52 XXXTI. CELASTRINEiE. 



Leaves opposite. 



Ovary 3- celled ; ovules in pairs, erect ... 4. Catha. 



Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 6-8, parietal .... 5. CathaSTETJM. 

 Fruit a llesliy, indehiscent drupe. 



Ovules solitary, erect. Leaves opposite ... 6. Haetogia. 

 Ovules in pairs, pendulous. Leaves opposite . . 7. Maueocenia. 

 Ovules in pairs, erect. 



Stamens 4. Ovary 2-celled. Leaves opposite 8. Laueidia. 



Stamens 5. Ovary 3-celled. Leaves opposite 



or alternate 9. El^odendeon. 



Tribe 2. Hippoceate^. Stamens 3 (rarely 2-4-5), inserted much 

 within the margin of the disk ; filaments flat ; anthers extrorse. 

 Fruit a 1- or several-seeded berry. Seeds wingless. 10. Salacia. 



TeIBE 1. CELASTREiE. (GgH. 1-9.) 



1. PUTTERLICHIA, Endl. 



Calyx flat, 4-5-parted. Petals 4-5, spreading. Stamens 

 4-5, spreading, inserted under tlie margin of the disk ; fila- 

 ments subulate ; anthers subglobose. Disk thick, hemispheri- 

 cal, ribbed. Ovary half-sunk in the disk, 3-5-angled, 3-5- 

 celled ; style 3-5-angled ; stigma 3-5-lobed ; ovules 6 in each 

 cell, 2-seriate. Capsules obtusely 3-angled, 3-celled, loculici- 

 dally 3-valved ; cells 3-6-seeded. Seeds with a fleshy arillus, 

 albuminous. — Celastrus, Sect. 1, in FJ. Cap. i. p. 453. 



Glabrous, spiny shrvibs, with alternate or tufted, obovate leaves, and 

 axillary, diffusely -branched cymes of white flowers. — There are 2 species, 

 one of them dispersed, the other Eastern. 



2. GYMNOSPORIA, W. and A. 



Calyx 4-5-fid or parted. Petals 4-5, sessile, spreading. 

 Stamens as many, inserted on or under the margin of the disk. 

 Disk widely spread, 4-5-lobed or crenate. Ovary very gene- 

 rally with a broad base confluent with the disk, 3-angled or 

 pyramidal, 2-3-celled ; style short ; stigmas 3 ; ovules in pairs, 

 erect. Capsules obovoid or subglobose, 3-angled or globose, 

 2-3-celled, 1-4-seeded. Seeds with or without an aril, albu- 

 minous. — Celastrus,* Sect. 2, Fl. Cap. i. p. 454. Also Scyto- 

 phyllum, E. and Z. (which has dehiscent fruit), Fl. Cap. i. p. 

 47i. 



A large genus of shrubs, often spinous. Leaves alternate, entire or 

 toothed, sometimes pubescent. Flowers in axillary cymes or tufts. — Up- 

 wards of 20 South African species, dispersed. 



* The true Celastrus, Linn., diflfers in having an ovary seated on, but not 

 immersed in, the disk, and by other characters. Its species, about 18 in 

 number, are chiefly Asiatic ; a few American and Australian, and one from 

 Madagascar. They are mostly climbing shrubs, without spines. 



