144 SPONDIACEJi RHAMNACE^. 



3. acuminata, Roxb. ( /. ind. 2, p. 453 ; — TV. and A. pr. 1, p. 173; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 42.) b Malabar. Hills near Kennery Caves. 

 Was introduced into H. C. G. in 1808, but had not fl. in 1814.— 

 Here the plant has been cultivated for twelve years, without fl. 



4. longi/olia, Roxb. ( /. ind 2, p. 453.) b Mauritius. — Introduced into 

 H. C. G. in 1810. Fl. ? 



5. axillaris, Roxb. (/. ind. 2, p. 453.) 5 Nepal.— In H. C. G. fl. March 

 and April ; fr. R. S. {Roxb.) 



6. dulcis, Forst. {DC. pr. 2, jo. 75 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 452; — J. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. 42.— S. Cythercca, Sonn. it. 2, t. 123 ^—Lam. ill. t. 384. 

 — Gartn.fr. 2, p. 101, t. 103.) f^5ltf5^t^^ Bilati-amra. Otaheyti 

 Apple-tree. L. b Society Islands. Cultivated in India. Fl. small, 

 greenish-yellow, March ; fr. Dec. and Jan. Fruit used in the same 

 manner as that of No. \. 



PouPARTiA, Commers. {DC.pr. 2, p. 75.) 



1. borbonica. Lam. {DC. I. c.) 5 Bourbon. In H. C. G. fl. in March, 



* Spondias purpurea, L. 5 W. Indies. — S. lutea, L. 5 W. Indies. 



ORDER LXXX.— RHAMNACEtE,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 107. 



TIIK BUCKTHORN TRIBE. 



Trees and shrubs, simple or climbing, by Lindl. referred to 30 genera. 

 Of species, DC pr. and Spreng. syst. enumerate 58 for S. America, Mexico 

 and the W. Indies ; 22 for New Holland and the South Sea Islands ; 1 6 

 for Europe ; 15 for N. America ; 7 for China ; 5 for Mauritius ; 4 for N. 

 Africa ; 3 for the Canaries ; 3 for Timor ; 2 for Persia ; 2 for Senegal ; 2 

 for St. Helena ; 1 for Dahuria ; 1 for Siberia ; 1 for the Azores ; 1 for 

 Guinea ; 1 for Abyssinia ; 1 for Tristan d'Acunha, and 1 for the Antarctic 

 Islands. S. Africa possesses 50 species, {Harvey); and the E. Indies, ac- 

 cording to our materials, 55 ; viz. 2 of Paliurus ; 25 of Zizyphus ; 5 of Ber- 

 c hernia ; (3 uncertain. DC.) 2 of Sageretia ; 1 of Ventilago ; G of Rhamnus ; 

 1 of Scutia ; 1 of Hovenia ; 2 of Colubrina ; 3 of Ceanothus ; and 4 of Goua- 

 nia. With Blume's two new genera, Lepionurus and Crypteronia, and the 

 Javanese species in general we are not acquainted. Of the Indian forms, 23 

 have been discovered at the foot of the Himalayas and in Nepal ; the rest 

 are trojjical. Properties under the species. 

 ZizYi'iius, Touriief. {DC.pr. 2, p. 19 ; — W. and A. pr. \,p. IGl.) 



I. rugosa, Lara. {DC. o. c. p. 20 ; — fV. and A. o. c. p. 1G2 ; — /. Grah. 



Cat. B.pl. p. 39 ;— Wight, icon. 2, t. 339 ;— Z. latifoHa, Roxb.fi. ind. 



p. G07 ; erf. Carey, 2, p. 355 ; — DC. I. c.) 5 Travancore, the Ghauts. 



Khassya Mountains. Assam. Oude. Nepal. Fl. minute, greenish, 



March ; fr. R. S. — Fruit eaten by tlie Natives. {J. Grah.) 



