"■"■J XLT. CELASTRACE.E (OLIVER). 365 



Based upon the following species, which is confined to Eastern Africa and the adjacent 

 pwts of Asia. 



1. C. edulis, Forsk. Fl. JErj. Arab. 63. Leaves narrowly oval oblan- 

 ceolate or elliptical, rather obtusely pointed, narrowed into the petiole, sen-ate, 

 2-4 in. long, \-\\ in. broad. Petiole } in. more or less. Cymes £-3 in. 

 Capsule about ± in. long.— Celastrus edulis, Vahl ; DC. Prod. ii. 6 ; Ferr. et 

 Galm. Voy. Abyss. Bot. Atlas, t. 4. Catha Forskalii, Rich. Fi. Abyss, i. 

 134. t. 30. Trigonotheca serrata, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, 662. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia ! various collectors. 

 nave not seen indigenous Arabian specimens. Cultivated apparently to a considerable 



3. ELJEODENDRON, Jacq. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 367. 



Flowers polygamous or hermaphrodite. Calyx 5 -(4) -partite. Petals 

 rjvi spreading. Stamens as many as petals, inserted under the margin of 

 j™ disk ; filaments subulate. Anthers rotundate, dehiscing longitudinally, 

 wary more or less deeply immersed and confluent with the disk, 3-2-celled. 



j. leverv short; ovules '2 in each cell. Drupe dry (or pulpy), usually 1- 

 j e "> 1-seeded. — Shrubs or small trees, glabrous or pubescent, unarmed. 



^aves persistent, alternate in the tropical African species, coriaceous, serru- 

 ■J or entire. Flowers in axillary pedunculate cymes or umbels, small, 

 jellowish greenish or white. 



"onsiderable genus of tropical Asia and the Cape, extending eastward to Australia. 



d 1*"* ^^^icum, Oliv. A small tree or shrub. Extremities terete, 



5*y antl minutely pubescent or glabrous. Leaves more or less coriaceous, 



j 'P! lcal oblong- or ovate-elliptical, obtuse, entire or slightly emarginate, 



enuculate-serrate (the teeth at first glandular) or subentire, more or less 



ining and usually glnbrous above, paler and glabrous or softly and minutely 



Puoescent beneath*, L-2i in. long, \-\\ in. broad, rarely larger; petiole gla- 



, or P^esceut, 1^-2 lines. Flowers greenish-yellow, in axillary, often 



8-lT ent ' subsessile umbels or on peduncles but little exceeding the petiole, 



tnnl ered; P edlcels equalling or exceeding the flower. Calyx-lobes ro- 



e > us ually pubescent. Petals obovate-rotundate, widely spreading. 



J23" dee P'.V immersed in the broad angular disk, 3- or 2-celled. Fruit 



gj apiculate, i-i in.~Casaine alhiopica, Thunb. ; DC. Prod. ii. 12. 



Wroxylon confer tijtor urn, Tul. ; Harv. et Sond. FL Cap. i. 469. 



U * 61 " Guinea. Loanda, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 

 ■ «amb. Diatr. E. tropical Africa, lat. 6° 38' S., Speke and Grant I 

 * £'**•*** • (£■ Burkeanum, Sonder, FL Cap. i. 470). Under surface of the leaves 

 ^ pubescent. — Bumbo and Huilla, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 

 h w lorms occur south of the tropic. 



synonymy (which I have not verified) see J)r. Sonder in ' Flora Capcnsis. 



4 C AMPYLOliTEMON, Welw. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 998. 

 C %s 5 -partite ; lobes rotundate. Petals elliptical or broadly oblong, 



