Cassinopsis. | AQUIFOLIACEH (Sond.) 473 
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Flowers perfect. Calyx small, 4-6 toothed, persistent. Corolla hypo- 
gynous, rotate, 4—6-parted, the segments obtuse, imbricated in #stiva- 
tion. Stamens as many as the lobes of the corolla and alternate with 
_ them; filaments subulate ; anthers introrse, erect, longitudinally dehis- 
cent, Ovary sessile, 4—6-celled ; ovules solitary or in collateral pairs, 
pendulous from the central angle of the cell. Stigmata 4-6, sessile. 
Drupe baccate, sub-globose, crowned with the stigmata. Seed inverted; 
embryo minute, in the apex of fleshy albumen. Zndl. Gen. 5705. 
Evergreen shrubs or trees, natives of the temperate and sub-tropical regions of 
both hemispheres, Leaves alternate, coriaceous, entire or toothed. Peduncles axil- 
lary, numerous, often tufted, one or many flowered, bracted ; flowers white. There 
is but one Cape species. The English “Holly” is a well known example of this 
almost cosmopolitan genus. 
1. I. Capensis (Sond. & Harv.); glabrous ; leaves on channelled pe- 
tioles, oblongo-lanceolate or lanceolate, or obovate-oblong, acute at base, 
either acute, acuminate, or sub-obtuse and mucronate at the apex, shi- 
ning above, paler beneath ; peduncles fascicled, shorter than the petiole, 
few flowered ; corolla 5-cleft; berry 5, or by abortion, fewer-seeded. Leu- 
corylon foliis laurinis, $c, Burm. Afr. t. 92. f. 2. Sideroxylon mite, 
Jacq. Coll. Bot. Mag, t. 1858. Manglilla Milleriana, Pers. 1. p. 237, 
Scleroxylon mite, Willd. Enum. p.249. Myrsine? mitis, Spreng. Pappe, 
Sylv. Cap. p. 22. Leucoxylon laurinum, E. Mey. in Hb. Drege. Celastrus 
Steberi, Bernh. in Hb. Krauss. 
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jointed at base, or racemose, 3-4 flowered. Calyx urceolate 5-6 fid. the lobes et 
late. Corolla monopetalous ; segments ovate-oblong, obtuse, spreading or b 
imbricate in bud. Stamens on the throat of the corolla, exserted, filaments subulate, 
scarcely as long as the corolla-lobes. Drupe globose, tipped with a thick 4-5 lo! 
Stigma, Seeds trigonous. Embryo minute. : 
II. CASSINOPSIS, Sond. 
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Calyx 5-fid. Corolla 5-fid, the segments oblong, sub-acute, su 
bricate 7 estivation. Stamens §, inserted on the base of the corolla, 4 
ternate with its lobes; filaments subulate ; anthers ovate, a aad 
nally dehiscent. Disc none. Ovary sessile, one-celled, wautg is ; 
ovules unequal, pendulous from the central angle of the cell. at 
simple; stigma obsoletely lobed. Drupe nearly dry, ovato-globose. 
compressed, apiculate, with a one-celled, one-seeded crustaceous stone. 
Seed inverted, compressed; embryo minute, in the apex of copious, 
fleshy albumen ; radicle superior. ; 2 4 e 
ith alternate branches and twigs, opposite leaves an axillary, > 
RCS step Fo igor flowers. The name signifies ‘resembling a Or : 
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