CELASTRINE^. IV. Celastrus. V. Catha 



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roundish, serrated, acuminate ; peduncles axillary, somewhat nate, downy beneath ; panicle terminal. 



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Native of tlie 



trifid. 



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Native of Japan. C. orbicularis, Lam. ill. no. Mauritius. 



2700. C. auriculatus, Vittm. summ. 2. p. 31. Capsules 3- 

 valved. 



Jointed StafF-tree. Shrub, 



Ma 



Shrub. 



65 C. micra'nthus (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 393.) climbing, some- 

 what armed ; leaves unequally pinnate, with from 7-9 opposite, 

 55 C. ala'tus (Thunb. jap. 98.) erect, smooth; branches oblong, entire, smooth leaflets ; panicles axillary, filiform, rusty ; 

 winged ; leaves opposite, on very short petioles, acuminate, ser- disk saucer-shaped, bearing the stamina on its margin ; style 

 rulated ; peduncles 1-flowered, furnished with 2 glands above 



the middle* h 



Native of Japan. Capsules 1-2-3-celled. 



wantjng. 



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This is probably a species of Eiionymus. 



Winged-hrdXic\\e(\. StafF-tree. Shrub 7 feet, 



American* 



Sma ll'Jlowered 



Native of the Moluccas. 



Shrub. 



. H. Na- 



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oval, acuminated, serrated ; racemes terminal. ^ ^ 

 tive of North America, from Canada to Virginia, in hedges and 

 woods among rocks- Duh. arb, 1. t, 95. Schkuhr. handb. 1. 

 t. 47. Flowers pale yellow. Berries orange-scarlet, 3-cornered, 

 3-seeded. See H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. G4. 

 Flowers dioecious. 



, Climbing StafF-tree. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1736. Shrub cl. 

 57 C. MYRTiFOLius (Lin. spec. 285.) erect, smooth ; leaves 

 ovate, serrulated ; flowers racemose- T2 . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica. — Sloane, hist. 2. t. 193. f. 1, There is a species from 



mon soil ; they are well fitted to be planted in small shrub- 

 beries. C scandens is a plant well adapted to cover bowers or 

 trellis-work. All are easily increased by laying the young slioots 

 or by slips of the roots. The stove, greenhouse, and frame 

 species will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand ; 

 and ripened cuttings, planted in mould with a hand-glass placed 

 over them, will root freely, those of the stove kinds in heat. 



V. CA'THA (a name of Arabian origin). Forsk. descr. p. Q3. 



LiN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, flat, 5- 

 lobed, regular. Petals 5, inserted under the margin of the 

 disk, sessile, spreading. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, 

 equal. Disk large, orbicular, filling the bottom of the flower, 

 emarginate at the origin of the stamens. Ovary half immersed 



Siberia very like this plant, and another said to be from Virginia ; in the disk, 3-celled ; ovula 2, fixed to the central axis, colla- 

 but these are truly obscure plants. 



Mijrtle-leaved StafF-tree. Clt. 1810. Tree 15 feet. 



58 C. quadrangula'ris (Schrad. in Goctt. anz, 1821. p. 716.) 

 erect, smooth ; younger branches quadrangular ; leaves oblong- 

 oval, spiny-toothed, shining ; peduncles axillary, crowded. 

 ^2 • S. Native of Brazil. I lex acutangula, Neuw. bras, ex 

 Nees, in flora, 1821. p- 739. Flowers white. 



Quadr angular -hr inched. StafF-tree- Clt. 1820. Sh. 10 feet. 



59 C. iLiciFOLius (Sclu'ad. 1. c.) erect, smooth; leaves ob- 

 long, truncate, subsinuate, spiny, shining above, opaque beneath ; 

 peduncles axillary, T2 . S. Native of Brazil. Ilex trunc^ta, 

 Neuw. bras- 2. ex Nees, in flora, 1821. p. 329 and 361. 



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Shrub. 



teral, ascending, in C pijracdntha 5-6, and without an axis. 

 Style short, or nearly wanting, crowned by a 3-parted stigma. 

 Capsules triquetrous, 3-furrowed, 3-celled, 3-valved. Albumen 

 fleshy. Cotyledons leafy. Radicle pointing towards the 

 hilum. Spiny trees and shrubs, with scattered, simple, leaves, 

 sometimes in fascicles, with stipular ciliae. Corymbs of flowers 

 axillary, somewhat dichotomous. Flowers stalked in fascicles, 

 white. 



This genus being separated from Celastrus^ we shall there- 

 fore retain the authorities for the species under that genus. 



* Leaves quite entire* 



60 C.RETu sus (Poir, suppl, 2. p. 146.) erect, smooth; leaves 1 C. excisa (Thunb, fl. cap. p- 219.) prickles recurved; 



leaves orbicular, cut ; peduncles axillary, very short, subum- 



ovate and oval, acuminated, emarginate, or retuse at the apex, 

 serrately-crenate. T? . G. Native of the Andes of Peru. C. 



bellate. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



emarginatus, Ruiz et Pav, fl. per. 3. p. 6. t. 229. f. a. but not Cw/-leaved StafF-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 



of Willd. C, Peruvianus, Deitr. lex, 2. p. 111. This is pro- 

 bably a species of Maytenus according to Kunth. 

 /?e^w5e-leaved StaflT-tree. Clt. 1824. Tree 20 feet. 



61 C. confe'rtus (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 6,) erect, 

 smooth ; branches in aggregate whorles ; leaves crowded, oval, 

 and roundish, serrulated ; flowers crowded. T2 . S. Native of 

 Peru in groves. Flowers white. Capsules with 2 or 3 spread- 

 ing reflexed valves. Probably a species oi Maytenus. 



Crowded StafF-tree. Shrub. 



62 C. Mexica'nus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 8.) erect, smooth ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, ser- 

 rated ; pedicels axillary, trifid, 3.flowered. P? . G. Native of 

 iMexico. Capsule 3-celled, 3-seeded. 



Mexican StafF-tree. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 feet. 



2 C. LiNEA^us (Thunb. fl. cap. 219.) spines leafy; leaves 



linear ; panicles axillary. T2 



Native of the Cape of Good 



bJ L. Magellanicus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 8,) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, bluntly serrated ; flowers axillary, almost 

 sessile ; fruit compressed, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Tp . F. Native 



of the Straits of Magellan. Cassine Maorellanica, Lam. ill. 

 no. 2590. 



A/a^e//an StafF-tree. Shrub. 



Hope, in woods. 



Ziwear-leaved StafF-tree. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 4 ft, 



3 C. integrifolia (Thunb. fl. cap. 219.) spines leafy; 

 leaves ovate, reflexed ; pedicels axillary. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in bushy places. Flowers white. 



Entire-leaved StafF-tree. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



4 C. in^'teger (Thunb. fl. cap. 123.) spiny, smooth; leaves 

 ovate, emarginate; panicle axillary. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. According to Sprengel this is the same as 



C. integrifolius. 



Entire StafF-tree. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



5 C. RiGiDA (Thunb. fl. cap. 220.) spiny, smooth; branches 

 somewhat secund ; leaves obovate, quite entire, cut ; flowers 



axillary, sessile. ^2 



Flowers white. 

 Stiff StaflT-tr 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Clt. 1818. 

 (Willd 



May 



Shrub 4 feet. 



Doubtful 

 iblyform 



Leaves ternate or pinnate. These will 



VOL. n. 



(Willem 



leaves obovate, entire, smooth ; flowers numerous, axillary ; 

 capsules inflated; cells 2-seeded. \. S. Native of every 

 part of the East Indies, very common. Stem nothing deserving 

 the name, but innumerable branches bent in every direction. 



) leaves ter- Umbellets many-flowered on very short peduncles, one or two 



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