372 G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Pentnmla. [Wo. 3, 
Leavea glabrous on both snrfaees. 
Cymes in tbyrsoid terminal panicles, fniit 
tomeutose „. ... ... 5. -2. calophylla. 
Cymes axillary. 
Sepals connivont," disc pitted, drupe glabrous 6. Z. (tfjinis. 
Sepals spreading, disc nob pitted. 
Lateral .nerves of leaves eitber nn- 
branched, or very faintly so, dmpe gla- « 
bi-ous ... ... ... 7. if. glabra. 
One fit least of the latei;al nerves strong- 
ly^ branched, drupe tomeutose ... Q. Z. Eorsfieldii. 
1. ZrzTPHUS Jqjdba, Lamk. Diet. Ill, 318. A small tree : young 
branches, Sowers and under surfaces of leaves more or less pal© or 
tawiiy-tomentose. Leaves ovate-elliptic, ovate or snb-orbicular, blunt, 
sub-entire^ aoraewhat naiTOwed at the base, upper surface glabrous; 
length 1 to 2 in., breadth *5 to I'lo in. ; prickes solitary or in pairs : 
petiole "25 to "5 in, Cymes short, las or deiisej axillary. Calyx flocculent 
outside, glabrous inside. Petals sub-spathnlate, concave. Disc with 10 
grooved lobes. Omry glabrous, 2-celied ; styles nnited to the middle. 
Fruit globose or ov^oid, glabrous, fleshy, '5 to "75 in. in diam., yellow or 
orange-yellow, stone 1- or S-celled. DC. Prodr. ii. 21 ; Rosb. Fl. Ind. i. 
60S; Wall. Cafe. 4244; W. & A. Prodr. 162; Wight Ic. t. 99; Hook. 
Journ, BoL I 320, t. csl. (1834) ; Dak. & Gibs. Bo^nb. Fl. 49 ; Thwaitea 
Enum. 74; Bcdd. Fl, Sylvat. t. cxlix. ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 632: 
Kurz For, Flora Burma, I, 266 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 18 ; BrandiR For, 
Flor. 86, 117; Ti'iraeu Fl. Coyl. I. 280. Z. manntimta. Herb. Ham. in 
Wall. Cat. 4245 DC. Pi-odr. ii. 21. Z. Sororia, Schult. Sysfc. v. 337; 
DC, Prodr. ii. 21. Z, trinerviits. Roth Nov. Sp. 168, excl, var. ^, 
Mhainmis Jujitha^ Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 30 ; Rheede Hort, Mai. iv, t. 40. 
Malacca and Province Wellesley, but probably introduced, DisTEiB. 
India, AH'ghanistan, Ceylon, China, Australia, Afnca. 
A widely distribuled 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 forma are found, 
2. ZiKYPHUS OsN0PLi.\, Mill. Gard. Diet, No. 3. A scandent or 
straggling shrub ; young branches nisty-toment-o.'^e ; prickles solitary, 
tomentose at the base, glabrous at the apex, short, recurved. Leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, ofteu very oblique, acnte^ entire or obscurely ci^enate- 
serritte, with 3 bold vertical nerves and numerous connecting ascending 
