a2 XXXVI. CELASTRINEA. 
Leaves opposite. 
Ovary 3-celled ; ovules in pairs, erect 
Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 6-8, parietal . 
Fruit a fleshy, indehiscent drupe. 
4, CaTHa. 
5 
Ovules solitary, erect. Leaves opposite . . . 6. Harroeta. 
7 
8 
. CATHASTRUM. 
Ovules in pairs, pendulous. Leaves opposite . - MavRocenta. 
Ovules in pairs, erect. 
Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled. Leaves opposite 
Stamens 5. Ovary 3-celled. Leaves ee 
oralternate . . . 9. ELHODENDRON. 
Tribe 2. H1ippocraTER. Seaineub'’ 3 (iy 2 -4-5), inserted much 
within the margin of the disk ; filaments flat ; anthers extrorse. 
Fruit a 1- or several-seeded berry. Seeds wingless. 10. Sanacta. 
. LAURIDIA. 
Tripe 1. Cenastrem. (Gen. 1-9.) 
1. PUTTERLICHIA, Endl. 
Calyx flat, 4-5-parted. Petals 4-5, spreading. Stamens 
4—5, spreading, inserted under the margin of the disk ; fila- 
ments subulate; anthers subglobose. Disk thick, hemispheri- 
eal, ribbed. Ovary half-sunk in the disk, 3-5-angled, 3-5- 
celled ; style 3-5-angled ; stigma 3-5-lobed; ovules 6 in each 
cell, 2-seriate. Capsules obtusely 3-angled, 3-celled, loculici- 
dally 3-valved ; cells 8-6-seeded. Seeds with a fleshy arillus, 
albuminous.—Celastrus, Sect. 1, in Fl. Cap. i. p. 458. 
Glabrous, spiny shrubs, with alternate or tufted, obovate leaves, and 
axillary, diffusely-branched cymes of white flowers.—There are 2 species, 
one of them dispersed, the other Eastern. 
2. GYMNOSPORIA, W. and A. 
Calyx 4—5-fid or parted. Petals 4-5, sessile, spreading. 
Stamens as many, inserted on or under the margin of the disk. 
Disk widely spread, 4—5-lobed or crenate. Ovary very gene- 
rally with a broad base confluent with the disk, 3-angled or 
pyramidal, 2-3-celled ; style short ; stigmas 8 ; ovules i in pairs, 
erect. Capsules obovoid or subglobose, 3- angled or globose, 
2-3-celled, 1-4-seeded. Seeds with or without an aril, albu- 
minous.—Celastrus,* Sect. 2, Fl. Cap. i. p. 454. Also Scyto- 
phyllum, 2. and Z. (which has dehiscent fruit), Fl. Cap.i. p. 
471. 
A large genus of shrubs, often spinous. Leaves alternate, entire or 
toothed, sometimes pubescent. Flowers in axillary cymes or tufts.—Up- 
wards of 20 South African species, dispersed. 
* The true Celastrus, Linn., differs in having an ovary seated on, but not 
immersed in, the disk, and by other characters. Its species, about 18 in 
number, are chiefly Asiatic ; a few American and Australian, and one from 
Madagascar. They are mostly climbing shrubs, without spines. 
