PiLate 2297. 
PLEUROSTYLIA CAPENSIS, Oliv. 
CELASTRINEX. Subtribe Evonymes. 
P. capensis, Oliv.; arbor ramosissima glaberrima, ramulis gracilibus 
foliis oppositis v. su boppositi s tenuiter coriaceis breviter petiolatis 
ae oblongo-ovalibus obtusis basi in petiolum angustatis integer- 
mis v. obsolete repando-crenatis, cymis axillaribus breviter pedun- 
Selatis pauci- v. plurifloris umbelliformibus, ovario ovoideo in centro 
disci crenulati imposito 1-loculari 4-5-ovulato, fractu obovoideo (v. 
immaturo oblique clavato-oblongo), stigmate sessili infra medium 
lateraliter notato monospermo, semine exarillato subgloboso, albumine 
copioso carnoso, embryone viridi longitudine fere seminis, icu 
brevi. Cathastrum capense, Twrez. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, i : 
Has. South Africa; Kaffraria, near the Kei River; woods near 
Komgha, Flanagan (No. 623); Forests in Krakakamma, Zeyher 
aaa No. 2); Kwelegha, Hutchins ; Gerrard (No. 1 hes 
_ Folia jae Be C ) ee ys 3-3 (-2) poll. lata. 
gi 
~ Setiinigsaime imbricata. Stamina 5, sub m suche disci inserta ; 
filamenta carnosula, glabra, petalis equilonga ; ant eT OVO cider. 
Stigma peltato-eapitatam, cum sinu laterali. Fructus 3-} poll. longus, 
pericarpio coriac 
r. F] cellent specimens of this plant in fruit and flower— 
rae we a ted t t o Mr. Bolus—I have little hesitation in 
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bel to Indi d Ceylon, while on 
Mavens oe pve ne ta Mr. N. E cath further identified them 
i “ j Herbarium, from rrard and 
; referred to _Turezaninow’ $ 
arilliformi tectum,’ she in 
P. capensis; nor dows Tulasne, in his careful descri tion of P. pachy- 
phlea, tofer to any he af ; he simply describes the seed as destitute 
of an arillus.—D. 
2. Expanded flower. 
and ae Carpe aT wih lateral stigma. 
3. Ovary and disk. 4. Lon- 
ic we . Same, laid open. 
gitudinal section of 6. Same, laid op 
. Seed. Ald enlarged. 
