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middle. I'rui't globose, 2-cel!ed, fleshy and mealy; glabrous.— There are many culti- 

 !!l!fl ^'^^™tie^s, differing greatly in the shape and size of tlie leaves, as also in the size 



Oblong or orbicular leaves, glabrous or slightly tomentose beneath, and long petioles. 

 *k ^^^^^*^^^& *^ Aitchison, is always raised by grafts. Two other varieties are'de* 

 Bcnbed by Edgewoith — viz., hortemis and spontaneics. ..- . . 



•<*iea \aneties, dittering greatly in the shape and size of the leaves, as also in the i 

 and natnre of the fruit, of which the most remarkable is Edceworth's var. Hysudri 

 (J ourn. Linn. See. vi. 201), with erect or spreading not drooping branches, obtuse ov 



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E. grlabrata, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 159; unarmed, leaves 1-3 

 xir-p^^ i^J. elliptic glabrous on both sides, fruit under ^ in. in diameter. 

 ^. &A, Prodr. 162; Wight Ic. t. 282 ; Bedd. FL iiylv. Anal Gen. Ixviii. 

 ^ tnnervius, var. p, Roth. Nov. Sp. 159; Z. trinervia/ i?oa^. FL Lid. I 



W)6, not Pair. ; Wall, Cat 4231. . . ^ . ; - .^ ■ , . ... , 



EASTEiii Bengal and Bhotan, 

 %Ai, &c." ; " .-;"„' 



A tr^e. Leaves obtusely serrate, coriaceous, gTossy, dart-green, with 3 unbranctcd 

 Prominent nerves. Flowers slightly puberulous, yellowish; cymes ^ in. long. Petals 

 obtnangular with convolute margins. Disk faintly 10-lobed, not pitted or grooved, 

 glabrous. Ovary 2 -celled ; styles 2, united to the middle. Fruit globose, yellow? 

 ^th a sweet gelatinous pulp, 1-2-celled. — In some few cases the cymes are shortly 

 Pedunculate. . \ , -: 



CfriMth; Western Peninsula, NUghiri Mts., 



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3. ^. numzaularia, Tr.fi& -4. Proc?r, 162; profusely armed, leaves |-1 in. 

 ovate to orbicular covered with a short velvety tomentum on both sides, 

 i^t f in. diaai. Dalz, db Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 49 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. And. 



six. ; Boiss. FL OiienU ii. 13 ; BrandisFor. Fl. 88. Z, Lotus, LaTnfc. ; 

 Cat. 33. Z. microphylla, Roxh. FL Ind. i. 613; Jfa/^. Cat. 4233. 

 ^ .rotundifolia, Ldmk. Did. iii 319 ; DC. Prodr. iL 21. Khamnus nummu- 

 ^^"^.Burm.FL Ind.Ql.\ ;^' - i ~ ■ • * - -^ ■ ^ 



th T^ PUNJAB, ascending to 3000 ft. ; Goozerat, and the Western Peninsula, from 

 "^^^^ccan and Coiican southwards.— DiSTBiB. Persia. .^: .,- r,::;:- ': '^ ^i: 



A shrub, with widely-divaricating flexuous branches ;^ young branches puberulous. 

 •leaves serrate, dark-green and velvety above, pale and more felted beneath. Cymes 

 ^der 4 in. Petals obovate with convolute margins. Disk IQ-lohed ^ith a pit oppo- 

 site each lobe. Ovary 2-celled ; styles 2, united to above t'Se middle. Fruit globose, 

 Woody, black, 2-celled. — Much used for fencing, and the sweet subacid fruit as food, 



^specially in famine time. I follow Wieht and Amott in adoptine: Burmann's specific 



name • 



though perhaps Lamarck's should be adopted 





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4. Z. wjmaaensls, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. 23. t. cxiv. ; unarmed, 

 ^.^^ves ii_2 by f in. elliptic-lanceolate glabrous and shining above 

 fiigatly hairy on the nerves beneath. 



^'estebn Peninsula; dense forests of the Wynaad, alt. 3000 ft., Beddome. 



A lofty tree, the young shoots and flowers covered with a fulvous tomentuiu. Leaves 



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r^^b reticulated benea°h, penninerved, with hairy glands in the axils of the main 

 . , --' Flowers fascicled, forming dense axillary clusters. Petals 3-lobed with con- 



Serves. 



e margins. Disk hairy, S-angled, not pitted. Ovarj/ 2-celled; styles 2, divided 



,^ nearly the base: i^rtti^ .^ ; ?*- 



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' , *: ^. vulgsLTlai Lamk Diet. iii. 316; armed, leaves f-2Hn. sub- 



^ouquely ovate obtuse or subacute crenate-serrate glabrous on both sides, 

 ?^t i in. in diam. " 



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Moxb. Fl. Ind. i. 609; Sibth. FL Grcec 



Z. flexuosa, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 



Gcerin. Fruct. i. 



^l > Gat. 4229. > >Z. nitida, Roxl). Fl. Ind. I 609 



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?, Z. sinensis, Lamh Diet. iii. 3l7.' 





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