334 JOURNAL BOMBAY NATURAL RLST. SOCLETT, Vol. XXVI. 



Distrib. : Africa, Afghanistan, Ceylon, India, China, Auctralia. 

 Fl. in October. 



Fr. in the cold weather (Macadam). 



Uses : The fruit is eaten. The wood is used for building purposes 

 railtvay sleepers, furniture, lacquered toys (Macadam). 



Zdzyphus trinervia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 17 {non Poir). 

 Loc. : Jaisalmer : Amarsagar (No. 5804 !). 

 Distrib. : India. 

 Fr. in November. 



Zizyphus rotundi folia, Lam. Encycl. Ill (1789), 319. 

 Vern. N.: Ber, Bor, Bordi. 

 Loc: Jodhpur: Osian (Nos. 5805!, 5801!), Phalodi (No. 68061), 



Mandor ( No. 5807 ! ), Jodhpur ( No. 6808 !), Balsamand ( No. 



57991). Jaisalmer: IShihad (No. 57091), Vinjorai, sandy plain (No. 



58 J 01), DevikotiNo. 58111), near Loharki (No. 5812!), Loharki (No. 



580- 1), very coinmou in dry sandy places, associated with Aertta 



toineato.'ia and Leptadenia spartium (Macadam). 

 Distrib. : Persia, India. 

 Fr. early in the cold weather (Macadam). 

 Uses : The fruit is eaten. The leaves are used as fodder, called pala 



(Macadam). 



ZizypJius truncata, spec. nov. — Frutex ramis divaricatia, oastaneis, 

 junioribus puberulis. Aculei geniiui, glabri, basi aliquantulurn tomentosi, 

 10 mm attiugeutes, unus paull » brevior altero recto et retrocurvatus. 

 Folia subdistiche alterna, petiolata, coriacea, orbiculata vel aliquantulurn 

 longiora juaiiilata, 85 mui. attingentia, serrulata, basi subcordata, apioe 

 truncata (parte truncata usque ad 10 mm. longa et irregnlariter dentata), 

 glabra, excepta pubescentia in petiolo, margine necnon nervis uervidisque 

 in facio int'eriore ; nervi basaies tres, prominentes, currentea ad apicem, 

 costa meuia cum duobus aut tribus paribus nervorum secundariorum, 

 cettri duo nervi nervis lateralibus muniti in parte exteriore. Petiolua 

 usque ad 5 mm. longus. 



CyuioB breves, axiUaius, sessiles, tomentosse ; gemmae hemisphericse, 

 tomentosi ; pedicelli subnuUi vel usque ad 4 mm. longi. Calyx 

 5-lidus. lobis late triaiigularibus acutis patentibus, intus carinatis in 

 parte superiore. Petala spathulata, apice rotundata. Discus 

 10 lobitus, profande 10-sulcatus. Styli 2, counati, parte superiore 

 divergentes. 

 Fructum non vidimus. 

 Aflinis est hiBC species Zizypho rofundifolics, sed difFert foliis (quoad 



forma n, magiiituduiem, nervaturam, glabreitatem), aculeis, diaoo. 

 Loc. : Jodhpur: Kailana (No. 5803!). 

 Fl. in October. 



Zizyphus -ryl'pyra, Willd. Sp. PI. I (1797) 1104. 

 Veru. N.: Gatbor (Macadam). 

 Loc. : Jodhpur : Mandor (No. 5813!). 

 Distrib. : India. 

 Fl. in October. 

 Uses : The wood is used for fnel. 



Vitis L, 



Vitia vmifera, L. The Vine. 

 Found cultivated in the Bada Bag Garden near Jaisalmer (No. 6737!). 



