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Has.—Near Natal, Gueinzius! T. Williamson! Gerr. §& M‘Ken., 652! (Herb. 
T.C. D.) 
Descr.—A shrub or small tree, glabrous in all parts. Leaves oppo- 
site their petioles, 3-6 lines long; lamina 2-5 inches long, 1-2-3 
inches wide, varying from oblong to elliptical, obtuse or acute, or as 
often retuse or emarginate, penninerved and veiny beneath, with an 
obviously reflexed margin, which is distantly and often obsoletely cal- 
lous-denticled. Peduncles 3-8 lines long, bending downwards, each 
bearing a little tuft of 3-5 sub-sessile flowers. Calya-lobes roundish or 
ovate, fimbriate. Petals imperfectly clawed, the lower part (or claw) 
erect, broadly linear, the upper (lamina) rather broader, spreading, 
ovate. Stamens rather shorter than the petals. Ovary depressed, 2- 
celled; ovules geminate; styles consolidated, columnar. Fruit un- 
known. 
This shrub must have been known to my friend Sonder, when he 
described the Celastrinee for the Flora, but I do not find that he has 
included it under any name. I therefore feel some hesitation in refer- 
ring it to Eleodendron, although it answers pretty nearly in character, 
differing chiefly, so far as I can see, in the form of the petals, and 
partly ininflorescence. The fruit is still a desideratum. It seems to be 
a common plant near D’Urban. 
Fig. 1, a flowering branch; the natural size. Fig. 2, a flower; 3, the calyx ex- 
panded, and the ovary in situ; 4, a petal; 5, a stamen; 6, cross section of the ovary ; 
all magnified. 
186. ELAODENDRON VELUTINUM, Harv. (Celastrinea.) 
E. (Mystroxylon) velutinum ; ramulis pedunculisque densé velu- 
tinis, foliis alternis breve-petiolatis elliptico-oblongis obtusis basi ovato- 
subcordatis supra molliter pubescentibus subtus mollissime velutinis 
marginibus denticulatis vix recurvatis, cymis multifloris axillaribus 
longé pedunculatis, petalis ovatis sessilibus, ovario triloculari. 
Has.—Nonoti River, Natal, Gerr. & M‘Ken./ 1381. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—‘*A large shrub, 10 or more feet high.” —W. a, 
Twigs curved, as if inclined to a twining habit, 4-sided, thickly and 
very softly clothed with short, spreading velvety pubescence. Leaves 
21°41 inches long, 14-24 inches wide, penninerved, ovate or slightly 
cordate at base, oblong, obtuse, minutely denticled, the upper surface 
pubescent, with scattered hairs, the lower very softly and thickly vel- 
vety, like the twigs. Petiole 2-3 lines long. Peduneles axillary, 
1-1! inches long, bearing a simple or branched, many-flowered cyme. 
Calyx-lobes oblong, serrulate. Petals broadly ovate, sessile. Stamens 
much shorter than the petals or calyx-lobes. Ovary depressed within 
the 5-angled disk, 3-celled; ovules geminate, erect. Ripe fruit not 
seen, 
I follow Endlicher, as well as Hooker and Bentham (Gen. Pl. 
