476 RHAMNEZ (Sond.) [Rhamnus. 
panicles thinly pubescent ; prickles in pairs, one of them recurved; leaves | 
petiolate, ovate, or cordate-ovate, obtusely-acuminate, mucronulate, crenate- ie 
serrate, hairy beneath at the nerves or quite smooth; cymes axillary, 
about the length of the petioles; stigmas 2, recurved; drupe spherical, 
smooth, shining. DC.lc.p.19. #.4¢ 2.991. Z. bubalina Licht. mn 
Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. V. p. 334. 
Var. 8. pubescens; branchlets and cymes covered with a dense, a 
short tomentum; leaves obtuse, slightly pubescent beneath. a 
_ Var. y. glabrata; branchlets glabrous; leaves smooth on both sides, 
obtuse or obtusely acuminate-mucronate. 
Has. Near Gariep river, Lichtenstein. Vish and Katriver, near Philipstown and 
Fort Beaufort. £. & Z./ Keiskamma and near Port Natal, Drege, Plant. Bavians- 
river and Sanddriftsport, near Gariepriver, Zeyh. 312. Var. B., Port Natal, Guein- 
zius, T. Williamson. Var. y., near Gariep, Drege, 6748. Macalisberg, Burke and 
Zeyher, 311 and 313. Dec. (Herb., reg. Berol., T.C.D., Sond.) 
A tree, 25 feet high. Branches greyish, flexuose. Leaves 14-2 inches, petioles 
above, 4-6 lines long. Cymes many-flowered, sometimes few-flowered. 
Calyx 1 line long, segments acute. Petals obovate, yellowish. Drupe scarcely the 
size of a cherry, red. Seeds 2. . 
2. Z. Zeyheriana (Sond.); branches and branchlets flexuose, as 
well as the petioles, hairy pubescent ; prickles in pairs, recurved or one 
of them straight;. leaves short, petiolate, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
_ mucronate, callous-serrulated, coriaceous, reticulate, glabrous or hairy on 
the nerves ; cymes axillary, about the length of the petioles, hairy, at 
length glabrous ; stigmas 2, recurved. — 
Has. Macalisberg, Burke, Zeyh./ 310 partim. Oct. (Herb,, Sond., T.C.D. 
A bush, 1-2 feet high ; cron sais ; branchlets ae yellowish, old we 
glabrate. Leaves 1-2 inches long, pale green ; petiole 2 lines long. Prickles 2-3 
Hnes long. Cymes cd few-flowered. Calyx and petals as in the preceding, from 
which it differs by the dwarfer habit, and the sharply and callous-serrate leaves. 
Z. trinervia, Roxb., is unarmed, and its leaves are crenulate-serrated. Z. spina 
Christi, Willd., is a tall shrub, with whitish branches. 
8. Z. helvola (Sond.); branches and branchlets flexuose, tomentose 
with brown-yellowish hairs, prickles in pairs, one of them recurved; 
leaves short-petioled, elliptic or sub-orbicular, acute, serrulate-dentate 
on both surfaces, adpressedly villous with yellowish hairs, coriaceous; 
cymes axillary, villous, about the length of the petioles. 
ay Grassy-stony places near Aapgesriver. Zeyh. 310 partim. Oct. (Herb. 
A shrub, similar to the preceding, but very different by the yellowish-brown oF 
_ Somewhat orange pubescence. Prickles yellowish, 3-6 thes ding: Leaves 1 in 
long, 8-10 lines wide. Petioles 2 lines long. Calyx 1 line long ; segments acute. 
etals and stigmas as in the preceding. 
a ee Il RHAMNUS, Lam. 
Calye urceolate, 4-5 cleft, Petals wanting, or 4-5, emarginate. Sta- 
peste ae with ovate 2~celled anthers. Dis thine Seetinir as tube of 
fosle YX. Ovary free, 2-4 celled. Styles 3-4, connected or free. Fruit 
eva y, Sais eae et ae one of them occasionally pe 
. Seeds ae mm, Ut. t, > sot 2s Dias: patie 
P. 53. Endl. Gen, 572, = os 2 ee | 
