478 RHAMNE& (Sond.) _[Noltea. 
Suppl. 3. p. 193. Ceanothus Capensis et C. circumscissus. 8. DC. 1. ¢. p. 
30. Olinia cymosa Herb. un. itin. p. 305. Scutia Capensis, . & Z.! 
994. Pappe. Sylv. cap. p. 11. 8. natalensis Hochst. in Krauss. Beyt. 
Pp. 44. 
Has. Common in the woods of Swellendam, Uitenhage, and Albany, FZ. & Z./ 
Drege! Zeyh.! 2210. Port Natal, Krauss! Dec.—Jan. (Herb. Thunb. Sond., T.C.D.) 
A shrub, 4-5 feet high, Katdorn ; branches sub-angulate. Leaves 1-2 inches long. 
Petiole 2-3 lines long. Umbels 4-10 flowered. Calyx 1 line long. Segments ovate, 
acute. Fruit of the size of a pea, apiculate by the short style, 2-celled. Seeds 
elliptic-ovate, compressed ; testa coriaceous, very smooth. Nearly allied to S. indica, 
from which it differs by the mostly retuse, not acute and serrulate leaves. ; | 
t=] IV. NOLTEA, Reichenb. 
Calyx urceolate, tube adnate to the ovary at the base, but free above ; 
- limb 5-cleft, erect. Petals 5, cucullate, sessile. Stamens 5, enclosed 
within the petals; anthers ovate, 2—celled. Dise very thin, lining the 
tube of the calyx. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled. Style simple, triangled. 
Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit inferior, spherical, dry, 3—-coccous, 3—valved ; » 
valves with a small rib-like dorsal wing in their upper part; dehiscence | 
septicidal; central axis 3—-partite. Seeds solitary, erect; testa hard and 4 
thick ; embryo orthotropus, straight; cotyledons green, leafy, sub-orbi- : 
cular; radicle short, but well defined; albumen fleshy. Harvey, gen. a 
p. 61. Endl. gen. 5725. Willemetia, Brogn. l. ¢. p. 63. 
A perfectly glabrous shrub, with erect branches, alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 
more or less obtuse, serrated, feather-nerved leaves, and small white flowers, ar- 
Nolte of oie ad, terminal or axillary panicles. Name in honor of Professor 
1. N. Africana (Reichb. consp.n. 3800); Ceanothus Africana, L. spec. 
p. 284. Pluk, L. 126. f. 1. Seba, thes. 1. t. 22. f. 6, Thunb.! fl. cap. p- 
196. DC. 1. c. p. 32. Willemetia Africana, Brogn. 1. ¢. p. 63. t. 5+ f+ ¥- 
L. § Z.1 995. Vitmannia Africana, Wight d: Arn. Prod. p. 166. 
Has. Table mountain, woods near Stoningklipp, Goudsriver ; Zwartkopsriver, 
Katriver, Buffaljadsriver, and Stellenbosch; not uncommon in gardens near Cape- 
town. Aug.—Sept. (Herb. Thunb. Sond, T.C.D., &c.) 4 
10-12 feet high. Branches brownish purple. Leaves 2-24 inches long, 6-8 lines 
Winch ong, the pany the calye fine long. "Ene Seo iar Po 
ong, ie . i 
_ often apiculate by the short style. ee eer ee 
0-1 V. HELINUS, E. Meyer. ! 
_ Calyx obconical, adnate to the ovary, limb spreading, 5-cleft. Petals a 
5, obovate-oblong, convolute, inserted in the margin of a fleshy, epIgY- 
hous, obsoletely 5-angled disc. Stamens 5, anthers 2—celled. Ovary 1- 
_ ferior, 3—celled. " Style 1, with 3 spreading-recurved stigmas. /rwit 
; ae se bose, areolate at the top, 3-coccous; cocci crustaceous, at 
: scent, with a 3—partite central axis. Sveds solitary, erect: 
Funiculus short. in a fleshy alb dons flat. Radicle 
ae inferior. E inl. Gen 5745: Poser ca 
entire leaves, and ax ™ Ys eymose peduncles, Name from eawos, @ branch 
