RHAMNE^. II. ZizypHus. III. Sph^erocarya. IV. Condalia- V. Berciiemia. 



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Elegant Jujube. Shrub 6 feet? 



and the inhabitants of Nipanl are very fond of it, which, how- 



/59 Z. exse'rta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 21.) leaves ovate, serru- ever, to a European palate, holds out but little temptation, 

 lated, downy beneath ; prickles wanting ; corynnbs axillary ; 

 calyx with 10 glands on the inside ; stamens twice or thrice 



longer than the petals. ^i 



Native of the island of Luzon, Ztzyphus. 



Edible-fruhed Sphaerocarya. Tree 10 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see greenhouse species of 



near Manilla. Rhamnus 'trinervis, Cav. icon. t. 505. f. 1. but 

 not of Roth. Z. trinervis, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 192. Stigmas 2, 

 thickened. Berry ovate, 1 -celled, 1 -seeded. 

 Prolniding-siameneA Jujube. Shrub or Tree. 



'f Sj^ecies not suMciently hnown. 



IV. CONDAXIA (in honour of Anthony Condal, M. D. 



companion of Locfling in his voyages). 

 525. 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 28. 



Cav. icon. G. p. 16. t. 



Brogn. mem. liham. p. 48. 



5- 



40 Z. angula^ta (Lam. diet. 3. p. 320.) leaves roundish- but with the base permanent. 



Lin. syst. Pcntandriay Monogyma. Calyx spreading, 

 cleft (f. 4. C. a.), adhering to the ovary ; segments deciduous, 



Petals wanting. 



Anthers l)ilo- 



oval, a little toothed, smooth on both surfaces ; prickles twin, cular (f. 4. C. c). Stamens alternating with the sepals (f. 4. 



straight; branches tetragonal, with prominent angles. \i 

 Native of? Flowers, as well as fruit, unknown. 



^??^«^fl;'-stemmcd Jujube. Shrub ? 



41 Z. Havane'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 

 57.) branches 5-angled, twisted, flexuous, smooth ; spines sti- 



pular, straight ; leaves roundish-ovate, unequal-sided, somewhat lets, alternate, almost sessile, obovate-oblong, entire leaves, and 

 cordate, 3-nerved, obsoletely-crenulated, coriaceous, smooth; 

 calyxes clothed with rusty down. ^2 . S. Native of the island 

 of Cuba, near Havannah. Anthers behind. The tree has the 



C. c). Style 1. Disk flat, expanded (f. 4. C. c), pentngonal. 



Ovary girded by the disk, free, 2-celled (f. 4. C, c/.). Stigma 



small, entire. Fruit drupaceous, ovate, containing a 1 -celled, 



1 -seeded nut (probably from abortion?). Seed ovate, destitute 

 of a furrow. — Much branched, smooth shrubs, with spiny branch- 



axillary flowers. This genus differs from ZizyphuSy to which it 

 is nearly allied, in being destitute of petals, as wtH as in the 

 style and stigma being simple. 



habit of Z. angulata, and will probably with it form a distinct 1 C. micropiiy'lla (Cav. 1. c.) leaves alternate, almost sessile, 



genus, or form a section of Ceayiothus. 



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Tree 20 feet. 



42 Z. agre'stis (Schult. syst. 5. p. 341.) leaves oblong, quite 

 entire, smooth; prickles twin, straight, short ; flowers racemose, 

 apetalous ; drupe globose, containing a 3-celled nut. T2 . G. 

 Native of Cochin-china. Rhamnus agrestis, Lour. fl. cocb. 158. 

 Stamens surrounded by hairs. Drujie globose, red, eatable. 



Field Jujube. Shrub 8 feet. 



43 Z. sopoRiFERA (Schult. syst. 5. p. 340.) leaves lanceolate, 

 nerveless, quite entire ; prickles scattered, straight ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary; drupe roundish, 1 -seeded. Tj . G. Native 

 of the north of China, Rhamnus soporifer, Lour. fl. coch. 158. 

 According to Loureiro it comes very near to the figure in Rumph. 

 amb. 2. t. 37. which has been considered Z. Napeca by Linnaeus. 

 Flowers reddish. Drupe small, red. The kernel of the nut, 

 steeped a few days, is hypnotic and paregoric, causes gentle 

 sleep, and mitigates pain. 



Sleepy Jujube. Shrub. 



obovate-oblong, mucronate. ^2 • ^r. Native of Chili. Zizy- 

 phus myrtoides, Ort. dec. 9. p. 119. Branches spreading, spiny 

 at the apex. Flowers on short pedicels, greenish-yellow. 



Small-leaved Condalia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 3 feet. 



2? C? PARADOXA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 825.) leaves opposite, 

 connate, 

 crowded. 



thick, decurrent, stiff", pungent; peduncles lateral, 

 T2 . S. Native of Monte Video. 



Paradoxical Condalia. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs will grow^ well in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand, and ripened cuttings will root freely, planted in a pot 

 of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



V. BERCHE'MIA (Berchem, probably the name of some 

 botanist). Neck. elem. 2. p. 122-. D. C. prod. 2. p. 22. Brogn. 

 mem. Rham. 49. — (Enoplia, Hedw. f. gen. L p. 151. — Q^no- 

 plia, Schult. syst. 5. p. 962. 



Lin. SYST. Pentandria, Monogyma. Calyx with a hemis- 



^.ccy.y^ujuoe. onruD. pherical tube, and 5 erect segments (f 4. E. «.). Petals 5, con- 



44 Z. Cape nsis (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 1 93.) leaves ovate-oblong, \. .. . ^ .y g ; , ^^^^ ^^.^^l^i^ ^^^^ 1^ .^^ 4^ 



smooth ; prickles twin, straight ; flowers digynous ; stem shrubby. 



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Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Cape Jujube. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. The hardy kinds will grow in any common garden soil ; 

 they are well adapted for shrubberies, and are easily increased 

 by ripened cuttings, planted in a good soil, with a hand-glass 

 placed over them, or by slips of the roots, planted in the same 

 manner. The greenhouse and stove species will grow well in 

 a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will 

 root, planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, 

 but those of the stove species will require to be placed in heat. 



in. SPHiEROCA'RYA (from a^aipa, sphaira, a sphere, and 

 «fapvor, caryon, a nut; nuts round). Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 371. 



Liv. SYST. Pentdndria^ Monogyma. Calyx 5-parted. Pe- 

 tals 5, alternating with the stamens, inserted in the calyx, and 

 With 5 fringed scales between the stamens and opposite the 

 calycine segments. Stamens 5, inserted in the calyx. T' ' 

 none. Drupe pear-shaped, containing a smooth round nut. — A 

 large tree, w ith alternate, ovate, entire, smooth, exstipulate leaves, 

 and axillary and terminal villous racemes of small greenish, 

 Jnodorous flowers. 



1 S. EDu^Lis (Wall. 1. c). ^2 . G. Native of Nipaul in the 

 forests, about the valley. The flesh of the fruit is pale-brown, 



volute (f. 4. E. c. d.). Stamens Inclosed within the petals (f. 4. 

 E. c). Anthers ovate, 2-celled. Disk annular (f. 4. E. /.), 

 rather flat. Ovary half immersed in the disk, 2-celled (f. 4. 

 E. e.). Style simple, short, bifid at apex. Fruit dry, indehis- 

 cent, 2-celled (f. 4. E. g,). Seeds adhering to the testa of the 

 pericarp. — Erect or climbing shrubs, with alternate, many- 

 nerved, entire leaves, and with the flowers subumbellate in the 

 axillae of the upper leaves, or disposed in terminal panicles. 



* Climbing shriibs. 



1 B. volu'bilis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 22.) branches smooth, a 

 little twining ; leaves oval, mucronate, a little wavy ; racemes 

 axillary and terminal ; drupe oblong, violaceous. Tj . ^. H. 

 Native of Carolina and Virginia. Rhamnus volubilis, Lin. fil. 

 suppl. 132. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 3SG. Zizyplius voliibilis, Willd. 

 spec, 1. p. 1102. (Enoplia volubilis, Schult. syst. 5. p. 332. 

 Flowers greenish-yellow. Authors attribute to the roots anti- 



Disk syphilitic properties. 



Twining Berchemia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1714. Shrub cl. 

 2 B. floribu'nda (Brogn. in mem. rhamn. p. 50.) unarmed, 

 smooth, with rambling branches ; leaves ovate, acute, quite 

 entire, retuse at the base, glaucous beneath ; panicle large, ter- 

 minal ; flowers racemose ; drupe somewhat cylindrical. Tj • S- 

 Native of Nipaul, atThankote and Sankoo, and on Chundrugiri. 



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