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Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. 



Cymes in thyrsoid terminal panicles, fruit 



tomentose ... ... ... ... 5. Z. calophylla. 



Cymes axillary. 



Sepals connivent, disc pitted, drupe glabrous 6. Z. affinis. 

 Sepals spreading, disc not pitted. 



Lateral nerves of leaves either un- 

 branched, or very faintly so, drupe gla- 

 brous ... ... ... 7. Z. glabra. 



One at least of the lateral nerves strong- 

 ly branched, drupe tomentose . ... 8. Z. Horsfieldii. 



]. Zizyphus Jujuba, Lamk. Diet. Ill, 318. A small tree: young 

 branches, flowers and under surfaces of leaves more or less pale or 

 tawny-tomentose. Leaves ovate-elliptic, ovate or sub -orbicular, blunt, 

 sub-entire, somewhat narrowed at the base, upper surface glabrous ; 

 length 1 to .2 in., breadth - 5 to 1T5 in. ; prickes solitary or in pairs : 

 petiole "25 to "5 in. Cymes shoi't, lax or dense, axillary. Calyx flocculent 

 outside., glabrous inside. Petals sub-spathulate, concave. Disc with 10 

 grooved lobes. Ooary glabrous, 2-celled ; styles united to tbe middle. 

 Fruit globose or ovoid, glabrous, fleshy, '5 to '75 in. in diam., yellow or 

 orange-yellow, stone 1- or 2-celled. DC. Prodr. ii. 21 ; Roxb. PL Ind. i. 

 608 ; Wall. Cat. 4244 ; W. & A. Prodr. 162 ; Wight Ic. t. 99 ; Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. i. 320, t. cxl. (1834) ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bouib. PL 49 ; Thwaites 

 Enum. 74; Bedd. PL Sylvat. t. cxlix. ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 632: 

 Kurz For. Flora Burma, I, 266 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, 'ii. 13 ; Brandis For. 

 Plor. 86, t. 17 ; Trimen Fl. Ceyl. I. 280. Z. mauritiana, Herb. Ham. in 

 Wall. Cat. 4245 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 21. Z. Sororia, Schult, Syst. v. 337; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 21. Z. trinervius, Both Nov. Sp. 168, excl. var. /8. 

 Pvhamnus Jujuba, Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 36 ; Rheede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 40. 



Malacca and Province Wellesley, but probably introduced. Distrib. 

 India, Affghanistan, Ceylon, China, Australia, Africa. 



A widely distributed species, and therefore presenting considerable 

 variety. The description above given refers to the plant as found in 

 the Malay Peninsula. As a rule there are two stipular prickles, of 

 which one is straight and the other curved. The fruit is eaten and 

 several garden forms are found. 



2. Zizyphus Oenoplia, Mill. Gard. Diet. No. 3. A scandent or 

 straggling shrub ; young branches rusty-tomentose ; prickles solitary, 

 tomentose at the base, glabrous at the apex, short, recurved. Leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, often very oblique, acute, entire or obscurely crenate- 

 serrate, with 3 bold vertical nerves and numerous connecting ascending 



