56 XXXVII. RHAMNEX. 
Shrubs or trees, often trailing, mostly armed with hooked prickles. 
Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire or crenate, 3-5-nerved. Cymes axillary, 
few-flowered.—3 South African species, from the Northern and Eastern 
districts. 
2. RHAMNUS, Linn. 
Calyx 4:-5-fid; tube urceolate, the lobes triangular, erect or 
spreading, keeled within. Petals 4-5 or 0, hooded or flat. 
Stamens 4-5, with very short filaments. Disk clothing the 
whole calyx-tube, the margin thin. Ovary free, ovoid, hidden 
in the calyx-tube, 3-4-celled, tapering into a 3-4-lobed style. 
Drupe fleshy, oblong or globose, girt by the persistent base of 
calyx; stone 2—4-celled— _F7. Cap. 1. p. 476. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite, penninerved, entire or toothed. 
Flowers axillary, racemose or cymose.—2 South African species, natives of 
the Hastern district and Natal. 
3. SCUTIA, Comm. 
Calyx 5-fid, with a hemispherical or turbinate tube, the lobes 
ovate, thickened at the point, deciduous. Petals 5, clawed, 
erect, flat or hooded. Stamens 5. Disk fillmg up the tube 
of the calyx, the margin free, undulate. Ovary ovoid or glo- 
bose, hidden in the disk, but not confluent with it, free, 2-4- 
celled, tapering into a short simple or 2-4-fid style. Drupe 
obovoid or subglobose, dry or sparingly fleshy, girt by the 
cup-like base of the calyx; stone Ko Cap. 1. 
p. 477. 
Glabrous, unarmed or spiny shrubs, often with angular twigs. Leaves 
approaching in pairs, but not strictly opposite, petioled, coriaceous, penni- 
nerved. Flowers in axillary tufts or umbels.—S. Commersont, Br., the only 
South African species, is common in woods, from Swellendam to Natal. 
4. NOLTEA, Rchb. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-fid, the tube turbinate ; lobes 
ovate, erect or recurved. Petals 5, cucullate, sessile. Sta- 
mens 5, equalling the petals. Disk thin, lining the calyx- 
tube, the margin inconspicuous. Ovary half-inferior, 3-lobed 
at summit, 3-celled, tapering into a 3-angled style. Drupe 
dry, obovoid, girt below the middle by the persistent and ad- 
herent calyx-tube, 3-lobed, the lobes dorsally keeled.—#. Cap. 
1. p. 478. 
N. Africana, Rehb., the only species, grows wild in the Eastern district 
and at Natal; it is commonly cultivated throughout the colony. Leayes 
alternate, oblongo-lanceolate, serrated, penninerved, obtuse. Flowers small, 
white, in terminal or axillary panicles. 
5. HELINUS, E. Mey. 
Calyx-tube obconical, adhering to the ovary ; limb 5-parted, 
