Erythrozylon.| | ERYTHROXYLE (Sond.) 233 
1. T. hypericoides (Burch. Trav. 2. p. 280. Id. p. 290) ; leaves linear, 
glabrous on both sides ; wings of the fruit rounded, semi-orbicular. A, 
Juss. l.c. p. 505. t. 17. 
Has. Kosi Fountain, lat. 27952’, Burchell. : 
Stem shrubby, 3-4 feet high, erect, branched ; branches brown, glabrous, opposite, 
spreading. Leaves opposite, rarely sub-alternate, petiolate, lanceolate, linear, glau- 
cous, very entire, 5-14 inch long. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 3-6-flowered. Flowers 
rosy, inodorous. Sepals lanceolate, erect. Petals spreading, concave. Immature 
fruit, sprinkled with branched hairs. Fruits with a roundish wing. 
OrpEr XXVI. ERYTHROXYLEA, Kunth. 
(By W. Sonver.) 
(Kunth, in Humb. Nov. Gen. 5.175. DC. Prod. 1. p. 573. Endl. 
Gen. No. ecxxiv. Erythroxylacer, Lindl, Veg. Kingd. No. exl.) 
Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx free, persistent, 5-parted or cleft. 
Petals 5, hypogynous, equal, broad at base and each furnished in front 
with a plaited, bifid scale, imbricated in estivation. Stamens 10, hypo- 
gynous ; filaments flat, connate at base ; anthers erect, 2-celled, slitting 
lengthwise. Ovary free, 2—3-celled, with solitary ovules ; two cells 
abortive ; styles 3, distinct or confluent ; stigmata capitate. Drupe by 
abortion unilocular, and one-seeded ; seed with little or no albumen, a 
straight embryo and superior radicle. 
Shrubs or small trees, natives of the tropical and sub-tropical regions of both hemi- 
spheres, most abundant in America. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple, penni- 
nerved or 3-nerved, entire, glabrous. Stipules intra-axillary, scale-like. Flowers 
axillary, solitary or clustered, small, whitish or greenish ; the peduncles springing 
from imbricated scales. 
This Order consists of a single genus, containing 70 or 80 species. It is closely 
— to Malpighiacece, from which it is ot the want of glands on the ras 
e peculiar petals and the capitate stigmas. A Peruvian species (Erythroxylon Coca} 
is very largely used in S. America, especially by the miners, as a stimulant to the 
nervous system. Its leaves, mixed with chine are chewed, and effects similar to 
those resulting from the immoderate use of opium are produced. = 
I. ERYTHROXYLON, L. 
Calyx 5-parted, 5-angled at base. Styles 3, distinct. Endl. Gen. No. 
5597, Sec. 1. DOC. Prod. 1. p. 573- 
The ic name is derived from e«pvépos, red, and EvAov, wood ; several of the 
a en age 
1. E. caffrum (Sond. Linn. 23. p. 22); glabrous ; branches terete, 
branchlets compressed ; leaves on very short petioles, ovate or obovate- 
oblong, emarginate, acute at base, coriaceous, netted with veins, shining ; 
stipules rigid, very acute, sub-persistent, half as long as the petiole; pedun- 
cles 2-4, on axillary depauperated ramuli, twice as long as the flowers; 
calyx-lobes triangular; petals obovate ; stamens longer than the clavate 
styles. | bes 
Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius, T. Williamson. (Herb. Sond.,T.C.D.) 
A shrub. Leaves 1-2 inch long, 8-10 lines wide, dark green above, paler below, 
netted on both sides with raised veins. Petioles channelled, 1~14 lines long. 
