376 EUPHOEBIACE^ (Hvitcliinson). [Biixus. 



cuneate at the base, ^-1 lin. long, 3|-6 Hn. broad, rigidly 

 coriaceous J shining on both surfaces, without distinct nerves ; 

 flowers monoecious, axillary, with about 2 lateral shortly pedicellate 

 or subsessile males, and a solitary central shortly pedicellate 

 female ; male flowers : bracts much shorter than the perianth, 

 broadly ovate, coriaceous, glabrous ; perianth-segments 4, broadly 

 ovate, minutely ciliolate ; anthers large, sessile ; rudimentary 

 ovary absent ; female flowers : pedicels covered with triangular 

 imbricate glabrous bracts ; perianth-segments 4, ovate ; . ovary 

 glabrous; styles ascending, l^ lin. long, incurved iu the younf** 



Set, Nat 8'"^ ser, v, 32G. 



Coast Region : King Williamstown DIv. ; Perie Forest, Tt/son ! East Loiidoa 



, , ___ , , _..., London,' Sun, 2150! 



Flanagan, 1727 ! Ekketts in Natal Gov. Herh., 3863 I Eaist London Park, Wood 

 in Herh. Oalpin, 3127! 3128! British Kaffraria ; without precise locality, 

 Milt chins I 



V. NOTOBUXUS, Oliv. 



Flowers monoecious. Petals absent. Disc 0. Male floiver: 

 Sepals 4, in 2 series, obovate, boat-shaped. Stamens 6, in 2 series, 

 the outer of 2, eacb opposite an outer sepal, the inner series of 4, 

 each 2 opposite an inner sepal ; anthers sessile, ovoid, dehiscing 

 longitudinally. Rudimentary ovary absent. Female flower : Sej)^!^ 

 4. Ovary 3-celled ; styles 3, divergent, stigmatose inside ; ovules 2 

 in each cell, pendulous. Fruit capsular, dehiscing loculicidally ; 

 valves 2~horned. Seeds oblong, keeled, black and shining. 



Small trees or shrubs ; leaves opposite, entire, chartaceous, shortly petiolate, 

 penninerved ; flowers subfasciciilate or in short cymes, the female solitary, 

 terminal, sessile or subsessile, with a few lateral, shortly pedicellate or Bubsessile 

 male , 



DiSTRiB. Species 2, the following and one from East Tropical Africa. 



1. N. natalensis (Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1400) ; a shrub, 



glabrous ; branches longitudinally sulcate, light green ; internodes 

 1 -2 in. long : leaves obovate-elliptic or oblong, cuneate at the base, 

 obtuse or emarginate at the apex, 2|-4i in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 

 entire, thinly coriaceous, smooth and slightly shining on both 



surfaces ; lateral nerves 3-5 on each side, looped a considerable 



distance from the margin, distinct on both surfaces; petiole !--• 

 lin. long ; cymesaxillary^ few-flowered ; male flowers : sepals obovatCj 

 obtuse ; anthers 1 J lin. long ; female flowers : sepals ovate-lanceolate^ 



