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4. Celaftrus procumbens, or procumbent daft-tree: un¬ 
armed, procumbent; leaves ovate, ferrate ; flowers axil¬ 
lary, tubfolitary.. 5. Celaftrus .filiforniis, or filiform- 
branched ftaff-tree: unarmed; leaves lanceolate, entire; 
branches filiform; peduncles axillary, one-flowered. 6. 
Celaftrus acuminatus, or acuminate-leaved ftaff-tree: 
unarmed; leaves ovate, acuminate, ferrate; peduncles 
axillary, one-flowered; ftem eredt, lax. 7. Celaftrus 
microphyllus: unarmed; leaves ovate, obtufe, emire; 
cymes terminal, dichotomous. All found at the Cape of 
Good Hope by Thunberg. 
3 . Celaftrus articulatus: unarmed; leaves rounded, 
acuminate, ferrate ; peduncles axillary, fubtrifid. 9. Ce¬ 
laftrus dilatatus: leaves obovate, cufped, ferrate at the 
tip, and fmooth; ftem unarmed. 10. Celaftrus ftriatus: 
Unarmed; branchlets erect, tlriated; leaves ovate, acumi¬ 
nate, ferrate; peduncles fcattered, one-flowered, n. Ce¬ 
laftrus alatus, or wing-branched ftaff-tree: unarmed; 
branches winged. This and the three foregoing fpecies 
were firft oblerved by Thunberg in Japan. The laft is a 
handfome fhrub, lingular for its winged branches. It is 
frequently cultivated by the Japaaefe in their gardens : 
and fhe young men hang bunches of the flowers before the 
doors of a lioufe., to fignify tlieir defire to pay addreires to 
a young woman within. 
12. Celaftrus buxifolius, or box-leaved ftaff-tree: fpines 
leafy ; branches angular ; leaves dbtule. This rifes with 
a (lender woody ftalk to the height of ten or twelve feet, 
covet ed with a light afti-coloured bark, and full of joints, 
armed with long fpines, upon which grow many fmall 
leaves; the branches are flender, armed alfo with fpines 
at every joint ; but the whole plant is fo weak as to re¬ 
quite lame fupport. The leaves come out in clufters, 
without any order, are fhaped fomewhat like thofe of the 
narrow-leaved box-tree, but longer and of a loofe texture. 
They are obovate and acutely ferrate. Both brandies and 
branchlets are angular. The flowers are on peduncled 
■cymes from the axils. The fruit is globular; in the next 
fpecies it is triquetrous. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, and flowers in May and June. 
13. Celaftrus pyracantlius, or pyracantha-leaved ftaff- 
tree: fpines naked ; branches round ; leaves acute. This 
rifes with an irregular (talk, three or four feet high, fend¬ 
ing out feveral fide branches, covered with brown bark. 
Leaves about two inches long, and more than half an inch 
broad, Come pointed and others obtule ; they are ftiff, of a 
lucid green, come out irregularly fiom the branches, and 
continue green through the year. The flowers are pro¬ 
duced from the Tides of the branches in loofe tufts, many 
from one point, on long peduncles, and of an herbaceous 
white colour. The fruit is of a fine red colour, and opens 
into three cells, containing one oblong hard feed ; two of 
the cells being generally empty. It is a native of the Cape 
of Good Hope, whence the feeds were firft brought to the 
gardens in Holland, and thence communicated to ntoft of 
the curious gardens in Europe. Flowers moft part of the 
futnmer. 
14. Celaftrus lucidus, or Ihining ftaff-tree, or fmall 
Hottentot cherry : leaves oval, fhining, quite entire, mar¬ 
gined. An upright fhrub, w>ith brown hard branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope; flowers from April to 
September. 
15. Celaftrus linearis, or linear-leaved ftaff-tree : fpines 
leafy; leaves linear, entire. 16. Celaftrus integrifolius, or 
entire-leaved ftaff-tree: fpines leafy; leaves ovate, obtufe, 
quite entire ; cymes lateral. Found at the Cape of Good 
Hope by Thunberg. 
17. Celaftrus crenatus, or notch-leaved ftaff-tree: un¬ 
armed ; leaves ovate, crenulate ; cymes axillary. Native 
of the Marquefas iflands in the South Seas. 
18. Celaftrus corniculatus: leaves oval, quite entire, 
perennial; capfule three-horned. It has the appearance 
ofeuclea, and is a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
19. Celaftrus callinoides, or crenated ftaff-tree: un¬ 
armed ; leaves evatc, acute both ways, loofely toothed, 
perennial; flowers axillary. Native of the Canary Iflands} 
florversiti Auguft and September. 
20. Celaftrus phyllacanthus : thorns leafy; leaves lan¬ 
ceolate, ferrate, perennial ; flowers lateral. Found in Se¬ 
negal by Adanfbn. Xt flowered in the Paris garden, but 
has not borne fruit. 
21. Celaftrus oftogonus, or angular-leaved ftaff-tree: 
unarmed; leaves elliptic, angular, almoft nervelefs, pe¬ 
rennial ; capfules bivalve, one-feeded. Found in Peru by 
Dombey. There are other fpecies from Peru and Chili, 
which have a bivalve capfule. It flowers in Oftober. 
22. Celaftrus undiilauis, or wave-leaved ftaff-tree: tin- 
armed ; leaves nearly oppofite, lanceolate, waved; cap- 
files bivalve, many feeded. Commerfon found it in the ille 
of Bourbon, where they call it bois de joli caur, and life it 
as an antiliphylitic. 
Propagation and Culture. The firft fpecies is propagated 
here by layers, which will take root in one year; the young 
branches only are proper for this purpofe, fo that, where 
there are not any of thele near the ground, the main (talks 
thould be drawn down, and fattened with pegs to prevent 
their riling, and the young fhoots from them thou'.d be laid. 
'Fhe belt time for doing this is in autumn, when they be¬ 
gin to call their leaves, and by that time twelvemonths 
they will be fufnciently rooted, when they ftiould be cut 
off from the old plant, and planted in a mirlery for two 
or three years, to get ftrength ; after which they mull be 
removed to the places where they are to remain. This 
flirub grows naturally in moift places, and will not thrive 
well in a dry foil. It is very hardy, and bears the cold of 
out winters very well. It is alio propagated by feeds, 
which are frequently brought from America; but, as thefe 
rarely arrive here time enough to (ow before the fpring, 
the plants never come up the firft year; therefore the feeds 
may be town either in pots, or in a bed of loamy earth, 
keeping them clean from weeds during the fummer; and. 
thofe in the pots ftiould be placed in the (hade till the au¬ 
tumn, when the pots ftiould be either plunged into the 
ground in a warm fituation, or placed under a common 
frame, to prevent the frtift from penetrating through the 
tides of the pots; and, if the furface of thofe which are 
plunged into the ground, and alfo the bed where the feeds 
are fown, are lightiy covered with fomeold tan from a de¬ 
cayed hot-bed, it will fecurethe feeds from being hurt by 
fevere frofts. In the fpring, when the plants come up, 
they mull be kept clear from weeds; and, if the feafon 
prove dry, they ftiould have water now and then, which 
v ill greatly forward their growth. If the plants make 
good progrefs the firft fummer, they may be tranfplanted 
into a nurfery in autumn ; otherwife they tliould remain in 
the feed-bed till the fecond year, when they may be treated 
in the fame manner as the layers. 
The feeds of the fecond fort generally ripen well in 
England, and this may be propagated from thefe or by 
layers, as the former. It delights in a ftrong loamy foil, 
rather moift than dry, and will grow in woods, among other 
trees and tlirubs; where, when the fruit is ripe, it makes 
a pretty appearance. It is extremely hardy. 
The Cape forts may be propagated by cuttings, which is. 
more expeditious than raifing them from feeds, becaufe 
thefe rarely come up the fame year. The cuttings may 
be planted any part of the fummer; but thofe which are 
planted early will have more time to get ftrength before 
winter. Put them in fmall pots filled with good kitchen- 
garden earth, four together: plunge them into a mode¬ 
rate hot-bed, (hade them from the fun, and gently refreth 
them with water now and then. When they have taken 
root, expofe them gradually to the open air, and then 
place them in a theltered fituation till they have obtained 
ftrength. Plant each in a fmall pot filled with the fame 
earth ; place them in the thade till they have taken freth 
root; fet them with other exotic plants in a fiieltered fitu¬ 
ation till autumn; then houfe them with other hardy 
green-houfe plants. See Cass'I.ne, Ceanothus, and 
Euonymvs. 
CE'LATURE, 
