362 XLi. CELASTRACEJ3 (oliver). [Celasb-KS. 



1 or more seeds. — C. wonlanm, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 620. C. phyUacaiithus, 

 L'llerit. Sert. 6. n. 28. C. decolor, Delile, Voy. a Meroe, lo6. t. Ixiv. 6. 

 C. coriaceus, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 142. C. {Caiha, p. 725) europcBus, 

 Boiss. Voy. en Espagne, 127. t. 38. C. obovatus, Hochst. in Schirap. PI. 

 Abyss. C. glaucus, R. Br. in Salt, Ab\ss. App. 64. Calha decolor and C. 

 senegalensis, Webb, Frag. Fl. iEtliiop. 60-61. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot ! and others ; Nigritania, Barter ! 

 Nile Iiand. Sennar, Kotschy ! Abyssinia, Salt I Scfnmper ! and others; Kordofan, 

 Cienkov:ski ; Nnbia {Schweinf. et Aach. Enum.). 

 Iiower Guinea. Angola, i)r. Wehcitsch ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



Var. jmmila (Welw. rass.). About 1 ft. high, unarmed. Pastures, Huilla, Angola, 

 Dr. Wetwitsch! 



<7. Senegal ensis occurs in the Mediterranean region and eastward to India. 



4. C. serratus, Ilochsi. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 131. Unarmed or spines 

 inconspicuous. Extremities glabrous or puberulous. . Leaves more or less 

 coriaceous, ovate to elliptical or oblanceolate, obtuse or sometimes broadly 

 acute, broadly rounded at the base or cuneate, acutely serrulate or crenulate, 

 glabrous, reticulation often prominent beneath, 1^-3 in. long, f-lf in. 

 broad ; petiole 1-4 lines. Peduncles axillary, often fascicled, forking from 

 the base, considerably shorter than the leaves, puberulous. Ovary broad- 

 based, 3-(2-) celled, seated on a fleshy disk, scarcely or slightly immersed ; 

 stigma" 3-lobed, subsessile or style very short. Capsule 3-valved, smooth. — 

 C. obscurus, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 131-2. C. pyrifoUa, ms. in Herb. Fran- 

 queville. C. Schim.peri and C. edulis, Hochst. in Schimp. PL Abyss. C. 

 serrulaius., R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 64. 



Nile laand. Abyssinia, Salt ! Schirnper ! and others. 



5. C. euonymoides, JVelw. mss. A shrub of 3-8 ft., armed with 

 slender straight axillary spines, often 2-2^ in. long, frequently bearing leaves 

 and flowers near the extremity. Young branches purplish, puberulous. 

 Leaves membranous, very shortly but distinctly petiolate, ovate passing into, 

 elliptical, subacutely or rather obtusely pointed, broadly cuneate or rounded 

 at the base, obsoletely serrulate or obtusely denticulate, reticulation rather 

 prominent when dry, minutely pubescent at least on the midrib beneath, at 

 length glabrous, 1-3 in. long, -|-lf in. broad; pubescent petiole ^-1 line. 

 Cymes spreading, repeatedly forked, pubescent, in our specimens usually from 

 the pair of leaves borne by the axillary spines. Ovary nearly wholly free, 

 inserted upon a thick, raised, fleshy disk, 3 -celled; style equalling or exceed- 

 ing the ovary, 3-fid. Valves of fruit crimson, puberulous. 



Iiower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Zenza do Golungo, Angola, Di\ Welwitsch ! 



6. C. mossaxnbicensiS) Klotzsch in Pelers' Mossamb. Bot. 112 (ex 

 descr.). A small perfectly glabrous shrub ; ultimate branchlets very slender. 

 Leaves small, membranous, broadly ovate-lanceolate, or ovate, more rarely 

 ovate-cordate, obtuse, sometimes with a microscopic mucro, base not nar- 

 rowed to the petiole, often more or less rounded, serrulate, f-l^ in. long, 

 ■|-| in. broad ; petiole slender, 1-2 lines. Axillary peduncles filiform, slightly 



