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504 ARBORETUM AND IRUTICETUM, PART III. 



* 1. C. Mauroce^ni^ L, Mauroceni's Cassine, or the Hottentot Cherry, 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 385. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 



Synonyme. Mauroc6nia frangulJiria Mill. Diet., No. I. 



Derivation. The specific name was given in honour of the Venetian senator, Signor Francisco Mauro- 

 cent, 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., SfC. 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. cafe'nsls L. The Cape Cassine, or Phil/j/rea. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 220. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 



Engravings. Burm. Kar. Plant. Afr., t. 85. ; Dill. Elth., t 23a ; and our 



fig- n*. 



Spec. Char., ifC. Leaves stalked, ovate, rctusc, crenate, flat. Panicles 



solitary, shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, white. (Don's Mill., 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. excelsa Wall., C. discolor Wall., and C. Colpoon Thun. : the first a native 



of Nepal, and introduced in 18J0; 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'G/.^ Dec. The Hartogia. Lin. Sj/s/. Tetra-Pcntaiulria 

 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 ot Good 

 Hope. 



• 1. H. cape'nsis L. The Cape Hartogia. 



Identification. Lin. Fil. Suppl., 128. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 13. 



Synont/mes. Schr^bera ichinijides Thun. Prod., t. 2. ; Elxodindron whinOldes Spreng. Sytt., 1. 

 p. 780. 



Engraving. 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 air as an evergreen shrub. In the London nurseries, 

 a narrow-leaved variety of the Ccrasus Laurocerasus used frequently to be sold for it. 



CHAP. XXXIV. 



of the hardy and half-hardy plants of the order 

 ^uuifolia'ce.e. 



Identification. I.,indley's Key, p. 63. 



Synonymes. Celastrineae, tribe yfquifoliicese, in part, Dec. Prod., 2. p. 11. ; IVicinea:, in part, 

 Lindl. Introd. to N. S., p. 178., Don's Mill., 2. p 14. 



Distinctive Characteristics. Calyx and corolla with an imbricate aestivation. 

 Sepals ■!• — 6. Corolla hypogynous, with 4 — 6 lobes, and as many stamens in- 

 serted into it alternately to its lobes. Ovary 2 — G-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. {Lindl. Lifrocl. to JV. 5.) Myglnda is described as having 

 a 1 -celled fruit. The species of yiquifoliacese are evergreen and deciduous 

 shrubs or trees, having alternate or opposite leaves, frequently coriaceous, 

 glabrous, and sometimes feather-nerved. The genera contaming hardy species 

 are three, and are thus distinguished : — 

 Mygi'nDv* Jacq. Sexes hermaphrodite. Calyx 4 — 5-clert. Corolla deeply 



4-cleft. Stamens 4, inserted into the base of the corolla. Fruit with (very 



