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1. Zizyphus Jujuba, Lamlc. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 632. Usually a 
small tree, sometimes a shrub ; trunk short, branches spreading, 
drooping at the ends ; young shoots tomentose. Leaves some- 
times sessile, oblong-ovate or nearly orbicular, 1-3 in., entire or 
with small, close-set teeth ; upper surface dark green, glabrous, 
lower grey or tawny tomentose. Mowers tomentose outside, 
crowded in small, stalked or sessile, axillary cymes. Drupe sweet, 
globose on wild trees, ovoid on cultivated, in., dark brown, 
orange or red ; stone wrinkled, usually 2 -celled. 
Simla ; July, August. — Cultivated and self-sown throughout India, ascending 
to 6000 ft. — Asia, Australia, tropical Africa ; widely spread. 
The Ber tree, cultivated for its edible fruit, is exceedingly variable in the 
shape of the leaves, the density of the tomentum, and also in the shape and size 
of the fruit. May be found in flower or fruit at almost any season. 
2. Zizyphus oxyphylla, Edgew. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 634. Quite 
glabrous ; branches purple. Leaves unequal-sided, ovate, 1J-2J 
in., crenate or sharply toothed, long-pointed, acute. Mowers 
glabrous, in small, axillary clusters, sometimes solitary. Drupe 
orange, ovoid, ^ in. ; stone 1 -celled. (Fig. 29.) 
Simla, Mahasu ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 1000-7000 ft. 
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2. BERCHEMIA. Probably in honour of Van Bergheim 
(French, Berchem), a Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. — 
Tropical regions of Asia, Africa and America. 
Erect or climbing, glabrous shrubs, without pines. Leaves 
alternate, shortly stalked or nearly sessile, entire, ovate, feather- 
veined ; veins 5-15 pairs, parallel, straight. Flowers on short, 
unequal stalks in small, axillary or terminal clusters or cymes, 
sometimes panicled. Calyx 5-parted, tube cup-shaped. Petals 5. 
Stamens 5. Disk thick, lining the calyx-tube. Ovary surrounded 
by the disk, 2-celled, ovoid, narrowed upwards in a straight, simple 
style as long as the petals ; stigma 2-lobed. Drupe cylindric or 
ovoid ; stone 2-celled. 
Leaves 2-3 in. Flowers in terminal panicles . . .1. B. floribunda. 
Leaves 1 in. Flowers in small, axillary or terminal clusters 2. B. lineata. 
* 1. Berchemia floribunda, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 637. A 
climbing shrub. Leaves 2-3 in., acute, lower surface pale ; veins 
10-15 pairs. Flowers clustered in large, terminal panicles. Drupe 
oblong, flattened, f in., purple. 
Temperate Himalaya, Sikkim to the Jhelam, 3000-6000 ft. ; June, July. 
* 2. Berchemia lineata, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 638. A small, 
diffuse shrub. Leaves sometimes nearly sessile, J-l in., obtuse ; 
