﻿Falkia.] convolvulace-e (Baker & Wright). 83 



cent ; lobes in flower ovate, in fruit much broader and crisped ; 

 corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, distinctly lobed ; fruit not 

 more than half as long as its calyx. F. diffusa, IlalUer f. in 

 Engl. Jakrb. xviii. 85, partly. Dichondra repens, Hallier /. I.e. 

 82, partly. 



Coast Region : Mossel Bay Div. ; between Zout River iiufl Diivker lliver, 

 -BitrcfceZ?, 6310! UiU-nhage D\v.; near Eiiou, below 1000 ft., Breje! Albnny 

 Div. J Blue Kra.nU^ Bihrchell, 3637! near Grahaiustown, 2000 ft., MacOivan, 

 12541! King Williamstown Div.; Breidbach, near King Williamstown, Murray, 

 125i! Bi'itisli K.iffraria, Cooper, 45! Wodohonse Div.; ludwe, Baur ! 



Central Kegion : Alexandria Div. ; rocks of Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 

 3417/' ! Somerset Div.; ue:ir Somerset East, Bolus, 1950! 



Eastern Eegion : Tembuland ; Bazeia aud near the Tsomo River, Baur, 490 I 



X. DICHONDRA, Foist. 



Sepals subequal, distinct from the base, usually spathulate. 

 Corolla broadly campanulate, deeply 5-fid ; lobes induplicate. 

 Stamens shorter than the corolla ; filaments filiform ; anthers small. 

 Ovary completely 2-lobed ; lobes :}-ovuleil ; styles 2, between the 

 lobes, filiform ; stigmas capitate. Capsules 2, membranous, erect, 

 1- (rarely 2-) seeded ; indehiscent or irregularly 2-valved. Seeds 

 feubglobose, smooth, testa thinly crustaceous ; cotyledons oblong- 

 linear, twice folded. 



Small prostrate glabrous or silky-pubesccnt herbs; leaves cordate-orbicular or 

 reniforin, usually small ; flowers solitary, axillary, small. 



DisTRiB. Species 4-5 in the warmer regions of both hemispheres. 



1. D. repens (Forst. Gen. 39, t. 20) ; stem slender, terete ; leaves 

 cordate-rotundate or reniform, pubescent or almost tomento.se 

 beneath, slightly hairy above, entire, up to 1 in. across; petiole 

 1 in. long, pubescent; peduncle 4-12 hn. long, more slender than 

 the petiole, pubescent ; calyx 1|- lin. long, villous ; corolla yellow or 

 v.hite, glabrous, shorter than the calyx. Smith, PI. Ic. Ined. t. 8; 

 Lam. ill. t. 183 ; Choisy in DC. Prod. ix. 451 ; Hare. Gen. S. Afr. 

 Pled. 2, 255, not of Hallier f. Sibthorpea evolvulacen, Linn. f. 

 Suppl. 288. Steripha reniformis, Soland. ex Gwrtn. Fruct. ii. 81. 

 ^-.94, fig. 6. Hydrocotyle villosa, Ecklon, Exsicc. 406, not of 

 Linn. 



Coast Region: Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Ecklon, 408! Knysna Div.; 

 near Melville, Burchell, 54S1 I 



Eastebn Region : Natal ; Umzinyati Valley, Wood, 1379 ! 

 Widely spread throughout the tropical and subtropical regions. 



XI. CTJSCUTA, Linn. 



Sepals broad and short, usually united at the base into a .short 

 cauipanulate tube. CoroUa campanulate ; lobes 5. oblong or lanceo- 



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