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A pretty little plant, with the aspect of some of the smaller species of 
Crassula. It belongs to the group Lancretia. 
Fig. 1, Beryia decumbens, the natural size. Fig. 2, fragment of the stem, with leaf and 
stipules; 3, a flower; 4, sepal; 5, petal; 6, four of the stamens, alternately long and 
short. The latter figures enlarged. 
XXV. CHATACHME NITIDA, Pl. & Harv. (Ulnacee.) 
Gey. cHAr.—Ftorrs abortu diclines, monoici; masculi fasciculati, 
foeminei solitarii. Masc. Pertanthiwm 5-partitum laciniis valvatim in- 
duplicatis concavis. Stamina 5, laciniis opposita; anthere ovate, api- 
culate. Ovariirudimentum. Fam. Perianthium parvum, 5-dentatum. 
Ovarium ovatum, uniloculare, uniovulatum, ovulo apicali pendulo; 
stigmata duo, longissima, villosa. Fructus? Pl. An. Se. Nat. LIL, vol. 
10, p. 266. 
Ch. nitida: armata v. inermis, ramulis petiolisque puberulis, foliis 
ovato-oblongis ellipticisve basi et apice obtusis v. acutiusculis setaceo- 
mucronatis supra nitidis subtus reticulatis glaberrimis. Celtis appendicu- 
lata, and C. subdentata EF. Mey, in Herb. Drege. Celastrin. ? 1,107, 11, 
Leyher. 
Han.— Forests of the Vanstadens Berg, Uitenhage, Zeyher, Dr. Alexander Prior. 
Galgebosch, Drege. (Herb. T. ©. D.) 
Descr.—A small, divaricately branched tree; either unarmed or 
with solitary or twin axillary spines. The young twigs, petioles, and 
inflorescence, minutely downy ; the rest of the plant glabrous. Leaves 
spreading, alternate, shortly petioled, ovato-lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, 
or elliptical, rounded at base, obtuse, subacute or acute at the apex, en- 
tire, or remotely 2-3 toothed, glossy above, finely reticulate below, with 
prominent midrib and veinlets, tipped by a long bristle-point. Male fl.in 
axillary, sub-sessile fascicles; pedicels longer than the flower, with seve- 
ral imbricated, scaly, brown bracts about their bases. Perianth a line 
long, 5-parted, the segments concave, somewhat cucullate, with strongly 
inflexed edges, induplicate in estivation. An oblong abortive ovary, 
without stigmas. Stamens hypogynous, opposite the segments of the 
perianth ; filaments filiform, short; anthers cordate-ovate, erect, mu- 
cronate, 2-celled. Female fi. solitary, pedunculate; perianth smaller than 
in the male. Stamens none. Ovary crowned with two, long, filiform, 
densely pubescent stigmas ; ovule solitary, pendulous from the apex of 
the cell. 
Chetachme is well distinguished by natural habit from Celtis or Sponia, 
and its floral characters are sufficiently marked. A second species, 
Ch. Meyeri, MS. is the Celtis aristata of Drege’s plants. 
Fig. 1, Chetachme nitida, the natural size. Fig. 2, apex ofa leaf; 3, male flowers, 
in situ ; 4, sepal; 5,a stamen; 6, abortive ovary of male flower; 7, a considerably ad- 
vanced female flower ; 8, the ovary cut vertically, The latter figures magnified. 
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