CELASTRINE^E. IV. CELASTRUS. V. CATHA. 



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roundish, serrated, acuminate ; peduncles axillary, somewhat 

 trifid. Tj . G. Native of Japan. C. orbicularis, Lam. ill. no. 

 2700. C. auriculatus, Vittm. summ. 2. p. 31. Capsules 3- 

 valved. 



Jointed Staff-tree. Shrub. 



55 C. ALA V TUS (Thunb. jap. 98.) erect, smooth; branches 

 winged ; leaves opposite, on very short petioles, acuminate, ser- 

 rulated ; peduncles 1-flowered, furnished with 2 glands above 

 the middle. lj . G. Native of Japan. Capsules 1-2-3-celled. 

 This is probably a species of Euonymus. 



7nW-branched Staff-tree. Shrub 7 feet. 



American. 



56 C. SCA'NDENS (Lin. spec. 285.) climbing, smooth ; leaves 

 oval, acuminated, serrated ; racemes terminal. Tj . w . H. Na- 

 tive of North America, from Canada to Virginia, in hedges and 

 woods among rocks. Duh. arb. 1. t. 95. Schkuhr. hanilb. 1. 

 t. 47. Flowers pale yellow. Berries orange-scarlet, 3-cornered, 

 3-seeded. See H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 64. 

 Flowers dioecious. 



Climbing Staff-tree. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1736. Shrub cl. 



57 C. MYRTIFOLIUS (Lin. spec. 285.) erect, smooth ; leaves 

 ovate, serrulated ; flowers racemose. Tj . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica. Sloane, hist. 2. t. 193. f. 1. There is a species from 

 Siberia very like this plant, and another said to be from Virginia ; 

 but these are truly obscure plants. 



Myrtle-leaved Staff-tree. Clt. 1810. Tree 15 feet. 



58 C. QUADRANGULA'RIS (Schrad. in Gcett. anz. 1821. p. 716.) 

 erect, smooth ; younger branches quadrangular ; leaves oblong- 

 oval, spiny-toothed, shining ; peduncles axillary, crowded, 

 tj . S. Native of Brazil. I lex acutangula, Neuw. bras, ex 

 Nees, in flora, 1821. p. 739. Flowers white. 



Quadrangular-branched Staff-tree. Clt. 1820. Sh. 10 feet. 



59 C. ILICIFOLIUS (Schrad. 1. c.) erect, smooth ; leaves ob- 

 long, truncate, subsinuate, spiny, shining above, opaque beneath ; 

 peduncles axillary. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. I'lex truncata, 

 Neuw. bras. 2. ex Nees, in flora, 1821. p. 329 and 361. 



Holly-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub. 



60 C. RETU'SUS (Poir. suppl. 2. p. 146.) erect, smooth ; leaves 

 ovate and oval, acuminated, emarginate, or refuse at the apex, 

 serrately-crenate. J? . G. Native of the Andes of Peru. C. 

 emarginatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 6. t. 229. f. a. but not 

 of Willd. C. Peruvianus, Deitr. lex. 2. p. 111. This is pro- 

 bably a species of Maytenus according to Kunth. 



/?etoe-leaved Staff-tree. Clt. 1824. Tree 20 feet. 



61 C. CONFE'RTUS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 6.) erect, 

 smooth ; branches in aggregate whorles ; leaves crowded, oval, 

 and roundish, serrulated ; flowers crowded. ^ . S. Native of 

 Peru in groves. Flowers white. Capsules with 2 or 3 spread- 

 ing reflexed valves. Probably a species of Maylenus. 



Crowded Staff-tree. Shrub. 



62 C. MEXICA'NUS (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 8.) erect, smooth ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, ser- 

 rated ; pedicels axillary, trifid, 3-flowered. tj . G. Native of 

 Mexico. Capsule 3-celled, 3-seeded. 



Mexican Staff-tree. Clt. 1 824. Shrub 6 feet. 



63 C. MAOELLA'NICUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 8.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, bluntly serrated ; flowers axillary, almost 

 sessile ; fruit compressed, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Tj . F. Native 

 of the Straits of Magellan. Cassine Magellanica, Lam. ill. 

 no. 2590. 



Magellan Staff-tree. Shrub. 



t Doubtful species. Leaves ternate or pinnate. These mill 

 obably form a distinct genus in some other order. 



64 C. MAURITIA'NUS (Willem. herb. maur. 22.) leaves ter- 



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nate, downy beneath ; panicle terminal. T? . S. Native of the 

 Mauritius. 



Mauritian Staff-tree. Shrub. 



65 C. MICRA'NTHUS (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 393.) climbing, some- 

 what armed ; leaves unequally pinnate, with from 7-9 opposite, 

 oblong, entire, smooth leaflets ; panicles axillary, filiform, rusty ; 

 disk saucer-shaped, bearing the stamina on its margin ; style 

 wanting. ^ . S. Native of the Moluccas. 



Small-flowered Staff-tree. Shrub. 



Cult. The hardy kinds of Staff-tree will grow in any com- 

 mon soil ; they are well fitted to be planted in small shrub- 

 beries. C. scandens is a plant well adapted to cover bowers or 

 trellis-work. All are easily increased by laying the young shoots 

 or by slips of the roots. The stove, greenhouse, and frame 

 species will thrive well in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand ; 

 and ripened cuttings, planted in mould with a hand-glass placed 

 over them, will root freely, those of the stove kinds in heat. 



V. CA'THA (a name of Arabian origin). Forsk. descr. p. 63. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx small, flat, 5- 

 lobed, regular. Petals 5, inserted under the margin of the 

 disk, sessile, spreading. Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, 

 equal. Disk large, orbicular, filling the bottom of the flower, 

 emarginate at the origin of the stamens. Ovary half immersed 

 in the disk, 3-celled ; ovula 2, fixed to the central axis, colla- 

 teral, ascending, in C. pyracanth<^>-S, and without an axis. 

 Style short, or nearly wanting, crowned by a 3-parted stigma. 

 Capsules triquetrous, 3-furrowed, 3-celled, 3-valved. Albumen 

 fleshy. Cotyledons leafy. Radicle pointing towards the 

 hilum. Spiny trees and shrubs, with scattered, simple, leaves, 

 sometimes in fascicles, with stipular cilise. Corymbs of flowers 

 axillary, somewhat dichotomous. Flowers stalked in fascicles, 

 white. 



This genus being separated from Celastrus, we shall there- 

 fore retain the authorities for the species under that genus. 



* Leaves quite entire. 



1 C. ExcisA (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 219.) prickles recurved ; 

 leaves orbicular, cut ; peduncles axillary, very short, subum- 

 bellate. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Cut-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub 4 feet. 



2 C. LINEA'RIS (Thunb. fl. cap. 219.) spines leafy; leaves 

 linear ; panicles axillary. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, in woods. 



Linear-leaved Staff-tree. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 4 ft. 



3 C. INTEGRIFOLIA (Thunb. fl. cap. 219.) spines leafy; 

 leaves ovate, reflexed ; pedicels axillary. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in bushy places. Flowers white. 



Entire-leaved Staff-tree. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



4 C. IN'TEGER (Thunb. fl. cap. 123.) spiny, smooth ; leaves 

 ovate, emarginate ; panicle axillary. 1j . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. According to Sprengel this is the same as 

 C. integrifblius. 



Entire Staff-tree. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



5 C. RIGIDA (Thunb. fl. cap. 220.) spiny, smooth; branches 

 somewhat secund ; leaves obovate, quite entire, cut ; flowers 

 axillary, sessile. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers white. 



Stiff Staff-tree. Clt. 1818. Fl. May, June. Shrub 4 feet. 



6 C. EMARGINA'TA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 1128.) spines leafy; 

 leaves obovate, entire, smooth ; flowers numerous, axillary ; 

 capsules inflated; cells 2-seeded. Tj . S. Native of every 

 part of the East Indies, very common. Stem nothing deserving 

 the name, but innumerable branches bent in every direction. 

 Umbellets many-flowered on very short peduncles, one or two 



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