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Celastrus cymosus. Compact-flowered 

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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 5-petala, patens. Caps. 3-anguJaris, 3-Iocularis. 

 Se??z. calyptrata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Celastrus cymosus; spinis nudis, ramis subangulatis, foliis 

 obovatis serrato-dentatis obtusis, cymis pedunculatis axil- 

 laribus (folio brevioribus). Soland. Mss. apud Banks. 



Celastrus buxifolius ; spinosus, ramis angulatis, foliis obloiw 

 gis obtusis crenatis, paniculis axillaribus. Thunb. 

 Prodr. ? nee Linncei. 



A near relative of Celastrus buxifolius, but sufficiently 

 distinct, having naked spines ; flowers more numerous, ia 

 corymbs much more compact, and shorter than the leaves 



A pretty little greenhouse shrub ; native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope ; communicated by Mr. Sweet, from the Stockwell 

 Nursery, in July 1815. 



