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crenated, crenatures with callous points, glabrous on both sides, 

 shining ; flowers fascicled in the axils of the leaves, shortly- pedi- 

 celled. Chorla Ghaut ; flowers in February. This species is dis- 

 tinguished from the preceding by the very different inflorescence, 

 while the costal veins in the leaf of the preceding are double in 

 number, and form a much larger angle with the midrib. 



2. ZIZYPHUS, Lournef. 



1. RUGCSA, Lam. Encycl. Metru iii, 319. A large straggling 

 thorny shrub ; leaves broadly oval serrated ; cymes long-ped uncled, 

 forming a large terminal panicle; drupe obovate, small, white, 

 eatable, and very palatable. Common. Native name " Toorun." 

 Syn. Z latifolia, Koxb. Fl Ind. i, 607 ; Z paniculata, Roth. nov. 

 sp. I p 161 ; Z obliqua, lleyne, in Roth. nov. sp. p 160. The edible 

 fruit is a great support to the people of the Ghauts from March to 

 the middle of May. 



2. XYLOPYRA, Willd. sp. i, p, 1104. A tree; prickles solitary 

 or in pairs or wanting ; leaves broadly elliptical or orbicular obtuse, 

 serrulated, underside pale, softly pubescent, finely reticulated ; 

 cymes short ; nut size of a large cherry, round, hard, 3-celled. The 

 Ghauts ; common. Native name " Gootee." The nuts used for 

 blackening leather, Dr. Gibson. Syn. Z elliptica, Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 i, 610 ; Z caracutta, Roxb. loc. cit. 612 ; Z rotundifolia, Roth. nov. 

 sp. 160 ; Z orbicularis, Schult. in DC. Prod. 2, p21 ; Rhamnus 

 xylopyras, Retz. obs. ii, p 11. Wood excellent for torches. 



3. JUJUBA, Lam. Encyc. Meth. iii, 318. A common tree, 

 prickly, prickles often wanting; leaves elliptic or oblong obtuse, ser- 

 rulated, upperside glabrous, underside covered with a dense, short, 

 tawny tomentum ; cymes sessile or shortly-peduncled ; drupe 

 spherical ; nut rugose, hard and thick ; flowers foetid. Produces 

 a kind of Kino from the bark, useful in medicine. DC. Prod. 2, 

 p 21 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. i, p 508 ; Z. Syn. trinervia, Roth. nov. sp. p 158 ; 

 Z sororia, Schult. in DC. Prod. 2, p 21 ; Rhamnus jujuba, Linn. 



4. NUMMULARIA, W. and A. Prod, p 162. Shrubby, branched 

 from the base, slender flexuose, spreading ; thorns in pairs, the 

 upper one straight, slender ; leaves ovate or elliptic, or orbicular 

 serrulated, underside with a dense grey tomentum ; cymes sessile, 

 very short. Common in Guzerat ; very troublesome to sportsmen. 

 Syn. Z microphylla, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, p 613; Z rotundifolia, Lam. ; 

 DC. Prod. 2, p 21 ; Rhamnus nummularia, Burm. Ind. p 61. 



5. OENOPLIA, Mill. A climbing thorny shrub ; leaves obliquely 

 ovate, acuminated, slightly serrulate, underside shortly tomentose ; 

 cymes short ; drupe globose. Common in the Concan, also Deccan. 

 DC. Prod.- 2, P 21; Roxb. Fl Ind. i, P 611; Z napeca, Roth, 

 nov. sp. p 159; Roxb, loc. cit. 613. 



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