MACLOSKIE : CELASTRACE^E. 559 



(Chili, S. Brazil; Argent.); N. Patagon. A low bush with crooked 

 branches and thorns ; a purgative resin got from its trunk is used medici- 

 nally. Incense-bush, "Mata de Incienso." 



S. Patagon., by Rio Sta. Cruz, with thick, entire leaves. 



3- SCHINUS LATIFOLIUS Engl. 



Leaves subcoriaceous or membranous, oval to oval-oblong, 3-7 cm. 

 long by 15-30 mm. broad, obtuse or acute, serrate-dentate ; petioles terete, 

 slightly sulcate above, 5-9 mm. long. Inflorescences 1-2, axillary or 

 sometimes extra-axillary. Calyx 4-5 mm. long. Fruit violet. 





 4. S. MONTANUS (Pb.) Engl. 



Pubescent, with thick, subscariose leaves, the upper petioles very thick ; 

 blades truncately oval, obtuse, or apiculate, entire or wavy-margined, 

 about 4 cm. long. Inflorescence shorter than the leaves. 



S. Patagon., in shrubberies near Lago Argentino. 



S. MONTANUS PATAGONICUS Phil. 



Shrub 2 m. high. Leaves petiolate, with their margins obscurely cre- 

 nate towards the apex. 



(Cordilleras of Valdivia); N. Patagon.; by Lago Lajara. 



(S. molle, found farther north, is the chief Incense-busk, and has a su- 

 gary edible drupe. Fragments of its leaf move by jerks when floating on 

 water, being impelled by the exit of the volatile oil.) 



Family 63. CELASTRACE.E. Staff-tree Family. 



Trees or shrubs, with simple leaves, exstipulate or having small, caducous 

 stipules. Flowers small, perfect, 4-5-merous, with a disk supporting the 

 stamens which are isomerous and alternate with the petals. Ovary su- 

 perior or joined to the disk, 3-5-celled ; cells i 2-ovulate. Style short, 

 thick. Fruit a capsule. Seeds enclosed in a showy arillus and with a 

 large embryo in the axis of endosperm. 



Species 350, in warm and temperate climates. 



KEY TO THE GENERA. 



i. Fruit dehiscing, 2- (rarely 3-) celled. Flowers 5-merous. Disk fleshy, convex, stamens in- 

 serted beneath it. Seeds arilled. Leaves alternate, evergreen. I. Maytenus. 



