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pretty smooth, woolly underneath ; about half an inch long. — Flowers 

 collected in the axils of the leaves, shoi t-ped uncled. —Calyx tomen- 

 to3e on the outside.— Petals short-clawed, oval.,— Stigma two-cleft. 



] 4. Z. Napeca, Willd. spec. i. 1 104. 



Slnubby, climbing. Leaves obliquely cordate, serrate, threes 

 nerved, d>wny underneath. Thorns stipulary. Nuts two-celled. 



Su»<r. H^^ft^, Sookshmwphttia, ^^eft^^t, Bwhookuntuka, 

 ^^m^Wh Sdbkshmtipirtriika, ^T3r> Doosp«rsha, Ti^i, M«- 



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d\ioo a, ?&XV%TT''> Shwvwrahara, W^ftR:, Shiklw'pHya, *R3l 



stf:, Kwrkwndlioo, ^UX^'lf^?, Shr*gal«kol?. 



3eng. Shen-kool. 



Telinga. Paramie. 



Tin. is the most common species of the genus ; it is to be found 

 in every hedge throughout India, and always with scarcely any thing 

 that can be called a trunk, but many large, straggling, climbing 

 branches, which are too weak to support themselves. Bark dark, 

 rust-coloured, pretty smooth ; young shoots downy. — Prickles al- 

 ways present, stipulary, large, and exceedingly sharp; the lower one 

 is much recurved, the upper one straight. — Leaves alternate, short- 

 petioled, bifaiious, very obliquely ovate, serrate, three-nerved ; downy 

 underneath, from one to two inches long. — Corymbs axillary, many- 

 flowered — Style two-cleft. — Drupe the size of a pea, smooth, shining 

 black, marked round the base with a circular scar. Nut rugose, ob- 

 cordate, two-celled ; generally one of the cells is obliterated, or abor- 

 tive. — Seed solitary, affixed to the bottom of the cell. 



The fruit is eaten by the natives; the taste a very pleasant acid. 

 A decoction of the bark of the fresh root is said to promote the 

 healing of fresh wouuds. 



Obs. by N. W: 

 I have found this in flower and fruit in Prince of Wale's island in 



August. At Silhet it is common.— N. W, 



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