MIAMNEAE. 641 ZIZYPHUS. 



convoluta unguiculata. Stamina 5. Ovarium disco semi-immersum 

 3-loculare. O vu la in loculis solitaria. Styli 3 conici vix ab ovario 

 distincti, stigmata oblonga. Bacca sicca spongioso-coriacea semi- 

 globosa, superne in discum magnum orbicularem expansa, putamine 

 lignoso tviloeulari. Semina in loculis solitaria compressa, testa laevi 

 crustacea, e m b r y i intra albumen cavnosum tenue inclusi c o t y- 

 ledones orbiculares planae magnae. — Prutices in subcalidis Euro- 

 pae, Afrieae, in Asiae australioris terris crescentes, foliis alternis 3* 

 nerviis, spinis stipularibus geminis, altera recta, altera recurva. 



1. PaliuraS VirgatUS don. Prodr. Nep. p. 189; ramuli glabvi, fo- 

 lia oblique cordata vel elliptica trinervia lucida, fructus ala integenima, 

 Nepal. 



Tribus TI. Fkanguleae reiss. L c. Fructus superus vel semi- 

 inferus, calycis cupula, suflïïltns, drupaeeus vel capsularis, coccis in- 

 debiscentibus vel intus rima apertis. — Polia alterna, rarius opposita. 



III. ZIZYPHUS tournef. Calycis tubus expansus, limbi 

 5-fidi laciniae subtriangulares, intus carinatae. Pet ala (rarius nulla) 

 5, disci plani margini pentagono inserta, obovato-spatliulata ungui- 

 culata convoluta. Stamina 5. Ovarium disco immersum et adna- 

 tum, bi- raro 3-loculare. Ovula in loculis solitaria. Styli 2 — 3 

 conici, stigmata parva papillosa. Bacca carnosa, calyce vel ejus 

 basi circumscissa sufiulta, putamiue lignoso 2 — 3- vel 1-loculari. 

 S e m i u a convexo-plana, testa tenui laevi fragili, e m b r y i exalbu- 

 minosi vel albumine tenui ciucti cotyledones magnae adpressae 

 crassae. — Prutices vel arbores in regionibus subcalidis, ramis nunc 

 spinosis, foliis alternis, 3-5-nerviis, stipulis spinescentibus, altera nunc 

 caduca velabortiva, cymisaxillaribuspaucinoris,fruetusaepius eduh. 



§ 1. Folia sublus glabra vel in nervis pubcscenlia. 



1. Zizyphns celtidifoliUS dc. Spinae reflexae, ramuli novelli fer- 

 rugineo-puberi, folia ovata obtusa vel vulgo breviter obtuse acunn- 

 uata semilato-denticulata, adulta utrinque glaberrima, juniora subtus 

 pubera, 1— -1|_2 poll. longa, £— 1 lata, basi rotuudatü, inaequi- 

 latera, 3— 5-nervia, stipulae parvae spinescentes, flores axillares glo- 

 merati, calycis laciniae ovatae basi subcordatae glabrrasculae petahs 

 aequales, styli alte coaliti, ovarium glabrum disco immersum, bilocu- 

 lare. Zizyphus cellidifolius BC. Prodr. II. p. 20. Decaisn. I. c. 



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