. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 168 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. is oval-oblong, resembling that of the olive; at first green, afterwards yellow, and entirely red when ripe. The juice of the fruit is used for making the jujube lozenges. The plant is tolerably hardy ; having stood the winter of 1837-8 in the Hor
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 168 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. is oval-oblong, resembling that of the olive; at first green, afterwards yellow, and entirely red when ripe. The juice of the fruit is used for making the jujube lozenges. The plant is tolerably hardy ; having stood the winter of 1837-8 in the Hort. Soc. Garden. It is easily increased by cuttings of the roots, whether of young or old trees; or by suckers, which it throws up in the greatest abundance. Seeds of it may also be procured from Italy. Other Species of Tiizyphus. — Z. sinensis Lam. has been cultivated in the Hort. Soc. Garden but it is only half-hardy; and the same may be said of Z. spina ChrisA, Z. Jlexuosa, and Z. JmcilTva, which are marked in some cata- logues as hardy. Genus 240. Zizyjihus vulgti PALIU'RUS L. The Paliurus, or Christ's Thorn. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Trig;fnia. IdcnUfication. Tourn. Inst., t. 386.; D. Don Prod. Fl. Nep., p. 1B9.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 22. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 23.; Brongn. Mem. Rham., p. 46. Synonymes. Paliilre, Porte-chapeau, i^r.; Judendorn, Ger.\ Paliuro, Ital. Derivation. From pailo, to move, and ouron, urine; in allusion to its diuretic qualities; or from Paliurus, the name pf a town in Africa, now called Nabil. Gen. Char. Calyx spreading, 5-cleft. Petals 5, obovate, convolute. Stamens 5, protruding. Anthers ovate, 2-celled. Disfc flat, pentagonal. Ovary 3-celled. Styles 3. Fruit dry, indehiscent, expanding into a membrane round the disk, containing a 3-celled nut. (^Don's Mill.') Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, deciduous; nerved with spines in the axils. Flowers axillary, greenish yellow. Two species are hardy, and very ornamental from their shining leaves, and abu
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