456 EUPiiOEBiACE.E (Piaiii). [Clmjtia, 



opa(pej linear-ovate or linear-elliptic, less often linearj narrowed at 

 the top to an obtuse tip, rounded or wide-cuneate at the base, 

 margin tliickenedj revolute, ^-| in. long, \-^ in. wide, (^uite 

 glabrous on both surfaces, shining, usually closely imbricate, ascend- 

 ing, slightly convex above, flat except at the margins beneath, at 

 times very spreading or recurved, and then very convex above, very 

 concave beneath ; flowers diuecious, yellowish-white, male clustered, 

 female solitary, in both sexes subsessile from perulate axillary 

 swellings ; scales few, hyaline ; male sepals obovate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 with a large 5~7-lobate basal scale ; male petals rounded-ovate, 

 clawedj eglandular^ but each wath about 6 glands attached to calyx 

 within the point of insertion; rudimentary ovary cylindric, glabrous ; 

 female sepals elliptic, larger than the male, with a large 5-7-lobate 

 basal scale ; petals elliptic, eglandular ; ovary glabrous ; styles 

 connate below, 2 -fid above ; capsule globose, 4 in. across, wrinkled, 

 glabrous; seeds black, shining. Burm, f, Prodr. Cap. 27 his [31]; 



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Miill Arcj. 

 Pflanzenr, 

 1913, 415. 



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X' Zeyh. ex Sond. in Linnsea, xxiii. 12'J, ; not of Thunh. C. diosmoideSy 



Sond.y Lc, incL var. curvata ; Balll. Adansonia^ iii. 151, inch var, j 



curvata. G. tahularis, EckL Tin. It, 199 ; EcJd. ti Zeyli, ex Sand, Lc 



C dajjhioideSy Ecld, & Zeylt. ex Sond, I.e. ; not of Lam. 



r 



Coast Ekuio^ : Claiiwilliam Div. ; Wupperthal, Wurmherj ! Dre(/e, 8232 c 

 Maimesibury Div. ; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 276 ! Tulbagh Div. ; Saron, 

 Schkchter, ?> (var. curvata) \ Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., 

 Drefjc, 8233 a ! Paarl Div. ; Drakenstein Moiliitains, iOOO-5000 ft., Drci/e, 8233 b 1 

 Cape Div. ; Table Mountain, Burmann ! Sparrmann ! Bergius ! Thunhcrg ! 

 Roxhurgk\ JUirchell, 589! Dnge, 8232 a partly ! Krcls, 17! Garnotl Cooper, 

 3532! Eckhn d: Zegher, 54! 63 1 Ecklon, 100! 115 partly! 19S ! 199! 200 

 paitly ! Pappe, 68 ! Harvey ! Prior \ Bolus, 2^)10 ! 4585 ! Frazer I Mairc ! 

 Bekmann, 1395 ! Dilmmer, 126 ! Crosfield ! Devil's Peak, Harvey ! Wolley-Dod, 

 1764 ! Wilms, 3620 ! near Constantia, Ecklon ! Krams, 1715 ! Muizenberg, 

 WolUy-Dod, 1384 ! Stellenbosch Div. ; Stellenboscli, Drege, 8232 b ! Hottentots 

 Holland Mountains, Eckhn <t Zeyher ! Zeyher, 3827 partly ! IHels, 1350 ! 

 Greitjesgat, 2000-3000 ft., Ecklon it Zeyher, 55 partly! Lowrys Pass, Burchell, 

 8230! Pcnther, 924! Caledon Div.; zWartberg, near Caledon, 1009-2000 ft., 

 Eckhn <b Zeyher (var. curvata)\ Steenbraas \l\\er, BogcrSj 11008! Genadendal, 

 3000-4000 ft., Drege, 8233 c (var. curvata) I Poser (var. curvata) \ between 

 Palmiet River and Lowrys Pass, Burchell, 8174 1 Swellendam Div. ; TradouW 

 Mountains, Bowie I Voormans Bosch, Ecklon d- Zeyher \ Zeyher , '^^27 partly! 

 Eivei-sdale Div. ; Garcias Pass, 1200 ft., Burchell, 6944! Galpin, 4571 ! Mossel 

 Bay Div. ; near the Gouritz Paver, Ecklon tb Zeyher, 55 partly (var. curvata) * 

 Cathcart Div. ; between AVindvogel Mountain and the Zwaitkei Kiver, Ecklon <^ 



Zeyher^ 51 partly 1 



XXII. CAPERONIA, St. Hil. 



Floicers mona^cious, rarely dioecious, diclilamydeous ; disc 0. 

 Male : Cahjx closed in bud, splitting into 5 valvate lobes. Petals 

 5, imbricate, often with the two lowest distinctly or much smaller 



