ZiZYPHUS, RHAMNEÆ. 161 
This we have not seen: Dr Wallich says it is much allied to the former, - 
but that E. dichotomus “ has smaller flowers and lengthened 5-lobed, but not 
5-winged capsules ;" to which he adds, ** much narrower leaves, more nume- 
rous dichotomous peduncles ;" but in E. dichotomus we find every variation 
of leaf and inflorescence ascribed to the other : the fruit moreover was un- 
ripe in both, so that the differences noted are probably from their being in dif- 
ferent stages of growth. Dr Wallich, indeed, in his List, suggests that the 
two species are not distinct. 
505. (3) E. erenulatus (Wall.:) leaves elliptical, obtuse, short petioled, 
crenulate-serrated towards.the apex, coriaceous, convex and bullate above: 
peduneles solitary, shorter than the leaves, once or twice dichotomous, few- 
flowered : petals 5 (or occasionally 6) orbicular: stamens very short ; anthers 
opening transversely: margin of the torus free: style very short; stigma 
blunt, somewhat umbilicated : capsules turbinate, 5-celled, lobed at the apex: 
seeds solitary in each cell; hilum truncate, without an arillus.—Wail.! L. 
n. 4297 ; Wight! cat. n. 482, 483.—Eleodendron Neelgherrense, Wail.! L. 
n. 4409.——Neelgherries. 4344 éc.0-472- 
This, without an arillus, may constitute a section of the genus, to which 
probably the two species above described will also be found to belong. 
ORDER LII—RHAMNEZ. Juss. 
Calyx 4-5-cleft; sstivation valvate. Petals distinct, unguiculate, 
cucullate or convolute or rarely flat, inserted into the throat of the ca- 
lyx, sometimes wanting. Stamens definite, opposite the petals. Torus 
a flat or urceolate disk. Ovarium free or more or less immersed in the 
disk or adhering to the tube of the calyx, 2-3-4-celled: ovules solita- 
Ty, erect. Fruit free or more or less cohering with the calyx, fleshy 
and indehiscent, or dry and separating in three cocci. Seeds erect. 
Albumen fleshy, rarely none. Embryo about as long as the seed: ra- 
dicle short, inferior : cotyledons large, flat.— Trees or shrubs, often thor- 
ny. Leaves simple, alternate (or rarely opposite), minutely stipulate. 
“From this order must undoubtedly be excluded Natsiatum herpeticum, Ham. ! 
(Wall.! L. n. 4252.) a genus which, with Phytocrene, Wall., will form a small order, 
connecting in many points the Menispermacee with Urticacee : the ovary is l-celled, 
With 2 ovules pendulous from its apex ; style scarcely any ; stigmas 2, elongated, re- 
curved, papillose, as in Celtis.” ARN. 
I. ZIZYPHUS. Tourn. ; Desf. ; Lam. ill. t. 185. 
Calyx patent 5-cleft. Petals obovate, unguiculate, convolute. Stamens 
exserted : anthers ovate, 2-celled, opening longitudinally. Disk flat, penta- 
gonal, expanded, adnate to the tube of the calyx. Ovary 2-3-celled, immersed 
in the disk and adnate to it. Styles 2-3, diverging or combined. Fruit fleshy, 
containing a 1-2-celled nut. Seeds sessile, compressed, very smooth.— 
Shrubs or trees, with flexuose branches. Stipules usually 2, thorny, persistent, 
the one straight and the other recurved ; or solitary and spinescent, the other 
ing abortive or caducous; or rarely both caducous. Leaves alternate, 3- 
herved. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, usually much shorter than the leaf, 
often sessile, 
Th i 1 t summarily characterised. 
iren, panite and a hin aut Ze gll pibot eaves UPUTU, 
eaves ashy-coloured beneath, and a large 3-celled nut:—Z. Jujuba, leaves ot a bright 
tawny colour beneath.—Z. nummularia, long slender thorns, and small leaves.—Z. 
Enoplia, leaves very oblique, acuminated, and acute. 
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