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:■ % E. aplculata, i^. W. Bennett; leaflets elliptic apiculate, panicles 

 slightly hairy, calyx hairy without, petals ligulate, filaments not appen-. 

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Leaves very long ; leaflets ending in an abrupt point; dotted on the lateral veins be- 

 neath. Panicles denser than in E. longifoUa; the rachis and pedicels slightly hairy. 

 0//2/x-8egments not ciliate. Petals very narrow, 1 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, glabrous. 

 Filaments very short, |-| as long as the petals, glabrous. Fruit unknown; 



7. SVRZANA, Linn. 

 An insipid littoral shrub. Leaves simple, entire. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 conspicuous. Cahjx 5-partite, imbricate, persistent. Petals 5, imbncaxe. 

 Disk inconspicuous. Stamens 10, unequal m length, 5 sometimes barren. 

 Ovary of 5 free carpels ; styles basilar, filiform ; ovules 2 in each carpeii 

 lateral ■ Fruit consisting of 5 or fewer carpels covered by the persiswu* 

 calyx, each 1-seeded, indehiscent. Seed ascending, exalbuminous. -, . | «. . , 



' 1. S. maritlma, Linn. Gen. No. bS\;DC. Prodr. \x.d\ •,W.<k A. Prodr- 



361. 



Througliout the tropical shores of India. — ^Distrib. Cosmopolitan. _ linear- 



Branches thick, covered with a velvety puhescence. Leaves about 1 in. long, 



mth date,' obtuse, Velvety. Flowers |-4 in- across, terminal, hidden by tlie ie<i 



Petals ^ by \ in. long, ec[ualling the calyx, ovate-acute, yellow. 



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8. ZRVXNGXA, Hook. f. . > '*/» 



Glabrous insipid trees. Leaves simple, coriaceous, entire, ^^'^^ ^^^p^i^x 

 stipules,. i^Zwers hermaphrodite, in axillary panicles, ebracteate. • oa*| 

 small, 4-5-partite, imbricate. Petals 4-5, imbricate. Disk very iaj?J 

 cushion-shaped and folded. Stamens 10, inserted beneath t^^^ disK, 

 ments long, slender. Ovary conical, compressed, 2-celled, entire, JJ^ 

 simple, terminal; ovules solitary. i?Vme large, drupaceous, l-see 

 Seed pendulous, exalbuminous.-rDiSTEiB. Species 3-4;, all but me 

 lowing Tropical African. " 





1. Z. malayana, Oliver^ 7ns, 



Malacca, Maivgay, 



Branches striated. crUhrnnH annnl 



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maicd, glabrous, annulated at or near the nodes. Lea'Des large ^" ^^^gj, 



4t)j 2 in., elliptic, acute, quite entire, petiolate, base rounded and s?,"^^ ^^^.-gjgtent ; 

 flowers small, hermaphrodite, in axillary racemes or panicles, talyf ^l^^i^^z. 

 lobes ovate, obtuse. ^-*-'- ^— ' 1-- -- xi. 1„„ i5u.« roflpT^d after ttowc' & 



filaments as long as the petals. Ovar?/ conical, rising from the ce 

 disk and narrowing into a terminal style. 



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Spiny shrubs or trees. Leaves coriaceous, 2-foliolate,_ entire, i'^^^^ 

 ^een, in small axillary cymes. CoZt/oj-segments 6, imbricatej ^^"-^^^^ 

 Petals 5, imbricate. Did^ thick, conical, entire. Ovary entire, f'^^ 

 1-celled ; ovules solitary, pendulous. Fruit a large fleshy ouy ^ ^j^grfl 

 drupe. Seed pendulous, exalbuminous.— Distrib. Tropical and ^^^ 



Afhca, Syria, and W. Asia ; species 2 (?).^ '''.'%' ^ V '^*S^i^ 



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yelvety. ifra)ic?k F(yr. Flor. 59.' B. segyptiaca, Wall. Ccrf- 6855 : ^« gjj. 

 -Bom6. PI. 23 ; ITis-A^ /c. t. 274. n.,Ximenia Kgyptiaca, i2oa;6. ^M""- ^ 



'Tier parts of India from CAWNpSy fb Sikkim, ^ Behab, Goozebat, Kasi>e»^ 

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