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168 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [Rhamnee. 
Hindoos; and might be employed as a dye. I was informed by Sir Charles Grey, on his 
return from Simla, that it is also considered useful*in diseases of the eye. The leaves 
of Celastrus edulis, \3 kat of the Arabs, cultivated with the coffee, would appear 
from Forskal’s account to be of a stimulating nature. The wood of the several species of 
Evonymus might be used for the same purposes as that of the spindle-tree is in Europe. 
Of the Ldiciee, the holly is well known to be employed for making bird-lime, as some 
of the figs are in India; and the genus is remarkable for containing the ler para- 
guariensis, or maté-tree, which produces the famous Paraguay tea, now an article of 
considerable South American commerce, for which, if it was thought desirable, a suitable 
locality might no doubt be found within the Indian territories. The Llex vomitoria is 
considered to be tonic, inebriating, and in larger doses emétic ; while Prinos verticil- 
latus is accounted in North America a powerful febrifuge. . : 
Euonymus echinata, Wall. x. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. 2. p.410. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2,767. Tab. 31. 
f.1. (a.) The flowers; (b.) the same reversed ; (c.) capsule cut transversely; (d.) the seed enveloped 
in the arillus; (¢,f) the same with the latter opened. 
55. RHAMNEA., 
The true Rhamnee are, like the Celastrinee, allied to Euphorbiacee. M. Brongniart 
remarks, that if we consider the insertion of stamens the most important distinction of 
plants, they will come among polypetalous orders with perigynous stamens, nearest to 
Pomacee ; but if this be left out of consideration, they will be found to have many 
characters in common with Byttneriacee. 
Rhamnee are found in almost every part of the globe within the temperate and equi- 
noctial zones, and the different genera affect respectively cool and warm situations. 
Thus Zizyphus is found chiefly in the latter, from the equator to the north of Africa and 
Syria, and southwards to the Cape of Good Hope; every where in the plains of India, 
and also in the Himalayas, but only within the valleys. Z. fleruosa, which Dr.Wallich 
describes from the neighbourhood of Gossainthan, I have also received from the foot of 
mountains towards Cashmere; but in the valleys of Gurhwal and Sirmore, Z. acuminata 
is found, as well as Z. mauritiana? Near Kheree there is Z. énoplia, with a new species, 
Z. bhunder ; but in the plains of N. India, Z. Jujuba is the most common species. Near 
Delhi, and on the banks of. the Jumna, 7. @noplia is found, as well as Z. napeca, Roxb. 
In the mountainous country from-Sherghatty to Roghonautpore, Z. (latifolia, Roxb.) 
rugosa and xylopyra are, common with some new species, as Z. ruminata, Ham., and 
Mirzaporiensis, nob. Gouania, a genus found in the West-Indies and South America, 
extends in India from the Peninsula to the Deyra Doon, where G.. leptostachya is found, 
with another Peninsular plant, Ventilago maderaspatana. Dr.Wallich has also a Gouania 
nepalensis; and. G. lanceolata is common about Hurdwar, near Saharunpore, and also at 
Delhi, according to Dr. Wallich. Ceanothus, as formerly constituted, is another genus 
found in warm parts of the world, but as now restricted, chiefly in Mexico and North 
America. Ceanothus, now Colubrina Asiatica, is found in the Indian and Malayan Penin- 
sulas ; 
