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126. XIMENIA CAFFRA, Sond. ( Olacinee.) 
XK. Caffra: tomentosa; ramis spinosis ferrugineis, foliis ellipticis 
vy. oblongo-ellipticis obtusis emarginatis coriaceis supra demum glabra- 
tis; pedunculis axillaribus solitariis v. binis unifloris, petalis extus 
pubescentibus intus dense barbatis.—Sond. in Linn. 23, p.21. Fl. Cap. 1, 
p. 235. 
Has.—Woods at Magalisberg, Zey! 1847. Port Natal. Gueinzius. (Herb. T. C.D.) 
Descr.—A coarse shrub. Branches widely spreading, terete or angular, 
mostly clothed with short, rust-coloured tomentum, sometimes glabrous, 
armed with short, stout, spreading, axillary or exaxillary spines. Leaves 
on short petioles, about 14-2 inches long, an inch, or rather more wide, 
quite entire, obtuse, one-nerved, the younger on each side clothed with 
short pubescence, the full grownshining above. Pedune. axillary, short. 
Cal. 4-fid. Petals 4, oblong, densely bearded within, with an inflexed 
point. Stamens, 8 ; anthers linear, erect. 
The specimens from Natal (var. 8. Natalensis, Sond.) have leaves 
and branches glabrous, and nearly resemble X. /aurina, DC. 
Fig. 1, flowering branch; the natural size. Fig. 2, calyx, stamens, and ovary, in 
situ (the petals removed); 3, front and side view of a petal; 4, a stamen; 5, ovary; 
6, placenta and 4 pendulous ovules ; 7, drupe; all en/arged. 
127. EMBELIA KRAUSSII, Harv. (Myrsinee.) 
E. Kraussii: glabra; foliis obovato-oblongis acutis integerrimis 
marginibus reflexis basi cuneatis breviter petiolatis ; racemis lateralibus 
folio brevioribus; lobis calycinis deltoideis acutis; petalis oblongis pa- 
tentibus calyce duplo longioribus—Celastrus oleoides, Hochst ! in Pi. 
Krauss, No. 407 (exel. syn.). 
Has.—Natal, Dr. Krauss! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—A glabrous shrub. Leaves 1-14 inches long, oblong or obo- 
vate, acute, cuneate at base, shortly petiolate, thin and membranous, the 
margin slightly reflexed; nerves pennate, but very slender. Racemes 
lateral, from old leaf scars, $2 inch long, 8-12 flowered. Bracts con- 
cave, oval, much shorter than the pedicels. Calyx small, cupshaped, 
distantly 5-toothed. Petals 5, oblong, narrower below, hypogynous, 
imbricate in eestivation, straight, not convolute, much longer than the 
calyx. Stamens 5, opposite the petals, and adnate to them at base; fila- 
ments shorter than the petal, flattish, subulate ; anther medifixed, erect, 
2-celled, opening inwards. Ovary half sunk in a fleshy, 5-crenate disc, 
1-celled, with two basal ovules; style filiform ; stigma simple. 
Of this I have only seen the small specimen distributed by Arauss, 
and erroneously referred by Hochstetter to the widely different Celastrus 
oleoides, Lam. (C.lawrinus, Thunb.). There can be no doubt that it is a 
species of Embelia, and I think quite unlike any of those described by 
De Candolle. 
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