ET LV FAMILLE DES UHTfCÉES. oftl 



ribus rectis armati v. rarius incrmes. Folia disticha brève petio- 

 lata, lanceolata v. oblongo-elliptica, basi lcviter inœquali emar- 

 ginata, apice acuiiuscula v. obtusata, seta interdum mucroniformi 

 apiculata , integerrima v. hinc inde dentibus paucis exsertis, 

 acutis aucta , chartaceo-subcoriacea , penninervia, reticulato-ve- 

 nosa, supra nitida, Isevia, glabra, subtus pilis brevissimis asperata 

 v. detnum glabrata. Stipulas in unam longiusculam intraxillarem 

 folium gemmaceum subjectum convolutum involventem , mem- 

 branaceam, rufam concretae. Cymae florum masculorum axillares, 

 confertiflores pedicellis fasciculato -congestis,fasciculis basi brac- 

 teis ovatis , oppositis v. subcongestis stipatis. lnflorescentiae 

 fœmineae ignc-tae. 



Sp. unica. Ch. aristata. 



Forma», inermis foliis ovato-lanceolatis v.oblongis, 1-2 pollicaribus , 

 utrinque lœvibus integerrimis. 



Celtis aristata E. Mey. in coll. Drege. 



(3. Passim armata , foliis ellipticis, 8-15 lin. longis , subtus asperulis 

 integerrimis. 



Celtis appendiculata , E. Mey. ibid. 



y. Armata, foliis elliptico-lanceolatis, subtus scabris, integerrimis v. 

 hinc inde dentibus exsertis auctis. 

 Celtis subdentato, E. Mey. 



Hab. in Africa austral i. — a. Gafrana , in ditione Osawumbo , infra 

 altit. 1000 ped.; Drege. — (3. distr ictus Uitenhage , loco dicto Galge- 

 boscli, in sylvis ; Drege. Zeylt. . . . — y. districtus Somerset in montosis 

 ditionis Enon ait. 1000-2000 ped. Drege. Ramulorum cortex griseus, epi- 

 dermide in longum rimulosa. Folia internodiis longiora, in sicco viridi- 

 fïavescentia , seta apicali 13 lin. longa, interdum flexuosa , rarius sub- 

 spinescente, subtus interdum valde aspera, pilis tamen tantum sub lente 

 conspicuis. Petioli 1-2 lin. longi, teretes , sicut ramuli novelli , pilosuli. 

 Stipulai (e du abus concretis) conspicuaa , terminal i tantum in ramulo 

 quoque obvia , in vaginam antice demum hiantem , cylindraceo-fusifor- 

 mem involuta , marginibus liberis, altero alterum tegente, extus pilis 

 minutissimis , adpressissimis conspersa, oeulo nudo glabrescens. Inflo- 

 rescentias masculae sessiles , multillora3 , petiolum 2-4-plo superantes. 

 Pedicelli sparse pilosuli , 2 lin. longi , sub flore cônspicue articulât! , et 

 illo delapso persistentes. Nux Piso minor. 



