SIMMONDSIA. BUXACE/E (avcron MULLER). 23 
Cotyledones crasse, carnosz, complanatee. Radicula superior, brevis. — 
Genus a cl. Nutt. dubitanter Garryaceis adscriptum, hinc autem Pu- 
iranjive affine declaratum, a cl. Lindley ad Euphorbiaceas relatum, 
Cum Buxaceis bene quadrat. 
1. S. CarrronwIcA (Nutt. in Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot..1844. p. 400. t. 16). 5 
In California superiore, in collibus maritimis argillosis sterilibus prope St. 
Diego et haud rara in parte meridionali Californiz, et culta in hort. napolit. 
(Ten.! in hb. DC.) et berol. (hb. reg. berol.!) — Torr. Mex. bound. surv. 
'p. 202. t. 49. Broechia dichotoma Mauri in Tenore Cat. ort. napol. 1845. p. 80; 
Flor. ratisb. 1866. p. 236. Buxus Chinensis Link Enum. Hort. berol. 2. p. 386 
(1822), quod nomen specificum prioritate gaudet sed falsum est et negligen- 
um. Frutex humilis, diffuse ramosus. Rami divergenter dichotomi v. sub- 
dichotome ramosi. Ramuli teretes, juniores cum foliis et calyce fem. juvenili 
'pilis brevibus aureis v. fulvis v. pallidis adpressis parciuscule v. densius ves- 
titi, mox autem cum reliquis partibus omnino v. lere omnino glabrati. Folia 
fere. omnino sessilia v. petiolo 4-11 mm. longo predita, 2-4 cm. longa, 12-20 
-mm. lata, lanceolato-v. lineari-elliptica v.-obovata, subacuta. integra, rigi- 
'dula, utrinque pallide v. lutescenti- viridia, internodiis paulo longiora, mar- 
'gine plana et.juniora ciliolata. Coste secundarie utroque latere circ. 4 - 6, 
infima approximate, reliquis longiores, unde limbus indistincte quintupli- 
nervius. Flores masc. axillares, in pedunculis brevibus glomerato-th yrsoidei, 
feminei axillares, vulgo solitarii, breviter pedicellati, masculis multo majores. 
"Pedicelli fem. talyce amplo pluries breviores, rigidi, pallide subsericeo-pubes- 
centes, apice bracteolis 2-4 circ. 2 mm. longis lanceolato-ovatis onusti. Calyx 
;fem. defloratus 12-18 mm. longus, coriaceo-imembranaceus, pubescens v. de- 
mum glabratus, fructum juniorem superans. Fructus juwenilis .ovoideo- 
conicus, àcuminatus, nitidus, circ. 8 mm. longus, inferne circ. 61 mm. latus. 
Styli fructu juniore sic descripto triente breviores, fere a basi reflexi, graciles. 
Fructus maturi ignoti. (v. s.) 
Species non satis nota. 
2. S-PABULOSA (Kellog in Proceed. ofthe Californ. Acad. of nat.sc. vol. 2. p. ?1. 
Oct. 1859). 5 In fissuris et faucibus rupium maritimarum Californie. — 
Frutex arborescens, 3-6-pedalis. Truncus valde flexuoso-curvus, cortice levi 
albido tectus. Rami oppositi, horizontaliter patentes, valde intricati et flexuosi, 
'subgrisei; ramuli nonnihil angulosi, griseo-pubescentes. Folia opposita, 
. densa, oblongo-ovata, v. ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, submucronulata, hinc inde 
obovata, cum apice emarginato, basi nonnihil cuneata, 2 - 14- pollicaria, supra 
pallide glaucescentia,cum ramulis junioribus quodammodo succulenta, co- 
riacea, viva subinconspuice trinervia, rigide rugulosa, sicca subtus s:pe 
ochracea, utraque pagina pubescentia, margine tenui acuto integro leviter 
Scabrida. Petioli valde abbreviati, eglandulosi, hirsuti. Flores masc. nume- 
.rosi, in cymas dichotomas axillares foliis breviores dispositi, rarius solitarii 
et sessiles v. etiam glomerulos parvos formantes. Pedunculi et pedicelli brac- 
'teati. Calyx fructiger accrescens, $-$-pollicaris, basi bracteis 2- 4 imbricatis 
auctus.. Petala (sic) florum masculorum 5, imbricata, unguiculata, carinata, 
viridescentia, intus leviter villosa, eglandulosa, apice obtuso inflexa, ciliata, 
leviter eroso-dentata. Stamina vulgo 10, petalis breviora; filamenta antheris 
! breviora, e lata basi subulata, interdum 3 v. plura basi cohewrentia. Antherz 
erecta. Capsule similes nuci Coryli, obtuse triquetre, stylis 3 subcapitatis 
terminatz. Semina leviter amara, caterum gustu Castanes, cum foliis a 
capris et corvis devorata, unde nomen specificum. — Si vera petala adsunt 
ium verisimiliter genus proprium. 
