OELASTRAOE^. 37 



gynous, imbricate. Stamens 4, 6, alternipetalous, inserted in hollows 

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

 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 {Crymnosporia); 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-co , 2 -seriate, oblique or trans- 

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

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

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

 seeds 1- oo, protected by a more or^less developed fleshy aril,'^ albumi- 

 nous or more rarely {Maytenus) exalbuminous. — Smdl 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 {Eucelastrus, Denhamia) terminal or axillary 

 racemes. {All warm and temperate regions.^) 



16. Schsefferia Jacq.^" — 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 ; 



' Celaatrus B. H. loo. cit. — Orixa Thunb. F1. — Bi. Bijdr. 1144. — Hook. Icon. t. 587 {May- 

 Jap. 3 (ex Mia.). tenus). — Guillem. et Pbrr. Fl. Sen. Tent. i. t. 



2 In some species of ^ayi«Ms certainly 2. 36. — Webb, Phyt. Canar. t. 69 B {Catha). — 



3 Eedill. ex J. Qen. 449.— MoL. Chil. 177.— Habv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. j. 432, 465 [Cassine), 

 Lamk. Diet. iv. 2.— DO. Prodr. ii. 9.— Endi. ' 471 {SeijtophyUwm).—0-Liy. Fl. Trap. Afr. i. 

 Gen, n. 5860.— Payee, Organog. 169, t. 36.— 360.— A. Geay, Amer. Fxpl. Fxp. £ot. i. t. 23. 

 B. H. Gen. 364, 998, n. \7.—SceiJcea R. etPAv. — Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.-Ind. 145 {Maytenus).— 

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

 Rich. Cub. i. 346. — ? Moya Gbiseb. Fl. Lorenz. 38 ; Fl. Or. ii. 10.— Benth. Fl. Austral, i. 398, 

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

 Boaria (MoL. DC. Prodr. iii. 299) syn. of May- So. Nat. 6&. 4, vui. 97 [Catha). — F. Muell. 



Fragm. v. 203 [Leucooarpon). — Rbiss. Mart. Fl. 



* Endl. Qen. n. 5674. — Payer, Organpg. 169. Bras. Celastr. 3, t. 1-4, 6-9 [Maytenus). — ^Tr. 



— B. H. Gen. 366, n. 22. Ann. So. Nat. b6t. 5, xvi. 336 [Maytenus).— Bot. 



' In D. pittosporoide F. Muell. we have Heg. t. 1702 [Maytenus) .—Bot. Mag. t. 2070, 



oftener seen 2 ovules in each oeU. 2114.— W alp. Sep. i. 532 ; ii. 827 [Maytenus) ; 



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



5688. vii. 575 [Catha), 678, 579 [Maytenus), 580. 



Red or yellow, very rarely 0. ii Stiyp. Amer. 259. — Lamk. III. t. 809. — 



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



Spec. 130, R. et Pav. Fl. Per. et Chil. t. "ii. 40.— Endl. Gen. n. 5760.— B. H. Gen. 367, 



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

 WiOHT, III, t. 72 ; le, t. 158, 382 [Gymnosporia). 



