petals none. Drupe 
globose, ^ in. diam. 
Shali, Naldera, on rocks ; May, June. — Simla to Kumaon, 7000-8000 ft. 
4. SAGERETIA. In honour of A. Sageret, a French botanist 
of the nineteenth century. — Asia, N. America. 
Shrubs or small trees ; branches long, drooping, half climbing, 
usually spinous. Leaves opposite or nearly so, shortly stalked, 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, toothed, feather-veined ; veins 3-7 pairs, 
nearly parallel. Flowers in axillary and 
terminal panicles. Calyx 5-parted, tube 
cup-shaped, lobes persistent. Petals 5. 
Stamens 5. Disk thick, lining the calyx- 
tube, margin 5-lobed. Ovary ovoid, 
surrounded by the disk, 3-celled ; style 
very short, 3-lobed. Drupe small, glo- 
bose, containing 3 stones. 
Leaves 2-4 in. ; veins about 
7 pairs . . . . 1. S. oppositifolia. 
Leaves §-l J in. ; veins about 
3 pairs . . . . 2. S. theezans. 
1. Sageretia oppositifolia, Brongn. ; 
FI. Br. Ind. i. 641. A straggling, half- 
climbing shrub ; young leaves and 
shoots tomentose. Leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, 2-4 in., acute or long-pointed, veins 
about 7 pairs. Flowers in long, terminal, 
pubescent, often leafy panicles. Drupe 
J in. diam., black. 
Valleys below Simla ; June-October. — W. 
Himalaya, 2000-6000 ft. 
2. Sageretia theezans, Brongn. ; FI. 
Fig. 30. Sageretia Br. Ind. i. 641. A shrub ; young leaves 
theezans. and shoots pubescent. Leaves ovate, 
in., veins about 3 pairs. Flowers 
in short, axillary panicles often combined in long, leafy, terminal 
panicles. Drupe ^ in. diam., dark brown. (Fig. 30.) 
Naldera, valleys below Simla, Suni in the Sutlej valley ; J uly-October. — 
W. Himalaya, 3000-8000 ft., and hilly districts in the Punjab. — China. 
The fruit is eaten. In China the leaves are used by the poorer classes as tea. 
5. HELINUS. From the Greek helinos, a tendril. — Africa, 
India. 
