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7. MAUROCENIA, Linn. 
Calyx minute, 5-parted. Petals 5, longer than the calyx. 
Stamens 5, under the margin of the disk, longer than the 
petals; filaments filiform; anthers broadly oblong. Disk cup- 
like, sinuate, 5-lobed. Ovary sessile on the disk, not confluent 
with it, ovoid, 2-3-celled; stigmas sessile, 2-3-lobed ; ovules 
in pairs, pendulous. Drupe ovoid, fleshy, 1-3-celled. Seed 
albuminous.— Fl. Cap. 1. p. 465. Cassine, Linn., Benth. and 
Hook. f. Gen. Pl. i. p. 363. 
M. Capensis, Sond., the only species, is a glabrous shrub, with 4-angled 
twigs, opposite, leathery, quite entire, glossy leaves, and axillary short, 
cymules of small white flowers. It is frequent in the Western districts. 
8. LAURIDIA, E. and Z. 
Calyx 4-parted, the lobes strongly imbricate. Petals 4, 
ovate-oblong, revolute, with an uneven margin, imbricate. 
Stamens 4, on the margin of the disk; filaments broad-based, 
flattish, subulate ; anthers broadly oblong. Disk adnate to the 
calyx-tube, the limb thin, obscurely lobed. Ovary subimmersed 
in the disk, 2-celled; style very short ; stigma 2-lobed. Drupe 
rather dry, 2-celled, 1-2-seeded, with a crustaceous stone.—FV. 
Cap. i. p. 468. 
L. reticulata, EK. and Z,, the only species, is a = trichotomous 
shrub, with opposite, very entire, or sparingly toothed, netted-veined leaves, 
and axillary, paniculate-racemose, small flowers. It grows in the Eastern 
district.—As a genus, Lauridia scarcely differs from Hle@odendron., 
9. ELAODENDRON, Jacq. f. 
Flowers sometimes polygamous. Calyx 4—5-parted. Petals 
4—5, spreading. Stamens 4-5, under the margin of the disk ; 
filaments short, subulate; anthers subglobose. Disk thick, 
expanded, 4-5 sinuate-angled or lobed. Ovary pyramidal, 
confluent with the disk, mostly 3-angled, 3-celled, rarely 2—5- 
celled ; style very short; stigma 2-5-lobed; ovules in pairs, 
erect. Drupe dry or pulpy, 1-8-celled. Seed albuminous.— 
Fl. Cap.i. p. 467. Also Cassine, 8. and H., p. 465, and Mys- 
troxylon, L. and Z., 1. c., p. 469. 
A considerable genus, of which there are about 18 Cape species, dispersed, 
Leaves opposite or alternate, entire or toothed, glabrous or pubescent, 
leathery, mostly evergreen. Peduncles axillary ; flowers small. 
Trispe 2. Hrprocrate®. 
10. SALACTA, Linn. 
Calyx small, 5-parted. Petals 5, spreading, imbricate. 
Stamens 3 (very rarely 2 or 4), inserted on the inner margin 
