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

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

 short {lie dr ai anther a) ; anthers subglobular, ovate cordate or oblong, 

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

 or more or less deeply confluent with it {Gymwsporia)', cells 2-4; 

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

 lobed. Ovules in cells 1 " {Maytenus 3 ). 2, ascending with micropyle 

 extrorsely inferior, or sometimes 3-co , 2-seriate, oblique or trans- 

 verse {PutterUckia, i ' Denhamia 5 ). Capsule various in form, sometimes 

 rather fleshy (Scytophyllum 6 ), thick osseous {Denhamia Hedraianthcra) 

 or broad submembranous {PutterlicMa), loculicidally 2-4 valved ; 

 seeds 1- go, protected by a more or less developed fleshy aril, 7 albumi- 

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

 oftener glabrous ; sometimes spinose [PutterlicMa, Gymnosporia) and 

 glaucesent, sometimes climbing {Eucelastrus); leaves alternate or 

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

 flowers 8 in cymes {Putterlic/cia, Gymnosporia) or more rarely in com- 

 pound or cymiferous (Eucelastrus, Denhamia) terminal or axillary 

 racemes. {All warm and temperate regions. 9 ) 



16. Schsefferia Jacq. 10 — Flowers dioecious, 4-merous ; sepals and 

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

 small disk. Germen (in male flower effete) free ovoid ; style short, 

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



1 Celastrus B. II. lue. cit. — Orixa Thunb. Fl. — Bl. Bijdr. 1144. — Hook. Icon. t. 587 {May- 



Jap. 3 (exMio..). tenus). — Guillem. et Perk. Fl. Sen. Tent. i. t. 



- In some species of Maytenus certainly 2. 30. — Webb, Phyt. Cauar. t. 69 B (Catha). — 



3 Feuill. ex J. Gen. 449. — Mol. Chil. 177. — Habv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 452, 465 (Cassinc), 

 Lamk. Diet. iv. 2.— DC. Prodr. ii. 9.— Ekdl. 471 (Seytophyllum).—Ohiv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 

 Gen. n. ÔS60.— Payer, Orgarwg. 169, t. 36.— 360.— A. Gray, Amer. Expl. Exp. Bot. i. t. 23. 

 B. H. Gen. 364, 998, n. il.—Sœnlcea R. et Pav. —Grise». Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 145 (Maytenus).— 

 Prodr, 36, t. 6 (nee Salisb.). — Monleverdia Chapm. Fl. S. Unit. St. 76. — Boiss. PI. Esp. t. 

 Rich. Cub. i. 346.—? Moya Griseb. Fl. Loreuz. 3S ; /•'/. Or. ii. 10.— Benth. Fl, Austral, i. 398, 

 63, fig. 5.—Muiten Pecill. Obs. iii. 39, t. 27.— 400 (Gymnosporia), 401 (Denhamia) .— Tul. Ann. 

 Boaria (Mol. DC. Prodr. iii. 299) syn. of May- He. Nat. sér. 4, viii. 97 (Catha).— F. Muell. 

 tenus. Fragm, v. 203 (Leucocarpon). — Keiss. Mart. Fl. 



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

 — B. H. Gen. 366, n. 22. -Inn. Sc. Nat. sér. 5, xvi. 336 (Maytenus).— Bot. 



5 In D. pittosporoide F. Muell. wo have Beg. 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. Enum. 124.— Endl. Gen. n. v. 401 ; Ann. i. 189 ; ii. 263 ; iv. 427 ; v. 402 ; 

 5688. vii. 575 (Catha), 57S, 579 (Maytenus), 580. 



Bed or yellow, very rarely 0. 10 Stirp. Amer. 259.— Lamk. III. t. 809.— 



White, golden or greenish. Pom. Diet. vi. 727 ; Suppl. v. 83.— DC. Prodr. 



Spec. 130, R. et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. t. ii. 40.— Endl. Gen. n. 5750.— B. H. Gen. 367. 



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



Wight, III, t, 72 ; It, t. 15S, 382 (Gymnosporia). 



