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<J Racemes | l|in. in length, shorter than the leaves from the axils of which they 

 spring, drooping; pedicels Jj Jin. in length, 5 13 in cyme, articulated at apex; flowers 

 -j^y fin. in length, campanulate, 4- or rarely 5 6-merous, glabrous. Calyx short, lobes del- 

 toid, about half length of calyx. Corolla campanulate, open, deeply lobed, much raised 

 above the calyx ; lobes oval, obtuse or acutish, spreading or erect but not reflexed, of a 

 dirty white colour. Stamens 12 18, in two rows, inserted at base of interior of corolla or 

 on an hypogynous ring ; the inner ones smaller and often connate at the base with outer ones ; 

 anthers lanceolate, thick, 2-celled, with a few hairs or glabrous, included or exserted, erect, 

 dehiscing laterally and widely from apex, -^ J 6 in. in length ; pollen white ; filaments slender, 

 T^J ^ in. in length, often united in pairs at base, glabrous. Ovary rudimentary, hairy 

 or glabrous ; styles 2, distinct, erect, terete, white. 



9. Racemose cymes J IJin. in length, usually shorter than the leaves but sometimes 

 longer, drooping in fruit; pedicels about ^ in. length, 9 13 in cyme. Flowers ovoid, rather 

 smaller than the flowers, tetramerous or rarely pentamerous. Calyx hemispherical ; lobes 

 ovate, acute, about half depth of calyx. Corolla ovoid, deeply lobed ; lobes not reflexed. 

 Staminodes 2 4, glabrous. Ovary hairy or glabrous, 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; styles 2 ; fruit 

 globular, glabrescent or glabrous, black, 1-celled, 1-seeded, ^in. in diameter. 



Bark grey, smooth. Wood hard, heavy, employed by wheelrights and turners ; answers very 

 well for wooden screws, but is chiefly used as fuel. (Dr Pappe, Silva Capensis, p. 21 (1854)}. 



The variety Burchellii with glabrous ovary may be a distinct species. It is a tree 

 18 feet high with erect trunk and ascending branches and oblong-obovate leaves; bark 

 entire, turning white ; ovary globose ; styles 2, short ; staminodes 2 4, inserted on corolla 

 or around base of ovary. 



Cape of Good Hope, southern and western districts. Drege! ; Talbot! ; Beeves!; Wright! ; 

 Boivinf; Bowie!; Alexander-Prior ! ; Oldenburg! ; Nelson!; Hove!; Zeyher ! 3356; Harvey! 

 574; Burchell! 397, 807, 3219 (var. Burchellii}, 3806, 8295; Hondeklip Bay, Clanwilliam, 

 Eev. H. Whitehead! 



19. EUCLEA UNDULATA, Thunb. Nova Genera Plantarum (v.) p. 86 (1784). 



E. foliis alternis vel oppositis, obovatis (vel in var. oblanceolatis), apice obtusis, basi cuneatis, 

 breviter petiolatis, undatis (in var. parvis et subplanis) ; cymis racemosis, 3 8-Jloris; fioribus 

 dioecis, tetrameris ; staminibus 10 15, plerumque geminatis, in flore femineo 0; stylis 2; 

 ovario basi subpubescente, 2- vel ^-loculari, 4t-ovulato. 



Alph. DC. Prodr. vin. p. 219. n. 14 (1844). 



E. myrtina, Burch. Trav. Int. S. Afr. n. p. 588 (1824), Alph. DC. I c. p. 217. n. 8. 



E. humilis, Eckl. et Zeyh. in Linnaea, xx. p. 192 (1847). 



Glabrous dense shrub, extremities and flowers glandular but not hairy, 4 to 9 feet in 

 height or a moderate sized tree, dioecious. Branches alternate or opposite, at 40 to 60* 

 with stem, numerous. Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, coriaceous, shortly petiolate, wavy 

 or in var. myrtina nearly flat, opposite or alternate, veins inconspicuous, cuneate at base, 

 rounded or nearly so at apex, evergreen, J 1J in. in length by | f in. in width (or 



JL j. in. in width in variety myrtina) ; petioles ^ 1 5 in. in length. Bracts sometimes large 



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