SUPPLEMENT— C'ELASTRACK/E. C83 



Order SAPINDACE^. 



2. SAPINDUS, p- 254. 



1. 5. marainatus (Willd. !)— A.I.I syn. 8: Driimmonclii (a.) lluok. A- 

 Arn.! hot. Btcchcij, p. 289; not fi. which is jjrobably a diflereul species. 



Order CELASTRACE^. 

 2. CELASTRUS, p. 257. 



Celastrus bullatus of Linnosus is founded on a figure of Plukenct, which repre- 

 sents C. scandens ! But Plukonct's pliraso ' Euonyiiuis Virginianus rotundifolius, 

 capsuljs . . . elegantcr bullalis', &,c. is taken Irom Banister, wiioso j)lant in Spirffia 

 opulilblia ! 



Order RIIAMNACEiE, 

 1. BERCHEMIA, p. 260. 



1. B. volubilis is said hy Prof. Carpenter and others to climb (o the height 

 of lOU feet or more." 



. h 

 . 2. RHAMNUS, p. 2G0. 



6. R. parvifolius. — We have reason to suspect that tliis plant is not ilis- 

 tinct from R. lanceolatus. 



13. R? obtusifolius {Hook. me(\.) : somewhat thorny, glabrous ; branches 

 whitish ; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse, about 3-norved from the base, 

 obscurely serrate, (or sometimes with distant rather conspicuous teeth), rather 

 shining above (apparently deciduous) ; fascicles of flowers shorter than the 

 petioles. 



Texas, Drummond ! — The si)ccimens are destitute of flowers, the persis- 

 tent base of the caljx only remaining on the pedicels, so that it mav be a 

 Ceanothus; but Hooker, whose man uscrijit name we adopt, has ])robably 

 referred it correctly to tliis genus. The leaves vary from 1 to 2 inches in 

 length and i-1 inch in width, on rather slender petioles. 



2 (a). CONDALIA. Cav. ic. 6. p. 16, /. 525 ; Brongn. I. c. p. 48. 



Calyx spreathng, 4-5-cleft, adherent to the base of the ovary. Petals 

 none. Stamens 4-5, alternate with the segments of the calyx, inserted into 

 the margin of the flat 4-5-angled disk which surrounds the ovary : anthers 

 2-celled. Ovary 2-3-cellcd : style short : sligmsis 2-3, minute; Fruit a 

 1-celled 1-seeded drupe. Seed ovate, not furrowed. — Smooth much branch- 

 ed shrubs, witli spiny branclilets. Leaves alternate, almost sessile, obovate- 

 oblong, entire. Flowers axillary, minute. 



1, C. obovata (Hook.) : leaves obovate-spatulato, tajicring at the base and 

 slightly petiolcd, obtuse, mucronulate, coriaceo-mcmbrauaceous ; flowers 



