42 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
twigs decussate ; the smaller twigs compressed, knotted by the persis- 
tent, prominent leaf-bases. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 4 inch wide, vari- 
able in shape, but commonly ovate, 3-nerved, coriaceous, with recurved 
margin, blunt. Cymules 3-5 flowered, shorter than the leaves. Flowers 
greenish, Corolla with a short tube and spreading, 5-lobed limb, 
valvate in estivation; the lobes hairy within, and callous-pointed. 
Stamens inserted in the throat, exserted, the filaments half as long as the 
corolla-lobes, subulate, slender. Ovary 2-celled, with several ovules in 
each cell. Berry one-seeded, the size of a cherry, globose. Seeds 
peltate, subecompressed, glabrous. 
This tree, which furnishes the celebrated Kajaten wood of the 
Eastern Colonists, has been already described and published by Dr. 
Pappe, who regarded it as the type of a distinct genus, which he named 
Atherstonea, in honour of Dr. W. G. Atherstone, of Grahamstown. I 
much regret that, after a most careful examination of flower and fruit, I 
cannot find any tangible characters, either in floral structure or in habit, 
on which to found a genus, distinct from Strychnos. The only apparent 
characters are the exserted stamens and the one-seeded berries; but 
different species of Strychnos have slightly exserted stamens, and seve- 
ral have few or one-seeded berries. Before I was aware what Dr. Pappe’s 
‘* Atherstonea’”’ was, I had received specimens from Messrs. Gerrard and 
M‘Ken, who told me that it was the “ King’s tree’ of the Zulu-Caffirs 
whose chiefs’ sticks of ceremony are made of its twigs. This suggested 
to me the name S. Baculum; under which I have had it for some time 
in the Herbarium. I am indebted to Dr. Atherstone for numerous speci- 
mens, in every stage of growth. 
Fig. 1, a flowering branch ; 10, a berry; 11, a seed; all the natural size. Fig. 2, 
a flower bud; 3, an open flower; 4, the same, in a later stage; 5, corolla laid open ; 
6, astamen; 7, ovary, in the calyx; 8, longitudinal section of ovary; 9, transverse 
section ; variously magnified. 
165. AGATHOSMA OWANTI, Harv. and Sond. (Rutacee.) 
A. Owanii: erecta, ramosissima, ramulis puberulis; foliis erectis 
linearibus subacutis canaliculatis subtus obtuse carinatis glaberrimis, 
floribus umbellatis, pedicellis puberulis, calycis lobis subulatis acutis, 
petalis calyce subduplo longioribus lanceolatis basi cuneatis brevissime 
unguiculatis, staminodiis sepalis longioribus lanceolatis ciliolatis apice 
glanduliferis, ovariis styloque glabris. 
Has.—Near Grahamstown, Peter MacOQwan. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Derscr.—A much-branched, erect, small, level-topped bush, glabrous 
except the minutely pubescent twigs and pedicels. Leaves minutely 
petioled, 3-4 lines long, not 4 line wide, linear or linear-subulate, sub- 
acute, concave above, bluntly keeled beneath, with minute, inconspi- 
cuous pellucid dots. Flowers in terminal umbels, purple. Pedicels 
about twice as long as the leaves. Calyx lobes 14 lines long. Petals 
3 lines long, with a short, cuneate claw passing gradually into the 
