RHAMNE/E. II. ZIZYPIIUS. III. SPH.EROCARYA. IV. CONDAI.IA. V. BERCHEMIA. 



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Elegant Jujube. Shrub G feet? 



.;!) /. EXSE'RTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 21.) leaves ovate, serru- 

 lated, downy beneath ; prickles wanting ; corymbs axillary ; 

 calyx with 10 glands on the inside ; stamens twice or thrice 

 longer than the petals. 17 . S. Native of the island of Luzon, 

 near Manilla. Rhamims I trinervis, Cav. icon. t. 505. f. 1. but 

 not of Roth. Z. trinervis, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 192. Stigmas 2, 

 thickened. Berry ovate, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



Protruding-stamcned Jujube. Shrub or Tree. 



j" Sjiecies not sufficiently known. 



40 Z. ANGULA'TA (Lam. diet. 3. p. 320.) leaves roundish- 

 oval, a little toothed, smooth on both surfaces ; prickles twin, 

 straight ; branches tetragonal, with prominent angles. ^ S. 

 Native of? Flowers, as well as fruit, unknown. 



Angular-stemmed Jujube. Shrub ? 



41 Z. HAVANE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 

 57.) branches 5-angled, twisted, flexuous, smooth ; spines sti- 

 pular, straight ; leaves roundish-ovate, unequal-sided, somewhat 

 cordate, 3-nerved, obsoletely-crenulated, coriaceous, smooth ; 

 calyxes clothed with rusty down. Jj . S. Native of the island 

 of Cuba, near Havannah. Anthers behind. The tree has the 

 habit of Z. angulata, and will probably with it form a distinct 

 genus, or form a section of Ccanothus. 



Havannah Jujube. Tree 20 feet. 



42 Z. AGRE'STIS (Schult. syst. 5. p. 341.) leaves oblong, quite 

 entire, smooth ; prickles twin, straight, short ; flowers racemose, 

 apetalous ; drupe globose, containing a 3-celled nut. T? . G. 

 Native of Cochin-china. Rhamnus agrestis, Lour. fl. coch. 158. 

 Stamens surrounded by hairs. Drupe globose, red, eatable. 



Field Jujube. Shrub 8 feet. 



43 Z. SOPORIFERA (Schult. syst. 5. p. 340.) leaves lanceolate, 

 nerveless, quite entire ; prickles scattered, straight ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary; drupe roundish, 1-seeded. Tj . G. Native 

 of the north of China. Rhamnus soporifer, Lour. fl. coch. 158. 

 According to Loureiro it comes very near to the figure in Rumph. 

 amb. 2. t. 37. which has been considered Z. Napeca by Linnaeus. 

 Flowers reddish. Drupe small, red. The kernel of the nut, 

 steeped a few days, is hypnotic and paregoric, causes gentle 

 sleep, and mitigates pain. 



Sleepy Jujube. Shrub. 



44 Z. CAPE'NSIS (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 193.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 smooth ; prickles twin, straight ; flowers digynous ; stem shrubby. 



Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Cape Jujube. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. The hardy kinds will grow in any common garden soil ; 

 they are well adapted for shrubberies, and are easily increased 

 by ripened cuttings, planted in a good soil, with a hand-glass 

 placed over them, or by slips of the roots, planted in the same 

 manner. The greenhouse \nd stove species will grow well in 

 a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and ripened cuttings will 

 root, planted in a pot of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them, 

 but those of the stove species will require to be placed in heat. 



III. SPHTEROCA'RYA (from afyaipa, sphaira, a sphere, and 

 xapvoy, caryon, a nut; nuts round). Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 371. 



LiN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Pe- 

 tals 5, alternating with the stamens, inserted in the calyx, and 

 with 5 fringed scales between the stamens and opposite the 

 calycine segments. Stamens 5, inserted in the calyx. Disk 

 none. Drupe pear-shaped, containing a smooth round nut. A 

 large tree, with alternate, ovate, entire, smooth, exstipulate leaves, 

 and axillary and terminal villous racemes of small greenish, 

 inodorous flowers. 



1 S. EDU'LIS (Wall. 1. c.). ^ . G. Native of Nipaul in the 

 forests, about the valley. The flesh of the fruit is pale-brown, 



and the inhabitants of Nipaul are very fond of it, which, how- 

 ever, to a European palate, holds out but little temptation. 



Edible- fruited Spha-rocarya. Tree -10 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see greenhouse species of 



IV. CONDA'LIA (in honour of Anthony Condal, M. D. 

 companion of Lccfling in his voyages). Cav. icon. 6. p. 16. t. 

 525. D. C. prod. 2. p. 28. Brogn. mem. Rham. p. 48. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx spreading, 5- 

 cleft (f. 4. C. .), adhering to the ovary ; segments deciduous, 

 but with the base permanent. Petals wanting. Anthers bilo- 

 cular (f. 4. C. e.). Stamens alternating with the sepals (f. 4. 

 C. e.). Style 1. Disk flat, expanded (f. 4. C. c.), pentagonal. 

 Ovary girded by the disk, free, 2-celled (f. 4. C. rf.). Stigma 

 small, entire. Fruit drupaceous, ovate, containing a 1 -celled, 

 1-seeded nut (probably from abortion ?). Seed ovate, destitute 

 of a furrow. Much branched, smooth shrubs, with spiny branch- 

 lets, alternate, almost sessile, obovate-oblong, entire leaves, and 

 axillary flowers. This genus differs from Zizyphus, to which it 

 is nearly allied, in being destitute of petals, as well as in the 

 style and stigma being simple. 



1 C. MICROPHY'LLA (Cav. 1. c.) leaves alternate, almost sessile, 

 obovate-oblong, mucronate. I? . G. Native of Chili. Zizy- 

 phus myrtoides, Ort. dec. 9. p. 119. Branches spreading, spiny 

 at the apex. Flowers on short pedicels, greenish-yellow. 



Small-leaved Condalia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 3 feet. 



2? C. ? PARADOXA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 825.) leaves opposite, 

 connate, thick, decurrent, stiff, pungent ; peduncles lateral, 

 crowded. T? . S. Native of Monte Video. 



Paradoxical Condalia. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cult. These shrubs will grow well in a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand, and ripened cuttings will root freely, planted in a pot 

 of sand, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



V. BERCHE'MIA (Berchem, probably the name of some 

 botanist). Neck. elem. 2. p. 122. D. C. prod. 2. p. 22. Brogn. 

 mem. Rham. 49. CEnoplia, Hedw. f. gen. 1. p. 151. CEno- 

 plia, Schult. syst. 5. p. 962. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx with a hemis- 

 pherical tube, and 5 erect segments (f. 4. E. a.). Petals 5, con- 

 volute (f. 4. E. c. d.). Stamens inclosed within the petals (f. 4. 

 E. c.). Anthers ovate, 2-celled. Disk annular (f. 4. E. f.), 

 rather flat. Ovary half immersed in the disk, 2-celled (f. 4. 

 E. c.). Style simple, short, bifid at apex. Fruit dry, indehis- 

 cent, 2-celled (f. 4. E. g.). Seeds adhering to the testa of the 

 pericarp. Erect or climbing shrubs, with alternate, many- 

 nerved, entire leaves, and with the flowers subumbellate in the 

 axillae of the upper leaves, or disposed in terminal panicles. 



* Climbing shrubs. 



1 B. VOLU'BILIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 22.) branches smooth, a 

 little twining ; leaves oval, mucronate, a little wavy ; racemes 

 axillary and terminal ; drupe oblong, violaceous. 17 . y. H. 

 Native of Carolina and Virginia. Rhamnus volubilis, Lin. fil. 

 suppl. 132. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 336. Zizyphus volubilis, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 1102. CEnoplia volubilis, Schult. syst. 5. p. 332. 

 Flowers greenish-yellow. Authors attribute (,> the roots anti- 

 syphilitic properties. 



Twining Berchemia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1714. Shrub cl. 



2 B. FLORIBU'NDA (Brogn. in mem. rhamn. p. 50.) unarmed, 

 smooth, with rambling branches ; leaves ovate, acute, quite 

 entire, retuse at the base, glaucous beneath ; panicle large, ter- 

 minal ; flowers racemose ; drupe somewhat cylindrical. f? . S. 

 Native of Nipaul, at Thankote and Sankoo, and on Chundrugiri. 



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