Dovyalis.] BIXACE (Harv.) — 69 
1. T. trinervis (Harv. Gen. p. 417.) leaves ovate, acute or obtuse, ser- 
rate, nearly glabrous, 3-5-nerved at base ; male and female spikes un- 
branched, perianth trimerous ; stamens 9 ; filaments smooth. 
Has. Forests of the Van Staaden’s mts., Zeyher. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook.) : 
A much branched tree 15-20 feet high, with the habit of a Rhamnus. Young 
twigs pubescent, Leaves an inch long, variable in shape ; the serratures callous. 
Both male and female flowers in minute, simple spikes. Bracts 3, at the base of 
each flower, minute, scale-like ; 3 inner segments of perianth linear and petaloid, 
smooth ; stamens in parcels of 3, opposite the inner segments. Capsules } inch 
long, 3 cornered. 
2. T. alnifolia (Planch. in Herb. Hook.) ; leaves orbicular or obovate, 
very obtuse or immarginate, serrate, glabrescent, many-nerved at base ; 
male spikes much branched, female simple ; perianth 4—5-merous ; sta- 
mens 10-12, filaments hairy. Antidesma ? alnifolia, Hook. Ie. t. 481. 
Monospora grandifolia, Hochst. Pl. Kraus. (160). 
Has. Eastern districts. Knysna, Mr. Bowie. Caffirland, Rev. J. Brownlee. Port 
Natal, Krauss, Gueinzius. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
A large arborescent shrub, 10-12 feet high. Young twigs pubescent. Leaves 
2 inches long and rather more in breadth, sub-rotund, coarsely but i 
serrate, sprinkled with small hairs or glabrescent. Male spikes much branched 
and twice as long as petiole. Perianth 8-10 parted, in two rows. Capsule 3-cor- 
nered, longer than its breadth, turbinate ; seed solitary, the testa elegantly pitted. 
V. DOVYALIS. E. Mey. 
Flowers dioecious. Male: calyx deeply 5-cleft, its segments slightly 
imbricate in the bud. Petalsnone, Receptacle covered with fleshy glands. 
Stamens 12-20 ; filaments filiform; anthers didymous. Female: Calyx 
5-7-parted, segments bordered with stalked glands. Perigynous disc 
fleshy, adherent to the base of the calyx, its margin deeply lobed. 
Ovary free, one-celled, composed of two (rarely three) carpels, with 
inflexed edges ; placente prominent, marginal, each bearing a single 
ascending ovule. Styles 2, rarely 3, divergent, channelled on the up- 
per side, stigma simple. wit fleshy and pulpy, 1-2 seeded ; seeds 
glabrous. W. Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. Vol. 3. p. 251. Sond. in Linn. 
Vol. 23. p. 12. eee oe 
Rigi i iny shrubs, peculiar to South Africa. Leaves alternate 
ante ee - denticulate. Flowers small and green, axillary ; 
the males in branching clusters, shorter than the leaves ; the females solitary. The 
generic name has not been explained. == 
1. Dovyalis rhamnoides (Burch. and Harv.); branches whitish ; 
leaves thin (not coriaceous), ovate, sub-rotund, entire or denticulate, 
three-nerved, reticulate ; peduncle of the female flowers as long as the 
calyx or longer ; sepals linear, much enlarged in fruit. Flacourtia 
rhamnoides, Burch ! Cat. 4012. DC, Prod, 1. p. 256. E. & Z, No, 115. 
Dovyalis zizyphoides, E. Mey.—Sond. 1. c. 
Has. In the districts of Uitenhage and Albany, Burchell, Drege, Zeyher, &e. 
District of George, Dr. Alewander Prior. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) i 
A rigid, spinous shrub, with 2 gee branches, mostly armed with patent 
Spines 1-2 inches long. Leaves soft, pale green, shining. Flowers minute, green ; 
the males in branched, axillary clusters, the females solitary, on simple pedicels. 
Berries “‘ delicious, making a very fine preserve,” (Mrs. Barter), 1 have com- 
