362 xli. celastrace^; (oliver). [Celastriu. 



1 or more seeds.— C. montanus, Roxb. Fl. Irul. i. 620. C. phyllacanthns, 

 L'Herit. Sert. 6. n. 28. C. decolor, Delile, Voy. a Meroe, 100. t. lxiv. 6. 

 C. coriaceus, Quill, et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 142. C. {Catha, p. 725) europaus, 

 Boiss. Voy. en E.-pagne, 127. t. 38. C. obovatus, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. 

 Abyss. C. glaucus, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 64. Catha decolor and C. 

 senegalensis, Webb, Frag. Fl. iEthiop. 60-61. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Jleudelot ! and others ; Nigritania, Barter ! 



Nile Land. Sennar, Kotschy ! Abyssinia, Salt ! Schimper ! and others; Kordofan, 

 Cienkowski ; Nnbia (ScAweinf. et Asch. Enum.). 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



Moxamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



Var. pumila (Welw. mss.). About 1 ft. high, unarmed. Pastures, Huilla, Angola, 

 Dr. Welwitsch'. 



C. senegalensis occurs in the Mediterranean region and eastward to India. 



4. C. serratus, Hochst. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 181. Unarmed or spines 

 inconspicuous. Extremities glabrous or puberulous. Leaves more or U>s 

 coriaceous, ovate to elliptical or oblanceolate, obtuse or sometimes broadlj 

 acute, broadly rounded at the base or cuneate, acutely serrulate or crenulate, 

 glabrous, reticulation often prominent beneath, 1^-3 in. long, f-1* >"• 

 broad ; petiole 1-4 lines. Peduncles axillary, often fascicled, forking from 

 the base, considerably shorter than the leaves, puberulous. Ovary broad- 

 based, 3-(2-)celled, seated on a fleshy disk, scarcely or slightly imroerseuj 

 stigma 3-lobed, subsessile or style very short. Capsule 3-valved, smooth. 

 C. obscurus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 131-2. G. pyrifolia, ms. in Herb. Fran- 

 queville. C. Schimperi and C. edulis, Hochst. in Schimp. PL Abyss, k. 

 serrulalus, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 64. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Salt ! Schimper ! and others. 



5. C. euonymoides, Welw. mss. A sbrub of 3-8 ft., armed with 

 slender straight axillary spines, often 2-2^- in, long, frequently bearing leaves 

 and flowers near the extremity. Young branches purplish, puberulous. 

 Leaves membranous, very shortly but distinctly petiolate, ovate passing "do 

 elliptical, subacutely or rather obtusely pointed, broadly cuneate or rounded 

 at the base, obsoletely serrulate or obtusely denticulate, reticulation rather 

 prominent when dry, minutely pubescent at "least on the midrib beneath, at 

 length glabrous, 1-3 in. long, |-1| in. broad ; pubescent petiole fr-1 j ine - 

 Cymes spreading, repeatedly forked, pubescent, in our specimens usually from 

 the pair of leaves borne by the axillary spines. Ovary nearly wholly tree, 

 inserted upon a thick, raised, fleshy disk, 3 -celled ; style equalling or exceed- 

 ing the ovary, 3-fid. Valves of fruit crimson, puberulous. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Zenza do Golungo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



6. C. mossambicensis, Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 112 (< x 

 descr.). A small perfectly glabrous shrub ; ultimate branchlets very slender. 

 Leaves small, membranous, broadly ovate-lanceolate or ovate, more rarey 

 ovate-cordate, obtuse, sometimes with a microscopic mucro, base not nar- 

 rowed to the petiole, often more or less rounded, serrulate, j— 1$ m, .Tju! 

 J-i | in. broad ; petiole slender, 1-2 lines. Axillary peduncles filiform, shgh . 



