CELASTRINE^:. VII. MAYTENDS. VIII. ALZATEA. IX. CRYPTERONIA. X. POLYCARDIA. XL EIJEODENDRON. 11 



sessile, 2-3-lobed. Capsule 1-4-valved, with a dissepiment in 

 the middle of each valve. Seeds few, arillate, in the bottom of 

 the cells. Embryo fiat, placed in a fleshy albumen. Small 

 trees, natives of Chili and Peru, with alternate, simple, coria- 

 ceous, toothed, permanent leaves, and axillary, small, greenish- 

 white flowers. Capsules usually copper-coloured inside. This 

 genus is allied to Senacia from the structure of the fruit, but from 

 the embryo is referable to Celastnnece. According to Molina, 

 his Mayteniu has a 1 -leaved calyx, a monopetalous corolla, 2 

 stamens, and a 1 -seeded capsule. It may be this genus badly 

 described, or a distinct one. 



1 M. OCTOGONUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 9.) leaves elliptical, bluntly 

 angular, nerveless, obtuse, glaucous. (? . S. Native of Peru in 

 groves. Celastrus octogonus, Lher. sert. angl. p. 7. Senacia 

 octogona, Lam. ill. no. 2713. Zi/yplws Peruviana, Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 320. Capsule 2-valved, 1-seeded. 



Eight-anglcd-stemmed Maytenus. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1786. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



2 M. ? ULIGINOSUS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 65.) 

 branches terete, scattered ; leaves obovate-elliptical, rounded at 

 both ends, obsoletely repand-toothed, rather coriaceous, smooth ; 

 flowers axillary, crowded ; pedicels 1 -flowered. (7 . G. Native 

 of New Granada, in the province of Quito, near Guayaquil, in 

 bogs. Celastrus orbicularis, Willd. in Schult. syst. 5. p. 423. 

 Capsule 3-valved, 3-celled, 3-seeded, ex. Bonpl. 



Bog Maytenus. Shrub 5 feet. 



3 M. CIIILE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 9.) leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 tapering to the base, taper-pointed, with serrated edges. Tj . G. 

 Native of Chili, at Coquimbo. Maiten. Feuill. obs. 3. p. 39. 

 t. 27. Maytenus, Juss. gen. 449. Desrous, in Lam. diet. 4. 

 p. 2. exclusive of the synonyme of Molina ? Senacia Maytenus, 

 Lam. ill. no. 2712. Celastrus Maytenus, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1127. 

 Capsules 2, rarely 3-valved. 



Chili Maytenus. Tree 12 feet. 



4 M. UNCINA'TUS ; leaves lanceolate-linear, narrow, elon- 

 gated, acuminated, serrated. Tj . G. Native of Chili. Celas- 

 trus uncinatus, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 7. t. 230. Flowers as 

 in the former species crowded in the axillae of the leaves, on 

 short pedicels. M. Chilensis, var. ft, angustifolius, D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 10. 



Hooked Maytenus. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 M. VERTICILLA'TUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 10.) branches aggre- 

 gate, whorled ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrated ; peduncles 

 1-3-flowered, much shorter than the leaves, rising along the 

 branches either above or below the leaves in racemes. >j . G. 

 Native of Peru, in groves at Cuchero, Munna, &c. Leaves 

 almost smooth, shining. Capsules 2-3-4-celled. 



HVior/ed- branched Maytenus. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



6 M. BOA'RIA (Mol. chili, 152.) leaves opposite or alternate, 

 oblong, smooth, serrated ; flowers scattered ; seeds covered with 

 red aril ; corolla monopetalous ; style 1 ; stamens 2 ; capsule 

 2-valved, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Tj . G. Native of Chili. A 

 decoction of the twigs of this shrub is used to bathe the 

 swellings produced by the poisonous shade of the Llithi, RMs 

 caiistica. Its vernacular name is Boaria. 



Boaria Maytenus. Clt. 1822. Shrub 10 feet. 

 Cult. See greenhouse species of Celdstrus for culture and 

 propagation, p. 9. 



VIII. ALZATE'A (in honour of Joseph Anthony de Alzati y 

 Ramirez, a Spanish naturalist). Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. prod. t. 

 7. B.C. prod. 2. p. 10. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5- cleft, 5-angled, 

 permanent. Petals wanting. Stamens 5, hypogynous ? Style 

 1. Capsules obcordate, 2-celled, 2-valved, with a dissepiment 



in the middle of each valve. Very like Maytenus, but the flowers 

 are apetalous. 



1 A. VERTICILLA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 20. t. 211. 

 f. a.). fy . G. Native of Peru in groves near Messapata. 

 Leaves obovate, emarginate. Flowers small, greenish-white, in 

 corymbs. 



U'liorled Alzatea. Clt. 1824. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. See greenhouse species of Celastrus for culture and 

 propagation. 



IX. CRYPTERO'NIA (from Kpywrog, cryplos, hidden, and 

 irrepov, pteron, a wing ; the seeds are terminated by a narrow 

 wing). Blum, bijdr. 1145. 



LIN. SYST. Monoe'cia, Pentandria. Flowers monoecious from 

 abortion. Calyx inferior, small, 5-toothed. Corolla none. 

 Stamens 5, short, alternating with the calyx. Ovary 2-celled, 

 girded by a membranous margin. Style crowned by an obtuse 

 stigma. Capsule subglobose, crowned by the permanent style, 

 2-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. Dissepiments contrary to the 

 valves. Seeds albuminose, terminated by a subalate wing. This 

 genus comes near to Alzalea A tall tree, with opposite, oblong, 

 quite entire leaves, and lateral panicles of small flowers. 



1 C. PANICULA'TA (Blum. 1. c.). Tj . S. Native of Java on 

 the mountains. 



Panicled-fiowereA Crypteronia. Tree 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Polycardia, 



X. POLYCA'RDIA (from Trtfcu, poly, many, and xapha, 

 kardia, a heart ; in allusion to the petioles being furnished with 

 numerous heart-shaped wings). Juss. gen. 377. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 10. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-lobed, per- 

 manent. Petals 5. Stamens 5, short, alternating with the 

 petals. Ovary depressed. Style 1, very short. Stigma lobed. 

 Capsule woody, 5-celled, 5-valved (rarely 3-4-valved from abor- 

 tion) with a membranous dissepiment at the base of each valve 

 in the middle. Seeds few in the bottom of each cell, oblong, 

 each surrounded by a calyciform jagged aril. Flowers sessile on 

 the middle nerves of the leaves. 



1 P. PIIYLLANTIIOIDES (Lam. ill. 2. p. 100. t. 132.). T; . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. A smooth shrub, with alternate coria- 

 ceous leaves, tapering into the footstalk, some of which are 

 oblong, entire; others deeply emarginate, bearing 1-5 flowers 

 in the recess. Florinda, Nor. mss. Commersonia, Comm. mss. 

 P. Madagascariensis, Gmel. syst. p. 407. P. epiphylla, Smith, 

 in Rees' cycl. vol. 28. 



Phyllanthus-like Polycardia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. Loam, peat, and sand is a good soil for this shrub, 

 and ripened cuttings will strike root in a pot of sand under a 

 hand-glass, in heat. 



XI. ELjEODE'NDRON (from c\aia, data, an olive, and 

 Ptt'cpov, dendrcn, a tree ; the fruit is like that of an olive, and 

 the seeds are oily). Jacq. in act. helv. nov. 1. p. 36. but not of 

 Retz. D. C. prod. 2. p. 10. Rubentia, Comm. in Juss. gen. 

 378. Schrebera, Retz. obs. 6. p. 25. 



LIN. SYST. Tetra- Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-5- 

 lobed. Petals 4-5, spreading, broad at the base. Stamens 4-5, 

 alternating with the petals. Disk fleshy, girding the ovary. 

 Style very short. Drupe dry, containing a woody 5 -celled (rarely 

 2-4-celled from abortion) nut. Seeds 2 in each cell, but some- 

 times solitary from abortion, erect, oblong. Albumen fleshy. 

 Embryo central, straight, with leafy cotyledons and an inferior 

 radicle. Trees or shrubs with smooth, laurel-like, opposite 

 leaves, and axillary panicles of flowers. Flowers small, greenish- 

 white or yellowish-green. 



1 E. ORIENTA'LE (Jacq. icon. t. 48.) leaves entire, or toothed, 

 c 2 



