Onestis.] CONNARACER (Sond.) 527 
_ Petals 5, inserted under the margin of the torus, reflexed, obovate or 
rotundate, ciliolate, imbricate in estivation. Stamens 5, alternate with 
the petals and a little shorter, inserted in the margin of the 5-angulate 
torus ; filaments filiform ; anthers sub-cordate, 2-celled. Ovary free, 
sessile, 1-locular ; ovules 6-8, in two rows, rarely uniseriate, super- 
posed on a parietal placenta. Stylevery short. Stigma peltate. Fruit 
unknown. T'urez. Bullet. Mose. 1858, No. 2. p. 448. 
A shrub or tree, with the aspect of a Celastrus or Cassine, quite glabrous, Twigs 
and leaves opposite. Leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate or oblong, some- 
what acuminate at both ends, obtuse or slightly emarginate, rarely acute at point, 
coriaceous, with undulate, entire margins. Flowers very small, in axillary short and 
few-flowered racemes.—Name signifies a plant resembling Catha, a genus now 
merged in Celastrus, ; 
1, C. Capense (Turezan. 1. c.) 
Has. Forests in Krakakamma, between Port Elizabeth and Vanstadesberg, Zeyh. 
Celastrin. n. 2. Dr. Alexander Prior. Dee.Jan. (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.) 
Branches terete, smooth ; branchlets compressed, angular. Petiole 1-2 lines long. 
Leaves 2-23 inches long, 6-9 lines wide, veined, paler beneath. Racemes }~} inch 
long. Pedicels at base bracteolate as well as the petals, about 1 line long. 
Orper XLVII. CONNARACEA, R. Br. 
"(By W. Sonper.) 
(Connaracer, R. Br. Congo, 431 (1818). Endl. Gen. cexlvii, Lindl. 
Veg. Kingd. No. clxxv. 
(Tacoma ator regular. Calye 5-cleft or parted, persistent. 
Petals 5, inserted in the bottom of the calyx, sessile or clawed, imbri- 
cate in wstivation. Stamens 10, inserted within the petals ; filaments 
free or slightly connate at_base ; anthers introrse, 2-celled. Ovary of 
5 separate carpels, either all fertile or several abortive and reduced to 
styles; the fertile unilocular, with 2 collateral, erect or ascending ovules; 
styles terminal, as many as the carpels. Capsules follicular, 5 or fewer, 
coriaceous, dehiscing by the ventral suture, rarely indehiscent. Seed 
generally solitary, erect, with or without a fleshy arillus ; embryo exal- 
buminous, with fleshy cotyledons ; or albuminous, with leafy cotyledons ; 
radicle remote from the hilum. 
I. CNESTIS, Juss. 
Calyx 5 
the calyx as 
distinct, Depts back, usually clothed with stinging 
opening on i 
j valvate in the bud. Petals 5, inserted in the bottom of | . 
gk as the 10 stamens, free. Carpels 5 (1~4 abortive), 
led, somewhat stipitate, coriaceous, 2-valved, pod-like, — 
