200 MR. M. P. EDGEWORTH—FLORULA MALLICA. 
voso nec inflato, hirtello, pubescentia biformi; corolla parvula, pe- 
talis oblique truncatis calyce vix longioribus albis demum rubentibus; 
staminibus monadelphis biseriatis ; antheris innumeris; stigmatibus 
5; capsula ovata pubescente, pilis stellatis setisque brevibus rigidis, 
5-loculari, loculis 12-spermis, seminibus nigris glabriusculis. 
Both in the tamarisk jungle and in cotton-fields. 
MowsowiA MarLicA. Foliis cordatis sericeis obtusis, scapis hirsutis, 
bracteis barbatis, sepalis mucronatis. 
Multan; Sindh. 
Annua, radice fibrosa, caule subnullo, foliis paulatim. approximatis cor- 
datis obtusis utrinque sericeis, nec niveis nec hirsutis nec nervosis, 
stipulis cuneatis ciliatis; scapis prelongis vix erectis, pilis longis pa- 
tentibus albis hirsutis; umbellis multifloris, bracteis subulatis apice pilis 
longis barbatis, pedicellis elongatis pubescentibus ; sepalis obovatis 
sericeo-pubescentibus marginatis longe mucronatis ; petalis istis zequa- 
libus integris ; staminibus 15in phalangibus 5 monadelphis; stylis seri- 
ceis; achenio basi acuto apice truncato rugoso pubescente, rostro præ- 
longo plumoso, 23-3 poll. longo. 
This differs from M. nivea in the pubescence and texture of the 
leaves and the mucro of the sepals, and from AM. hispida in the size 
and pubescence. Cf. Doissier, i. 8. p. 122. 
I have very great hesitation about the species of Zizyphus cul- 
tivated in India or found in the Punjab. 
The Z. vulgaris is cultivated in Cashmir, and, rarely, in gardens 
in the Punjab: I have not observed it in Multan. Z. Jujuba is 
abundant wild in the northern part of the Punjab, but not in 
Multan, where nummularia is only found sparingly, compared to 
the profusion seen in the northern districts. Although in the 
usual form no one could hesitate about the species, I have scen 
small stunted specimens of Jujuba that it would be difficult to di- 
stinguish from nummularia with thorns shorter than usual. 
Z. Spina-Christi is found in gardens, but sparingly, and with 
some difference from the typical and Syrian form. The bark, 
though paler than the common Punjab Ber, is not the clear grey 
so remarkable in all the Syrian and African specimens and descrip- 
tions; and the inflorescence is almost glabrous and with almost 
sessile cymes, not downy and dichotomous. The petals in all that 
I have examined are emarginate, whereas they are entire in Jujula. 
The name AVabeca was given by Forskahl to this species, after the 
Arabie name Nabe; but, unfortunately, the name Napeca was 
applied by Linneus to some specimens collected in Ceylon by 
Herrmann, now in the British Museum. I have compared the 
