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502 LOASACEZ (Harv.) [Kissenia. 
tended by 3-4 involucral bracts. Stamens adnate to the perianth for 
more than half their length, as many as its lobes and alternate with 
them ; filaments dilated upwards, subexserted ; anthers adnate to a 
broad, bilobed connective, didymous, the cells separated, introrse. 
Glands 3-4, fleshy, in the base of the perianth, alternating with the 
stamens. Frmaue: Perianth as in the male, but enlarged in fruit, 
persistent. Ovary subsessile, with 3 glands at base, unilocular ; ovules 
few, on 3-4 parietal placente. Style 3-4-fid ; stigmas 3—4-channelled, 
2-lobed. Capsule shortly stipitate, membranous, 3-4-valved, few- 
seeded ; seeds pendulous, with a small arillus; embryo cylindrical, in 
the axis of fleshy albumen. nd. Gen. No. 5107. 
A small, herbaceous, thinly pubescent plant, with branching stems, alternate, 
petioled, 3-lobed and cut leaves, and small, green, axillary flowers. The name isin 
honour of Erick Acharius, a celebrated Swedish botanist, author of a system of 
lichenology and of several descriptive works on lichens. 
1. A. tragioides (Thunb, Prodr. p. 14, cum ic.); Thunb.! Cap, p. 37. 
Arn. & Harv. in An. Nat. Hist. 1st ser. vol. 3, p. 420, t. 9. 
cee ed places in the forests of Uitenhage and Albany, frequent. (Herb. D., 
” “5 . OK 
Root perennial, woody. Stems numerous, erect or ascending, simple or branched, 
angular, pubescent. Leaves on longish petioles, exstipulate, scattered, deeply 3- 
lobed, the lobes coarsely toothed or cut, pubescent. Flowers axillary, 2 or more (of 
one or both sexes) together, shortly pedicellate, cernuous. Perianth usually 3-fid, 
occasionally 4-fid. The connectives of the anthers are broadly spathulate and emar- 
ginate, and the anther-cells so far separate as to appear like 2 anthers, The 
pollen-case is inflated, and granulated or gland-toothed externally. A full analysis 
of the flower will be found in the An. Nat, Hist., as above quoted. 
OrpeR LX. LOASACEZ. 
(By W. H. Harvey.) 
_ Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, frequently 
ribbed ; the limb 4~5-parted, persistent or rarely deciduous. Petals 
inserted in the throat of the calyx, deciduous, rarely as many as its 
lobes and alternate with them, usually twice as many, in a double row, 
those of the outer row larger, concave, shortly clawed, induplicate-val- 
vate in the bud, or rarely flat, sessile, and twisted in xstivation ; those 
of the inner row much smaller, often resembling abortive stamens. 
Stamens inserted with the petals, mostly polyadelphous, in parcels 
opposite the petals; filaments filiform; anthers introrse, 2-celled. 
Ovary inferior, unilocular ; ovules numerous, on 3—5 parietal placenta, 
pendulous, anatropous. Style simple ; stigma undivided or 3-5-fid. 
Capsule crowned with the persistent limb of the calyx, very rarely 
fleshy and indehiscent, usually opening in 3-5 valves. Seeds albumi- 
nous; embryo orthotropous. 
Erect or twining, herbaceous or suffruticose i ica. 
Leaves opposite or alternate, often lobed, and ex Berson dereneatr te anipes 
stipulate. Flowers yellow or orange, often showy, solitary or many together. 
Many are ornamental plants, but none of much use in medicine or the arts. Only 
one is South African. 
: I. KISSENIA, R. Br. 
Calyx-tube 10-ribbed ; limb 5-parted, the lobes equal, enlarged in 
