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species from the mountains of India, ascending to 3,000 feet. 

 It is much used for garden hedges. The fruit is sweet and 

 acidulous and of a pleasant flavour (Brandis). 



Zizyphus Mistal, Grisebach. 



Argentina. A fine tree with edible fruits. 



Zizyphus rugosa, La Marck. 



Nepal and other mountainous parts of India. A small tree, 

 hardier than the last. The drupe of this is also edible, and 

 the same may be said of a few other Indian species. 



Zizyphus Sinensis, La Marck. 



China and Japan. Similar in use to the last. 



Zizyphus Spina Christi, Willdenow. 



Middle and North Africa, South- West Asia. Rather a hedge 

 plant than a fruit bush. 



Zizyphus vulgaris, La Marck. 



Orient, particularly Syria, in the Himalayas up to 6,500 

 feet. A small tree, well adapted for a temperate clime. 

 Fruits scarlet, about an inch long, with edible pulp ; they are 

 known as South European Jujubes. The allied Z. oxyphylla 

 (Edgeworth) has a very acid fruit. 



Zoysia pungens, Willdenow. 



Eastern and Southern Asia, East Australia. This creeping 

 grass, although not large, is important for binding coast- 

 sands j it will live on saline soil. 



ADDITIONS. 



Acacia aneura, F. V. Mueller. 



Arid desert, interior of extra-tropical Australia. A small tree 

 up to 25 feet high. Wood excessively hard, dark brown, 

 used preferentially by the natives for boomerangs, sticks to 

 lift edible roots, shafts of Phrogmites-spears, woomerangs, 



