Ziziphus, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, » 607 
éryo nearly as long, and broad as the perisperm, and of the 
same colour, erect. Cotyledons two, nearly orbicular. Ra- 
dicle obovate, inferior. 
2. Z, albens. R. 
Arboreous. Prickles solitary, recurved. Leaves oblique- 
ly oval, serrulate, downy underneath. Corymbs axillary, 
long-peduncled. Corol none, Style two-cleft. Drupes 
drooping, smooth, white. ; 
Found by Dr. Hunter in Col. Palmer’s garden, near Cal- 
cutta, in full flower, and with ripe fruit in April 1803. It was 
originally brought from China, 
Trunk arboreous, with spreading branches. Prickles so- 
litary on the under side, short, recurved, being nothing more_ 
than the indurated stipules. Leaves alternate, bifarions, — 
short-petioled, three-nerved, obliquely oval, most slightly ser- 
rulate, downy underneath, _Stipudes subulate, the lower one 
hardens into a prickle, the other is caducous. Peduneles 
axillary, solitary, three or four times longer than the petioles, 
many-flowered, Calyx five-cleft. Corol none, nor any 
thing like the usual scales of the genus, Style two-cleft, 
Ting round, the size of a small cherry, smooth, when ripe 
white, and pendulous, The pulp rather mealy and sweet, . 
Nut turbinate, thin, two-celled, with a single seed in each. _ 
3. Bis latifolia, R. 
_Arboreous, prickles stipulary, short and recurved, Leaves 
oval, serrate, three-nerved, downy underneath. Panicles ter- 
minal. Petals wanting. Drupe turbinate. Nut one-celled.— 
This species is very rare., ‘It isa native of mountainous 
_ tracts in the Cirears and grows to be asmall tree. _ ws 
Prickles solitary, very thick, but short, recurved, a rigid 
pointed. thorn-like stipule occupies the other side of the in- 
sertion of the petiole. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, bi- 
farious, oval, serrate, three-nerved, smooth, from four to six 
inches long. Corymbs terminal, and from the exterior axills, _ 
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