54 XXXVI. CELASTRINE.^. 



7. MAUROCENIA, Liun. 



Calyx minute, 5-parted. Petals 5, longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens 5, under the margin of the disk, longer than the 

 petals ; filaments filiform ; anthers broadly oblong. Disk cup- 

 like, sinuate, 5-lobed. Ovary sessile on the disk, not confluent 

 with it, ovoid, 2-3-celled ; stigmas sessile, 2-3-lobed ; ovules 

 in pairs, pendulous. Drupe ovoid, fleshy, 1-3-celled. Seed 

 albuminous. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 465. Cassine, Linn., Benth. and 

 Rook.f. Gen. PI. i. p. 363. 



M. Capensift, Sond., the only species, is a glabi'ous shrub, with 4-angled 

 twigs, opposite, leathery, quite entire, glossy leaves, and axillary short, 

 cymules of small white flowers. It is frequent in the Western districts. 



8. LAURIDIA, E. and Z. 



Calyx 4-parted, the lobes strongly imbricate. Petals 4, 

 ovate-oblong, revolute, with an uneven margin, imbricate. 

 Stamens 4, on the margin of the disk ; filaments broad-based, 

 flattish, subulate ; anthers broadly oblong. Disk adnate to the 

 calyx-tube, the limb thin, obscurely lobed. Ovary subimmersed 

 in the disk, 2-celled ; style very short ; stigma 2-lobed. Drupe 

 rather dry, 2-celled, 1-2-seeded, with a crustaceous stone. — Fl. 

 Cap. i. p. 468. 



L. reticulata, E. and Z., the only species, is a glabrous, trichotomous 

 shrub, with opposite, very entire, or sparingly toothed, netted-veined leaves, 

 and axillary, paniculate-racemose, small flowers. It grows in the Eastern 

 district. — As a genus, Lauridia scax'cely differs from Elceodendron. 



9. ELJEODENDROW, Jacq. f. 



Plowers sometimes polygamous. Calyx 4-5-parted. Petals 

 4-5, spreading. Stamens 4-5, under the margin of the disk ; 

 filaments short, subulate ; anthers subglobose. Disk thick, 

 expanded, 4-5 sinuate-angled or lobed. Ovary pyramidal, 

 confluent with the disk, mostly 3-angled, 3-eelled, rarely 2-5- 

 celled ; style very short ; stigma 2-5-lobed ; ovules in pairs, 

 erect. Drupe dry or pulpy, 1-3-celled. Seed albuminous. — 

 Fl. Cap. i. p. 467. Also Cassine, >S^. and H., p. 465, and Mys- 

 troxylon, E. and Z., I. c.,p. 469. 



A considerable genus, of which there are about 18 Cape species, dispersed. 

 Leaves opposite or alternate, entire or toothed, glabrous or pubescent, 

 leathery, mostly evergreen. Peduncles axillary ; flowers small. 



Teibe 2. Hippocrates. 



10. SALACIA, Linn. 



Calyx small, 5-parted. Petals 5, spreading, imbricate. 

 Stamens 3 (very rarely 2 or 4), inserted on the inner margin 



