26 DISCTFXOnj!. 



114' RhamnuB infectorins, L- 



II. Braiichlcls, with flowers and fruits. 



(1) Ptc de St. Loup, 24 May, 1854. (2) With fruit. Pont 

 du Gard, 30 May, 1854. (3) With fruit. Gap, 2 

 July, 1857. 



115. R. utilis, Dene. 



a. Fioiii Dr. Lockhart's garden, Shanghai; received Oct., 

 1856. 



[Identical with specimen a (2) under R. chlorophonm, q.v.'\ 



A note is appended to this specimen in Dr. Lindley'a 

 hand^vriting, 22 May, 1 857, stating : — " This is the plant 

 from which, according ' to Fortune, the green dye is 

 prepared." (See Hanbury Science Papers, p. 125-127.) 

 (?) B. cariiifolius, according to Dr. Lindley's first opinion. 

 (6) From Mr. Glendinning, Turnham Green, 1857. 



An engraving of li. utilis, by Riocreui (pi. 1) is placed 

 with this specimen, 

 (c) From Mr. Glendinning, Turnham Green. 



" This is the plant Mr. Glendinning calls the narrow leaved 

 variety." It has neither flowers nor fruit. 



116. Zizyphus Lotus, Lam. "Ser-" (Hind), (Fi.) 



a. With flowers and fruit. 



Apparently an Indian specimen. [This is one of the plants 

 ■ of which the fruits are said to have been eaten by 

 the Lotophagi.— Treas. Bot., p. 1251.] 



117. Zizyphus SpinarChristi, Willd. 



a. With flowers and fruit. 



Jafta, 16 Oct., 1860 ; Dr. J. D. Hooker and D. Hanbury. 



b. With flowers. 



Mejdel Kerfim, near Caiffa, 31 Oct., 1860; Dr. J. D. 

 Hooker and D. Hanbury. " An enormous tree in 

 the burial place outside the village." — D. H. 

 [This specimen has leaves which are more broadly oval 



and more obtuse, and the flowers are in much larger and 



denser clusters than in specimen a.] 



118. Zizyphus vulgaris. Lam. 



a. and b. With flowers. 



Shanghai, 1857 ; T. Hanbury, 



