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KEY TO FLORA OF CAPE PENINSULA 
Leaves toothed. 
Leaves usually lanceolate, acuminate, yellowish green ; fls. 4-merous. 
Hartogia, Thunb. 
Leaves usually obovate or suborbicular, gi’eyish green ; fls. 5-merous. 
Cassine, Linn. 
Gymnosporia 
Branches spinescent. 
Leaves entire, up to 4 Is. broad. 
Leaves crenulate or serrate, up to 1 in. broad. 
Schlechteri, Loes. 
Leaves obovate-oblong, cuneate at base. 
buxifolia, Szysz. 
Leaves (upper) rhomboidal. 
rhombifolia, E. and Z. 
Branches not spinescent. 
Leaves acuminate, margin serrate. 
Leaves acute or obtuse, margin entire. 
acuminata, Szysz. 
Leaves oval or suborbicular, veins conspicuous. 
Leaves not as above. 
lucida, Loes. 
Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong. 
laurina, Loes. 
Leaves lanceolate. 
angustifolia, Loes. 
PUTTERLIOKIA 
pyracantha, Loes. 
Pterocelastrus 
Leaves obtuse or acute ; cyme shortly pedunculate, few-fld. 
tricuspidatus, Sond. 
Leaves acuminate; peduncle up to 1 in., many-fld. rostratus, Walp. 
Cassine 
Leaves alternate. maritima, L. Bolus 1 . 
Leaves opposite. 
Leaves entire. Schinziana, L. Bolus 2 . 
Leaves toothed. 
Leaves narrowed towards the base. capensis, Linn. 
Leaves subcordate. barbara , Linn. 
Maurocenia 
frangularia, Mill. 
Lauridia 
reticulata, E. and Z. 
1 Described as a species of Celastrus by H. Bolus who had not seen the fruit. This was 
recently collected by A. St C. Caporn near Kalk Bay and is a one-seeded drupe, the seed being 
erect. 
2 Maurocenia Schinziana, Loes., but on account of the erect ovule is rather Cassine. 
