504 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



* 1. C. MAUROCE V NI^ L. Mauroceni's Cassine, or the Hottentot Cherry. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 385. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 



Synonyine. Maurocdnia frangularia Mill. Diet,, No. 1. 



Derivation. The specific name was given in honour of the Venetian senator, Signor Francisco Mauro- 

 ceni, who had a fine garden at Padua, a catalogue of the plants in which was published by 

 Antonio Teta. 



Engraving. Dill. Elth., t 121. f. 147. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves sessile, obovate, quite entire, convex. Pedicels many, very short. (Don's 

 Mill., ii. p. 13.) A shrub, a native of Ethiopia, introduced in 1690, and commonly kept in green- 

 houses, but which deserves trial against a conservative wall. 



* 2. C. CAPE'NSIS L. The Cape Cassine, or Phillyrea. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 220. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 



Engravings. Burm. Rar. Plant. Afr., t 85.; Dill. Elth., t. 236.; and our 



fig. 174. 

 Spec. Char., S(C. Leaves stalked, ovate, retuse, crenate, flat Panicles 



solitary, shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, white. (Don's Mill.,\\. 



p. 13.) A shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, fousd in woods; 



introduced in 1629, and producing its small white flowers in July and 



August. 

 C. exctlsa Wall., C. discolor Wall., and C. Colpoon Thun. : the first a native 



of Nepal, and introduced in 18'20 ; and the last a native of the Cape of 



Good Hope, and introduced in 1791, might be tried against a conservative 



wall, with every prospect of success. 



GENUS VI. 



HARTO V G/^ Dec. THE HARTOGIA. Lin. Si/si. Tetra-Pentandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 



Derivation. Named in honour of J. Hartog, a Dutch traveller, and naturalist at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



* 1. H. CAPE'NSIS L. The Cape Hartogia. 



Identification. Lin. Fil. Suppl, 128. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 13. 



Synonymes. Schr^bero schinOldes Thun. Prod., t. 2. ; Elaeodendron schinOldes Spreng. Syst., 1. 

 p. 780. 



Engraving. Thunb. Prod., t. 2. 



Spec. Char., &c. Leaves opposite, oblong, crenated, smooth, hardly stalked. Pedicels few-flowered, 

 axillary, drooping. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.) A shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, growing 

 to the height of 10 ft., and introduced in 1800. It is marked in the catalogues as a green-house 

 plant, but has been found to stand the open air as an evergreen shrub. In the London nurseries, 

 a narrow-leaved variety of the Cerasus Laurocerasus used frequently to be sold for it. 



CHAP. XXXIV. 



OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY PLANTS OF THE ORDER 



Identification. Lindley's Key, p. 63. 



Synonymes. Celastrineae, tribe ^quifoliacea?, in part, Dec. Prod., 2. p. 11. ; /licfnea?, in part, 

 Lindl. Introd. to N. S., p. 178., Don's Mill., 2. p. 14. 



Distinctive Characteristics. Calyx and corolla with an imbricate aestivation. 

 Sepals 4 6. Corolla hypogynous, with 4 6 lobes, and as many stamens in- 

 serted into it alternately to its lobes. Ovary 2 6-celled ; a pendulous ovule 

 in each cell. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, with from 2 6 stones, each contain- 

 ing a pendulous seed, which has large fleshy albumen. Flowers small, axillary, 

 solitary, or fascicled. (Lindl. Introd. to N. S.) Myginda is described as having 

 a 1 -celled fruit. The species of -dquifoliaceae are evergreen and deciduous 

 shrubs or trees, having alternate or opposite leaves, frequently coriaceous, 

 glabrous, and sometimes feather-nerved. The genera containing hardy species 

 are three, and are thus distinguished : 



MYGI'ND^ Jacq. Sexes hermaphrodite. Calyx 4 5-cleft. Corolla deeply 

 4-cleft. Stamens 4, inserted into the base of the corolla. Fruit with (very 



