364 Vfe'NTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. ZizipJiUS. 



15. 1. glabra, R. 



•Shrubby, scandent, smooth. Thorns solitary, recurved. Leaves 

 ovate-cordate, long, obtuse, pointed, serrulate, smooth, strongly 

 marked with three nerves. Drupes oval. 



A native of Chittagong, where it flowers in the cool season, and 

 the fruit, which is about the size of a gooseberry, ripens in May. 



IB, Z. incurta, R. 



Arboreous. Thorns paired, one straight and patei?t, the other in» 

 ■curved. I eaves ovate-oblong, polished, three-nerved, serrulate ; 

 obtusely acuminate. Peduncles axiJary, few- or many-flowered ; 

 Jlowers semi-dgvuous, 



A native of Nipal, from thence introduced by Dr. Buchanan into 

 the botanic garden at Calcutta, in 1802, where hi ten years they had 

 grown to be slender trees, of about fifteen feet in height, with innu- 

 merable Well armed branches, and smooth bra.ichlets spreads g in 

 every direction. Flowering time the rainy season. 



Obs. by N. W. 



1 have found this species on various mountains surrounding the 

 talley of Nipal, also in some of the less elevated forests (Poosh- 

 pfl-nath, Golumia, &.C.) It blossoms in April and May, and ripens 

 its fruit in July. 



.Native name, Kook?/see. 



It is a small tree with smooth ash-co'oured b;:?k. Branches 

 'dotted; it is only in particular situations that they become thorny, 

 for in general they are unarmed ; when young pubescent. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, three or four inches long, serrulate, acuminate ; 

 "frith unequal sides, and acute or rounded base ; leathery, smooth, 

 shining, obscurely five-nerved, the intermediate three nerves being 

 strong and pubescent, the lateral ones short and inconspicuous. 

 JPetiol half an inch long, pubescent. Stipules linear, villous, very 

 deciduous. — Corymbs small, axillary, pubescent, on a peduncle 

 which is generally a little longer than the petiol and bifid at the apcx% 



