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Fruit superior. 
Armed trees or ahmbs j fmit dmpaceous ... 1. Ziztphds. 
Fruit half inferior. 
Unarmed erect sbrubs j fruit dry, S-celled, 
3-seeded ... ... ,,, .„ 2. Colitbtiisa, 
Scandent unarmed shrubs ; fruit dry, 1 -celled, 
1 -seeded (by abortion), epicarp prolonged into a 
long apical wing. 
Fruit indehiscent, apical wing not splitting 3. Ventilago. 
Frait dehiscent, apical wing spHttiog at 
least at the base ... ... 4. Smythea, 
Fruit inferior, crowned by the persistent calyx^ 
3- winged or triquetrous ... ... 5, GoDANiA. 
1. ZlZTPHUSi, Juss. 
Trees or shrubs, often decumbent or sarmentose and usually armed 
with sharp, straight or hooked prickles (transformed stipules). Leaves 
alternate, 3-Derved, usually coriaceous, Flotoers fascicled, or in sessile 
or pedunculated cymes. Galy^ 5-fid ; lobes spreading^ keeled within j 
tube broadly obconical. Petals 5, rarely 0^ cli cull ate, de flexed. Disc 
5-10-iobod, flat or pitted, with a free margin. Siamem 5. Ovary sunk 
in the disc and confluent with it at the base, 2-4i-cellcd ; styles 2-4, 
free, or more or lees united. Fruit fleshy or dry, with a woody or bony 
1-4-seeded 1-4-celled stone. Seei pJano-con¥©x, albumen 0, or Tery 
scanty* — Distrib. Species about 60, found in tropical Asia and America, 
and in the temperate regions of both hemispheres. 
Leases pubescent underneath. 
Leaves uniformly tomentose beneath, broadly 
ovate or sub-orbicular, blunt ; drape glabrous, 
with much pulp and bony endoearp ... ... L Z. Jujitha, 
Loaves rusty- pubescent beneath, ovate lanceolate, 
oblique, acute ; drupe glabrous, with scanty pulp 
and leathery endoearp ... ... ... %. Z. OenopUa^ 
Leaves rusty- pubescent beneath, elliptic- oblong, 
acute or shortly acnmitiafce, cordate j drupe 
rnfous-tomentose, with thin pulp a»d houy 
eudocai-p .„ ... .„ ... 3. Z Kunstleri. 
Leaves sparsely pubescent beneath, ovate- lanc- 
eolate, oblique, bluutly acuminate; drape gla- 
brous, with thin pulp and leathery eudocarp ... 4. Z. elegans* 
