CELASTRINEJ5. VII. Maytenus. VIIL Alzatea. IX. Crypteronia. X. Polycardia. XL Elxodenbrok. 11 



sessile, 2-3-lobed. Capsule 1-4-valved, with a dissepiment in in the middle of each valve. Very like Mai/tenus^hut the flowers 

 the middle of each valve. Seeds few, arillate, in the bottom of are apetalous. 



the cells. Embryo flat, placed in a fleshy albumen. — Small 



1 A. VERTiciLLA^TA (Ruiz ct Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 20. t. 21-1. 



trees, natives of Chili and Peru, with alternate, simple, coria- f. ^r.). ^2 • ^' Native of Peru in groves near Messapata. 

 ceous, toothed, permanent leaves, and axillary, small, greenish- 

 white flowers. Capsules usually copper-coloured inside. Tliis 



genus is allied to Senacia from the structure of the fruit, but from 

 the embryo is referable to Celastrmece. According to Molina, 



Leaves obovate, emarginate. Flowers small, greenish-white, in 

 corymbs. 



^//or/e(7 Alzatea. Clt. 1824. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult* See greenhouse species of Celdstrus for culture and 



his Maytemis has a 1 -leaved calyx, a monopetalous corolla, 2 propagation 



stamens, and a 1 -seeded capsule. It may be this genus badly 

 described, or a distinct one. 



1 M. ocTOGONUs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 9.) leaves elliptical, bluntly 

 angular, nerveless, obtuse, glaucous. Tj . S, Native of Peru in 

 groves. Celastrus octogonus, Lher. sert. angl. p. 7. Senacia 

 octogona. Lam. ill. no. 2713. Zizyphus Peruviana, Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 320. Capsule 2-valved, 1-seeded. 



Eight-angled-stemmed Maytenus. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1786. 

 Shrub G feet. 



IX. CRYPTElvO'NIA (from tcpvTrroc, cryplos^ hidden, and 

 TTTEpov^ pteron^ a wing ; the seeds are terminated by a narrow 



Blum, bijdr. 1 1 to. 



Moncjc'cia* Pcntdndrla. Flowers monoecious from 



wing). 



Lin. syst. 

 abortion. Calyx inferior, small, 5-toothed, 



Corolla none. 



Stamens 5, short, alternating with the calyx. Ovary 2-celled, 

 girded by a membranous margin. Style crowned by an obtuse 

 stigma. Capsule subglobose, crowned by the permanent style, 



2 M. ? ULiGiNosus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. Q5.) ^-celled 2-valvecl, many-seedecl. Dissepiments contrary to the 

 branches terete, scattered ; leaves obovate-elliptical, rounded at ^^^^■^^- ^^'-''^^ album.nose,^ terminated by a subalate wing This 



both ends, obsoletely repand-toothed, rather coriaceous, smooth ; 

 flowers axillary, crowded ; pedicels 1 -flowered. Fj • Gr. Native 

 of New Granada, in the province of Quito, near Guayaquil, in 

 bogs. Celastrus orbicularis, Willd. in Schult. syst. 5. p. 423. 

 Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, 3-seeded, ex. Bonpl. 

 Bog Maytenus. Shrub 5 feet. 



3 M. Ciiile'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 9.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 tapering to the base, taper-pointed, with serrated edges. Tj , G, 

 Native of Chili, at Coquimbo. Maiten. Feuill. obs. 3. p. 39. 

 t. 27. Maytenus, Juss. gen. 449. Desrous, in Lam. diet. 4. 

 p. %, exclusive of the synonyme of Molina? Senacia Maytenus, 

 Lam. ill. no. 2712. Celastrus Maytenus, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1127. 

 Capsules 2, rarely 3-valved. 



Chill Maytenus. Tree 12 feet. 



4 M. uncina'tus ; leaves lanceolate-linear, narrow, elon- 

 gated, acuminated, serrated. T? . G. Native of Chili. Celas- 



genus comes near to Alzatea. — A tall tree, with opposite, oblong, 

 quite entire leaves, and lateral panicles of small flowers. 



1 C. PANicuLA^TA (Blum. 1. c). T? . S. Native of Java on 

 the mountains. 



Panicled-^ov^'QYQA Crypteronia. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Polycardia. 



X. POLYCA'RDIA (from ttoXu, polyy many, and Kaphaj 

 Jcardia^ a heart ; in allusion to the petioles being furnished with 

 numerous heart-shaped wings). Juss. gen. 377. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 10. 



Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-lobed, per- 

 manent. Petals 5. Stamens 5, short, alternating with the 

 petals. Ovary depressed. Style 1, very short. Stigma lobed. 

 Capsule woody, 5-cellcd, 5-valved (rarely 3-4-valved from abor- 

 tion) with a membranous dissepiment at the base of each valve 

 in the middle. Seeds few in the bottom of each cell, oblong, 



trus uncinatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 7. t. 230. Flowers as each surrounded by a calyciform jagged aril. Flowers sessile on 

 m the former species crowded in the axillae of the leaves, on the middle nerves of the leaves. 



short pedicels. M. Chilensis, var. /3, angustifolius, D.C. prod. 

 2. p. 10. 



Hooked Maytenus. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 M. verticilla'tus (D.C. prod. 2. p. 10.) branches aggre- 

 gate, whorled ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrated ; peduncles 

 1-3-flowered, much shorter than the leaves, rising along the 

 branches either above or below the leaves in racemes. ^i . G. 

 Native of Peru, in groves at Cuchero, Munna, &c. Leaves 

 almost smooth, shining. Capsules 2-3-4-celled. 



Whorled-hxdHiQhed. Maytenus. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



1 P. riiYLLANTiioiDES (Lam. ill. 2. p. 100. t. 132.). T2 . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. A smooth shrub, with alternate coria- 

 ceous leaves, tapering into the footstalk, some of which are 

 oblong, entire; others deeply emarginate, bearing 1-5 flowers 

 in the recess. Florinda, Nor. mss. Commersonia, Comm. mss. 



6 M. Boa'ria (Mol. chili, 152.) leaves opposite or alternate, hand-f^lass, in heat. 



P. Madagascariensis, Gmel. syst. p. 407. P. epiphylla, Smith, 

 in Rees' cycl. vol. 28. 



Phyllanthus-like Polycardia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. Loam, peat, and sand is a good soil for this shrub, 

 and ripened cuttings will strike root in a pot of sand under a 



oblong, smooth, serrated ; flowers scattered ; seeds covered with 

 red aril ; corolla monopetalous ; style 1 ; stamens 2 ; capsule 

 2-valved, 2-celled, 2-seeded. T2 . G. Native of Chili. A 

 decoction of the twigs of this shrub is used to bathe the 

 swellings produced by the poisonous shade of the Llithi, Rhus 

 caustica. Its vernacular name is Boaria. 



Boaria Maytenus. Clt. 1822. Shrub 10 feet. 



XL EL/EODE'NDRON (from eXata, elaia, an olive, and 

 Ser^povj dendroHf a tree ; the fruit is like that of an olive, and 

 the seeds are oily). Jacq. in act. hclv. nov. 1. p. 36. but not of 

 Retz. D. C. prod. 2. p. 10. — Rubentia, Comm. in Juss. gen. 

 378. — Schrebera, Retz. obs. 6. p. 25. 



Lix. SYST. Tetra-Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-5- 



Cult. See greenhouse species of Celdstrus for culture and lobed. Petals 4-5, spreading, broad at the base. Stamens 4-5, 



propagation, p. 9. 



alternating with the petals. Disk fleshy, girding the ovary. 

 Style very short. Drupe dry, containing a woody 5-celled (rarely 

 2-4-celled from abortion) nut. Seeds 2 in each cell, bift some- 

 times solitary from abortion, erect, oblong. Albumen fleshy. 



Embryo central, straight, with leafy cotyledons and an inferior 

 radicle. — Trees or shrubs with smooth, laurel-like, opposite 



VIII. ALZATE'A (in honour of Joseph Anthony de Alzati y 

 Ramirez, a Spanish naturalist). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. t. 

 7. D. C. prod. 2. p. 10. 



LiK. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5^cleft, S-angled, leaves, and axillary panicles of flowers. Flowers small, greenish- 

 permanent. Petals wanting. 

 !• Capsules obcordate, 2-celled, 2-valved, witlT a dissepiment 



Stamens 5, hypogynous? Style white or yellowish-green. 



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