Lixnzus under Rhamnus.. More modern Botanists have 
been inclined again to separate them; Lamarcx has restored 
all four genera; WiLipENow, whose footsteps are followed 
in the oral Kewensis, unites Paliurus and Zizyphus ; 
though, to us, they appear to differ as materially as any two 
of the above genera. | 
Zizypuus Paliurus, Lotus, and vulgaris, have all three 
double thorns; and we have, in most specimens that we 
have seen, found the smaller one to be recurved in Paliurus, 
as well as in the other two species. 
This plant is said to be very common in all Judea, and 
the crown of thorns, in which our Saviour was crucified, is 
supposed to haye been made of it, from whence the name of 
Clirist’s Thorn. 
Native of Spain, South of France, Italy, Carniolia, and of 
Taurian Caucasus. s 
Propagated by seeds or cuttings. Flowers in June and 
July. Communicated by Joun Waxxer, Esq. of Arno’s- 
rage od pu | : 
