504 AKUOllETUM AND FllUTICETUM. PART III. 



* 1. ('. M.vi noi i:\nu L. Mauroceni's Cassinc, or the Hottentot Cherry. 



Identification. T.in. Sn., 385. ; Don's Mill., 8. p. IS, 



me, Mawroc&nui frangu&ria Mill. Diet., No. I. 



-,'•;. The specific name was given in honour of the Venetian senator, Signor Francisco Mauro- 

 eeni, who had a fine garden at Padua, a catalogue of the plants in which was published by 

 Antonio Teta. 



. ing. Dill. Elth., t. 121. f. 147. 

 A>v. Char., be. Leaves sessile, obovate, quite entire, convex. Pedicels many, very short. {Don's 

 Mil/., ii. p. 13.) A shrub, a native of Ethiopia, introduced in 1690, and commonly kept in green- 

 houses, but which deserves trial against a conservative wall. 



■ 8. ('. CAPe'nsis L. The Cape Cassine, or Phillyrca. 



Identification. Lin. Mant., 220. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 



Engravings. Burm. Rar. Plant. Afr., t. 85.; Dill. Elth., t. 236. ; and our 



fig. 174 

 S/vr. Char., \c. Leaves stalked, ovate, retuse, crenate, flat. Panicles 



solitary, shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, white. (Don's Mill., ii. 



p. 13.) A shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, found in woods; 



introduced in 1629, and producing its small white flowers in July and 



August. 



C crcilsa Wall,, C. discolor Wall., and C. Colpoon Thun. : the first anative 

 oi Nepal, and introduced in 182Q; and the last a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and introduced in 1791, might be tried against a conservative 

 wall, with every prospect of success. 



Genus VI. 



HARTO v G/J Dec. The Hartogia. Lin. Syst. Tetra-Pentandria 

 Monogynia. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p. 12. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 13. 



Derivation. Named in honour of J. Hartog, a Dutch traveller, and naturalist at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



* 1. H. cape'nsis L. The Cape Hartogia. 



Identification. Lin. Fil. Suppl., 128. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 13. 



Synonymes. Schrtbera schinoides Thun. Prod., t. 2. ; Elaeod^ndron schin6ides Spreng. St/st., 1. 

 p. 780. 



Engraving. Thunb. Prod., t. 2. 



Spec. Char., &c. Leaves opposite, oblong, crenated, smooth, hardly stalked. Pedicels few-flowered, 

 axillary, drooping. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 13.) A shrub, a native of the Cape of Good Hope, growing 

 to the height of 10 ft, and introduced in 1800. It is marked in the catalogues as a green-house 

 plant, but has been found to stand the open air as an evergreen shrub. In the London nurseries, 

 a narrow-leaved variety of the Cerasus Laurocerasus used frequently to be sold for it. 



CHAP. XXXIV. 



of the hardy and half-hardy plants of the order 

 ^quifolia n ce;e. 



Identification. Lindley's Key, p. 63. 



Synonymes. Celattrineae, tribe //quifoliaccas, in part, Dec. Prod., 2. p. 11. j Ilicinesz, in part, 

 I.mdl. fntrod. to X. ,S\, p. 178., Don's Mill., 2. p 14. 



I) inicl'ier Characteristic*. (Jalyx and corolla with an imbricate aestivation. 

 Sepals' 4 — <>• Corolla hypogynous, with 4 — 6 lobes, and as many stamens in- 

 serted into it alternately to its lobes. Ovary 2 — 6-celled; a pendulous ovule 

 in each cell. Fruit fleshy, indehiscent, with from 2 — 6 stones, each contain- 

 ing a pendulous seed, which has large fleshy albumen. Flowers small, axillary, 

 solitary, or fascicled. (Lindl. Introd. to N. S.) Mygindr/ is described as having 

 a I -celled fruit. The species of yJ(juifoliaceae are evergreen and deciduous 

 shriih-, or tree-., having alternate or opposite leaves, frequently coriaceous, 

 glabrous, and sometimes feather-nerved. The genera containing hardy species 

 are three, and are thus distinguished: — 

 Mv.i'n da Jacq. Sexes hermaphrodite. Calyx <\ — 5-cleft. Corolla deeply 



v-cleft. StaUM ii . h t inserted into the base of the corolla. Fruit with (very 



