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XXXV. RHAMNACEjE 



[Zizyphus 



Fig. 78. — Zizyphus nummti- 

 laria, W, & A. A. 



Himalaya to 4,500 ft. Grown in gardens 

 for its fruit. The young foliage appears 

 in March, April, while the old leaves are 

 shedding, sometimes a second flush in July 

 and August. Fl. usually April-Sept. Fr. 

 Dec-March. A remarkable form is Edge- 

 worth's var. liysudrica, commonly culti- 

 vated in the Punjab. L. obtuse, often 

 orbicular, glabrous or slightly pubescent 

 beneath, the branches not drooping, but 

 erect or spreading. 



A shrubby form of this species, not gre- 

 garious, 1. 1-2 by J-li in., fr. globose, yellow 

 or reddish J in diam., is found in Singhboom 

 (Haines). 



2. Z. nummularia, AV. et A., Prodr. 

 i. 162 (1834) ; * Branclis F. Fl. 88. 



Vera. Jangra, Sind : Karkan, Trans. 

 Indus; Bed, Media, Kokan her, Pb. ; 

 Bhor,Jlicd Bhor, Ajmere; Paragi, Kan. 

 A thorny shrub. Branches flexuose, divaricate at right angles, young shoots, 

 underside of leaves and inflorescence grey-pubescent, spines slender, pilose 

 when young, unequal, one slender \- § in, the other much shorter, hooked, bent 

 downwards. L. elliptic or orbicular, \-l in. long. Cymes sessile. Drupes 

 globose, edible, \ in. diam., stone rugose, shell hard, bony. 



Sind and Baluchistan. Dry region of North- Western India and the Deccan, south 

 to the dry country near Cape Comorin. Gregarious, often covering extensive tracts 

 with irregular rounded thorny masses of shrub. The old leaves shed early in the hot 

 weather, and the fresh leaves appear immediately afterwards. Fl. March-June. Fr. 

 Kov.-Jan. 



3. Z. Oenoplia, Mill. ; Brandis P. PI. 86.— Syn. Z. Xapecei, Boxb. Vera. 

 Makdh, Sahar.; Makai, Oudh ; Makor, Mar.; Yeruni, Chanda; Kontai 

 Roll, Uriya : Pciraki, Tel. 



A scrambling often climbing shrub, prickles short, sharp, often solitary. 

 Branchlets, underside of leaves and inflorescence clothed with dense ferrugineous 

 tomentum. L. oblique, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, minutely denticulate or al- 

 most entire, in the larger half of leaf 

 often two basal nerves, making 4 

 altogether. Transverse nerves numer- 

 ous, parallel, ascending. PL in short 

 axillary sessile cymes. Drupe J in. 

 long, black, edible, stone tuberculate. 



Subhinialayan tract from the Sutlej 

 eastward, plains of Northern India. Chota 

 Nagpore. Both Peninsulas. Fl. H. S. Fr. 

 P. S., eaten. A common hedge plant in 

 the Peninsula. A remarkable variety, pos- 

 sibly a species, is Z. Brunoniana, C. B. 

 Clarke MSS., Silhet, Comilla, Chittagong, 

 Pegu. Basal nerves always 3. Transverse 

 nerves at right angles to midrib. 



4. Z. incurva, Boxb. Flora Indica 

 i. 614. 



A very large shrub, generally un- Fig. 79.— Zizyphus Oenoplia, Mill. i. 



* It is possible, though by no means certain, that Z. rotundifolia, Lamarck Eneycl. 

 Meth Bot. iii. 319 (1813), may be intended for this plant. The name adopted- by 

 Wight et Arn. has been applied to the shrub for over sixty-five years and should be 

 maintained. 



