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412 XXXVI. lUIAMNEiE. [ZizypJtus 



Leaves wliite or rusty underneath, with a close tomentum. 



Ovary and drupes 2.celled i. Z.jtfjiiha, 



Ovary and drupes 4 celled Z, Z. quadnl ocularis, 



(Z. melastomoides, A. Cunn. Hcr'o. and Steud. Nom., is a Celtis) 



1, Z. CEnoplia, Mill ; TF. and Am, Prod. 163 (with the synonyms ad- , 

 duced, except Z. Napeca). k shrub of several feet, with very^ divaricate 

 "branches, the young ones rusty-pubescent or villous. Stipular spines short, 

 in pairs, one straight and deciduous, the other hooked or recurved and more 

 persistent. Leaves very obliquely ovate, obtuse or shghtly acuminate, 1 to 3 

 in. long, entire or crenulate, 3- or 5-nerved, membranous, green on both j 

 sides, softly pubescent or villous, especially underneath," or sometimes glabrous 

 when full grown. Cymes small, compact, few-flowered, and almost sessile. 

 Ovary 2 -celled, style short, the stigma scarcely divided. Drupe globular, 2 

 or 3 lines diameter, 2-ceUed or 1-celled by abortion. — Z. ceUidifolia ^ DC. 

 Prod. ii. 20 (from the character given) ; Fenzl, inHueg. Enum. 20 ; Z. rufida^ 

 Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. part 1, 643. 



N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem S. Bay, -R. Brown. 

 Common in East India and the Archipelago, but apparently not in Africa. Of the two 

 Linutean Ehainni doubtfully referred here by 'V\Ught and Arnott, jR. (Enoplia is quite correct ; * 



R. Napeca however is Zizyphus lucida, Moon; Thw. Enum. PL Ceyl. 74. The Linnsean i 



herbarium has very good authentically named specimens of both. 



2, Z, jujuba. Lam.; W. and Am, Prod. 162 (with the synonyms ad- 

 duced). A tall shrnb or small tree, with short stipular prickles, occasionally 

 wanting. Leaves ovate *or nearly orbicular, usually veiy obtuse, 1 to 3 m. 

 long, entire or toothed, 3-nerved, glabrous al)ove, covered underneath, as well 

 as the petioles and branches, with a close white or rusty tomentum. Cymes 

 small, compact, and nearly sessile. Ovary 2-celled, tapering into a short 2- 

 lobed style. Drupe globular, usually about |- to nearly f in. diameter, 2- 

 celled or 1-celled by abortion. 



Qaeensland. Torres Straits, Duhouzet, Very common, both wild and cultivated, 

 throughout tropical Asia, extending also to tropical Africa. 



3. Z. quadrilocularis, F, MuelL Frar/m. iii. 57. A tall shrub or 

 small tree. Stipules lanceolate, appressed, very rigid and pointed, but not so 

 spinous and more deciduous than in the other species. Leaves ovate, shortly 

 acuminate, or rarely obtuse, 2 to 3 in. long, entire or scarcely crenulate, very 

 oblique at the base, 3-nerved, glabrous above, rusty orhoary-tomentose under- 

 neath, as well as the young branches. Cymes small, dense, very shortly 

 pedunculate. Ovai-y 4-cellecl, \\ith a short 4-lobed style. Drupe globular, 



of the size of that of Z.jajula, but the thick bony putamen 4-celied and 4- 

 seeded. 



N. Australia. Upper Tictoria river, F.MueUer. 



3. BHAMNUS, Liuu. ■ 



Calyx 4- or 5-lo])ed, brondly campanulatc or spreadiu"-. Petals hood- 

 shaped, involute or nearly ilat, or rarely none. Stamens 4 or 5, scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the petals when present. Disk broadly concave or lining the calyif-- 

 tube, with a free margin. Ovary free, sessile on the disk (not immersed), 2- 

 celled 111 the Australian species, 3- or 4-celled in most others, tapering into a 



