230 Dr. J. D. Hooxer’s Enumeration of the Plants 
CELASTRIN EX. 
224. MAYTENUS OBOVATUS, n. sp.; inermis, ramis divaricatis, foliis petiolatis 
obovatis v. obovato-cuneatis coriaceis obtusis v. plerumque retusis emar- 
ginatis integerrimis v. obscure sinuato-dentatis, floribus axillaribus rard 
solitariis, pedicellis unifloris. 
Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 
Caulis fruticosus? ramis angulatim flexuosis, cortice fuliginoso striato tectis. Folia subun- 
cialia, basi cuneata, ad apicem rotundata retusa v. obcordata, interdum apiculata, coriacea, 
utrinque opaca, siccitate flavo-virescentia venis obscuris. Flores in racemis axillari- 
bus brevibus aggregati, parvi, inconspicui; pedicellis petiolis brevioribus, gracilibus. 
Calycis lobi rotundati. Petala 4 lin. longa, deltoideo-ovata. Stigmata 3-4. Fructus 
majusculus, erectus, oblongo-obovatus, 1 unc. longus, trigonus angulis subacutis, peri- 
anthio persistente suffultus, siccitate fusco-ruber, unilocularis, trivalvis, valvis intüs 
medio costatis; semina in fundo capsule 3. 
Specimens coinciding with Maytenus uliginosa, Kunth, except that the 
leaves are cuneate, not rounded at the base, and that the upper ones especially 
are retuse or emarginate, sometimes even obcordate. 
SPONDIACES. 
225. Sponpias Epmonsrone1, Hook. Ju. ; foliis glaberrimis impari-pinnatis ; 
petiolo superné alato ; foliolis 2—-3-jugis elliptico-lanceolatis utrinque an- 
gustatis grosse serratis, racemis paniculatis folio brevioribus, pedunculis 
pedicellisque gracilibus, bracteis oblongo-linearibus obtusis caducis. 
Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. Charles Island, T, Edmonstone, Esq. 
Rami validi, teretes, hic illic tumidi, crassitie pennz olorinze, cortice subleevi pallidé rufo-fusco 
tecti, ramulis abbreviatis subuncialibus validis transverse creberrimé striatis annulatim- 
que constrietis, apice floriferis foliiferisque, bracteolis Squamzformibus. 
apice ramuli orta, fasciculata, patentia, juniora tenerrimé, ad nervos tenuissimé puberula, 
seniora subcoriacea, 4-7 unc. longa, petiolo inter foliola alato, parte infrafoliolaceo gracili 
elongato basi subincrassato. Foliola 1-11 unc. longa. Bracteolz reflexze, z-unciales, 
caduca. Panicula 25-uncialis, erecta, ramis ramulisque gracilibus patulis. Flores masculi 
(solim mihi noti) campanulati, 14 lin. longi, tetrameri, Calycis limbus brevi 
segmentis lineari-oblongis, erectis, obtusis, corollá ter brevioribus, 
angusté lineari-obovata, acuminata. Stamina petalis breviora 
tis; antheris oblongis, Discus obtusé 8-lobus, 
Folia e summo 
ssimus, 
apice ciliatis. Petala 
; filamentis lineari-subula- 
Ovarii rudimentum minimum bilobum. 
