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Euchaetis.] RUTACEZ (Sond.) 371 
, 9-100 - wat, Agathosma.—Calyx segments unequal. Petals with long claws, rarely 
sub-sessile. Jnjl. terminal. Leaves alternate. 
slr ee se ansan  ei after flowering, slender at the base. 
1 Sey oe ‘casei cas sia over Gide ovary, perforated by the style. 
B. Flowers incomplete, monoecious, 4-parted. 
MAN 4 X. Empleorum.—Petals none. 
I. CALODENDRON, Thunb. 
Calyx short, 5-parted, deciduous. . Petals 5, much longer than the 
calyx, oblongo-lanceolate. Stamens 10, inserted under a short, tubular 
dise, 5 fertile; 5 alternate sterile and petaloid. Capsule shortly stipi- 
tate, rough, 5-angled, 5-celled, septicidally 5-valved ; seeds two in each 
cell. Endl. Gen. No, 6014. DC. Prod. t. p. 712. 
Only one species known. The name is derived from kaAos, beautiful, and devdpor, 
@ tree, 
1. C. capense (Thunb Nov. Gen. P. 2, p. 41, 42, 43); Prod. p. 44. Fl. 
Cap. p. 197. Jus. Mem. Mus. xii. 469. t.19.f. 15. Pallasia capensis, Houtt. 
Dictamnus capensis, Lin. f. Suppl. p. 232. 
Has. Woods in the Eastern districts and Caffirland, extending to Port Natal, 
rg E & Z. Mr. H. Hutton, &e. Nov.-Jan. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook, Sond. &c.) 
A large and handsome tree, the ‘“‘ Wilde Kastanien” of the colonists. Branches 
and branchlets opposite or in threes, divaricate, terete. Leaves decussate, petiolate, 
ovate, obtuse, retuse or acute, with parallel nerves, pellucid-dotted, evergreen, 
green above, paler underneath, 4-5 inches long. Petioles thick and short, a line 
long. Flowers in terminal panicles ; the peduncles mostly trichotomous. Petals 
white, linear-oblong, reflexed, 14 inch long, 2 lines wide, stellato-pubescent exter- 
nally, sprinkled with purplish glands. Ovary pedunculate. Valves of the a ig 
ae ee 14 inch long ; seeds larger than a hazel nut, black and ee E 
ae | EUCHAETIS 5 a Wa 
L B. glomerata (B. & W.. ges 29); stom and branghes eet, 
ther patent, glabrous ; leaves erect-a apie mer pera peng keeled, 
tipped with an incurved muero, wi in; 
bracts ovate, sub-lanceolate, shorter nace the aes te ; a al lanceo- 
ae tae longer than the calyx, bearded, ciliate to the base, the ex- __ 
half oblongo-lanceolate, naked. Cree glomer ia, 2. F, W. » Mey. 
mss. Euchaetis alietina, E. dd Z/ 821. oe 
Has. Cape, Hesse. Cederberg Mts., Clanw., ia (ate Bart, 
