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RHAMNEiE. IX. Scutia. X. Retanilla. XI. Colletia. 



ginate ; peduncles axillary, longer than the petioles, racemosely- 1 R. obcorda'ta (Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 58.) leaves obcor- 



corymbose. ^. S. Native of Jamaica. Sarcomphalus, P. ' 



Brown, Jam. 179, Rha 



sarcomphalus, Lin. amoen. 5. p. 

 395. Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 57. in a note. Ceanothus 

 sarcomphalus, D. C. prod. 2. p. 30. This differs from the other 

 species in the petals being helmet-shaped, stamens turned out- 



date, quite entire, 3-nerved ; flowers sessile, spiked, rising from 

 the axillae of the scales. Tj . G. Native of Peru. Rhamnus 

 Retanilla, Domb. herb. Colletia obcordata, Vent. hort. cek 

 t. 92. Branches twiggy, flexile. Flowers white. 



Obcordate-leaved Retanilla. Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 feet. 



wards, and in the disk being thicker, as well as in the leaves 2 R. Ephe'dra (Brogn. mem- rhamn. 58.) leaves almost 



being alternate, not approximating by pairs. This tree rises wanting ; flowers sessile, disposed in glomerated spikes on the 



generally to a considerable height ; the trunk is generally about naked branches. J2 . G. Native of Peru. Branches erect, 



3 feet in diameter. The wood is hard, of a dark colour, and spiny at the apex. Colletia Ephedra, Vent, choix.t. 16. Rham- 



close grain ; it is looked upon as one of the best timber woods nus Ephedra, Domb. herb. Flowers white. 



in the island of Jamaica. The name is derived from -rapl, ^ap- 



Ephedra-Uhe Retanilla. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 feet. 



Koc, sarx, sarcosy flesh, and o/x^aXoc, omphalos^ a navel ; resem- Ctdt. These plants will thrive very well in a mixture of 



blance in the ovary, surrounded by the disk. 

 Sarcomphalus Scutia. Tree 30 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



loam and peat ; and cuttings of young wood will root freely, if 

 planted in a pot of sand, placed under a hand-glass. 



XL COLLE'TIA (named by Commerson in honour of M. 



7 S. ljeviga'ta ; leaves oblong, obtuse, quite entire, coria- Collet, his friend and countryman ; he wrote upon the plants of 

 ceous, veinless, smooth ; flowers axillary, 2-3 pedicellate. T2 . S. Brest). Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 58. D. C. prod. 2. p. 28. 



Native of Santa Cruz. Rhamnus laevigatus, Vahl. symb. 3. p. Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 58. 

 41. Ceanothus laevigktus, D. C. prod. 2. p. 30. 



LlN. 



SYST. 



Vat, /3, Guadalupce (D. C. prod. 2. p. 30.) leaves oval, quite membranous, (f. 5. F. f,) 

 entire, coriaceous, with a middle nerve and a few lateral ones ; minute, linear. Stamens 

 flowers axillary, 3-5 pedicelled. Tj . S. Native of Guadaloupe. 



Smooth Scutia. Clt. 1818. Shrub 10 feet. 



8 S. sphjerospe'rma; leaves oblong, acuminated, serrated, 

 smooth ; peduncles axillary, subracemose, length of petiole ; 

 fruit pellucid, spherical ; seeds trigonal. T? . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica, among bushes. Rhamnus sphserospermus, Swartz, fl. ind. 

 occ. 1. p. 499. Ceanothus? sphaerocarpus, D. C. prod. 2. p. 30. 

 Flowers yellowish-green. Berry the size of a small pepper- 

 corn, either quite globular or obscurely 3-lobed, pellucid, pale- 

 green, containing 1 or 3 seeds. Stigma in 2 deep, acute divisions. 



Round-seeded Scutia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 10 feet. 



Monogy 



Calyx campanulate, 



Petals wanting, or very 



2-celled (f. 5. F. i.), or 



reniform, 1 -celled anthers. Disk short, cup-shaped (f. 5. F.^.)j 



adnate to the bottom of the calyx. Ovary free (f. 5. F. A.), 



3-celled. Style simple, elongated (f. 5. F. e.). Stigma 3- 



lobed. Fruit girded at the base by the permanent tube of the 



calyx, tricoccous (f. 5. F. A.), dehiscent (f. 5. F. k.). Seeds 



sessile. — Much-branched shrubs, almost destitute of leaves, witli 



divaricating, decussately opposite branches and spiny branch* 



lets. Leaves, if present, very minute, quite entire, opposite. 



Flowers axillary, fascicled, or racemose, or when the leaves are 



absent they rise from beneath the base of the spines (f. 5. F. a)- 



1 C. SERRATiFOLiA (Vent, choix. t. 15.) leaves elliptical, 



9 S. PAUciFLORA ; leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, smooth, sharply serrated; branches leafy; pedicels longer than the 

 entire, or a little toothed; racemes lateral, short, few-flowered. flowers; flowers usually sohtary. Vi . G. Native of Peru. 



Rhamnus Spartium, Domb. herb. Flowers yellowish. 



Saw-leaved Colletia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 3 ft. 

 2 C. CRUciA^TA (Gill, et Hook, bot. misc. 1. p. 152. t. 43.) 

 leaves very few, elliptic, quite entire ; stem very prickly ; spines 



h • G. Native of Mexico. Ceanothus pauciflorus, Moc. et Sesse, 

 fl. 



X. icon. ined. D. C. prod. 2. p. 33. Flowers greenish- 

 yellow ? 



Few-flowered Scutia. Shrub- 



10 S.? panicula'ta ; leaves roundish-oval, acuminated, ser- decussate, compressed laterally, broad, ovate," acute, decurrent 



rated, pubescent; panicle terminal, with subcorymbose branches. ^ . G. Native of Rio de la Plata, on sandy hills near Mai- 

 T? . S. Native of the East Indies. Celastrus Rothianus, Schult. donado. 



Cro55-spined Colletia. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 

 3 C. spinosa (Lam. ill. 2. p. 90. 1. 129. Hook, bot. misd* 

 p. 153. t. 44. A.) leaves elliptic, quite entire ; spines very strong 

 Cult. Inconspicuous shrubs not worth cultivating, except in awl-shaped; fascicles of flowers scattered; calyx urceolatei 

 general collections ; they will grow in any light soil, and are filaments elongated, exserted. Tj . G. Native of Chili and 



syst. 5. p. 423. Ceanothus panicul^tus, Roth. nov. spec. 154. 

 Flowers white. 



Panicled Scutia. Shrub. 



1 



easily increased by young cuttings, planted under a hand-glass, Peru, also of Brazil. 



Willd 



in a moderate heat. 



X, RETANFLLA (the name of R. obcordata in Peru). 

 Brogn. mem. rhamn. p. 57. — Molinae^a, Comm. mss. — Colletia 

 species, Vent, and D. C. 



Lin. syst. Pentdiidria, Monogynia* Calyx pitcher-shaped, 

 5-cleft (f. 5. E. e.), internally fleshy. Petals 5, cucuUate (f. 5. 

 E. f/.), sessile. Stamens inclosed; anthers kidney-shaped, 1- 

 celled. Disk effiise, covering the whole inner surface of the 



Var. a, glabra (Hookj L c.) smooth. C. spinosa, Lam. l**^* 

 C. horrida, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1113. C. spinosissima, Gmel.syst. 



/3, piibescenti-incana (Hook, 1. c.) plant clothed vvitli 



hoary pubescence. 

 Spiny Colletia. 



May 



Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



simple, short. 



/.). Ovary free (f. 5. 



4 C. fe'rox (Gill, et Hook. bot. misc. 1. p. 154.) spines 

 strong, awl-shaped ; fascicles of flowers scattered ; calyx oblong; 

 cylindrical ; anthers nearly sessile. \ . G. Native of Chib» 

 about Mendoza. 



Stigma 3-toothed. 



) 



Style 



Fruit adnate to the base of 



Fierce Colletia. 



May 



Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 to 4ft' 



(Gill, et Hook, bot. misc. 1. p. 155.) spine* 



the calyx, mdehiscent, containing a 8-celled woody nut (f. 5. E. t.). slender, very numerous ; fascicles of flowers crowded at the tops 



Seeds sessile (f. 5. E. t.).— Subshrubs with elongated, nearly of the branches ; calyx elongated, cylindrical, with the filamen'' 



simple naked branches, or with a few leaves at their base, these inserted in the tube. ^ . G. Native of Chili. 



are opposite, quite entire, and small. Flowers small, villous on Var. a, glabra (Hook,!, c.) smooth 



the outside (f. 5. E. e.), brownish, disposed in short few-flowered, Var. /3, pubescenti-hirsiita '(Hook, 1.' c.) plant hairy-pubescent. 



opposite spikes on the young branches (f. 5. E. a.). Furze-like Colletia. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



