504 ARBORETUM AND IFRUTICETUM. PART III. 
# J]. C. Mauroce‘\ni4 L. Mauroceni’s Cassine, or the Hottentot Cherry. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 885.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 13. 
Synonyme. Maurocénia frangularia Mill. Dict., No. 1. 
Derivation. The specific name was given in honour of the Venetian senator, Signor Francisco Mauro- 
ceni, who had a fine garden at Padua, a catalogue of the plants in which was published by 
Antonio Teta. 
Engraving. Dill. Elth., t. 121. f. 147. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves sessile, obovate, quite entire, convex. Pedicels many, very short. (Don's 
Mill., ii. p. 13.) A shrub, a native of Ethiopia, introduced in 1690, and commonly kept in green- 
houses, but which deserves trial against a conservative wall. 
# 2. C.capr’nsis L. The Cape Cassine, or Phillyrea, 
Identification. Lin. Mant., 220.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 13. 
Engravings. Burm, Rar. Plant. Afr., t. 85.; Dill. Elth., t..236.; and our 
Jig. 174, 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves stalked, ovate, retuse, crenate, flat. Panicles 
solitary, shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, white. (Don’s M7il., ii. 
p. 13.) A shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, found in woods ; 
introduced in 1629, and producing its small white flowers in July and 
August. 
C. excélsa Wall., C. discolor Wall., and C. Colpoén Thun, : the first anative 
of Nepal, and introduced in 1820; and the last a native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, and introduced in 1791, might be tried against a conservative 
wall, with every prospect of success. 

Genus VI. 
HARTO'GIA Dec. Tue Harroeia. Lin. Syst. Tetra-Pentandria 
Monogynia. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p.12.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 13. 
Derivation. Named in honour of J. Hartog, a Dutch traveller, and naturalist at the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
# 1. H. cape’nsis L. The Cape Hartogia. 
Identification. Lin. Fil, Suppl., 128.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 13. 
Synonymes. Schrébera schindides Thun. Prod., t.2.; Elwodéndron schinéides Spreng. Syst., 1. 
. 780. 
Easbenes: Thunb, Prod., t. 2. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves opposite, oblong, crenated, smooth, hardly stalked. Pedicels few-flowered, 
axillary, drooping. (Don’s Mill., ii. p. 13.) A shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, growing 
to the height of 10 ft., and introduced in 1800. It is marked in the catalogues as a green-house 
plant, but has been found to stand the open airas an evergreen shrub. In the London nurseries, 
a narrow-leaved variety of the Cérasus Laurocérasus used frequently to be sold for it. 
CHAP. XXXIV. 
OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY PLANTS OF THE ORDER 
AQUIFOLIA‘CEX. 
Identification. Lindley’s Key, p. 63. 
Synonymes. Celastrinex, tribe Aquifoliacee, in part, Dec. Prod., 2. p.11.; Tlicfnew, in part, 
Lindl. Introd. to N. S., p. 178., Don’s Mill.,2.p.14. ~ , 
Distinctive Characteristics. Calyx and corolla with an imbricate zstivation. 
Sepals 4—6. Corolla hypogynous, with 4—6 lobes, and as many stamens in- 
serted into it alternately to its lobes. Ovary 2—6-celled ; a pendulous ovule 
in each cell. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, with from 2—6 stones, each contain- 
ing a pendulous seed, which has large fleshy albumen. Flowers small, axillary, 
solitary, or fascicled. (Lind/. Introd. to N. S.) Myginda is described as haying 
a 1-celled fruit. The species of Aquifoliaceze are evergreen and deciduous 
shrubs or trees, having alternate or opposite leaves, frequently coriaceous, 
glabrous, and sometimes feather-nerved. The genera containing hardy species 
are three, and are thus distinguished : — 
Myer’np4 Jacq. Sexes hermaphrodite. Calyx 4—5-cleft. Corolla deeply 
4-cleft. Stamens 4, inserted into the base of the corolla. Fruit with (very 
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