Zizyphus] XXXV. RHAMXACE.E 171 



armed, stipules sometimes spiuescent. Young shoots, petioles and main 

 nerves strigose. L. turning black when dry, coriaceous, ovate, acuminate, 

 crenate, blade "2-4, petiole j-j in. Basal nerves 3, sec. n. faint, veins reticulate. 

 Cymes dichotomous, as well as outside of sepals rusty-tomentose, bracts ovate, 

 buds obtuse not conical. Fl. \ in. diam., anther cells diverging. Drupe 

 ellipsoid, blunt, \ in. long, putamen thick, hard. '2- celled. 



Opper Burma ami Shan States to ."..nun ft.. common; Bhutan. Manipur, Nepal. 

 PI. May. Nilgiris(?) Roxburgh describes '/.. incurva from Nepal as a well-armed 

 shrub. 



5. Z. trinervia, Roxb. (1813).— Syn. '/.. glabrata, Heyne (1821 : Wight 

 Ic. t. 282. Kiirka turn, Tarn. 



A small unarmed tree, youngest shoots and inflorescence pubescent. L. 

 glabrous, obtuse, minutely serrate. Basal nerves prominent, continued to the 

 apex, sec. n. faint, veins minutely reticulate, blade 1-3, petiole \ in. Ions;. 

 Cymes nearly sessile. Fl. \ in. diam., greenish-yellow, anther cells parallel, 

 not diverging at base. Drupe J-| in. long, often apiculate. 



Nilgiris. A western species, while Z. incurva probably is limited to the- eastern 

 on. Western Ghats. Fl. April-Aug. ii. z. glabra, Boxb.: Kurz F. Fl. 26< ; 

 King Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 65 (1897), 375. Chittagong, Tenasserim, Andamans. 

 A glabrous, lofty scandent shrub, armed with short, curved, sharp, usually solitary 

 prickles, L. acuminate, tertiary (transverse) nerves x. parallel, joined by finely 

 reticulate veins. Inflorescence hairy. Fl. J in. diam. Fr. A in. 7. Z. Horsfieldii, Miq. ; 

 King I. c. 376, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula, with a few distinct secondary nerves on 

 the outside of the outer basal nerves, is probably no! distinct. 8. Z. vulgaris, Lam.; 

 Andb, Pushtu : Sinjli, Pb., cultivated in the Punjab, wild and cultivated in the North- 

 West Himalaya, ascending to 6,500 ft. A hedge plant in Hazara. Indigenous and culti- 

 vated in Japan and China, "Western Asia, North Africa and South Europe. A small 



thorny glabrous tree, heartw I brown, branches Bexuose, branchlets frequently 



fasciculate, thorns unequal, one straight to 14 in. long, the other straight when young, 

 n ards hooked and lit-nt down. I.. ■ ■ 1 > I i i ) 1 1 1 ■ 1 \ ovate-lanceolate, mostly obtuse, bluntly 

 serrate. Drupes 'lark red or black, ovoid or oblong, obtuse at both ends, '.-; in.long, 

 stones tuberculate, strung up as beads. !•. Z. oxyphylla, Edgew . : Collett Fl. Simla, Bg. 

 29 ; Gltargurei, Pushtu. Eastern flank of i be Sulaiman range. ( luter North-West Hima- 

 laya 2,000-6, I ft., east to the Ganges. A small tree. A few scattered hair- on young 



parts, ot herwise glabrous, spines slender, purple, slightly unequal. I., from an oblique 



base ovate-Ian late, blade 11 3, petiole J, in., cymes sessile. Drupe bright orange, 



ovoid, ', in. long. Combs made of the « 1. 



10. Z. Xylopyrus, Will. 1. : Brandis F. Fl. 90. Vern. Kathber, Bhander, 

 X. \Y. : Goti, Hind. Ma,. Tel.; Chitena, Oudh; Ghattol, Ghat bor, C. P.; 

 Karkata, South.: Kottai, Tarn. 



A Large straggling shrub or small tier. Branchlets, inflorescence and under- 

 side of Leaves [albescent or tomentose, on good soil often unarmed. 1.. broad- 

 ovate or orbicular, finely serrulate, has,. . • t~ r « - 1 ■ em-date. IJasa I nerves ;'>. soi not inn's 

 4 or 5, the midrib witli 1-2 pair of sec. n.. the lateral basal uerves with 3-5 

 sec. n. on the outside, blade 1 .',-•">, petiole j-. 1 , in. Drupe globose, grey-tomen- 



tose, almost dry. \--\ in. diam.. st furrowed, 3 Celled, 3-S led. 



Fool of the North-Wesl Himalaya, Central thdia and the Western Peninsula. Fl. 



A |ii-ii. May. i '.ii i -i ii us during the greater pari of the year for its hard glob — bruit. 



II. Z. horrida, Roth. Bellary. Spines numerous from a stout i ical base, shir 



very sharp. L. J-l in. long, cymes dense, peduncle J .', in. Drupe in. diam., 



8-celled, 3-s led. \ remarkable spei tes found by Dr. Watt (in lea) ■ ■ '■ ■■< Mao, 



Manipur, li.noo ft. \o. 71210. spines numerous, on leal beai ing branches straight, -tout. 



| in. long ; on trunk and larger branches in pan- on an irregularis ical base,! in. 



diam. 12.Z apetala, Hook. t. Sikkim -2 5,000 ft. Branchlets and inflorescence silkj 



with ferrugi us hairs. I., obliquely ovate, acuminate, 3 I in., cymes pedunculate, 



petals 0. 



B. Cymes pedunculate, arranged in terminal or lateral panicles, 



13. Z. rugosa, Lamk. ; Wight [c, t. 339; Brandis F. PI. 89. Vein. 

 Sun i a, < 'hurna, Hind.: Dhaura, Oudh; Sekra, Sonth. ; Varan. Clturna, Mar. : 

 Todali, Mai.: Afyauksi, Lower, Tabu, Afintha tabu, Upper Burma. 



