322 BOUTON ON ZIZIPHUS JUJUBA. 
closely-placed fruits. This variety is very decided, from 
the form of the fruit and seed. 
II. Flesh not adhering to the kernel. 
Fig. 6. Fruit elongated, very large and remarkable for 
the spindle-shaped seed which is terminated by a long pro- 
jecting point. "The taste is not pleasant. 
I am inclined to believe that the two plants mentioned in 
the 2d volume of De Candolle’s Prodromus, under the names 
of Zizyphus rotundata, and Z, Mauritiana, belong, the former 
to Var. 5, and the latter to Var. 6, of Z. Jujuba. The 
name Mauritiana, and its habitat, as well as the habitat of 
&. rotundata, DC. are not correct; because no plant of this 
genus is indigenous to our island: the two. kinds which 
grow in Mauritius are Zizyphus (Enoplia, (Mill. Dict. & 
DC. Prodr.) recently introduced from Ceylon, and cultivated 
in the Botanic Garden at Pampelmousses, and Z. Jujuba, of 
which I have just enumerated the principal varieties, and 
which is found almost all over the Island. 
I cannot conclude this article without offering my thanks 
to my colleague, M. Bojer, for the drawings which he has 
kindly executed at my request, and which faithfully represent 
the six varieties of Zizyphus Jujuba, which I have had the 
honour to describe to the Society. 
L. BovToN. . 
