524 TEREBINTACEZ (Sond.) [ Botryceras. 
dicle superior. Willd. Berl. Magaz. V. 396. Endl. gen. n. 5907. Lau- 
rophyllus, Thunb.! Prod. cap. 153. Harv. gen. p. 64. Daphmnatis, Spreng. 
gen. nN. 5 59: 5 as 
A tree or large shrub, glabrous and resinous. Leaves simple, stalked, elliptic- 
oblong, more or less acute, penninerved, glabrous, serrate, the margins reflexed. 
Flowers small, in terminal panicles ; those of the male plant lax, with slender rami- 
fications ; of the female very dense, the branches compressed, multifid inwards, with 
persistent bracte. Name, from Borpus, a cluster, and xepas, a horn; the female 
inflorescence resembles a cluster of much-branched antlers. 
1. B. laurinum (Willd.! 1. ¢.); Lawrophyllus capensis, Thunb.! prod. 
p. 31. fl. cap. p. 153. 
Has. Woods in mountainous places, Houtniquakloof, Thunb./ Duivelsbosch near 
Zwellendam, Vanstaadensberg, Uitenhage, Z.&Z./ Drege! Oct.-Feb. (Herb. 
Lehm., Sond., T.C.D.) 
Leaves evergreen, pale or livid below, 3-5-uncial. Petals trigonous, 4-1 inch long. 
Drupe about 2 lines long, compressed like an umbelliferous fruit. 
v4 V. LOXOSTYLIS, Spreng. fil. 
Flowers dicecious. Male: calyx deeply 5-parted ; segments lanceo- 
late, acuminate, coloured. Petals 5, three times longer than the calyx, 
unguiculate, lanceolate-acuminate, imbricate in estivation. Stamens 5, 
free, unequal, as well as the petals inserted between 5 glandular scales 
in the tube of the calyx. Ovary none. Female: calyx 3-parted ; the fructi- 
ferous large, foliaceous; segments linear-oblong, sub-obtuse, pale green, 
veined. Petals minute. Ovary ovate, oblique, sub-compressed, Styles 
3-4, unequal, sub-lateral, often 2-3 abortive. Stigmas capitate. Drupe 
dry, sub-coriaceous, rugose, green, sub-oval, obtuse, oblique, abortively 
1-celled, 1-seeded, included in the persistent calyx and twice as short 
as it. Seed compressed-subreniform, umbilicate in the sinus ; testa hard, 
coriaceous. Albumen none. Cotyledons accumbent, carnose. Hmbryo 
_ eurved, radicle obtuse, ascendent. Reichb. Icon. exot. t. 205. E.G Z./ 
Enum. p. 152. Endl.Gen. n. 5908. Anasyllis, E. Meyer. 
A tree, 15 feet high, quite glabrous. Leaves alternate, stalked, imparipinnate, 
2-6-jugate ; leaflets opposite, sub-sessile, lanceolate, entire, the rhachis winged. 
terminal, panicled.—Name, Aotos, oblique, and orvaos, a style; the carpels 
are oblique. 
1. L. alata (Spreng. Herb. Zeyh. n. 3), #.§ Z.4n.1137. Anasyllis 
angustifolia and latifolia, E. Meyer in Herb. Drege. 
Has. Winterhoeksberg, Elandskloof, FE. & Z.! Sandfontein, Zeyh. n. 351. Enon 
=e ee Abeny, oe &e.; and near Omtendo, Drege. Feb.—Jul. 
__ Branches terete, striate. Petiole an inch long. Rachis with cuneate wings. Leaf- 
___ Iets in some specimens 1-1} inch long, 3 lines wide ; in others 2 inches long, 5-6 
ines wide, lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate or acute, with recurved margins, sub-coria- 
Panicle ample, compound, ultimate pedicels capillary. Calyx in the male 1 
Petals narrow, whitish, recurved. Stamens shorter than the petals. 
lines long, 14-2 lines wide. Drupe 3 lines long, sub-compressed. 
ite, hermaphrodite, sub- 
base imbricate. Petals 
