Scutia. | RHAMNE (Sond.) 477 
Shrubs or small trees, with opposite or alternate, bistipulate, short-stalked, entire or 
oe county, ner leaves, which are permanent and coriaceous, or caducous, 
with feather nerves. Plants possessing strong purgative qualities. Nam pauvos, 
signifying a tuft of branches. : spt 
1. RB. prinoides (I’Herit. sert. angl. 6, t. 9); unarmed, branchlets 
minutely pubescent ; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, acu- 
minate, mucronulate, serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, shining ; pedicels 
2-4 axillary, about the length of the petioles ; calyx 5—cleft ; petals 
and stamens 5. Willd. Spec. 1. p. 1099, excl. syn. DU. lc. 2. p. 24, 
E. & Z.! 992. 
Has. Katriver near Philipstown and Fort Beaufort, £.4Z./ Grootvadersbosch, 
Krakakamma, Wolvekop, Zey./ 315. Vanstadensrivier and in Stormberg, 5—6000 f. 
Drege! 9123. Outeniqua, George, Krauss. Oct._Dec. (Herb, Sond., T.C.D.) 
A moderate tree. Branches and leaves, when dry, blackish. Wood white. 
Leaves 14-3 inches long, 3-1 inch wide, paler and with prominent nerves beneath ; 
petioles carinate, 3~6 lines long. Pedicels 4-6 lines long. Calyx 1 line long, seg- 
ments triangular acute, as long as the sharply emarginate petals and the stamens. 
Styles 3, connected to the middle, then diverging. Berry scarcely the size of a pea. 
sub-spherical, Seeds 3, not furrowed. Embryo flat. 
2. R. Zeyheri (Sond.) ; unarmed, branches and leaves opposite, smooth ; 
leaves short, petiolate, elliptic or sub-orbiculate, obtuse or slightly 
emarginate, quite entire, paler beneath ; pedicels axillary, aggregate, 
glabrous, twice as long as the petiole; calyx 5-cleft ; petals and sta- 
mens 5. 
Has. Macalisberg, in woods, Zeyher! 316. Nov. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D.) 
A moderate tree. Branches greyish. Leaves opposite, rarely sub-alternate, about 
inch long, 8-12 lines wide, or smaller, elliptic or oblong, with about 10 yeddish 
nerves beneath. Petiole about 1 line long. genicmssta ret 600 begets 
ents acute. ightly emarginate, as long as the . 
Styles 3 caaailee, 2s sleeasdion then diverging. . Allied to a Frangula L., but 
the leaves are much smaller. Rhamnus celtifolius, Thunb. is a Celtis. 
ot : III. SCUTIA, Commers. e 
Calyzx urceolate, 5-cleft ; segments erect. Petals nearly flat, emargi- 
nate. Stamens short; anthers ovate, 2—-celled. Disc fleshy, covering 
the tube of the calyx, closely surrounding the ovary, but not adnate to 
it. Ovary 2-3 celled. Style short, simple. Stigmas 2-4. Fruit glo- 
bose, serrate, 2—3-coccous, girt at the base by the persistent entire tube 
of the calyx. Brogn. l.c.p. 55. Endl. Gen. 5724. ae 
Smooth shrubs, with alternate leaves approximating by pairs, and nearly oppo- 
Site, quite entire, ae slightly serrulated, coriaceous, feather-nerved, bistipulate ; os 
pules minute, deciduous. Prickles wanting or arched, about equal in length to the 
1. S. Commersoni (Brogn.! 1. ¢. p. 56); branchlets decussate, spread- 
_ ing, slender, armed with somewhat opposite, recurved prickles ; leaves 
petiolate, sub-distichous, elliptic, ovate or obovate, obtuse, mucronate 
or retuse, quite entire, shining above, paler beneath ; umbels peduncu- 
late ; peduncle of the length of the petiole. Rhamnus Capensis, Thenb.! 
Jl. cap. p. 197. Zizyphus Capensis, Thunb.! apud Poiret, Encyc. meth. 
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