branches glabrous; leaves petiolate; leaflets sessile, obovate, coarsely inciso-dentate, cuneate at base and quite entire, glabrous on both sides; axillary racemes short, terminal ones longer, paniculated; drupe globose, glabrous. An erect shrub, with scabrous branches and short, rigid, or elongated, often unilateral branchlets. Petioles 6–9 lines long, or shorter. Leaflets sessile or a little petiolulate, of the same colour on both sides, or paler beneath, with prominent veins, the margins pale, whitish, teeth 3–7, mucronate; terminal leaflet very cuneate, in some specimens 1–1 1/2 inch long, 8–10 lines wide, in others 5–6 lines long, 3–4 wide (var. parvifolia, E. & Z.!); lateral leaflets smaller, ovate or obovate. Axillary racemes about 1/2 inch. the terminal ones 1–2 inch, more compound, with patent lower branches; pedicels capillary. Flowers small. Drupe shining, the size of a small pea.
