254 Rhamneae. Celastrineae. 



2. Rhamnus cathartica Linn. Spec. 279. Flor. Dm. 



t. 850. Guimpel, Ahb. 1. 13. Blackw. Herb. 1. 135. Engl 



Bot. 1. 1629. Hayne, Arzneigew. 5. t. 43. Cand. Prod. 



2. 24. Mert. et Koch, Germ. 2. 238. 



Erecta^ spinosa; foliis sparsis vel suboppositis, ellip- 

 ticis rel OTato-ellipticis, subacuminatis, glanduloso - cre- 

 natis, subseptuplinerviis, utrinque g^labris vel subtus, pe- 

 tiolis ramulisque pubesceuti - hirtellisj petiolis stipulas 

 duplo triplove superantibns ; floribns axillaribus, ternis- 

 qninis, pednnculatis, dioecis, tetrandris; stylo quadrifido; 

 drupis tetrapyrenis, calycis basi persistenti convexiuscu- 

 lae insidentibus; rima pyrenornm clausa, basi apiceque 

 cartilag^ineo - marginata. 



Cervispina cathartica Moench. Meth. 686. 



In sylvis et fruticetis humidiusculis passim. 

 (Thierg^arten, Aufstall, Tegel, Treptow, Tafs- 

 dorf.) Floret Majo, Junio. % 



Spinae terminales et alares. Flores in ramulis abbrevi- 

 atis fasciculato-approximati, virides. Fructus globosi, nifjri. 



CELASTRINEAE Brown., Cancl.Jd.Brongn. 

 Sepala 5 vel 4, basi coalita, obtusa; pracfloratio 

 imbricata. Petala 5 vel 4, sub raargine disci magni 

 orbicularis, fundum calycis obtegentis inserta, cum 

 laciniis calycinis alternantia, rarissime nulla; prae- 

 floratio imbricata. Staraina 5 vel 4, ipsi disco vel 

 sub ejus margine inserta, cum petalis alternantia. 

 Antherae biloculares, introrsae. Ovarium disco im- 

 mersum, liberum, rarius adnatum, 2 — 5-locuIare; lo- 

 culis 1 — pluriovulatis; ovulis angulo interno affixis, 

 adscendentibus. Fructus nunc capsularis, 3 — 5-locu- 

 laris, loculicido-3— -5-valvis, nunc exsuccus, pyreno 

 1 — 2-loculari foetus. Semina solitaria vel plura in 

 quolibet loculo, adscendentia^ raro pendula, inter- 

 dum arillata. Albumen carnosum, semini conforme, 



