A MANUAL FLORA 
OF 
MADEIRA. 
PART II. 
Subclass II. CALYCIFLORiE. 
Stamens more or less united with the pet. to the sep., 
and inserted on the latter around or above the ovary 
(i.e. more or less perigynous). 
Order XXII. CELASTRACEJE. 
The Spindle-tree Family. 
FI. regular. ^Estivation imbricate. Sep. 4-5. Pet. 4-5 al- 
ternate with the sep. inserted on the edge of a fleshy hypo- 
gynous disk lining the base of the cal., rarely abortive. Stam. 
4-5 alternate with the pet. and opposite the sep. inserted on the 
disk and subperigynous. Ov. free more or less immersed in 
and connected with the disk, 2-5-celled, cells 1-many-seeded ; 
ovules erect. Fr. either a 2-5-celled caps, bursting loculicidally, 
or a drupe. Seeds mostly arillate ; albumen fleshy ; embryo 
straight axile ; radicle short ; cot. flat leafy. — Small tr. or shr. 
with alternate simple 1. and small deciduous stip. FI. incon- 
spicuous small scentless. 
Tribe E U ONYMEJE. 
Fr. capsular bursting loculicidally. 
1. Catha. Cal. small 5-toothed. Pet. 5. Stam. 5 inserted 
beneath the edge of a 5-crenate fleshy disk. Stigma 3-fid. 
Ovary adnate to the disk ; ovules naked, at first exarillate. 
Caps. 3-celled. Seed naked; the aril ( arillode ) incom- 
plete embracing its base only. 
1. Catha Forsk. 
1. C. Dryandri Lowe. 
Without spines, wholly smooth, erect, thickly bushy and 
leafy ; 1. rather small, coriaceous, shining, ovate-oblong or el- 
liptic, pointed or obtuse, irregularly obscurely and remotely 
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