ZtziphltS. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 607 



bryo nearly as long, and broad as the perisperm, and of the 

 same colour, erect. Cotyledons two, nearly orbicular. Ra- 

 dicle obovate, inferior. 



2. Z. albeus. R. 



Arboreous. Prickles solitary, recurved. Leaves oblique- 

 ly oval, serrulate, downy underneath. Corymbs axillary, 

 long-peduncled. Corol none. Style two-cleft. Drupes 

 drooping-, smooth, white. 



Found by Dr. Hunter in Col. Palmer's garden, near Cal- 

 cutta, in full flower, and with ripe fruit in April 1803. It was 

 originally brought from China. 



Trunk arboreous, with spreading branches. Prickles so- 

 litary on the under side, short, recurved, being nothing more 

 than the indurated stipules. Leaves alternate, bifarious, 

 short-petioled, three-nerved, obliquely oval, most slightly ser- 

 rulate, downy underneath. Stipules subulate, the lower one 

 hardens into a prickle, the other is caducous. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, three or four times longer than the petioles, 

 many-flowered. Calyx five-cleft. Corol none, nor any 

 thing like the usual scales of the genus. Style two-cleft. 

 Drupe round, the size of a small cherry, smooth, when ripe 

 white, and pendulous. The pulp rather mealy and sweet. 

 Nut turbinate, thin, two-celled, with a single seed in each. 



3. Z. latifolia. R. 



Arboreous, prickles stipulary, short and recurved. Leaves 

 oval, serrate, three-nerved, downy underneath. Panicles ter- 

 minal. Petals wanting. Drupe turbinate. Nut one-celled. 



This species is very rare. It is a native of mountainous 

 tracts in the Circars and grows to be a small tree. 



Prickles solitary, very thick, but short, recurved, a rigid 

 pointed thorn-like stipule occupies the other side of the in- 

 sertion of the petiole. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, bi- 

 farious, oval, serrate, three-nerved, smooth, from four to six 

 inches long. Corymbs terminal, and from the exterior axills, 



