M. ethyscophyllwm.] CELASTRINES, (Sond.) 463 
cymose, nodding, shortly pedunculate, 2-3 times shorter than the leaf; 
ovary 3 celled. Eleodendron Dregeanum, Presl, l. c. 
Has. Rocky places at Wupperthal, 2-3000 f. Drege! 6725. Dec. (Herb. Lehm., 
T.C.D., Sond.) A 
,_ Asmall, much branched shrub, with terete, greyish branches, and angular, spread- 
ing twigs. Leaves erecto-patent, 1 inch long, 4-6 lines wide, some small and nar- 
row, all thick, very smooth and shining above, concave, narrowed at base and apex, 
obtusely or slightly emarginate, nerveless and veinless ; petiole 1 line long. Common 
peduncle 3 lines long, angular, the pedicels simple or once or twice forked, the ulti- 
mate thick, 1 line long. Flowers as in the preceding. Petals thrice as long as the 
"Stamens. Ovary 3 celled ; style very short. Ovules in pairs, Fruit unknown.— 
Readily known by its small leaves, minutely white-dotted over the whole under sur- 
— At first sight it is more like a species of Seytophyllwm, but the ovary is trilo- 
cular, 
3. Panicle on a long peduncle ; its branches fastigiate. 
6. P. rostratus (Walp. 1. c.); leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, ob- 
tusely acuminate, narrowed at base, with revolute margin, veiny ; pani- 
~ cle axillary on a long peduncle, half as long as the leaf or longer, many 
flowered ; its branches divaricate; capsule armed with numerous, com- 
pressed, wing-like, patent or recurved horns. 
Var. Cm rgianus ; capsule ovato-globose, horned toward the 
summit, r. rostratus, Thunb.! Fi. Cap. 218. Asteroc. rostratus, 
Eg: Z.1 963. ter. rostratus. Presl, : 
_Var. 8. polyceras; capsule sub-globose, from base to apex horn- 
bearing, _ Asteroc. tricuspidatus, EB. § Z.! 964, excl. syn. 
Has. In woods. River Zonderende, Puspas Valley, Grootvadersbosch, and 
Voormansbosch. 8. in Duyvelsbosch, E. & Z.! Thunberg! Pappe! Zeyher, 2193. 
Aug.-Sep. (Herb. Thunb., Lehm., T.C.D., Sond.) : . 
_ high, with a trunk 1~2 feet diameter, and ehitah sent bark. Twigs 
yellow-purp! Leaves spreading, produced into an obtuse often emarginate acu- 
mination, narrowed at base into a 3-4 line long petiole, shining above, dull green - 
and paler beneath, 21-4 inches long, 1-14 inch wide, on some branches 2} long and 
8 lines wide. Common peduncle uncial, panicle much branched. Fi. white. Cap- 
Sule 4 lines long, 3 valved, the valves horned at back ; the horns unequal, 1-2 lines 
long, some subulate from a wider, compressed base, incurved or recurved ; some 
broader, wing-like, acute. In var. a. the capsule has 4-8 apical horns ; in 8. almost 
the whole capsule is covered over with numerous, spine like, unequal horns. 
6-1 IIL METHYSCOPHYLLUM, E. & Z. 
dise, 3 celled ; orplen i nes oblong, obtuse, loculicidally 3-valved ; 
. thick ; stigma 3 lobed. 
3-—2~—1 seeded. 
