RHAMNUS. 
Ill 
and leathery. Berries subtemate globose f in. diam. smooth 
shining purplish-black fleshy, of a fine sap-gr. within. 
Condalia coriacea Reich. in Holl’s List, omitting the syno- 
nyms, is assuredly Heberdenia or Ardisia excelsa Ait. The 
mistake doubtless arose from some imperfect spec, of the latter, 
communicated by myself to Herr Holl, and carelessly ticketed 
u Rhamnus integrifolius DC.” 
** Frangula Tournef., DC. Unarmed, branches alternate, 
l. deciduous membranous with straight oblique parallel 
nerves, style undivided , stigma capitate, seeds with a 
prominent scar. 
2. It. latifolia Herit. Gingeira brava da Serra. 
L. broadly elliptic abruptly acuminate entire shining and 
nearly smooth, when young with their petioles the pedic. 
and cal. pubescent ; fl. hermaphrodite, pedic. axillary aggregate 
subternate; fr. puberulous. — Herit. Sert. Angl. 4. t. 8; Ait. 
Hort. Kew. (ed. 1) i. 265; DC. ii. 26; Spr. i. 768; BM. 
t. 2663 ; Seub. Fl. Az. 47. — Tr. per. Mad. but not found lately 
wild ; reg. 2, cult. rr. In a few gardens ; Quinta da Cova at 
the Mount with other rare unquestionably native trees, e.g. 
Pittosporum coriaceum Ait., Rhamnus glandidosa Ait., Taxus 
baccata L., Juniperus Oxycedrus L., Ilex Perado Ait., &c. May- 
July. — A low wide-spreading tree from 20 to 30 ft. high, with 
long straggling declining naked branches sparingly divided, 
leafy only towards their ends, which are thick, strong, rugged 
with the scars of the former 1. and covered with dark reddish- 
brown bark. L. deciduous large 4-7 in. long, 2|-3| in. broad, 
for some time spreading, then stiffly and strongly reflexed, of 
a bright shining lively gr. turning red in decay, minutely pu- 
bescent at the edges and on the nerves beneath in all stages ; 
when young rufous-downy all over like the rather long pe- 
tioles ; primary lateral nerves opposite, from 12-15 pairs, equi- 
distant, regularly and exactly parallel. Petioles slender about 
an inch long. Stip. small linear-lanceolate pubescent, wither- 
ing and dry or rigid, but neither spinous nor deciduous. Fl. 
small inconspicuous pale yellowish axillary 3-5 together ; pedic. 
\ in. long and with the cal. downy. Upper side of petioles 
pedic. and cal. often bright red. Cal. 5-cleft about halfway 
down. Pet. small scale-like vaulted, pale y. like the inside of 
cal., each closing over an anther. Style short truncate and 
slightly bifid. Berries globose juicy ^ in. diam. bright and 
shining but sprinkled with short y. hairs, passing from bright 
reddish-purple as they ripen into purplish -black ; the lower 
ripening before the upper fl. expand ; internally 2-celled, the 
cells hard separable but united by a fleshy partition. Each cell 
