L70 



XXXY. EHAMNACEiE 



[Zizyplius 



Fig. 78. — Zizypliiis niimmxi- 

 laria, W. & A. \. 



Himalaya to 4,500 ft. Grown in gardens 

 for its fruit. Tlie young foliage appearb 

 in Marclij April, while the old leaves are 

 shedding, sometimes a second flush, in July 

 and August, JFl. usually April-Sept. Fr. 

 Dec.-Marcli. A remarkable form is Edge- 

 worth's var. hymdrica, commonly culti- 

 vated in the Punjab. L. obtuse, often 

 orbicular, glabrous or slightly pubescent 

 beneath, the branches not drooping, but 

 erect or spreading. 



A shrubby form of this species, not gre- 

 garious, 1. 1-2 by |-1J in., fr. globose, yellow 

 or reddish I in cliam., is fou.nd in Smghboom 

 (Haines). 



2. Z. nummularia, W. et A.jProdr. 

 i. 162 (1834) ; * Brandis F. PL 88. 



Vera. Jangra^ Sind : Karkan^ Trans. 

 Indus ; Bal^ Malla, Kokan her, Pb. ; 

 Blior,J7mI Bhor^ Ajmere; Paragi, Kan. 

 A thorny shrub. Branches fiexuose, divaricate at right angles, young shoots, 

 underside of leaves and inflorescence grey-pubescent, spines slender, pilose 

 when young, uneq[ual, one slender ^~| in, the other much shorter, hooked, bent 

 downwards. L. elliptic or orbicular, |-1 in. long. Cymes sessile. Drupes 

 globose, edible, -J- in. diam., stone rugose, shell hard, bony. 



Sind and Baluchistan. Dry region of North-Western India and the Deccan, south 

 to the dry country near Cape Comorin. Gregarious, often covering extensive tracts 

 with irregular rounded thorny masses of shrub. The old leaves shed early in the hot 

 weather, and the fresli leaves appear immediately afterwards. PL March-June. Pr. 

 Nov.-Jan. 



3. Z. Oenoplia, Mill. ; Brandis F. PI. 86.— Syn. Z, Napeca, Eoxb. Vera. 

 Makolu Sahar. ; 2£akai, Oudh ; Makor^ Mar.; Yeruni, Chanda; Kontai 

 Kolij Uriya ; Paraki, Tel. 



A scrambling often climbing shrub, jDrickles short, sharp, often solitary. 

 Branchlets, imderside of leaves and inflorescence clothed with dense feri'ugineous 

 tomentum. L. oblique, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, minutely denticulate or al- 

 most entire, in the larger half of leaf 

 often two basal nerves, making 4 

 altogether. Transverse nerves numer- 

 ous, parallel, ascending. PL in short 

 axillary sessile cymes. Drupe J in. 

 long, black, edible, stone tubercu.late. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Sutlej 

 eastward, plains of Northern India, Chota 

 Nagpore. Both Peninsulas. PI. H. S. Pr. 

 E. S., eaten. A common hedge plant in 

 the Peninsula. A remarkable variety, pos- 

 sibly a species, is Z, Brunonimia^ 0, B. 

 Clarke MSS., Silhet, Comilla, Ohittagong, 

 Pegu. Basal nerves always 3. Transverse 

 nerves at right angles to midrib. 



4. Z. incurva, Roxb. Mora Indica 

 i. 614. 



A very large shrub, generally un- Pig. 79.— Zizyphus Oenoplia, Mill. i. 



* It is possible, though by no means certain, that Z, rotundifolia, Lamarck Encycl. 

 M^th. Bot. iii. 319 (1813), may be intended for this plant. The name adopted by 

 Wight et Am. has been applied to the shrub for over sixty -five years and should be 

 maintained. 



