192 CELASTRINEAE. piptoceltts. 



triloculans, loculiclde trivalvis, valvis mcdio septiferis, loculis mono- 

 spermis. Semiiia crecta ciavata ol)tiisa, liasi an{;ustata, arilio clauso 

 hirsuto vestita. — Krutex vel arbor Guayaciuilensis: foliis si^arsis tenui- 

 ter coriaceis lanceolatis remote serratis, stipulis minutis deciduis ; ttori- 

 bus in pedunculis axillaribus brevissimis fasciculatis parvis. — (^uani(|uam 

 flores a fabrica con.<5ueta ('cUi.slriiicinum recedunt, tamcn hocce {;enus ad 

 hunc ordinem nuiucratur , cum structura fructus generibus ordinis dicti 

 convcniat. 

 ♦ 1. 1'. ll.\E.\K£.\NUS Prsl. I. cit. — Crescit In Guajaquil. 



Ordo LXI. ILICINEAE A. Brongn. 



(WlptB. Repert. bot. s.vst. I. 539. II. 8'J8. V. 403. — Celaslrinearum trili. III. DC. 

 Prodr. II. 11.) 



5704. CASSIXE Linn. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 17. — Wlprs. Repert. I. 539. II. 828. V. 403.) 

 1. *C. (ILEX Drege Hb. fl. Cap.) CROCEA Prsl. Rot. Bmrkngn. p. 37. — (non pst 

 Crocoxylum cxcelsum Etkl. & Zeyh. Eiiumer, no. 9S8.) — In Promontorio bonae spei. 



Ordo LXn. RHAMNEAE R. Br. 



(DC. Prodr. 11. 19. — Hlonngraplila IIEISSECKIANA ante septem abliinc annos a ST. 

 ENDLIGHER indicata nondum in lucera prodiit.) 



Tribus II. FRANGULEAE Reisseck mss. ex Endl. Gen. pl. p. 1095. 



5717. ZIZVPIIUS Tournef. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 19.) 



1. Z. 0XYPHYLL.4 Edgwrtli. Transact. of tlie Linn. soc. XX. 43. — Aculeata: spinis 

 biiiis, breviore vix rerurva ; foliis oblique ovatis aciiminatis; floribus axillaribus soli- 

 tariis j)aucisve fasciculafis. t) — Rami teretes purpurascentes. Folia alterna petiolata 

 trinervia ovata acuminata, basi oblique subcordata vel cuneata, mlnute ac argute ser- 

 rata, serraturis mucronatis , utrlnque glabra vel sub lente in iiervis puberula; spiiiae 

 stiiiulaceae biiiae, longlor recta, brevior patens vlx recurva. Flores asillares pe- 

 dunculati solltarll vel 3—4 fasciculati ; calvx j-dentatus, dentibus acutiusculls. Petala 

 spathulata cucullata antheram amplectentia. Stvlus crassus , stlgmate subcapitato 

 emarginato. Fructus ? \) — Crescit in Hlmala ad alt. ped. 4000 — 7000. 



2. Z Biige. Arbtn. des iiaturf. Vereines in Rigi I. '211. • — Rami duo foliis or- 



bati sine flore et fructu, adjectls baccis nonnullls. Rami validi divarlcatlsslmi , cor- 

 tice fusco-grlseo , laevi glaberrlmo. Spinae gemliiatae validlssimae , ahera longior 

 patula recta, altera brevis reversa subrecurva. Baccae 9 — 10 lineas lougae, oldon- 

 go-subglobosae lucidae rufo-badlae dulces. P.>rena semipolllcaris, basi attenuata, 

 apice abrupte iii conum brevem acuminata , iiisculpto-rugosa bilocularis, asperma in 

 oninibus baccis examinatis. — \) — Iii horlis Rucliarensium colitur. 



5722. RIIAITINIIS Ju.ss. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 23.) 

 1. RH. (Alalemus) PROCUMBEN.S Edgwrth. Transact. of the Linn. soc. XX. 43. — 

 Ramis prostratis : foliis coriaceis lanceolatis, utrinque atutis mucronato-serrulatis, flo- 



