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Zizyphus.] xLii. RHAMNE^. (M. A. Lawson.) 635 



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Straight the otTier recurvea, glabrous. Cymes compact, 1-U in. Flowers soraetimes 

 ^merous. Calyx glabi * " * '^ ' " 



tiiin, 5-angIed. ' Ovary 



Disk 



Kn 3CT • 1 ^"^'if " ^"^vij' 4.- yjL rt v^ciicu , atyiea usually o, uivuieu lu near luo 



case, jirmt globose, 3- rarely 2- or 4.celled, very hard and woody and covered with a 

 aense almost felted grey or whitish tomentum. 

 Var. ; branches leaves and fruit nearly glabrous, fruit oblong or round.— Perhaps the 



Caracutt 



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9. Z. Napeca, Willd. Sp. PI 1104; profusely armed, branches inflo- 

 1^9^"k^ and petioles covered with spreading rusty hispid hairs, leaves 

 1* ^* by |-i^ in. elliptic obtuse or very shortly cuspidate finely serrulate 

 P^rk and glabrous on both surfaces, styles 2. Rhamnus Napeca, Linru Sp. 



Cevlon, Herb. Linncetis. 





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A straggling shrub. Leaves slightly oblique, rounded at the base, glabrous or when 



v^^S ^'^S^tly hispid on the nerves beneath. FncJdes solitary or geminate, stout, hairy, 



TK, both recurved. ' Styles' equalling the ovaiy, arms recurved. Fruit f — This, by 



spection of the specimens preserved in Hermann's Herbarium, I have determined to 



tbe true Z. Napeca of Linnjeus. No modern collector has sent it from Ceylon, 



'^tJnce it may be suspected that the habitat is erroneous. ' 



10. 2, lucida, Moon Cat 17 ; armed, leaves 2-2^ by f-lj in. ovate-lan- 



Golate glabrous above hairy on the veins beneath, styles SjV i^- divided to 



^^e middle, fruit i ia diam. Thwaites Enum.li. ;. 



Thwaites 



^ pnckly shrub. Branches far climbing, round, glabrous or hairy when young, blacki 

 fl??e« oblique, crenate-serrate with a minute bristle in each crenature, minutely apicu - 



\'\ z^^^P^^^ solitary, very short, recurved. Flowers in pedunculated cymes about 

 in. Very hairy. Petals ^V in., deeply cuculate on a slender claw. Dink faintly 



*^gled, not pitted. Fruit globose, black, smooth.— Very closely allied to Z, Napeca. 



and ?''."^^®*' Laws.; armed, leaves 1^2 by f-li in. ovate glabrous 

 n-^,^^ning, styles 4 exceedingly minute. Z. Napeca, Zirew. Herb, not, 



Ceylon Wall-P^ ' ■-'''■■ ■-'■' o -^-^''^'^-QO !bjii-^'hi,^4u^li^':'''^.^^ i"j^iLt>i}in:^*.J 



^prickly shrtib. Branches round, glabrous, pale.^ Leases nearly symmetrical, crenaw 

 wiout the bristles and not apiculate,^ pale green. ^-PriVifea' solitary, very short, re- 

 j^rved. Cymes shortly-pedunculed, about 1 in., nearly glabrous. /?ZoM?er* larger thaii 

 ^•f^^da. Petals deeply cuculate, but on rather less slender claws. Msk faintly 

 3gied, not pitted. Fruit ?— This is the Z. Napeca in the Linn, Serb., but not of 

 ^^"naito's herbarium. . - .. .^:: ■ 



^2. Z. Inourva, ^oa:6. ^/. /nc/. i. 614 ; armed, leaves 2-3^ by 1-lf in. 



ate or ovate-oblong acute or subacuminate glabrous, petals 5, ovary 

 Wij^> styles 2, fnut | in. long. DC. Frodr. ii 20; Bon Frodr. 189j 

 ^^^^(Jat. 4237. 'v 



^?L^^' W^aZ/tcA; BH0TAN,"i7rii^A; Western Peninsula, Nil§hiri Mts., iTerg. 



5^^^? Zeaye^ crenate-serrate, membranous, turning black iri dmng. Cyme9 

 Lk ^'^'^y^ tairy outside glabrous within. PetaU subcucullate. i>'wA; 10-lobeJ, 

 tliiV^^ opposite each lobe. Styles divided to the middle; i^rui^ ellipsoid, woody, 



^*H 2-8eeded ^^'^^-^ .'^ '^'^' ■-■ ■-'*■■■• - ^v > a^i. ^--^' ;^->'^ ---v^^ 



ovat apetala, ZTooi^. / ; armed, leaves 2^-4. bx l-ll ^ obhquely- 

 . ^ ^^^te or acuminate glabrous, petals 0, 



brpus, petals a v * .: /a i -' ' ■ 



-a surub; young branches and flowers covered with ferruginous pubescence. Leaves 



'^^te-serrate. jingmbranous. iVicJt/e5,jn|Curyed, very jhort and sharp, base broad. 



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