Celastrus. | CELASTRINEE (Sond.) 453 
Wws. linear-oblong, cuneate, coriaceous, very 
smooth above, 13 inch long, 3 lines wide (17) ellipticus. 
lvs. oblong, thick, veinless, entire, 4-1 inch 
long, 2-3 lines wide... ... ... ... ... (14) integrifolius, 
lvs. obovate-cuneate, truncate-obtuse, or obcor- safe 
date, spinuloso-serrate ... .. (21) angularis. 
lws. obovate-cuneate, coriaceous, very smooth . 
above, entire, 1-1 inch long, 3-4 lines 
wide ; fl. capitate... ... sue ss. one (15) Capitatus. 
Leaves quite glabrous; broader and larger. 
lvs. obovate-oblong, cuneate at base, membra- 
nous, crenulate ; }-1 inch wide, ... ... (18) buxifolius. 
dvs. obovate-cuneate or ellip. lanceolate, spinu- 
loso-serrate, 5-9 lines wide ... ... ... (16) heterophyllus. 
lvs. elliptical, obtuse, acute at base, crenulate, 
1-1} inch wide... ... .. .. ... ... (19) memorosus, 
lvs. (the upper)"rhomboid, obtuse, serrate, 8-10 ee 
dines Wid® 26006 se cs dew ew. ss. (20). Tomas. 
Sect. 1, Putterlickia. Disc somewhat raised. Cells of the ovary 
with several (about 6) ovules, Capsule 3-angled. (Sp. 1-2.) 
1. C. pyracanthus (L. Sp. 285) ; spinous ; branches terete, glabrous, 
even ; leaves obovate, serrate or entire, coriaceous, tufted ; flowers axil- 
lary, panicled ; pedicels divaricate ; capsule 3-angled, 3-valved, 6-seeded. 
Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p.220. DC. Prod. 2. p. 8. Bot. Mag. t. 1167. E.§Z.! 
Wo. 935. C. integer, Thunb.! 1. c. C. obtusus, Thunb.! lc. p.217. 0. 
campestris, B. & Z.! 937. Catha campestris, Prest. Bot. Bem. p. 34. 
Has. Cape Flats and about Table Mt., beyond Salt River, Hout Bay, Zwart- 
kops R., Adow and Quaggasflakte, Thunberg, L.§ Z./ &c. Zey., 2176. Mosselbay and 
Zuureberge, Drege! (Herb. Thunb., Holm., Lehm., T.C.D., Sond.) 
A shrub, 2 or more feet high, with curved branches, ae frequent on the 
stem and branches, horizontal, short or 1-2 inches long, naked, rarely leafy « ee 
i ‘ branches. Leaves tufted, rarely soli- 
gga sometimes wanting on the upper ch 
, elliptical, more often obovate-cuneate, emarginate, Ly acute Paget 
margin, penninerved and netted-veined, 1-14 inch long or less. Peduncles solitary 
or 2-4 together, 41 inch long, panicled at the apex, the panicle 3-12 flowered ; i 
dicels 4-6 lines long, minutely bracted at base. Calyx minute, obtuse. Petals 
long, 2 lines long. Stamens as long. Ovary conical, 3, 
ovate, concealed within a coloured arillus. C. integer, Thunb! H: Bs a 
branch, and the same as C. campestris, B, & Z! O. obtusus, Thunb! Herb. is a spine- 
less branch. 
2. C. verrucosus (E. Mey ! in Hb. Drege) ; spinous ; branches terete, 
warted, the eet leaves sub-coriaceous, obovate-spatulate, 
gradually narrowed into a short petiole, obtuse, emarginate, the margin 
revolute, spinuloso-denticulate or serrulate ; flowers axillary, panicled ; 
pedicels divaricate ; capsule 3-angled, 3-valved, a. a 
Has, Woods between the Keiskamma and Buffel’s River, 1-2000 f., and at Po 
ee ae 
+ . . . : an E r 
ea isi ee oF =e keental, 2 inches long on the branches, $ 
a curved, S strong, 
‘ very warty. Spines tb r : pei, 
inch on the twigs, and slender. Leaves 1-4 inch long, 6-9 lines wide, subun ¢ 
Narrower and as ocalaaoak than in the preceding. Panicle pedunculate, few- 
rarely 4 celled, ovules bi- 
iate, _ ; the valves thick, septiferous. Seeds 
Serlate. Capsule red, 6-9 lines long, 3-valved ; [ick oe Canang 
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