280 Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



Celastrinje. 



224. Maytenus obovatus, n. sp. ; inermis, ramis divaricatis, foliis petiolatis 

 obovatis v. obovato-cuneatis coriaceis obtusis v. plerumque retusis emar- 

 ginatis integerrimis v. obscur^ sinuato-dentatis, floribus axillaribus raro 

 solitariis, pedicellis unifloris. 



Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis fruticosus ? ramis angulatim flexuosis, cortice fuliginoso striate tectis. Folia subun- 

 cialia, basi cuneata, ad apicem rotundata retusa v. obcordata, interdum apiculata, coriacea, 

 utrinque opaca, siccitate flavo-virescentia venis obscuris. Flores in racemis axillari- 

 bus brevibus ag*regati, parvi, inconspicui; pedicellis petiolis brevioribus, gracilibus. 

 Calycis lobi rotundati. Petala ^ lin. longa, deltoideo-ovata. Stigmata 3-4. Fructus 

 majusculus, erectus, oblongo-obovatus, ^ unc. longus, trigonus angulis subacutis, peri- 

 anthio persistente suffultus, siccitate fusco-ruber, unilocularis, trivalvis, valvis intiis 

 medio costatis ; semina in fundo capsulse 3. 



Specimens coinciding with Maytenus uliginosa, Kunth, except that the 

 leaves are cuneate, not rounded at the base, and that the upper ones especially 

 are retiise or eraarginate, sometimes even obcordate. 



SPONDIACEiE. 



225. Spondias Edmonstonei, Hook. Jil. ; foliis glaberrimis impari-pinnatis ; 

 petiolo supernb alato; foliolis 2-3-jugis elliptico-lanceolatis utrinque an- 

 gustatis gross^ serratis, racemis paniculatis folio brevioribus, pedunculis 

 pedicellisque gracilibus, bracteis oblongo-linearibus obtusis caducis. 



Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. Charles Island, T. Edmonstone, Esq. 



Rami validi, teretes, hie illic tumidi, crassitie pennse olorinae, cortice sublaevi pallide rufo-fusco 

 tecti, ramulis abbreviatis subuncialibus validis transverse creberrime striatis annulatim- 

 que constrictis, apice floriferis foliiferisque, bracteolis squameeformibus. Folia e summo 

 apice ramuli orta, fasciculata, patentia, juniora tenerrime, ad nervos tenuissime puberula, 

 seniora subcoriacea, 4-7 unc. longa, petiolo inter foliola alato, parte infrafoliolaceo gracili 

 elongato basi subincrassato. Foliola 1-1 1 unc. longa. Bracteolae reflexse, i-unciales, 

 caducae. Panicula 2i-uncialis, erecta, ramis ramulisque gracilibus patulis. Flores masculi 

 (soliim mihi noti) campanulati, Ij lin. longi, tetrameri. Calycis limbus brevissimus, 

 segmentis lineari-oblongis, erectis, obtusis, corolla ter brevioribus, apice ciliatis. Petala 

 anguste lineari-obovata, acuminata. Stamina petalis breviora ; filamentis lineari-subula- 

 tis ; antheris oblongis. Discus obtuse 8-lobus. Ovarii rudimentum minimum bilobum. 



