STUDIES IN CEANOTHUS. 221 



nated by two large opposite leaves and 3-5 dense heads, 

 on peduncles somewhat exceeding them. The petals are 

 figured and described as broad and plane. The fruit is 

 represented as splitting from above downwards to the 

 base, into three parts. 



Ceanothus Moginiamis* DC. 



Ceauothiis paucijioi'us\ DC. 



The first of these two species is represented by pi. 176, 

 showing a stout branch with spreading, somewhat re- 

 curved branchlets; leaves alternate, elliptic, entire, i- 

 nerved, %—^i inch long on petioles % their length: 

 flowers in axillar}^ clusters shorter than the leaves, their 

 structure undistinguishable : fruit drooping, solitary, or 

 two in an axil, on short branching peduncles, very large 

 (half an inch broad, and considerably longer). For the 

 second species, pi. 175, shows a stout branch with much 

 swollen joints and warty branches; leaves a little smaller 

 than in the first, oblanceolate or spatulate, tapering to the 

 base, apparently opposite and succulent, with obscure 

 midvein and entire margin. The structure of the flowers 

 cannot be satisfactorily made out and no fruit is shown. 

 Both species are represented as entirely glabrous. 



Ceanothus mystacinus DC. ii, '^'^^Helinus scandens. 



Ceanothus napalensis Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed, Ca- 

 rey ii, '^^^T=Rhamnus napalcnsis. 



the Germen becomes a three-cornered dry Capsule, represented at h, being 

 divided into Three Cells each having a single Seed, represented c and d; at 

 e is shewn a Cluster of the dry Seed-vessels, as they naturally grow. 



^Ceanothus Mo<;inianns. Foliis ovalibus integris 1-nerviis subtus raiuul- 

 isque pubescentibus, peduncnlis lateralibus dichotomis paucifloris. ^^ . in 

 Mexico. C. macrocarpus fl. mex. ined. [No. 176] non Cav. Calycis basis 

 post anthesin ampliata patens. — DC. Prodr. ii, 32 (1825). 



\Ceanothiis pauciflorus (fl. raex. ic. ined. [No. 175]) foliis obovato-ob- 

 lougis obtusis glabris integris si;bdentatisve, raceniis lateralibus brevibus- 

 paucifloris. ^^ . in Mexico.— DC. Prodr. ii, .3.3 (1825). 



