502 LXII, TURNERACEZ (MASTERS). [ Wormskioldia, 
pod-like, bursting loculicidally by three valves, hearing the placentas 
in the centre. Seeds numerous, ascending, cylindrical, funiculate ; 
arillus membranous, l-sided; testa crustaceous, striated, pitted. Em- 
bryo straight in the axis of fleshy albumen.—Glabrous or hispid 
herbs with much the aspect of some Crucifere. Leaves alternate, sessile 
or stalked, entire or lobed. Stipules none. Flowers yellow or orange, 
bracteate in racemose cymes.—Streptopetalum, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, 
ii. 665. 
A small genus, exclusively African, which has been been placed in various Orders by 
different authors, being allied to Frankeniacee, Droseracee, Crucifere, Capparide®, 
&c. By Bentham and Hooker it is referred to the small order T’urneracee. 
Pod short, about halfaninchlong *. . . . . . . . . 1. W. serrata. 
Pod exceeding half an inch in length. 
Common flower-stalk very long and glabrous . Se 
Common flower-stalk not greatly exceeding the adjacent 
leaf in length. 
Leaves polymorphous. Petals narrow, linear-spathulate, 
with very long claws AS ec 
Leaves uniform or nearly so. Petals broad at the apex, 
obcuneate Sg Ce Ge Be Gein eg ae 
2. W. longepedunculata. 
3. W. heterophylla. 
4. W. glandulifera. 
1. W. serrata, Hochstetter in Flora, xxiv. 1841; ii. 666. A branching 
herb, less than a foot in height, more or less covered with white spread- 
ing hairs. Leaves membranous, 2—8 in. long, subsessile, lances 
serrate, serratures glandular, rarely pinnatifid. Flowers 3-4, dispose 
in axillary 1-sided racemose cymes. Common peduncle hispid, shorter 
than the leaves, rarely bearing a solitary flower. Flower-tube et 
slender, }-inch long, 4—5-toothed. Petals obovate, exceeding the sepa’s, 
sulphur-coloured or brownish yellow. Pods $-in. long, oblong, acute, 
scarcely beaked, 3-valved; valves hispid. Seeds oblong, curved, yel- 
lowish, pitted.— W. abyssinica, Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 299; Streptopetalum 
serratum, Hochst. Flora, 1841; ii. 666. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 
Readily distinguished by its comparatively short pods. 
2. W. longepedunculata, Mast. A branched herb, more oT less 
covered with spreading purplish bristly hairs. Leaves membranous, 
nearly sessile, linear-lanceolate, tapering at the base, minutely serrate, 
serratures apiculate. Flowering branches very long, axillary, cylin- 
drical, sulcate, striate, glabrous, bearing near the apex 6-10 pea 
in a raceme-like cyme. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, exceeding the pedices- 
Calyx tubular, 3 in. long, covered with white sete ; limb divided into 
5 short pointed teeth. Petals much exceeding the sepals, roundish, 
stalked, bright vermilion-coloured. Pods 3—4 in. long, beaked, 
valved, valves striated, glabrous. Seeds brownish, pitted. 
Mozamb. Distr. Manganya hills, Dr. Meller! 
The linear leaves and very long glabrous flowering branches give this species & diffe- 
rent aspect from its allies. 
3. W. heterophylla, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin. 165. A branched 
herb about a foot high, covered with short white silky hairs, intersper*® 
