73 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
Piate 1400. 
NOTOBUXUS NATALENSIS, Oliv. 
EuPHORBIACEa, Tribe Buxes. 
Notobuxus, Oliv. gen. novum. Flores monoici, axillares, fasciculati. 
Fl. $: Perianthiwn 4- hyllum, segmentis per paria decussatis latera- 
libus cymbiformibus estivatione exterioribns. Sta amina 6 er 
paria segmentis anterioribus ig mea antepositis, 2 singillatim 
segmentis lateralibus oppositis ; filamenta brevissima; anthers ovato- 
v. oblongo-elliptice, longitudinaliter dhistintivas Ovarii rudimentam 
nullum -2: Perianthium 4-phyllum. Ovariwm ovoideum glabrum 
triloculare, ovula geminata seattle styli 3 divergentes intus longitudi- 
naliter stigmatosi. Fructus capsularis loculicide 3-valvis, valvis 
bisariattie Semina nitida nigra —Frutex glaberrima, Folia opposita 
tenuiter coriacea elliptica. 
Has. Inanda, Natal, Mr. J. M. Wood, n 1357 ; ee, collected 
— expanded flowers by Mr. T. ‘Chapa (1862) : ongaat, 0. 
5. 
N. natalensis, Oliv. sp. unica. 
Folia 2-44 at Se 7-2 poll. lata, obtusa v. obtusiuscule acumi- 
nata, basi in petiolum brevem angus stata, , integerrima, levia, g ‘ 
Inflorescentia eto axillaris petiolum paullo superans ; flores $ Vv. 
cum flore $ centrali; bractee lanceolate coriace 
This plant is entirely Buus excepting in the two ngayon stamens, 
and total absence of any rudiment of a gyncecium in the m ’ 
— thus a transition to the genera Simmondsia and Mtiaerde = 
. OLIVER. 
Staminate flower, bud. 2. Same, laid open. 3. aca back ee ge 
4. Pistillate flower and bracts. 5, Vertical section of ovary. . Seed and dry 
arilliform integument, 
