RHAMNE^. VIIL Rhamnus. IX. Scutia. 



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43 R. BiNiFLORUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. inex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p, 26.) leaves entire, oval, acute at both ends, lined 

 with feather nerves ; peduncles axillary, 2 -flowered. T2 . G. 

 Native of Mexico. This is perhaps sufficiently distinct from 

 the preceding species, 



Twin-Jlowered Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



44 R. TERNiFLORus (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 26.) leaves somewhat acute, toothed, rusty beneath 

 as well as the branchlets ; pedicels 3, axillary, 1 -flowered. 



^ . G. Native of Mexico. Flowers greenish. 

 Tern-Jlowered Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



i" Species doubtful to rvhat genus they helong^ perhaps many 

 of them should he placed in the genus Segere^tia and some in 

 Scu'tia, 



Unarmed. Leaves entire. 



LanceolateAeaxed Buck-thorn. Clt. 1812. Sluub. 



Cult. The hardy species are all proper for shrubberies, some 

 are evergreen and some deciduous, these are usually increased 

 by layers and seeds, which are produced in abundance. The 

 stove and greenhouse kinds will grow in any light soil, and they 

 are easily increased by cuttings, planted under a hand-glass. 



IX. SCU'TIA(from scutum^ a shield, form of disk). Comm. 



Sentis, Comm. in herb. 

 Ceanothus, sect. 1. Scutia, D. C. prod. 2. p. 29. 



Lin. SYST. Pentdndriaj Monogynia, Calyx pitcher-shaped, 

 with an erect 5-cleft border (f. 6. A. «.). Petals nearly flat, 

 emarginate (f. 6. A. ft.). Stamens short; anthers ovate, 2- 

 celled (f. 6. A. 6.). Disk fleshy, covering the tube of the calyx 

 (f. 6. A. e.), which closely girds the ovary, but not adnate to it. 

 Ovary 2-3-cclled (f. 6. A. g,). Style short, simple (f. 6, A. k,). 

 Fruit tricoccous (f. 6. A. /.), girded at the base by the circum- 



mss. 



Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 55. 



45 R. TETRAGONus (Lin. fil. suppl. 153.) leaves opposite, cised calyx (f. 6. A. A.). — Smooth shrubs with alternate leaves 



ovate, smooth, sessile : flowers terminal, somewhat panicled, in- 

 complete ; berries 1-celled, 1-seeded, Tj. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Probably a species of Scutia or Cea- 

 nbthus, 



Te^ragowaZ-branched Buck-thorn. Cult. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 



approximatmg by pairs, and nearly opi)osite, quite entire 

 or hardly serrulated, coriaceous, feather-nerved, bistipulate; 

 stipulas minute, deciduous. Spines wanting or arclied, about 

 equal in length to the petioles, rising from the axillae of the 

 lower leaves. Flowers axillary, disposed in few-flowered simple 



46 R. poLiFOLius (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 768.) leaves alternate, umbellets, scarcely longer than the petioles. 



lanceolate, downy-white beneath, as well as the branches ; flowers 

 axillary, almost sessile, usually solitary, hermaphrodite, and 



1 S. r^DiCA (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 56.) branchlets twiLTgy, 

 armed with sub-opposite, recurved prickles ; leaves nearly op- 

 Native of New Zealand. Probably posite, obovate, retuse, toothletted towards the apex. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies, in forests. Rhamnus circumcissus, Lin. 

 fil. suppl. 152. Ceanothus circumcissus, Gsert. fruct. 2. p. 111. 



usually trigynous. ^i 

 a species of Pomaderris. 



Poly-leaved Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



47 R. zizYPHoiDES (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 768.) leaves ovate- 

 ianceolate, acute, hoary and downy beneath ; flowers terminal, branches. Umbellets solitary, axillary. Fruit containing 5 

 loosely panicled, hermaphrodite ; capsules baccate, containing seeds when all come to maturity. 



t. 106. 



Shrub dividing into many long straggling scandent 



3 nuts, h 



Native of the Society Islands. Probably a 



species of Segeretia. 



Zizyphus'like Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



48 R. MYRTiNus (Burm. ind. p. 60.) leaves oblong-ovate, 

 shining beneath. ^2 • S. Native of Coromandel. 



Myrtle4ike Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



49 R. Brasilie'nsis (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 768.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, tapering at both ends, coriaceous, shining above ; 

 peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, aggregate, rather hispid. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Brazilian Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



50 R. RAMirLORus (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 107.) quite 

 smooth ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, shining ; flowers minute in 



Var. (3, pauciflbrus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 30.) pedicels 3-5. Tj . S. 

 Native of the Mauritius. Ceanothus, nov. spec. Sieb. pi. exsic. 

 maur. no. 75. 



Indian Scutia. Shrub straggling. 



2 S. Lu'ciDA ; branches armed with short, opposite, and soli- 

 tary, recurved prickles ; leaves opposite, from round to oblong, 



entire, polished and firm ; peduncles from 



emarginate, entire, polished and nrm ; peduncles irom 2-4- 

 flowered ; berries globular, usually 2-seeded. Tj . S. Native 

 of the Mauritius. Rhamnus lucidus, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 353. A 

 small much branched tree, with far spreading and straggling, 

 somewhat climbing branches. 



ShiningAe^\eii Scutia. 



Tree 20 feet. 



■(/-/. 



* « 



wered Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



Unarmed, Leaves toothed or serrated. 



3 S. CoMMERsoNii (Brogn. in mem. rhamn. p. 5G.) branches 

 spreading, stiff*; leaves almost opposite, approximate, distich, 

 elliptical, quite entire. ^2 • S- Native of the Island of Bourbon, 



a. Sentis, Comm. herb. 



as well as on the eastern coast of Afri 



Lycium Africanum, Burm. herb. Rhamni cathartici foliis spi- 

 nosum, Herm. cat. pi. Afr. p. 16. Called Dois-scnti in Bourbon. 

 Commerson's Scutia. Shrub 10 feet. 



4 S. Cape'nsis ; leaves cordate or ovate, very bhuit, entire, 

 smooth ; prickles solitary, recurved. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Rhamnus Cap^nsis, Thunb. prod, 1. p. 

 52 R. Quite'nsis (Humb. etBonpl. in Schult. syst. 5. p. 295.) 44- fl. cap. 2. p. 73. Ceanothus Capensis, D. C. prod. 2. p. 30. 

 leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, serrated, quite entire Flowers whitish, 



51 R. ? cAssiNoiDES (Lam. in Poir. diet. 4. p. 474.) leaves 

 ovate, coriaceous, glaucous, obsoletely toothed ; branches angu- 

 lar ; flowers axillary, almost sessile, 5-cleft. ^ . S. Native of 

 St. Domingo. Probably a species of Cassine. 



Cassine-Uke Bwck'ihovn. Shrub. 



at the base, coriaceous ; peduncles solitary, axillary ; branches 

 angular. 



Cape Scutia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 4 feet. 



^. S. Native of Peru in the province of Quito. 

 Quito Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



5 S. fe'rrea (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 56.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, coriaceous, smooth, shining, quite entire ; peduncles axil- 



53 R. Wi'hhor (Luce in ind. hort. Dorp. 1824. p. 6.) com- lary, shorter than the petioles, somewhat umbellate; flowers 



Native of tl)e Antilles. 



pare with Luce topogr. von. den. ins. aesel. Riga. 1823. 



IVihhoT Buck-thorn. Shrub. 



54 R. lanceola'tus (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 166.) ar- 

 borescent, unarmed ; leaves lanceolate, serrulated, acute at both 



apetalous ; calyx spreading. ^ . S. 

 Rhamnus ferreus, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 41. t. 5S. Ceanothus ferreus, 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 30. 

 Iron Scutia. Shrub. 



ends, pubescent beneath. T^ . H. Native of Tenessee on the 6 S. sarcomphalus (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. bii.) leaves 



«ides of hiUs. Berries black. 



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