CELASTRAOE.^. 37 



gynous, imbricate. Stamens 4, 5, alternipetalous, inserted in hollows 

 of disk ; filaments free or connate at base, subulate, sometimes very 

 short [Hedraianthera) ; anthers subglobular, ovate cordate or oblong, 

 introrsely rimose. Germen situate at bottom of disk {Eucelastrus i) 

 or more or less deeply confluent with it {Gymnosporia)) cells 2-4; 

 style more or less elongate, apex stigmatic more or less deeply 2-4- 

 lobed. Ovules in cells 1 ^ {Maytenus^\ 2, ascending with micropyle 

 extrorsely inferior, or sometimes 3-c/d , 2 -seriate, oblique or trans- 

 verse {PutterlicMa^'^ Denhamia^). Capsule various in form, sometimes 

 rather fleshy [Scytophyllum^)^ thick osseous {Denhamia Hedraianthera) 

 or broad submembranous {PutterlicJcia)^ loculicidally 2-4 valved ; 

 seeds 1- oo, protected by a more or Jess developed fleshy aril, "^ albumi- 

 nous or more rarely [Maytenus) exalbuminous. — Small trees or shrubs ; 

 oftener glabrous ; sometimes spinose [Putterlickia, Gymnosporia) and 

 glaucesent, sometimes climbing [Eucelastrus) ] leaves alternate or 

 fasciculate, entire or serrate ; stipules or consisting of a few hairs ; 

 flowers ^ in cymes {Putterlickia^ Gymnosporia) or more rarely in com- 

 pound or cymiferous (PJucelaslrus, Denhamia) terminal or axillary 

 racemes. {Alltoarm and temperate regions.^) 



16. Schsefiferia Jacq.^^ — Flowers dioecious, 4-merous ; sepals and 

 petals longer obtuse, imbricate. Stamens 4, exterior to generally 

 small disk. Germen (in male flower efi'ete) free ovoid ; style short, 

 presently divided into 2-partite stigmatic lobes ; cells 2, 1-ovulate ; 



^ Celastrus B. H. loc. cif. — Orixa Thunb. FL — Bl. £ijdr. 1144. — Hook. Icon. t. 587 {Maij- 



Jap, 3 (exMiQ.). tenm). — Guillem. et Perr. FL Sen. Tent. i. t. 



3 In some species of Jfay^e«2<s certainly 2. 36. — Webb, Phyt. Canar. t. 69 B {Catha). — 



3 Feuill. ex J. Gen. 449.— Mol. Chil. 177. — Habv. and Sond. FL Cap. i. 4<52, 465 {Cassine), 



Lamk. Diet. iv. 2.— DO. Frodr. ii. 9.— Endl. 471 {Sci/tophyllum).—Ohiv. FL Trap. Afr. i. 



Gen. n. 5860.— -Payer, Orgamg. 169, t. 36.— 360,— A. Gray, Amer. ExpL Exp. Bot. i. t. 23. 



B. H. Gen. 364, 998, n. 17.— Scenkea R. et Pay. — Griseb. FL Brit. W.-Ind. 145 [Maytenus).— 



Prodr. 36, t. 6 (nee Salisb.). — Monteverdia Chapm, FL S. Unit. SL 76. — Boiss. PL FJsp. t. 



Rich. Cub. i. 346.—? Moya Griseb. FL Lorenz. 38 ; FL Or. ii. 10.— Benth. FL AustraL i. 398, 



63, fig. 3. — Maiten Feuill. Obs. iii. 39, t. 27. — 400 {Gymnosporia), iOl {Denhamia). — Tul. Ann. 



Boaria (MoL. DC. Prodr. iii. 299) syn. of May- Sc. Nat. ser. 4, viii. 97 {Catha).— F. Muell. 



tenus. Fragm. v. 203 {Leucocarpon) . — Reiss. Mart. FL 



^ Endl. Gen. n. 5674.— Payer, Organog. 169. Bras. Celastr. 3, t. 1-4, 6-9 {Maytenus) .—Tb.. 



— B. H. Gen. 366, n. 22. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, xvi. 336 {Maytenus).— Bot. 



5 In J), pittosporoide F. Muell. we have Reg. t. 1702 {Maytenus).— Bot. Mag. t. 2070, 

 oftener seen 2 ovules in each cell. 2114.— Walp. Rep. i. 532 ; ii. 827 {Maytenus) ; 



6 EcKL. et Zeyh. Emm. 124.— Endl. Gen. n. v. 401 ; Ann. i. 189 ; ii. 263 ; iv. 427 ; v. 402 ; 

 5688. vii. 575 {Catha), 578, 579 {Maytenus), 580. 



Red or yellow, very rarely 0. lo Stirp. Amer. 259.— Lamk. IlL t. 809.— 



White, golden or greenish. Poir. Diet. vi. 727 ; Suppl. v. 83.— DC. Frodr. 



Spec. 130, R. et Pav. FL Fer. et ChiL t. ii. 40.— Endl. Gen. n. 5750,— B. H. Gen, 367. 



229.— H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Spee. vii. 64, not.— n. 26. 



Wight, IlL t. 72 ; Ic. t. 158, 382 {Gymnosporia). 



