85. CELASTRACEAE. 12»- 



ILEX. L. "uBupupu.' - "umDurna." "iPupuma.'' 



mitis (L.) Rad. Tree. Common near streams. Coast to 

 Drakensberg. 



FAMILY 85— CELASTRACEAE. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, stipulate. Flowers regular. 

 Sepals 4 — S. Petals 4 — 5 free, imbricate in bud. Disc present. 

 Stamens 4 — 5, alternating with petals. Filaments free. Ovary su- 

 perior or sunk in the disc, 2 — 5 celled, rarely (Pleurostylia) 1 

 celled. Ovules 1 — 8 in each cell, inverted. Style 1 or 0. Seed 

 usually endospermic. 5 genera 29 species. 



1. Fruit capsular. Seeds with an aril. Leaves alternate. 2. 



Fruit a drupe or nut. Seeds without an aril. 4. 



2. Ovules 3—6 in each cell. 3 PUTTERLICKIA. 

 Ovules 2 in each cell. 3. 



3. Capsules winged. Ovary usually ribbed. Disc S lobed. 



2 PTEROCELASTRUS. 

 Capsules not winged. Ovary not ribbed. Disc faintly lobed. 



1 GYMNOSPORIA. 



4. Ovary 1 celled. Ovules 2 — 8. Style lateral. 



4 PLEUROSTYLIA. 

 Ovary 2 — 4 celled. Ovules 1 — 2 in each cell. 



5 ELAEODENDRON. 



1. GYMNOSPORIA Wight & Arn. (Under Celastrus L.) 



1. albata (N.E.B.) Sim. Thorn veld. "umDanghan." 



2. acuminata (L.f.) Szysz. Rather rare. Thorn veld. 



"umNama.'' 



3. angularis (Sond) Sim. Coastbelt. Inanda. Locally com- 



mon. 



4. buxifolia (L.) Szysz. Common all over. Bush and Thorn 



veld. "isiBubu." "inGqwangane." 



5. concinna (N.E.Br.) Inanda. Lidgettoo. 



6. cordata E.M. Near Durban. "umNama." "umVama." 



7. laurina (Thb.) Sand dunes. 



8. nemorosa (E. & Z.) Szysz. Midland forests. 



9. peduncularis (Sond) Sim. Midland forests. "Membesa.'' 



"inQai" or "umQai." 



10. polyacantha (Sond.) All over. 



11. procumbens (L.f.) Near Durban. 



12. rehmanni Szysz. Camperdown, 2,500 ft. 



13. ruber (Harv.) Entumeni, Zululand. 2,000 ft. 



14. rudatisii Loes. Fairfield, Dumisa,- 2-3,000 ft. 



15. undata (Thb.) Szysz. Inanda. 



16. woodii Szysz. Inanda. 



2. PTEROCELASTRUS Meisn. "Zahlulumanye." 



1. echinatus N.E.Br. Zululand, 2,000 ft. 



