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§ 2. Leaves silhy or downy beneath. 



24 Z. CEnoplia (Mill. diet. no. 3.) leaves unequally ovate- 

 cordate, entire, acute, 3-nerved, covered with rusty down be- 

 neath ; prickles solitary, recurved ; branchlets pubescent ; 

 flowers crowded in the axils of the leaves. T^ • G. Native of 

 various parts of India. Rhamnus CE ^ , ^ 



Burm. zeyl. t. 61. Flowers minute, greenish-yellow. Fruit 

 small, black, ovate-globose, juicy. 



Vinous Jujube. Clt. ? Shrub 6 feet. 



30 Z. SORORIA (Schult. syst 



5. 



p. 337.) leaves roundish- 



ovate, obtuse, mucronate, serrulated, downy beneath ; prickles 

 wanting ; corymbs axillary, divaricating, dichotomous ; stigma 

 simple. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Z. trinervia, var. a, 

 Roth, no v. spec. 5. p. 337. Allied to Z. Jujuba. Fruit eatable. 



Sister 3i\]uhe. Fl. ? Clt. 1821. Tree 16 feet. 



31 Z. MicRoniY'LLA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 362.) leaves round- 

 ish-ovate, 3-nervcd, serrulated, woolly beneath ; prickles twin, 

 one straight, the other recurved ; branchlets bifarious, flexuous; 

 flowers fascicled ; stigma 2-cleft. T-j . S. Native on the coast 

 25 Z. TOMENTOSA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 360.) leaves unequally of Coromandel, as well as of Ceylon. Z. rotundifolia, Lam. 

 ovate-cordate, 3-nerved, obtuse, minutely-serrulated, hairy above, diet. 3. p. 319* Z. nummularius, Gmel. syst. 401 ?— Pluk. aim. 



and downy beneath ; panicles lateral ; prickles solitary, scarcely 

 curved. Tj . G. Native of Chittagong, in the East Indies, 

 where it is used for fences. 



Downy Jujube. Shrub 8 feet. 



26 Z. xYLo'pYRUs (Willd. spec. 2. p. 11.) leaves obliquely- 



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199. t. 1 97. f. 2. — Rhamnus nummularia, Burm. ind. Gl. 

 Flowers greenish-yellow. 



Small-leaved Jujube. Shrub 4 feet. 



32 Z. orxiiaca'ntiia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 21.) leaves ovate, 

 almost entire, obtuse, covered with short hoary down beneath, 



cordate, 3- nerved, serrated, clothed with hoary down beneath, as well as branchlets and petioles; prickles twin, straight; 

 as well as the branchlets and petioles; prickles stipular when corymbs axillary, downy. ^j . S, Native of Senegal, Flowers 

 present, the one recurved, the other straight ; corymbs axillary, greenish-yellow. Drupe reddish, round, about the size of a fil- 



many-flowered, downy. 



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Native on the coast of Coro- bert, and is eaten by the natives of Senegal, as well as made 



mandel, common in every forest. Rhamnus xylopyrus, Retz. into a sort of drink by them, resembling that made from Z, 

 obs. 2. p. 11. Flowers greenish-yellow.* Fruit the size of a Lofus^ which see, no. 3. 



large cherry, greenish, and downy, marked round the base with 

 the remains of the nectar}'-, containing a 3-celled, 3-valved, 3- 

 seeded nut. Cattle eat the leaves, young shoots, and fruit. 



Stra'ight-ivrickled ivi^vih^. Tree 16 feet. 

 33 Z. oRBicuLA^Ris (Schult. syst. 5. p. 338.) leaves cordate, 

 orbicular, or somewhat ovate, obtuse, mucronate, downy, equally 



The kernels taste like filberts, and are eaten by the natives. and bluntly serrulated; prickles solitary, recurved; corymbs 

 The wood of the largest trees is much esteemed by them, being axillary, conglomerated, dichotomous; fruit downy, containing a 



3-celled nut. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Z. rotundi- 



yellowish or orange-coloured, very hard, and durable, and at the 

 same time not very heavy. 



Pear-wood Jujube. Clt. 1824. Tree 20 feet? 



folia, Roth. nov. spec. 160. but not of Lam. 

 yellow. 



Flowers greenish- 



27 Z. a'lbens (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 35G.) leaves obliquely- Or&2C?^?flr-leaved Jujube. Tree? 



oval, 

 peduncles ; 



serrulated, downy beneath ; corymbs axillary, on 



corolla wanting 



long 



34 Z. Poire'tti ; leaves ovate-roundish, sharply serrulated, 



style 2-cleft; fruit drooping, downy beneath, as well as the branches, petioles, and flowers; 

 smooth, white; prickles solitary, recurved. T2 . G, Native of prickles twin, one recurved, the other straight ; corymbs axil- 

 China. Drupe the size of a small cherry. The pulp rather lary ; fruit subglobose, smooth. I2 • S. 

 mealy and sweet. . ^ - 



White-ixuiieA Jujube. FL year. Tree 20 feet. 



28 Z. LATiFOLiA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 355.) leaves oval, ser- 

 rated, 3-nerved, downy beneath, unequal at the base ; prickles 

 solitary, short, thick, recurved ; corymbs panicled, terminal ; 

 corolla wanting; drupe turbinate; nut 1-2-celled. T2 . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, in the mountainous tracts of the Cir- 

 cars. Dr. Wallich found a tree so closely allied to this in Nipaul 

 at Noakote and Silhet that he dare not separate them ; he 



ascertained that Roth's Z. obliqua is this very species, and Z. 

 paniculata of the same individual to be hardly distinct. Drupe 

 yellow, size of a small cherry, usually 1 -celled and 1 -seeded. 

 Those of the Nipaul plant are eaten by the natives. 



Broad-leaved Jujube. Shrub 12 het. 



29 Z, Ju'jUBA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 318.) leaves obliquely-ovate, 

 serrated, downy below, as well as the young branches, hoary ; 

 prickles twin, the one recurved, the other straight ; corymbs 

 axillary, almost sessile. 1^ . G. Native of India, and culti- 

 vated in China and Cochin-china. Rhamnus Jujuba, Lin. spec. 



Rheed. mal. 4. t. 41. 



Native of St. Domingo. 

 Z. tomentosa, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 192. but not of Roxb. 



PoiretVs Jujube. Tree ? 



S5 Z. rotunda'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 21.) leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse, rather oblique at the base, somewhat crenulated, clothed 

 beneath with greyish-velvety down," as well as the petioles, 

 branchlets, and flowers ; prickles twin, the one recurved, the 

 other straight ; corymbs axillary ; fruit ovate, blunt, smooth. 

 I2 . S. Native of the Mauritius, in woods. Rhamnus Mauri- 

 tianus, Willem. herb. Maur. p. 20 ? Flowers yellowish, 



/?oim{/e<i- fruited Jujube. Tree 12 feet? 



36 Z. Mauritia^na (Lam. diet. 3. p. 319.) leaves oval, 

 roundish, obtuse, almost entire, clothed beneath with dense 



white or somewhat rusty down, as well 

 and flowers : 



as the petioles, branchlets 



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prickles twin, one recurved, the other straight ; 



Native of 



corymbs axillary ; fruit oblong, acuminated, 

 the Mauritius. 



T^. S. 



Fl 



owers 



282. — Rumph. amb. 2. t. 36. 

 greenish-yellow. Drupe globular, size of a large cherry, smooth, 

 yellow when ripe, containing a 2-celled, 1 -seeded nut. There 

 is a variety of this, or a new species, in the East Indies, which 

 produces an excellent fruit of a long form, about the size of a 

 hen's e^'^i known by the name of Narikcllekool in Bengal. 

 The fruit of both varieties is eaten by all classes of persons. It 

 is sweet and mealy. I'he bark of the tree is said to be used in 

 the Moluccas in diarrhoea, and to fortify the stomach, which 



Flow^ers yellowish. Resembling Z. Jujuba. 



Mauritian Jujube. FL May. Clt. 1820. Tree 16 feet? 



37 Z. oxyca'rpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 21.) leaves ovate, some- 

 what acute, tapering to the base, and oblique, sharply serrulated^ 

 hoary-velvety beneath, as well as the petioles and branchlets ; 

 prickles twin, the one recurved, the other straight; corymbs 

 axillary ; fruit 



oblonjT, 



acuminated. 



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S. Native of the 



East Indies, and in the Indian Archipelago. (Labill.) This 

 species resembles Z. CEnopUa in the leaves, but Z. Mauritiana 

 in the fruit. 



Sharp-fruited Jujube. Shrub 12 feet? 



38 Z. e'legaxs (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 360.) erect, nearly 

 unarmed, with filiform pubescent branches, and bifarious, Ian- 

 seems to confirm the astringent properties of the bark of most ceolate, serrulated, bluntly-acuminated leaves, which are smooth 



of the plants of this order. 



Jujube-tree. 



May. Clt. 1759. Tree 16 feet. 



above, and pubescent beneath. 



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Native of Singapore 

 The fruit and flowers of this eleorant shrub are unknown. 





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