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vviili those of the botanic garden of Calcutta. It must not be con» 

 founded with Z. trinervia, Poiret. (Rhamnus, Cavan.) — N. W. 



2. Z. albens, R. 



Arboreous. Prickles solitary, recurved. Leaves obliquely oval, 

 serrulate, downy underneath. Corymbs axillary, long-peduncled, 

 Corol none. Style two-cleft. Drupes drooping, smooth, white. 



Found hy Dr. Hunter in Col. Palmer's garden, near Calcutta, 

 in fid I flower, and with ripe fruit in April 1S03. It was originally 

 brouglit from China. 



Trunk arboreous, with spreading branches. — Prickles solitary on 

 the underside, short, recurved, being nothing more than the indura* 

 ted stipules- — Leaves alternate, bifarious, short-petioled, three- 

 nerved, ob iquely oval, most slightly serrulate, downy underneath. — 

 Stipules subulate, the lower one hardens into a prickle, the other is 

 caducous. — Peduncles axillary, solitary, three or four times longer 

 than the petioles, many-flowered. — Calyx iive-cleft — Corol none, 

 nor any thing like the usual scales of the genus. — Style two-cleft. — 

 Drupe round, the size of a small cherry, smooth, when ripe white, 

 aud pendulous. The pulp rather mealy and sweet. JSut turbinate, 

 thin, two-celled, with a single seed in each. 



3. Z. latifolia, R. 



Aiboreous, prickles stipulary, short, and recurved. Leaves oval, 

 serrate, three-nerved, downy underneath. Panicles terminal. Petals 

 wanting. Drupe turbinate- Nut one-celled. 



This species is very rare. It is a native of mountainous tracts in 

 the Circars and grows to be a small tree. 



Prickles solitary, very thick, but short, recurved, a rigid pointed 

 thorn-like stipule occupies the other side of the insertion of the pe- 

 tiole. — Leaves alternate, short-petioled, bifarious, oval, serrate, three- 

 nerved, smooth, from four to six inches long. — Corymbs terminal, 

 and horn the exterior axils, farming a large oblong panicle. — Corol 



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