ZhtphuS. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



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ed in the receptacle, three-celled, with one ovulum in each, 

 attached to the bottom of the cell. Style short, three-cleft. 



9. Z. Oenoplia. Willd. spec. i. 1105. 



Shrubby. Thorns solitary, recurved. Leaves unequally 

 ovate-cordate, entire, acute ; three-nerved, downy underneath. 

 Flower 8 minute, crowded in the axills. 



Native of various parts of India. Flowering time the close 

 of the rains. 



10. Z. foment osa. R. 



Shrubby. Thorns solitary, scarcely curved. Leaves un- 

 equally ovate-cordate, three-nerved, obtuse, minutely serru- 

 late, hairy above, and tomentose underneath. Panicles la- 

 teral. 



A short, very ramous shrub, a native of Chittagong, and 

 there used fur fences. 



11. Z. xylopyrus. Willd. spec. i. 1104. 



Arboreous. Leaves obliquely cordate, three-nerved, ser- 

 rate, downy. Thorns when present stipulary, one recurv- 

 ed, the other straight. Nuts three-celled, three- valved. 



Rhamnus Xylopyrus. Retz. Obs. ii. 11. 



Telinga. Got/. 



Common in every forest on the coast of Coromandel. 



In a good soil it grows to be a pretty large tree, with a 

 tolerably erect trunk, but in general it is found in the state 

 of a large straggling shrub. Bark light ash-coloured, much 

 cracked, corky ; young parts covered with soft white down. 

 The prickles in a poor soil are always present and stipula- 

 ry, the under one recurved, the upper one erect and straight. 

 Leaves alternate, short-petioled, bifarious, obliquely-cor- 

 date, serrate, three-nerved, downy, particularly on the under 

 side, about two inches long. Corymbs axillary, small, many- 

 flowered. Flowers as in the genus. Style three-cleft. Drupe. 

 the size of a large cherry, greenish and downy, marked 



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