Carissa.] lxxxev. APOCYXACEiE (stapi'). 01' 



2. C. Arduina, Lam. E'najcL i. 555. A glabrous, rarel)^ 

 pubescent shrub up to 10 ft. high, with numerous green simply or 

 repeatedly bifurcate spines; spines J -11 in. long. Leaves generally 

 ovate, acute, mucronulate, obtuse or sometimes almost cordate, and as 

 long as broad, sometimes oblong or nearly lanceolate, ^-3 in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad, dark shining green above, paler below ; secondary nerves" about 

 (J-8 on each side, like the veins faintly prominent or quite obscure, 

 mainly below; petiole 1-V> lin. long. Cymes subsessile or shortly 

 peduncled, few- to many-tlowered, glabrous or subglabrous ; pedicels 

 slender, 1-2^ lin. long. Calyx |-1 lin. long; sepals lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, ciliolate, glabrous or very finely puberulous, pale pink. Corolla 

 white, fragrant ; tube :)-4: lin. long, densely hairy at the throat ; lobes 

 overlapping to the left, ovate to lanceolate, 2-2^ lin. long. Stamens 

 inserted between the middle and the mouth. Ovule 1 in each cell. 

 Berry scarlet, oblong, acute, 4-7| lin. long, 1-2-seeded, edible. — DC. 

 Prod. viii. 334; L. Planch. Prod. Apocyn. l4l, 258 ; Lewin in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xvii. Beibl. 41, 40, 5(> ; 8chinz in Mem. Herb. Boiss. x. 56. 

 C. hispinosa, Desf. Tabl. Ecol. Bot. 78. C. ferox, DC. I.e. 335. 

 C. acuminata, DC. I.e. 335 ; Wood, Natal Plants, t. 203. C. myrtoideSy 

 Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris, ed. 3, :51)8 ; DC. I.e. 335. C. erythrocaiya.y 

 DC. I.e. C. ho'matocarpa, DC. I.e. .33G. C. ohlonyifolia, Hochst. in 

 Flora, 1844, 827. 0. bisjnnata (by error), Lewin in Virchow's Arch. 

 Path. Anat. u. Physiol. Bd. 134, 246. Arduina hispinosa, Linn. 

 Mant. i. :y2 ; Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 387 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 126 ; in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 315. A. erythrocarpa ^ 

 Eckl. in South Afr. Journ. i. (1830), :)72. A. hwmatocarjxi, Eckl. I.e. 

 A. ferox, E. Meyer, Comm. 101 ; K. Schum. in Engl, and Prantl, I.e. 

 A. acuminata^ E. Meyer, I.e. ; K. Schum. in Engl, ct Prantl, I.e. 

 Jasminoneriuvi acummatum, J. hispinosum, J. erythrocarpum, J. ferox^ 

 J. ha'matocarjnim^ and J. oblonyifolivm, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. ii. 415. 



nCozaxnl). Bist. Hritish Central Africa: Nunsaland; Mount Zoinba and 

 Mount Malum, 4000-6000 ft., Whyie '. Shire Highlands, ^7^Ma«an, 8 ! and without 

 precise locality, BvcJianan, 1466 ! Rhodesia ; Bulnwayo, Band, 285 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



3. C. tetramera, Slapf. A spinous much-branched shrub; young 

 branches puberulous when quite young, soon glabrous ; spines straight, 

 bifurcate, |-2 in. long. Leaves ovate (sometimes very broad) or oblong, 

 acute or obtuse, rarely emarginate, mucronulate, rounded to subcordate 

 at the base, l|-2 in. long, f-U in. broad, coriaceous, very rigid, 

 glabrous, glossy above; secondary nerves 12 or more on each side, 

 almost straight, like the reticulation very faint or slightly prominent, 

 especially above ; petiole ^—1 lin. long. Cymes few-flowered, contracted, 

 subsessile at the ends of the branches or in the spine-forks, sparingly 

 puberulous ; bracts lanceolate, subulate-acute ; pedicels up to 1 lin. long. 

 Calyx 1-lJ lin. long, eglandular, glabrous or finely puberulous; sepals 

 4, ovate, very acute or subulate-acuminate, ciliolate. Corolla glabrous 

 without ; tube purple, 8-9 lin. long, hairy within ; lobes 4, ovate-elliptic, 



