Celuslril-'i.'] XLI. CKLASTIIACE.H (oMVKll). 



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exceeiling or equalling the leaves, (licliotomous, 1-1- or 5 from cncli nxil. first 

 fork often below the middle. Calyx 5-partite ; se;;in('nts rotundaU-. (Jvarv 

 ovoid, inserted by a broad base in the centre of a tlcssliy disk nion or Ics's 

 free at the mari,Mn, 3-celled. Style de(j)ly .'J-fid ; lobes at len^rtli spmidin^j 



or recurved and 2-tid (at least in the Natal plant). Fruit I have not mm-h. 



C. rubra (Herb. Gerrard). 



Mozamb. Distr. Rovuina river, Brs. Kirk} and Meller ! Inhambam' {Kini:s,-h). 

 Also south of the tropic. 



7. C. Atkaio, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 132. Armed ; with terele pulverulent 



branches; spines long, straight, slender. Leaves eoruircous, shortly pctio- 

 late, elliptic-oblong, usually obtuse, crenate-dentate, glabrous, \ \\ ili. long, 

 14 i"- broad. Cymes axillary, divaricately forked from the base, ecjualliMg 

 the leaves. Peduncles glandnlar. 



Nile Iiand. Prov. Choa, Abyssinia, PftH. 



I have not seen a specimen. The description is from Richard, who says the plant is nmr 

 C. bux'if alius ^ Linn. 



8. C. arbutifolius, Ilochst. ; Rich. Ft. Abyss, i. 133. A stiff, murh- 

 branched, usually spinose shrub. Extremities glabrous or puberulous. Spin<'s 

 straight, ^-i in. Leaves small, very coriaceous, elliptical or obovate-ellip- 

 tical, very obtuse or even emarginate, rounded or cuneate at the base, ob?o- 

 letely serrulate or subentire, glabrous, \^\\ in. long, \-\ in. broad ; petiole 

 usually distinct, 1-2 lines. Peduncles axillary, usually 2 or 3 from the 

 same axil, \-^ in , bearing a few-tlowered, often umbellate cyme of shortly 

 pedicellate flowers. Ovary nearly quite free, raised upon a fleshy disk, 3- 

 celled ; style with 3 spreading or recurved linear lobes. Capsules size of a 

 large pea, usually 3-valvcd. — C. parvijlorus, Ferr. et Galin. Voy. Abyss. Atlas 

 Bot. t. 5. 



Nile laand. Abyssinia, Sckimper ! Dr. Roth ! 



Messrs. Ferret and Galinier (Voy. Abyss, iii. 107) identify this plant with C^lattrus 

 parvijiorus, Vahl {Catha spinosa^ Forsk.). Tlicy may be correct, but as ForskaJ dir»cribc« 

 the capsule as 2-locular, I prefer to leave it under Hochstclter's name at present. 



9. C. luteolus, Delile in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2. xx. 90. A glabrous 

 shrub, unarmed in our specimens. Leaves very coriaceous, pale green, ovnte- 

 elliptical or varying from oval to oblanceolate, subacute or obtuse, more or 

 less cuneate at base, usually coarsely dentate-serrate or sinuate-dentate, with 

 obtuse or acute teeth, glabrous, 1^-4 in. long, f-l} in. broad, oeauHionally 

 smaller; petiole 1-3 lines. Pedicels simple, in axillary 2-6 -8-flowered 

 fascicles, articulated near the base, in fruit 2-4 lines long. Ovary broiul- 

 based, ^-immersed in a fleshy disk, 3-C('lle(l. Stigma 3-lol)nlnte. Capsule 

 smooth, the size of a pea. — Ferr. et Galin. Voy. Abyss. Atlas Bot. t. 8.— C. 

 sinnntu-dentatus, Hochst. in PI. Schimp. Abyss. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Srhhnper ! 



Mozamb. Distr. ? Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk! In fiuit only. Tcrhaps distinct 

 I follow Richard, who is probably ri^ht, in his identification of Dclilc's plant. A «|k-ci- 

 men in fruit of, ai)parcntly, an allied pJaul collected at Cape Coast {Brau) it in the herba- 

 rium of the British Museum. 



