486 CYTINACEA (Hill). | Cytinus. 
less fimbriate, with a linear-lanceolate lacinule at the base on one 
side ; staminal column exserted, with 6 grooves, smooth ; anthers 
7-8, connectives produced above ‘into broad processes; female 
flowers: perianth shorter than in the male; tube much ribbed ; 
lobes broader and shorter than in male flower; ovary compressed, 
with 6 ribs or angles; placentwe 12-14; style columnar; stigma 
large globose, lamelle 12-14, cuneate-subulate, densely papillose ; 
ovules minute. Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 336; R. Br. in Trans, Linn. Soc. 
xix. 246; Grifith in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. 323. Phelypea sanguinea, 
Thunb. Prodr. 1, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 2. Hypolepis sanguinea, 
Pers. Syn. ii. 598 ; Harvey, Gen. S. Afr. Plant. ed. 1, 300. Aphyteia 
multiceps, Burchell, Trav, S. Afr. i. 213, in note. 
Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; Zuur Fontein, Schlechter, 8559! Tulbagh 
Div. ; hills near Saron, Schlechter, 4847! Cape Div. ; near Wynberg and between 
Cape Town and Tyger Berg, Drége! Bolus, 9287! by the Kuils River, Pappe! 
near Cape Town, Grifith! Camps Bay, Harrey! Stellenbosch Div. ; by the 
Eerste River, Scott! Caledon Div. ; near Hemel en Aarde, Zeyher, 1510! 
haga Reaton: Middelburg Div. ; Conway Farm, (Gilfillan in Herb, Galpin, 
ra 
Parasitic upon the roots of Eriocephalus racemosus, Linn., Trichogyne radicans, 
DC. (7. refleca, Less), and according to Dr. Bolus also grows upon the roots of 
Agathosma ciliata, Link. Mr, Gilfillan’s plant differs somewhat from the other 
specimens in having the perianth-lobes more or less glabrous. 
II. HYDNORA, Thunb. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth superior ; tube short or long; 
lobes 3-5, valvate, fleshy, triquetrous above, channelled or concave 
in the lower part inside. Anthers forming a flexuous 3—4-lobed ring 
in the perianth-tube, transversely divided into numerous cells. 
Ovary inferior, 1-celled, with many placentas pendulous from the 
top of the cell and ovuliferous all over ; stigmas cushion-shaped, 
3—5-lobed and bearing numerous radiating lamell ; ovules with a 
single integument, Fruit subglobose, filled with gelatinous pulp. 
Seeds globose, free in the pulp; endosperm copious, horny ; 
perisperm formed of a single layer of cells; embryo with a long 
suspensor dilated at the apex. 
Parasitic fungus-like plants with a fleshy warted subterranean rhizome ; flowers 
large, arising singly from the rhizome, with an unpleasant odour. ~ 
Distris. .Species 9, 6 in Tropical Africa, 2 in S. Africa, 1 in America. 
Perianth-lobes broadly induplicate, margins with ramenta (1) africana. 
Perianth-lobes dilated above, margins naked ... ... (2) triceps. 
1. H. africana (Thunb. in Vet, Akad. Handl. Stockh. 1775, 89, 
t. 2, figs. 1-38, and 1777, 144, t. 4, figs, 1-2); rhizome horizontal 
angular, tuberculate, }-} in. in diam.; tubercles obtuse ; roots 
absent ; flower erect, sessile or shortly pedunculate ; perianth fleshy , 
tubular, flesh-coloured, externally rugose, smooth within, 5-6 in. 
long; segments 3 or very rarely 4, 2-3 in. long, oblong-ovate, 
