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Has. Grootrivier and Trompeterspoort, Bervalley, Uit. Zey/ Celast. No. 5. Nieuw- 
veldsbergen at Beaufort and Camdebosberg, Drege! 6728. (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.) 
A dwarf, much branched shrub, with short, pale, angular twigs. Leaves unequal, 
the larger 8-10 lines long, 3-4 wide, smaller 4—6 lines long, 2-3 wide, one-coloured, 
keeled-convex, the margin not revolute, somewhat toothed towards the extremity. 
Petiole 1 line long. Pedune. 1 line long, jointed below the middle. FI. as in the 
tia a the size of a pea, globose-trigonous, rarely 4-valyed. Seed 
y arillate, 
12. C. procumbens (Linn. f. Suppl. 1 53); glabrous; leaves shortly 
petioled, spreading, ovate or elliptical, acute or obtusely recurve-pointed, 
with the margin revolute and spinous-toothed, coriaceous, shining, netted ; 
peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, crowded; capsule sub-trigonous, 2-3 
valved, 1-3 seeded. B. § Z./ 934. . ilicinus, pl. Krauss.  Cassine 
artwulata, H. Mey.! in Hb. Drege. 
Has. Sand Hills at Mosselbay, Thunberg/ Port Elizabeth, H. & Z./ Zitzekamma, 
Krauss! Zey.! 2205. Between Omtendo and Port Natal, Drege! T. Williamson! 
/ Ap.-Jun. (Herb. Thunb., Hook., Vind., T.C.D., Sond.) 
A span or more in height, procumbent, with erect branches. ‘Leaves unequal, 
paler underneath, mostly 14-2 inches long, 9-14 lines wide, on other branches 3 
inch long, obovate, sharply dentate. Pedunc. few or many, 3-4 lines long. Flowers 
small, white. Capsule as big as a pea, rarely 4~celled, 1-2 cells abortive. Aril 
thin. 0. ilicinus, Burch. Trav. 1. p. 340, from the character given, seems to belong 
rather to this species than to the next. 
13. C. undatus (Thunb! Prod. p. 42); glabrous; leaves petiolate, 
Spreading, obovate-cuneiform or sub-rhomboid, obtuse or sub-acute, wavy, 
toothed, or coarsely and obtusely serrate, coriaceous, shining, netted; pe- 
duncles axillary, one-flowered, crowded ; capsule trigonous, 2-3 valved, 
1-3 seeded. (. collinus, H. & Z.! 931. C. dumetorum, E. & Z.! 932. 
C. ilicinus, B. & Z.! 933. C. cymatodes, Spr. Syst. p. 775. 
Has. Woods at Zwartkops River, Zey/ 2190. Botas’ E. § Z.1 Boschesmans 
a 2185. Drege, 5612, ex pte. Feb.-Nov. ‘Herb, Thunb. Lehm., T.C.D., 
the sae lines long, 3-6 lines wide. Pedicels 3-4. ines long, slender. 
tals oblong. Capsule trigonous or triquetrous. Xe as ae 
14. C, integrifolius (L. f. suppl. 153); glabrous, very spiny ; branches 
warted ; leave ite s ropes Pega seer te a ag pdb 
long, obtuse or emarginate, quite en corvaceous, \ e- 
what veiny beneath, the upper reflexed; panicles axillary, lax, longer 
than the leaves; stamens not equalling the petals; capsules triquetrous, 
3-celled, 3-seeded. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 219. £. §& Z. 936. 
ialal paper ent tb, 6-12 lines long, 2-3 lines wide. Panicle 1-14 inch 
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