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CELASTRINEiE. 



109. Celastrus spinosus, Don. 



a. Twg with fruit. 



[Apparently an E. Indian specimen.] 



110. Dulongia acuminata, H.B.K. " Verba de Viruela." 



a. Branchlet with flowers. 

 Mountains of Songolica, 7,000—9,000 ft. A large bush or 

 small tree. Foliage in decoction used by the Indians 

 to cure small pox; H. Finck, Cordoba, Mexico, 1865. 



KHAMNE^. 



111. Bhanmus catharticus, L. 



a. (1.) Male plant. 



Dartford, Kent, 21 June, 1856. 

 u. (2. ) Female plant in fruit. 



Merstham, Surrey, 27 July, 1858. 



112. Rhamnus chlorophorus. Dene. 



a. (1.) Leafy stem only. 



a. (2.) Ditto. R. utilis. Dene. From Dr. Lindley. 



Sheet a. has attached to it seeds of ^B. chloropJm-us, 

 Decaisne, from M. Rondot, 1857. An autograph letter 

 from Dr. Lindley attached to the sheet states that the 

 small leaved specimen («. 1.) R.'chhrophorus, is unquestion- 

 ably identical with R. glohosiis, Bunge. 



h. Shanghai, 1857. " RJuimnus chloropJmiLi, Dec-disne." 



[This specimen has neither flowers nor fruit, and diflers 

 from R. chlorophorus in having thinner, broader, and more 

 obovate leaves, distinctly tapering below.] 



c. Green-dye plant. 



Shanghai ; received Oct., 1856. 



[This specimen also has neither flowers nor fruit, but 

 differs from both the preceeding (a and b.) in the entire 

 revolute margin of the leaves, triangular acuminate stipules, 

 and the strongly reticulated under siu'face of the leaves. 

 Possibly it is the " other plant " alluded to by Dr. Lindley 

 as being "more like a Ficus than a Bhamnm, which it 

 certainly is not." See R. utilis.'] 



d. Engraving of R. ehlorophxn-us, Done., by Riocreux (pi. ii.) 



113. Bhamnus Frangula, L. 



(i. (1) Branchlet, wth flowers. 



Near Lindfield, Sussex, 21 July, 1855. 



