10 



CELASTRINE^. V. Catiia, VI. Plectrokia. VII. Maytenus. 



rising from the centre of the fascicles of leaves. Flowers 

 small, whitish-yellow. Disk saucer-like, crenulate, svirrounding 

 the base of the ovary. Style half 3-parted. Stigmas emar- 

 ginate. Capsule inflated, 8-sided, 3-celled, 3-valved, with 2 

 red seeds in each cell, resting on a white fleshy receptacle. It 

 is called C/iennec'chintoo in the Telinga language, and is very 

 useful to make fences and for fuel. 



shorter than the leaves. Tj 

 Hope. Flowers whitish. 



Native of the Cape of Good 



EmarginateAeaved Staff-tree. 



Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 feet. 



Cj^mo^e-flovvered Staff-tree. - FI. July, Clt. 1815. Shrub 8 

 to 10 feet. 



14 C. MULTiFLORA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 661.) lower spines very 

 long, those on the branches small, rather leafy ; leaves obovate, 

 rhomboid, serrated, smooth ; branches rather angular ; cymes 



• « 



Leaves toothed or serrated. 



Asiatic. 



axillary, stalked. Tj 

 Hort. par. Flowers white. 



Many-fli 



Native of Africa. C. Hispanicus 



) 



May 



Clt. 1816. Sh.6ft. 



15 C. pyuaca'ntha (Lin. spec. 285.) spines naked ; branches 

 7 C. MONTA^NA (Roth. nov. spec. 154. Roxb. fl. in(1.2. ^°»"^, 5 '^^ve^ obovate or elliptical, serrated or entire, shining ; 



p 387 ) spines bearing leaves and flowers ; leaves obovate, ser- S^'r^^? ^^I^S/^r^'r^rT^^iLT^'ll'^TA^^^^^^ 1 

 rulatcd, smooth ; panicles axillary, small, dichotomous ; cap- 



sules 3-sided, 3-celled, each cell containin^r 1 or 2 



1X1 



ds, h 



Native of the East Indies, on mountains. Flowers small, white. 

 Disk as in C. cmarginata. Stigmas emarginate. Seeds small, 

 nearly round, with a white aril cmhracing the lower part of the 

 seed. 'J'lio wood is hard and durable. 



Mountain Staff-tree. Tree 20 feet. 



8 C. Walli'ciiii; spines bearing leaves and even flowers; 

 stem erect, stiff; branches round, flexuous ; leaves very tough, 

 obovate-cuneated, sharply-serrulated ; corymbs small, scattered 

 among the leaves. ^i . S. Native of the East Indies, at Tra- 

 vancore. C. rigida, Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 39G. C. buxifolius, Roxb. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sims, bot. mag. 1157. 

 Mill. icon. t. 87. Flowers greenish-white. Capsule red, 3-celled, 

 3-seeded, but often fewer from abortion. 



Fire-sfined Staff-tree. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1742. Sh. 4 ft. 



16 C. ROTUNDiFOLiA (Thunb. fl. cap. 221.) spines spreading; 

 leaves stalked, roundish, obsoletely toothed. ^2 . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. 



Round-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 



17 C. 



(Thunb. fl. cap. 221.) spines filiform; 



Native of the 



Leaves at first in fascicles on the spines. Flowers small, white. 



Wallklis Staff'-trce. Shrub 8 feet. 



9 C. Hu FA (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 397.) erect, smooth, spa- 

 ringly armed with axillary short spines ; leaves lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, serrulated, coriaceous ; corymbs axillary, fascicled, on 

 capillary, coloured peduncles; capsule obovate, triangular, 3- 

 socdcd. I2 . S. Native of the forests in the valley of Nipaul 



FLEXUOSA 



branches flexuous ; leaves smooth, ovate, wavedly-serrated ; 

 pedicels numerous, axillary, 1 -flowered. \i 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers whitish. 



/YraMo«5-branched Staffs-tree. FI. May, June. Clt. 1820. 



Shrub 6 feet. 



18 C. PARviFLORA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 31.) spines naked; 

 leaves ovate, crenated, smooth ; peduncles filiform, dichotomous, 

 longer than the leaves. T2 • G. Native of Kurma, in Arabia. 

 Catha spinosa, Forsk. descr. 64. Flowers small, white. 



ll-Jl. 



Shrub. 



,, .^ very branchy tree. Young branches an^rular, of a more .19 C. articula'ta (Thunb. jap. Blum, bijdr. p. 1146.) 



or less deep red colour, glaucous. Leaves with elandular ser- ^P'"**^^ '■> ^^^^es roundish, oval, acute at both ends, smooth ; 



ratures. Flowers small, white. Capsides small, obovate, 3- 

 lohed, 3-ccllcd, 3-seeded. Segments of calyx and petals cre- 



ntdate. 



Fl. March, April. Tree 30 feet. 



10 C. Zeyla'nica (Roth. mss. ex Schult. syst. 0. p. 407) 

 spuies axillary, opposite, shorter than the petioles ; leaves 

 rouudish-cuneated, somewhat emarginate at the apex, obsoletely 

 crenatcHl, «hnuug ; peduncles axillary, aggregate, h . S. Native 

 ol the Last Indies. Flowers white. 



Ceylon Staff-tree. Slirub. 



African. 



young branches rather spiny, sarmentose ; peduncles axillary, 

 trifid. Tj . G. Native of Japan. 



Jointed Staff'-trce. Shrub 6 feet. 

 _ Cult. The culture and propagation of the species of Catha 



is the same as that for the stove and greenhouse species of Ce- 

 lastrus, p. 9. 



VL PLECTRO'NL\ (from Tr\Et:Tpov,plectron, a thorn; shrub 

 covered with thorns.) Lin. gen. no. 300. Schreb. gen. no. 389. 



Burm, prod. p. 6. 

 Lin, syst. 



Pentdndr'ia, Mono 



Calyx obsoletely 5- 



11 C Sfnegvlf'nsk? rinm rl.Vf 1 « rri\ • t • ;^'"""'' ;'^»»"«^. '"ft^"eu m tne tnroat ot the calyx. Stamens 



smootli, somewhat glaucous, unequally toothed ; cymes smalT 



glaucous beneath, bluntish ; cymes many-flowered, about the 



toothed, clothed with sinuses or 5 villous scales, permanent 

 1 etals 5, sessile, inserted in the throat of the calyx. Stamens 

 o, very short; ' - « , 



calycine scale. Ovary small. Style filiform. Stigma ovate 

 Berry oblong, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds oblong, compressed. 



length of the leaves. 



Senegal Staff-tree. Shrub 8 feet. 



U C. m-xiFOLiA (Lm. spec. 2S5.) spines large, bearing both 

 leaves and flowers ; leaves lanceolate-obovate, obtuse, serrated 

 smooth, coriaceous ; branches angvdar ; corymbs axillary ue- 

 dimculato longer than the leaves. Tj . Q. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, Ml bushy places. Sims, bot. ma.r.2114. Houtt 

 pfl. syst ."5. t. 21. f. 1. Flowers white. Capsul°s globular 



Box-leaved Staff-tree. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1752. Shrub 

 8 to 10 feet. 



rymbs of white flowers, which are shorter than the leaves. 



fl, > ''^cJ^^^\ ft'"' ™^"^' ^2- «y«t- 242.). \2 . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. P. corymbosa, Burm. prod. 6.— Burm. 



J l'i\ ^^- .^^^^^trus ? Plectronia, D. C. prod. 2. p. 9. 

 fVind Vlectroma. Clt. 1816. Tree. ^ 



Celdstrus ^''g'^''^^"''^ ^""^ propagation see greenhouse species of 



in Chili). Feu 

 amer. 7. p. Gi. 

 Lin. 



(M 



Mol 



D. C. prod. 2. p. 9. 



H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen 



13 C. CYMOSA (Sol. in bot. mag. t. 2070.) spines all naked: CalJx'^ VCl' ^."M^""""' ^^oe'cla. Flowers polygamous. 

 leaves obovate, obtuse, serrated, smooth, coriaceous ; corymb; wftli die se^! ^^-^'TT'' ^"*^'« ^' ^P^eading, alternating 



1 «>t;pcus. uisk fleshy, surrounding the nvnrv. Sti-mia 



Stigma 



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