Salacia L. — Ziziphus Trnf. 235 



Descrpt. Arlo?- humilis 12 — 20 ped. alta, in hortis 

 prope Bataviam saepe cuha et Lidara i. e. sanguis dicta ; 

 caulis teres hgnosus obhquus haud crassus; coma subglobosa, 

 depressa irregularis; rami spinosi, divaricati, ramosissiuii, 

 subgeniculati, teretes tenues glabri, flavo-fusci, uberiores ad 

 basin aut in mcdio trunci progredientes, crassi, erecti, stricti, 

 virides pube , densa fulvo-albida tecti ; ramuli uhimi teneri 

 teretes flexuosi, incano-tomentosi , pilis cirrhoso-crispulis in- 

 tricatis , iu ramis uberioribus , albido-hmatls ad stipulas et 

 petiolorum insertionem fuligiiiosi; sfipulae binae, summae 

 patentes Hneari-subulatae, 0,i polL longae, viridiusculae, her- 

 baceae, inaequales, brevior apice nigrescenti dimusculo, spi- 

 nescenti praedita, longius persistens, ahera decidua aut emar- 

 cida , in ra/ziis ahera brevis persistens in spinam mutata 

 lignosam, rectam, firmam, acutissimam, 0,1 poll. longam; 

 altera longior decidua ; i/i uberioribus ramis utraque erecta, 

 0,2 poll. longa, fuhginoso - tomentosa, intus glabra, conica, 

 crassiuscula , herbacea, apice nigrescenti spinescens, dein 

 patens ct firmior successive in spinas stipulares mutata ; 

 spijiae igitiu' geminae, aequilongae, basi tomentosae, ci*assae, 

 subherbaceae sed firmae, supra basin hgnosae, badiae, gla- 

 brae, nitidae, altera patenti - erecta, altera patenti - recurva ; 

 petioli aherni patentes, subteretes, supra canaliculati, incano- 

 aut ferrugineo-tomentosi, 0,2 — 0,4 poll. longi ; folia 3-nervia 

 ramorum uberiorum subrotunda aut subrotundo-ovata, 1,5 — 

 2,0 poll. longa, 1,5 — 1,7 poll. lata, e marginibus elatis sub- 

 concava, acuta aut subobtusa, basi rotundata aut subcordata, 

 integerrima, supra basiu minute mucronulato-serridata, supra 

 laete viridia, glaberrima, nitida, subtus pube intricata, albida, 

 tota tecta in nervis fidva ; in ramis florifcris coriacea, ovaKa 

 aut ovah-oblonga, 2,0—2,5 poll. longa, 1,3 poll. lata, ple- 

 rumque obtusa hinc acutiuscula, sacpe emarginata aut prae- 

 morso-trimcata , basi plerumque inaequah obhque acuta aut 

 obtusa, in margme subrevoluto seiTulato-crenata, supra atro- 

 viridia, glaberrima, nitidissima, subtus tomento fulvo tecta, 

 uervis plerumque glabratis ; iu praefoHatione impHcativa ad 



