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XXIX.— RHAMNEiE, DC. Prod. 2,p 19. 



ZIZIPHUS, Pentandiia Monogynia. From zizouf, a native 

 oTthe Egyptian Lotus Tree. Gaert. t. 43; Lam. t. 185, 



1. Z Vulgaris, Lam. lUust. 185, p. 1 ; Don's syst. 1, p 23. — 

 " Bherber," Marathi, cultivated " Bher." Native of Arabia and 

 Persia; has a fine-flavoured, long fruit; it is a favourite tree in 

 Sind and in the Eastern Deccan, as Teesgaum, &c. From experi- 

 ments made at Hewra, there seems reason to think that this 

 cultivated species(?) degenerates into the common Bher of India. 



2. Z BoNARiENSis. — Native of Buenos Ayres. Living plant 

 received from Messrs. Loddiges through Colonel Jervis in 1841. 

 A very distinct species, having thick branchlets angularly bent ; 

 leaves broad lanceolate, serrate, 3-nerved ; flovi'er as in the family; 

 fruit red, round, size of a large pea, produces fertile seeds, from 

 which many plants have been raised. 



3. Z Lotus, Lam. Diet. 3, p 317. — Native of Egypt. Low- 

 growing shrub, having ovate, oblong, obtusely crenated, smooth 

 leaves, and twin prickles, one recurved, the other straight. We 

 had plants of this shrub at Dapoorie and Hewra, and it is believed 

 it may be found in the Civil Engineer's ravelin in the fort of 

 Bombay. It has not, to the best of our knowledge, fruited in 

 Western India. 



HOVENIA, Thunb., Pentandria Monogynia. Fjom Hoven, a 

 Dutch resident in Japan. 



4. H DuLcis, Roxb. Fl. 1, p 630; Bot. Mag. t 2360.— 

 A Chinese fruit tree, said to have been introduced by the late Mr. 

 Nimmo in 1833. We cannot find any trace of this tree. Infor- 

 mation as to its existence or otherwise in Bombay is desiderated. 



XXX.— TEREBINTHACE^, Juss. 



ANACARDIUM, Polygamia Dicecia. From ana, above; 

 kardia, the heart ; the heart-shaped Nut, contrary to the usual 

 practice of nature, is borne on the outside of the fruit. Lam. 

 t. 332 ; Gaert. t. 40. 



1 . A OcciDENTALE, W. and A. 522 ; Roxb. Fl. 2, p 31 2 ; Rheed.. 

 Mai. 3, t 54. — " Hijulee-badam" or Cashew-nut. Native of Brazil ; 

 now common in Goa and the Warree Country, also in Southern 

 Concan and Salsette. Is now quite naturalised, and affords rather 

 a valuable resource as food. According to Garcias ab Horto, it was 

 first planted at Santa Cruz (?) In Malabar, where only three trees 

 existed in his time. The nuts are eaten roasted. A transparent 

 gum exudes from incisions in the wood. The wood is much used 

 in France for fine cabinet-work, under the name of Bois d'Acajou, 



