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XIX — On some Soiilh African Plants. By G. A. Walker 

 Arnott, Esq., LL.D. 



{Continued from page 156.) 

 10. The next order mentioned in Drege's catalogue, is 

 that of the RhamnecB, and of these the first genus and species 

 is Dovyalis zizyphoides, E. M. This however is the same as the 

 Flacourtia rhamnoides of Ecklon and Zeylier, En. pi. Afr, p. 

 15, and on the otiier hand t!iese authors consider their plant 

 to be that of Burchell. What Mr Burcheil's plant actually 

 is, I have not the means of ascertaining; but fi'om tlie char- 

 acter given by De Candolle, (Prod. 1. p. 256,) it is not im- 

 probable that it may be the female of Dovyalis, I am not 

 aware of any analysis being yet published of this genus, and 

 therefore add the foliowinir: — 



Dovyalis, E. M. 



Flores dioici. — Masc. Perianthium profunde 5-fidum, 

 pubescens. Corolla nulla. Receptacidum glandulis (ut in 

 Gelonio) dense onustnm. Stamina 18 — 20,^lameiita filiformia, 

 receptaculo inter glandulas inserta : antherce semiglobosae, 

 biloculares; locuHs connectivo crassiusculo disjunctis, longi- 

 tudinaliter profunde nnisulcatis. Ovarii vestigia nulla — 

 F;em. Perianthium profunde 5-fidum, pubescens, glandulis 

 stipitatis ciliatum. Corolla nulla. Discus annularis, car- 

 nosus, 5-lobatus, lobis perianthii laciniis oppositis. Ovarium 

 liberum, basi disco cinctum, imperfecte biloculare (margini- 

 bus carpellorum oppositis introflexis vix ad axin connatis.) 

 Ovula 2, in utroque loculo solitaria, appensa ; funiculus hinc 

 ovulo adnatus; chalaza infers. Styli dno, hinc intus sulcati. 

 Stigmata minuta, truncata. Fructus carnosus (in exemplo 

 suppetente semidestructus,) perianthii aucti laciniis varie 

 flexis subulatis induratis glandulis spinescenti-stipitatis ciliatis 

 sufFultus. — Frutex spinosus. Spinae axillares, teretisuhulata, 

 horizontaliter patentes, in ramos juniores siibpedinatce, 2-2| 

 poll, longs. Folia alterna, decidua, ovata, crenato-dentata^ basi 

 triplinervia, venosa, I4 poll, longa, breviter petiolata. Flores 



