OP Te 
©. than C. americanue, which it considerably resemble 
oe teaves are ~ rg but speaking from oc. 3 
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in’ terminal panicles. This species by the habi t can 
scarcely appertain to the g 
OF Rhamnus there are 11 species chiefly in the south of 
Europe, 2 in Siberia, 5 in Atries and its islands, 10 in the 
warmer Parts of America, 1 in New-Zealand, lin the 
Azores, 2 in China, one of which is common to India; of 
these the #. theezans passes as a substitute for tea 
among the indigent Chinese. 
228. ZIZYPHUS. Tournf. (Supple-Jack.) 
Calix 5-cleft. Petals 5, resembling scales 
inserted into the glandulous calycine disk. 
Styles 2. Drupe 2-celled, one or two seeded, 
one of the cells and seeds often abortive. 
Small trees or shrubs with alternate leaves; flowers 
axillary and terminal. Nearly allied to Rhamnus. 
see eas - z valubilis. ((Enoplia hc saan Persoon.) 
m » racemes many 3 
Seite ee” 
Of Zizyphus, there ag dindie, 1 in Chins, 
S in Africa, L in Europe, 1 in the Antilles, and another in 
Peru. The fruit of Z. Lotus is eaten by the Africans, 
and that of Z, Jujuba by the natives of India. 
229. CEANOTHUS. L. (New-Jersey tea, Red- 
root.) 
Calix turbinate, 5-cleft. Petals 5 squami- 
form, with long claws. Stigmata 8. Capsule 
S-angled, $-celled, 3-seeded, tripartile, opening 
on the inner side. 
Suffruticose or shrubby; leaves pinay flowers copi- 
ous, axillary and terminal in pedicellate panicles corym- 
_ bosely or dichotomously divided; calix Seria, petsis- 
tent, segments arched i disk 10-toothed- 
Flowers white. Roots large and very thick, reddish and 
astringent. Nearly allied to the genus Pomaderris of 
New-Holland. 
Spectres. 1. C. americanus. 2. intermedius, Pu. 3. sangzui- 
news, Pu. Suffruticose; leaves oblong-obovate serrate, 
under side pubescent, panicle short and axillary; fowers 
 erewded, tigiate+On the banks of the Missouri, 
_ abundant below the confluence of the river Platte. Near 
the Rocky Mountains—M. Lewis. A much large pet 
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