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PENTAND. MONOG. 417. Zizypbus. 
Unarmed: flowers monoecous: leaves oblong, pointed, 
hardly perennial. 
Gardens. UHeril. krt. AngP. 5 ‘ 
Unarmed: flowers dioecous : ftigma triple: leaves ferrate. 
South of Europe, leaves equally ferrate. Miller Jig. t. lO./.i. 
Leaves lanceolate, deeply ferrate. Miller fg. t. f- 
Leases alternate, fliining, evergreen : Jlo<wcrs axillary, racemed. 
Unarmed: leaves oblong-lanceolate, equally toothed, acute: 
fruit feffile. 
Siberia. Pall Rof>. l-p- 24. f. 60. 
C. Prickly. 
Prickles folitary; leaves ovate, ciit, entire, glabrous: um- 
bels axillary. 
TheCape. 1 hunb.proelr, kPillA. l.p.i’Ol- 
Prickly: leaves oppofite, 2-rowed, inverfely heart-fliaped ; 
prickles jrppofite the leaves. / 
Eaft Indies. Jraiickes fpread, angular : prickles loUtary : calyx 
campanulace, cut round, with an ereft 5 -parted border. 
417. ZIZYPHUS. tubular: J>aa/s 5 fcales 
oppofite the ftamina : Jrujte with a 1 or 2-celled 
nut. 
A. Prickly. 
Prickles double, the lower-one refleaed : flowers 3-ttyled; 
drupe coriaceous, with a winged margin. Cbriji s-thorn. 
South of Europe. Pall. Rojs. 2. p. 27. t. 64. R ainnus. 
Era// dry. deprefled, margined, 3 -celled. 
This is fuppofed to he the plant, from which the crown of thorns 
Was made, which wa» put round our Saviour s head. 
Prickles double, one of them recurved : leaves ovatCrob- 
long, obfoletcly cremate. 
Tunis. «/)-./. 35 1. RhamnusLotus. />/. 2S1. 
''ihrab with wc^ak fiexuous branches; leaves alternate, obtule; 
Jlovcers folitary or glomerate, axillary : J'ruit fpba:riv.al. 
This is the true Lotus of the ancients. 
Prickles moftly in pairs, recurved: peduncles corymbed: 
flowers half a-lfyled : leaves ovate, oblique, lligntly 
crenate, fmooth both fides. 
Geylon. Pluk. aim. t. zi6./, 6. Rumph. amb. 2. t. 37. 
Prickles folitary, recurved: leaves roiindifli-ovate, obtufe, 
downy underneath : peduncles aggregate : flowers 
half 2-flyled. 
India. Rumph, amb. 2. t. 36. Rheed. Mai. 4. r. 411 
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