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Puate 1051. 
PHYLICA RAMOSISSIMA, DC. 
RHAMNEZ. 
ramosissima, DC. Prod. ii. 34. —P. avg ar Roxb. in Beat- 
son’s St, Helena Teaeta, 316, non Thunb. non Lam 
Has. St. Helena, Diana’s Peak, Longwood, ete. “Wild Rosemary” 
the colonists. 
Frutex 10-pedalis, ramosissimus, ramis gracilibus fastigiatis teretibus, 
ultimis foliis subtus et inflorescentia niveo-tomentosis. Folia alterna, lanceo- 
lata v . oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi in petiolum angustata, 3-1} poll. 
longa, coriacea, marginibus integerrimis tenuiter revolutis, supra glaberrimis 
nitidis, subtus niveis. Flores sessiles, breviter pedicellati, $ % poll. longi, ex- 
tus niveo-villosi. Calycis tubus obconicus ; lobi 5, triangulares, patentes. 
Petaia orbicularia, concava, breviter unguiculata. Stamina petalis occlusa, 
filamentis subulatis; anthers orbiculares, rimis demum confluentibus late 
hiantes. Discus Sooene ss: explanatus. Stigma 3-fidum. Fructus ovoideus, 
apice areolatus, ¢ + poll. longus; carne enui; coccis 3 crustaceis, dorso 
convexis, intus dehiscentibus. Semen oblongum, leviter compressum, testa 
brunnea nitida. 
not uncommon plant in St. Helena, allied to, but very different from any 
South African species of the genus. The stipules attributed to this species 
no trace of stipules on young shoots, and no scars on older.—J. D. Hooker. 
Fig. = lage rge-leaved form. 2. Small-leaved form, with flower. 3. Specimen in fruit. 
4. Flow 5. The same, calyx-lobes os TEL 6, Stamens. 7. Inferior ovary. 8. Ver- 
het seition: and 9. transverse section of same. 10. Fruit. , 11, 12. Seed :—mostly mag- 
Pirate 1052. 
NESIOTA ELLIPTICA, Hook. /. 
RHAMNEX. 
N. elli » Hook. f. in Benth. and Hook. Gen. Pl. a ee 
elliptica, Roxb. in Beatson’s St. Helena Pacts. Appendix, 316; DC. Prod. i 
34. 
Has. St. Helena, on the central ridge of Diana’s Peak, elev. 2500-2700 
ft., Burchell, on tag ete. I have seen only six or eight of these trees on 
the island, J. Meliss , Esq. Wild Olive of the colonists. Flowering in Oc- 
tober and November. 
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