Thy 
528 é CONNARACEZ (Sond.) [ Cnestis. 
inside and outside, with 2 ova in each carpel. Seeds solitary, rising 
from the base of the carpel, erect, destitute of aril. Albwmen fleshy. 
Embryo straight. Cotyledons leafy. Radicle superior. Juss. Gen. 374. 
Lam. t. 387. DC. Prod. wu. 86. Endl. Gen. n. 5950. 
Usually scandent shrubs. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, coriaceous, entire. 
Flowers in racemose panicles. Name from xvnw, to scraich: the hairs of the cap- 
sules excite itching. 
1. C. Natalensis (Planch. & Sond.); leaves with 7-9 pairs of oblong 
leaflets, which are unequal, oblique at the base, obtuse or sub-retuse at 
the apex, glabrous above, pale and thinly tomentose beneath, reticulate 
on both sides ; panicles terminal, tomentose, much shorter than the 
leaves; carpels ovate-oblong, sub-recurved, tomentose. Omphalobium ? 
discolor, Sond. Linn. XXIII, 1. p. 24. Xanthoxylum Natalense, Hochst- 
in Krauss. Beyt. p. 41. 
Has. Forests between Umloasrivier and Natalbai, Dr. Krauss, Gueinzius, Sander- 
son. Sep.-Nov. (Herb. Hook. T.C.D., Sond.) : 
A shrub, 4-5 feet high. Branches brown-red. Leaves about 4 inches long. 
Leaflets on short petiolules, 12-15 lines long, 4-6 lines wide, whitish-grey on the 
lower surface, with prominent rufous middle nerve. Panicle terminal, rarely axil- 
lary, 1-14 inch long, ferruginous, thinly tomentose. Pedicels very short. Flowers 
1-1} lines long. Calyx downy, segments lanceolate, longer than the linear-oblong 
petals, Styles glabrous, with blunt stigmas. Carpels thinly rufo-tomentose, about 
10 lines long, § lines broad. Seed black, shining. 
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