14 RHAMtnSiK. Zizyphus. 



BHAMISUS (L. Gen. 265). 



Galyx 4-5 fidus dentibus demum basi circumscissa deciduis. Discus 

 tenuis tubum calycis vestiens Petala 4-5 vel nuUa margini tubi in- 

 serta. Stamina 4-5. Stylus 2-4 fidus vel indivisus. Ovarium liberum 

 .S-4 loculare. Drupa 2-4 pyrena succulenta vel sicca pyrenis cartila- 

 gineislongitudinaliter dehiscentibus. — Frutices vel arl)usculge, flores 

 dioico-poiygami rarius hermaphroditi. 



Sect. I. Alaternus. d.c. Prodr. 11, p. 23. — 5/y/2*s bi-trifidus. 

 Semina dorso sulcata. — Frutices inermes floribus ra- 

 cemosis dioicis. 



1. R. Alaternus (L. Sp. 281) glabra inermis, foliis coriaceis 

 ])ersistentibus petiolatis ovatis ellipticisve remotedenticulato-serratis, 

 racemis axillaribus et terminalibus brevibus densis, bracteis minutis 

 ovatis tomentellis, floribus pentandris , calycis laciniis lanceolatis 

 acutis , petalis nullis , drupa nigra obovato-globosa , serainis flavi 

 sulco aperto 5- Glus. Hist. I, p. 50, fig. 2. 



Hab. in collibus et sepibus regionis senipervirentis . totius Grsecise (Boryl 

 Sprun! etc), insularum Poros (Heldr!), Chio (Orph!^ Rhodus (BourgtJ Mace- 

 donise (Friv!j, Anatoliae occid. ad Smyrnam (Bal I), Cilicialittorali(Bal! Kyl), 

 Cypro (Ky !) Svriil boreali maritima ad Beilan (Haussk !) et prope Sidonem 

 rBl !), Ponto littorali ad Trapezuntem (ex. C. Koch) — Fl. Mart. Apr. 



Ar. Geogr. Regio mediterranea Europa? et Africa^ borealis. 



Skct. II. Gervispina. — Stylus bi-trifidus. Semina dorso sulcata. 

 Fnitices spinescentes florihus fasciculatis dioicis vel poly- 

 gamis swpius tetrapetalis. 



* Folia et rami alternl. 

 -j- Seminis sulcus apice non bifidus. 



2. R. punctata (Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 2, p. 4) intricata, ramis to- 

 mentellis rigidis apice spinescentibus, foliis coriaceis crassiusculis per- 

 sistentibus integerrimis margine revolutis supra glabrescentibus subtus 

 t(wi€ntellis reticulato-nervosis obovatis oblongis vel ellipticis, floribus 

 axillaribus fasciculatis pedicellis tomentellis subeequilongis suffultis. 

 calycis laciniis oblongis flavidis obsolete trinerviis, petalis lanceolatis 

 minutis, disco hirto, drupa obovatd, seminis pallidi sulco clauso mar- 

 gine cartilagineo 6 R- pubescens d.g. Prodr. II. p. 25 etherb. non Poir. 

 II GrcBCus Ky. Gypr. p. 358, non Boiss ? 



Hab. in dumo.^^is et sepibufr Cilicia? (Auch exs. 2055!), Cypri (Labill. herb!), 

 Syriae littoralis circa Berythum et Srdonem (Bl !), Libano in ditione Kesraouan 

 (Gaill!) Antilibano ad Rascheya (Boiss !) Fl. Mai. 



