XLii. RHAMNEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) 637 



solitary, recurved, short, base broad. Mowers densely pubescent, in longpedunculated 

 cymes, forming on the usually leafless branches long terminal panicles. Calyx puberu- 

 lous inside. IHsJc 6-lobed, hairy. Ovary 2-oelled ; styles 2, united below th? middle. 

 Fruit fleshy, with a 1-oelled, 1-seeded, very thin orustaceous stone. — Dalzel and Gibson 

 speak of the fruit as being very palatable, and affording great support to the inhabitants 

 of the Ghauts from March to the middle of May. Brandie calls it mawkish and 

 peculiar. Kurz in Joum. As. Sob. Bing. 1870, ii. 73, identifies Z. Hoj-sfieldii, Min. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 1. 643, with Z. glabra, Boxh., but that species is closely allied to 2. 

 Kapeca, L., if not a variety of it. 



18. Z. 7 elegans, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 366 ; Cat. 4233 ; 

 an erect nearly unarmed shrub, branches filiform pubescent, leaves \\ 

 by \ in. obliquely-ovate-lanceolate obtusely acuminate finely crenate quite 

 glabrous with 3 prominent unbranched nerves. 



SiNCAPOKB, Wallich. 



The flowers and fruit are not known. 



UmiETEBMINABLE AND EXCLODED SPECIES. 



Z. Baenchia, WaU. Cat. 4249, from Mongbir, and Z. giiobulabis, 4248, from Birma 

 are undeterminable. 



Z. Bhcnder, Boyle 111. i. 168, name only is undetermined, 



Z. Lotus, Lamh.; Boxh. Fl. Ind. i. 610, is a_bu6h allied to Z. nummidaria, a na- 

 tive of S. Europe, N. Africa, and Arabia. 



Z. HiTiDA, Boxh. Fl. Ind. i. 609, is a native of China. 



Z. Spika-cheisti, L., is a tree cultivated in gardens in N.W. India, allied to Z. 

 Jv^vha, it is a native of W. Asia and Egypt. 



4. BERCHEiaXA, Neck. 



Shrubs with armed often scandent branches. Leaves alternate, penni- 

 nerved ; nerves straight, parallel. Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous, 

 fascicled, fascicles disposed in axillary spikes or panicles, or in the axils of 

 the leaves, or clustered at the ends of the branches. Calyx 6- rarely 6-fid ; 

 tube hemispherical or turbinate. Petals 5, rarely 6, obovate or cucuUate. 

 Didc lining the calyx-tube, margins free. Ovary sunk in the disk, but free 

 from it, 2-celled, narrowed into the bifid style. Fruit a hard or fleshy 

 drupe, girt at the base with the calyx-tube ; stone crustaceous or woody, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded. Seed linear-oblong, albumen fleshy.— Disteib. Species 

 ,a})out 10, scattered through the tropics of Asia, Africa, and America. 



1. B. floribunda, Wall. Cat. 4256; leaves 2-4 in. ovate acute, 

 petiole |-1 in., panicles very large terminal. Brandis For. Fl. 91. B. 

 laxa. Wall. Gat. 4257. Zizyphus floribunda. Wall, in Eoxh. Fl. Ind. ed. 

 Carey, ii. 368. 



Teopical Himalaya, from the Jhelum to Sikkim ; Eastebn Benoal and Khasia 

 Mts., Oriffith, &c. 



A large erect or climbing shrub or small tree. Branches glabrous, glaucous when 

 young. Stipules 2-fid. Flowers sessile or very shortly pedicellate, about 6 in a fascicle. 

 ' Calyx 5-fid ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute. Petals 5, spathnlate. Fruit | in. long, 

 purple, cylindrio. — Very closely allied to if not identical with B. racemosa, Sieb., of 

 Chiiia and Japan [Brandis). 



2. B. flavescens, Wall. Cat. 4255 ; leaves 2-3 in. ovate-oblong 

 acute cuspidate, petiole | to 1 in., flowers in short terminal racemes or 

 panicles usually under 3 in. Zizyphus flavescens,. WaU. inRoxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ed. Carey, ii. 367. 



