RHAMNE^. II. ZizYPHUs. 



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part* bot.) prickles twin, 



one of which is longer than the other 



of China. Flowers yellow, seniidigynous. Drupe oblong, pen- 



and recurved; leaves entire, on short petioles, ovate, acute. dulous, and smooth, about an inch long ; when ripe, pa1e-yellow; 



Tj . H. Native of Egypt, on the banks of the AVhite river. 

 Small-leaved Jujube. Shrub. 



they are eaten, but to the taste they are rather insipid. Innu- 

 merable suckers usually rise from the root, which run to a great 



exceedingly sharp, one recurved, the other straight 



corymbs 



S. Native 



8 Z. Nape'ca (Willd. spec. 1. p. 1104.) climbing ; leaves ob- distance from the parent tree, and make it a troublesome plant 

 liquely cordate, bluntish, serrate, downy beneatli ; prickles twin, in a garden. 



)S'/(i?H'>?^-leaved Jujube. Clt. 1822. Shrub 8 feet, 

 axillary, many-flowered ; flowers digynous. ^ . v^. S. Native 16 Z. elli^^tica (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 359.) leaves elliptical- 



of Ceylon and other parts of the East Indies. Rhamnus Napeca, ovate, JJ-nerved, pale beneath, smooth ; prickles twin, the upper 

 Lin. spec. 282. — Pluk. phyt. t. 216, f. 2. — Rumph. amb. 2. t. 42. one rather incurved, the under one recurved; corymbs axil- 

 Flowers yellowish. Fruit size of a pea, smooth, shining, black, lary, dichotomous ; flowers usually trigynous. Fj • ^' Native 

 marked round the base w ith a circular scar. They are eaten by of the East Indies, at Travancore. Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Young shoots slightly villous and flcxuous. 



ElUptical-\ea\cd Jujube. Fl. May, June. Tree 20 feet. 



17 Z. gla'bra (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 364.) climbing, smooth; 



tlie natives. 



1^ 



The taste is very acid and astringent, iium- 

 phius says that three berries are a strong purgative. It is seldom 

 eaten but with salt meat, or as a sauce to fish and other food. 



A decoction of the l)ark of the root is said to promote the leaves ovate, cordate, long, obtuse, pointed, serrulated, smooth, 



healing of fresh wounds. The tree is to be found in Prince of strongly marked with 3 nerves; prickles solitary, recurved; 



Wales' Island. At Silhet it is very common. The name is de- drupes oval. T2 . G. Native of Chittagong, in the East Indies. 



rived from nahq or nabka, the Arabic name of one of the species. Fruit about the size of a gooseberry. 



Nap 



Clt, 1816. Shrub cl. 



9 Z. Baclei (D. C. prod. 2. p. 20.) leaves broad-ovate, 

 acuminated, crenulated, smooth, or somewhat downy on the 

 nerves and petioles ; prickles usually twin, one of them re- 

 curved; corymbs axillary, smooth; drupe ovate-globose. Fj . 



S. 



Native of Senegal. 



Smooth Jujube. Shrub cl. 



18 Z. FLEXUOSA (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 365.) a smooth shrub, 

 with spiny flexuous branches, and unarmed straight branchlets ; 

 prickles twin, one very long and straight, the other recurved; 

 leaves lanceolate, obtuse, crenatc, smooth ; flowers axillary, 



Fruit eatable. 



Bacle's Jujube. 

 10 Z. I] 



Flowers greenish-yellow. This is pro- usually solitary ; style deeply bifid. I? . H. Native of Nipaul, 

 Mr. Munffo Park saw at the Gambia. at Gosaingsthan, An elegant shrub, with mahogany-coloured 



Shrub 8 feet. 



cu'rva (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 364.) leaves oval, smooth, 

 serrulate, obtusely-acuminated, oblique at the base ; j)rickles 



prickles. Flowers solitary or few in a fascicle, yellowish, rather 

 large. 



Zigzag'hrixnched Jujube. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 feet. 



19 Z. Caracu'tta (Ilamilt. ex Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 361.) 



twm, one straight, the other recurved ; peduncles axillary, few leaves round, serrulated, 3-nerved, adult ones smooth, but rather 

 or many-flowered ; flowers semidigynous ; petioles and nerves villous when young ; prickles twin, the under one recurved ; 



of leaves somewhat pubescent, 

 at Suemba. 



h 



Native of Upper Nipaul 



Z. paniculata, Hamilt, mss. Flowers yellowish- 



peduncles axillary, many-flowered, very short ; style 3-cleft ; 

 drupe oval, with a 3-celled nut. I2 • S. Native of the East 

 Indies, in the southern parts of Mysore, where it is called Kara- 



green. Fruit small, round, dark-purple. 



/?2CwriTc7-spined Jujube. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 ft. kutla by the natives. Young branches villous. Flowers green- 

 11 Z. Javane'nsis (Blum, bijdr. 1142.) climbing; prickles ish-yellow. Fruit the size of a large cherry, depressed a little 

 solitary, recurved; leaves 5-nerved, elliptic-oblong, bluntish, at both ends, smooth, dark-brown; fleshy part tough, firm, and 



yellowish. 



Karahata Jujube. Fl. April. Clt. 18^3. Tree 16 feet. 



* * Leaves downy hcncath. 

 20 Z. rkticula^ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 20.) leaves oval, some- 



doubly serrulated, smooth ; corymbs axillary, dichotomous, and 

 are, as well as the petioles, pubescent. Pj . S. Native of 

 Java, where it is called Aroy KokiiJioelang, 

 Java Jujube. Shrub cl. 



) 



long, acuminated, oblique at tlie base, smooth on both surfaces, what toothlettetl, netted vvitli veins, and downy beneath ; prickles 

 crenately-serrulated, 3-nerved ; branches unarmed ; corymbs 



axillary, about the length of the petioles, 

 island of Timor. 



^ 



Native of the 



Timor Jujube. 



Stigmas 2. 

 Tree. 



Fruit unknown. 



13 Z. trixe'rvia (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 354.) unarmed; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, 3-nerved, bluntly serrated, glossy ; flowers in 

 axillary fascicles ; stigma 2-cleft ; drupe spherical. T^ • S. 

 Native of Mysore, in the East Indies. Flowers numerous, 

 small, greenish-yellow. Drupes spherical, size of a cherry, 

 polished, of a lively yellow colour, with a soft, gelatinous, sweet 

 pulp. This is the same as Z. sororia^ Roem. et Schult. syst. 



twin, straight ; stigma usually 3-toothed ; drupe globose. I7 . S. 

 Native of South America. Paliilrus reticul^tus, Vahl. eclog. 

 amer. 3. p. 6. t. 23. Flowers greenish-yellow. Fruit eatable. 



Neitcd-leavcd Jujube. Shrub. 



21 Z. rugosa (Lam. diet. 3. p. 319.) leaves broad-oval, 

 wrinkled, serrulated, sometimes smooth, sometimes downy be- 



neath ; prickles usually twin, recurved ; corymbs stalked, dicho- 

 tomous, downy. ^. S. Native of the East Indies. — Pluk. aim. 

 t. 29. f. 7. This species is said to come very nearZ. xylocdrpa. 

 lVrinkled-\ea\ed Jujube. Shrub 6 feet. 



22 Z. H5RniDA (Roth. nov. spec. 159.) leaves ovate, blunt, 

 5. p. 337. and trinervia var. glabrata. Roth. nov. spec. 5. p. 337. crenulate, pubescent beneath at the ribs ; prickles twin or sob- 



Three-nervedlesived Jujube. Clt. 1821. Tree 20 feet. 



tary, recurved ; corymbs dichotomous, axillary, and lateral. 



ll* Z. PAxicuLA^A (Roth. nov. spec. 161.) leaves oblong-oval, T? . S. Native of the East Indies. 



somewhat acuminated, serrulated, scabrous, hairy beneath at the 

 nerves ; prickles twin, recurved ; branches rising as it were be- 

 neath the leaves ; panicle terminal, elongated, dichotomous ; nut 

 1-seeded. Tj • S. Native of the East Indies. 



Panicled'floweTed Jujube. Tree. 



15 Z. Ni'xiDA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 358.) leave 

 ovate-oblong, 3-nerved, obtusely-serrated, smooth 



Horr 



Shrub. 



, - ^ , ; prickles 



yvin, one recurved, the other straight ; drupes subcylindrical ; 

 flowers few, collected on a common peduncle. ^ . G. Native 



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23 Z. cELTiDiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 20.) leaves ovate, 

 oblique at the base, upper ones acuminated, almost entire, 3- 

 nerved, lateral nerves bifid at the base, and are, as well as the 

 petioles and branchlets, pubescent ; prickles usually solitary, 

 recurved, quite smooth ; corymbs axillary. ^ . S. Native of 

 the island of Timor. This is very like Z. (Enoplia, and is per- 

 haps the Z. glabrata of Heyne and Roth. nov. spec, 158 ? 



Nettle-tree-kaved Jujube. Tree. 



