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part, hot.) prickles twin, one of which is longer than the other 

 and recurved ; leaves entire, on short petioles, ovate, acute. 

 Tj . H. Native of Egypt, on the banks of the White river. 

 Small-leaved Jujube. Shrub. 



8 Z. NAPE'CA (Wifld. spec. 1. p. 1 104.) climbing ; leaves ob- 

 liquely cordate, bluntish, serrate, downy beneath ; prickles twin, 

 exceedingly sharp, one recurved, the other straight ; corymbs 

 axillary, many-flowered ; flowers digynous. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of Ceylon and other parts of the East Indies, Rhamnus Napeca, 

 Lin. spec. 282. Pluk. phyt. t. 216. f. 2. Rumph. amb. 2. t. 42. 

 Flowers yellowish. Fruit size of a pea, smooth, shining, black, 

 marked round the base with a circular scar. They are eaten by 

 the natives. The taste is very acid and astringent. Rum- 

 phius says that three berries are a strong purgative. It is seldom 

 eaten but with salt meat, or as a sauce to fish and other food. 

 A decoction of the bark of the root is said to promote the 

 healing of fresh wounds. The tree is to be found in Prince of 

 Wales' Island. At Silhet it is very common. The name is de- 

 rived from nabq or nabka, the Arabic name of one of the species. 



Napeca Jujube. Clt. 1816. Shrub cl. 



9 Z. BACLE'I (D. C. prod. 2. p. 20.) leaves broad-ovate, 

 acuminated, crenulated, smooth, or somewhat downy on the 

 nerves and petioles ; prickles usually twin, one of them re- 

 curved ; corymbs axillary, smooth ; drupe ovate-globose. fj . 

 S. Native of Senegal. Flowers greenish-yellow. This is pro- 

 bably the Lotos which Mr. Mungo Park saw at the Gambia. 

 Fruit eatable. 



Bacle's Jujube. Shrub 8 feet. 



10 Z. INCU'RVA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 364.) leaves oval, smooth, 

 serrulate, obtusely-acuminated, oblique at the base ; prickles 

 twin, one straight, the other recurved ; peduncles axillary, few 

 or many-flowered ; flowers semidigynous ; petioles and nerves 

 of leaves somewhat pubescent, fj . H. Native of Upper Nipaul 

 at Suemba. Z. paniculata, Hamilt. mss. Flowers yellowish- 

 green. Fruit small, round, dark-purple. 



/nctt/rerf-spined Jujube. Fl. Aug. Sep. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 ft. 



11 Z. JAVANE'NSIS (Blum, bijdr. 1142.) climbing; prickles 

 solitary, recurved ; leaves 5-nerved, elliptic-oblong, bluntish, 

 doubly serrulated, smooth ; corymbs axillary, dichotomous, and 

 are, as well as the petioles, pubescent. T? . S. Native of 

 Java, where it is called Aroy Kokuhoelang. 



Java Jujube. Shrub cl. 



12 Z. TIMORIE'NSIS (D. C. prod.. 2. p. 20.) leaves ovate-ob- 

 long, acuminated, oblique at the base, smooth on both surfaces, 

 crenately-serrulated, 3-nerved ; branches unarmed ; corymbs 

 axillary, about the length of the petioles, fj . S. Native of the 

 island of Timor. Stigmas 2. Fruit unknown. 



Timor Jujube. Tree. 



13 Z. TRINE'RVIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 354.) unarmed; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, 3-nerved, bluntly serrated, glossy ; flowers in 

 axillary fascicles ; stigma 2-cleft ; drupe spherical. Jj . S. 

 Native of Mysore, in the tast Indies. Flowers numerous, 

 small, greenish-yellow. Drupes spherical, size of a cherry, 

 polished, of a lively yellow colour, with a soft, gelatinous, sweet 

 pulp. This is the same as Z. sororia, Rccm. et Schult. syst. 

 5. p. 337. and trinervia var. glabrata, Roth. nov. spec. 5. p. 337. 



Thrce-nerved-lenved Jujube. Clt. 1821. Tree 20 feet. 



14 Z. PANICULA'TA (Roth. nov. spec. 1 6 1 .) leaves oblong-oval, 

 somewhat acuminated, serrulated, scabrous, hairy beneath at the 

 nerves ; prickles twin, recurved ; branches rising as it were be- 

 neath the leaves ; panicle terminal, elongated, dichotomous ; nut 

 1-seeded. fy , S. Native of the East Indies. 



Panicled-fio\\ered Jujube. Tree. 



15 Z. NI'TIDA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 358.) leaves obliquely 

 ate-oblong, 3-nerved, obtusely-serrated, smooth ; prickles 



win, one recurved, the other straight ; drupes subcylindrical ; 

 flowers few, collected on a common peduncle, Jj . G. Native 



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of China. Flowers yellow, semidigynous. Drupe oblong, pen- 

 dulous, and smooth, about an inch long ; when ripe, pale-yellow ; 

 they are eaten, but to the taste they are rather insipid. Innu- 

 merable suckers usually rise from the root, which run to a great 

 distance from the parent tree, and make it a troublesome plant 

 in a garden. 



Shining-leaved Jujube. Clt. 1822. . Shrub 8 feet. 



16 Z. ELLI'PTICA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 359.) leaves elliptical- 

 ovate, 3-nerved, pale beneath, smooth ; prickles twin, the upper 

 one rather incurved, the under one recurved ; corymbs axil- 

 lary, dichotomous ; flowers usually trigynous. T? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, at Travancore. Flowers greenish-yellow. 

 Young shoots slightly villous and flexuous. 



7',7/j/i/itW-leaved Jujube. Fl. May, June. Tree 20 feet. 



17 Z. GLA'BKA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 364.) climbing, smooth; 

 leaves ovate, cordate, long, obtuse, pointed, serrulated, smooth, 

 strongly marked with 3 nerves ; prickles solitary, recurved ; 

 drupes oval. Tj . G. Native of Chittagong, in the East Indies. 

 Fruit about the size of a gooseberry. 



Smooth Jujube. Shrub cl. 



18 Z. FLEXUOSA (Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 365.) a smooth shrub, 

 with spiny flexuous branches, and unarmed straight branchlets ; 

 prickles twin, one very long and straight, the other recurved ; 

 leaves lanceolate, obtuse, crenate, smooth ; flowers axillary, 

 usually solitary ; style deeply bifid. Tj . H. Native of Nipaul, 

 at Gosaingsthan. An elegant shrub, with mahogany-coloured 

 prickles. Flowers solitary or few in a fascicle, yellowish, rather 

 large. 



Zigzag-branched Jujube. Clt. 1820. Shrub 8 feet. 



19 Z. CARACU'TTA (Hamilt. ex Wall, in fl. ind. 2. p. 361.) 

 leaves round, serrulated, 3-nerved, adult ones smooth, but rather 

 villous when young ; prickles twin, the under one recurved ; 

 peduncles axillary, many-flowered, very short ; style 3-cleft ; 

 drupe oval, with a 3-celled nut. Pj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, in the southern parts of Mysore, where it is called Kara- 

 kutla by the natives. Young branches villous. Flowers green- 

 ish-yellow. Fruit the size of a large cherry, depressed a little 

 at both ends, smooth, dark-brown ; fleshy part tough, firm, and 

 yellowish. 



Karakutla Jujube. Fl. April. Clt. 1823. Tree 16 feet. 



* * Leaves downy beneath. 



20 Z. RETICULA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 20.) leaves oval, some- 

 what toothletted, netted with veins, and downy beneath ; prickles 

 twin, straight ; stigma usually 3-toothed ; drupe globose. J? . S. 

 Native of South America. Paliurus reticul&tus, Vahl. eclog. 

 amer. 3. p. 6. t. 23. Flowers greenish-yellow. Fruit eatable. 



Netted-\eavcd Jujube. Shrub. 



21 Z. RUGOSA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 319.) leaves broad-oval, 

 wrinkled, serrulated, sometimes smooth, sometimes downy be- 

 neath ; prickles usually twin, recurved ; corymbs stalked, dicho- 

 tomous, downy. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. Pluk. aim. 

 t. 29. f. 7. This species is said to come very near.Z. xylocdrpa. 



Wrinkled-leaved Jujube. Shrub 6 feet. 



22 Z. HORRIDA (Roth. nov. spec. 159.) leaves ovate, blunt, 

 crenulate, pubescent beneath at the ribs ; prickles twin or soli- 

 tary, recurved ; corymbs dichotomous, axillary, and lateral. 

 T? . S. Native of the East Indies. 



Horrid Jujube. Shrub. 



23 Z. CELTIDIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 20.) leaves ovate, 

 oblique at the base, upper ones acuminated, almost entire, 3- 

 nerved, lateral nerves bifid at the base, and are, as well as the 

 petioles and branchlets, pubescent ; prickles usually solitary, 

 recurved, quite smooth ; corymbs axillary. fj . S. Native of 

 the island of Timor. This is very like Z. OEnoplia, and is per- 

 haps the Z. glabrata of Heyne and Roth. nov. spec. 158 ? 



Nettle-tree-leaved Jujube. Tree. 

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