Cussonia.| ARALIACEH (Sond.) 569 
pedunculate; rhachis densely beset with exactly sessile flowers; calyx 
nearly entire ; ovary roundish ; styles 2-3, short. ZH. &. Z. [ 2266. 
Has. In the districts of Uitenhage, Albany, Caffraria, and near Port Natal 
Nov.—Dec. (Herb. 8d. D., etc.) 
Tree, 15 feet high, with the aspect of a Palm, called by the colonists “ Samareel- 
boom, Nojesboom.” Leaflets 7-9, rarely 5, on longish petioles, the lower ones often 
simple, the intermediate mostly ternate, the upper ones 3-nate or pinnate, with 
decurrent pinne, 3-5 inches long, 1-14 inches broad, with revolute margins, serrate 
or toothed at the lanceolate, terminal lobes, rarely quite entire. Spikes 8-12, um- 
bellate, on a very long, common peduncle ; partial peduncle as long or shorter than 
the 2-3 uncial spikes. Flowers spirally disposed along the rhachis in 6—10 series. 
A specimen with very short-petiolate or subsessile leaves, collected by Zeyher at 
Keegaskoppe (n. 1003) agrees well with ©. triptera Colla. Hort. Ripul. p. 43, t 26. 
3. C. Kraussii (Hochst. in pl. Krauss.) ; leaves peltato-digitate ; 
leaflets (7-9) petiolulate, obverse-lanceolate, shortly acuminate or cuspi- 
date, ternate or pinnately-incised, quite entire or a little toothed at 
the apex; spikes ovate-oblong ; rhachis rather densely beset with very 
short-pedicellate flowers ; calyx acutely 5—6-toothed ; ovary obovate ; 
styles 2-3, short. 
Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sd.) 
Leaves as in the preceding, but the leaflets are not attenuated at the apex, but 
obovate, shortly, or mucronately acuminate ; the intermediate and upper ones pinnate, 
at the apex ternate, with much spreading, lateral leaflets. Spikes 1 inch long, twice 
or 3 times shorter than the uncle.  Pedicels } line long, 3 times shorter than 
the linear-lanceolate, scarious bract. Calyx nearly as long as the 
4. C. paniculata (E. & Z.! 2267); leaves peltato-digitate ; leaflets 
(7-9) lanceolate-acuminate, attenuated in a short petiole, quite entire or 
serrate or pinnatifid-incised, coriaceous, with revolute margins ; spikes 
paniculated ; calyx nearly entire ; fruit globose; styles 2. 
Has. Nieuweveldsberge and Bhinostelie say Beaufort, Drege, Zeyher, 746. 
Stormberg, A. Wyley. J: an.-Feb. (Herb. . : 
Shrub 10-12 feet high. Leaflets 6-8 inches long, 1-14 inch broad, more coriaceous 
than in the preceding and following ; very often quite entire, or with a few sharp 
teeth, rarely deeply incised or pinnatifid, and the upper leaflet ternate. Panicles 
(or racemes) aggregated, 1 foot or more in length; the branches or peduncles 
spreading, 1-2 inches long at the base, with short bracteole. Spikes 1-2 inches 
long, dense. Fruit the size of a large pea, crowned with the spreading styles. 
5. ©. thyrsiflora (Thunb. |. c. t. 12); leaves peltato-digitate, leaflets 
(cire. 5) sessile, obovate, cuncate, obtuse, truncate or mucronate oF shortly 
acuminate, quite entire or a little toothed, upper = eon are 
flowers pedicellate, disposed in an oblong raceme; Calyx 5-too ; fruit 
roundish; styles 2-3. Fl. Cap. 247. E. § Z.1 2265. Jacq. fil. Eclog? 
1, 89, t. 61. C. thyrsoidea Pers. Ench. 1, 98. Drege, 7607. Zeyher, 2698. 
Has. In Tablemountain, Houtbay ; distr. of Uitenhage, George, etc. June- 
Sept. (Herb. Sd. D., ete-) a ; é é : 
ets 2-3 inches long, 1-1} inch broad, without distinct petiole, coriaceous 5 
revolute, usually simple, rarely some of them jointed, the lowest joints 
dilated ot end into em ge lowers, abo ot Sop Use Siem | 6-22 
es 2-4 inches long, dense-tow about mele ; 8-12 
ted an umbel. Pedicels 1-2 lines long at the base, with a lanceolate, 
Calyx mucronate-toothed. Styles in the wild specimens usu- 
