418 ERICACEZ (Brown). [ Lagenocarpus. 
minute sessile glands on their edges ; corolla 2—% lin, long from its 
insertion on the ovary, glabrous, greenish ; lobes } as long as the 
tube; ovary shortly but distinctly stalked, somewhat globose or 
ellipsoid, abruptly narrowed into a stout puberulous style; stigma 
puberulous on the underside. Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 710; Rach 
an Linnea, xxvi. 792. Erica serrata, Thunb. Prodr. 69, and Fl. 
Cap. ed. Schultes, 346. Blexria serrata, Thunb. Diss. Bleria, 6. 
Salaxis imbricatus, Drude in Engl. §& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. i. 64, 
Jig. A—D inaccurate. 
SoutH ArFrica: without locality, Thunberg! 
Coast Rrecion: Paarl Div.; mountains around French Hoek, 1900-4000 ft., 
Bolus, 7000! Schlechter, 9280! Stellenbosch Div. ; Gordons Bay, 100 ft., 
Guthrie! Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek Mountains, Ecklon § Zeyher, Schlechter, 
7329! Bolus, 5411! mountains near Genadendal, Burchell, 7683! Drége! 
Bolus, 7406! Zwart Berg, near Caledon, Ecklon & Zeyher, Pappe ! Babylous 
Tower, Ecklon § Zeyher ! Shaws Mountain, Galpin, 3729! Bredasdorp Div. ; 
Elim, 600 ft., Schlechter, 7644! 
2. L. ciliatus (N. E. Br.) ; habit, branchlets, foliage and arrange- 
ment of the flowers exactly as in LZ. imbricatus, but perhaps more 
dwarf; calyx about 1 lin. long, rather rigidly coriaceous, puberulous 
all over the outside ; teeth unequal, broadly deltoid-ovate, obtuse or 
acute, 11 as long as the tube ; corolla 1-2 lin. long from its inser- 
tion on the ovary, minutely puberulous; lobes about 1 as long as 
the tube, rounded ; ovary varying from slightly rhomboid-ellipsoid 
to subglobose, abruptly contracted into the stalk below and into the 
rather stout style above, slightly angularly ribbed and puberulous on 
the upper half and style; stigma puberulous on the underside. 
Salaxis ciliata, Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 711. S. brevifolia, Dietr. 
Synop. Pl. ii. 1261. 
Coast ReGion : Caledon Div.; mountains near Genadendal, Burchell, 7616! 
7681! 7829! Bolus, 5482! 
Orvik LXXX. PLUMBAGINEZ. 
(By C. H. Wricut.) 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Calyx 5- 10- or 15-ribbed ; tube 
cylindrical, rarely campanulate; limb usually 5-toothed or -lobed, 
membranous and hyaline between the lobes, introrsely or extrorsely 
rolled in bud, patent during flowering. Petals 5, connate at the 
very base only or into a tube shorter or longer than the calyx, imbri- 
cate, Stamens 5, hypogynous or adnate to the petals; filaments 
filiform ; anthers ovate or oblong, dorsifixed; cells 2, parallel, 
dehiscence longitudinal. Ovary sessile or stipitate, 1-celled, often 
5-angled above; ovule 1, pendulous from an erect basal funicle ; 
styles 5, distinct or more or less connate ; stigmas capitate or linear. 
Fruit usually enclosed by the calyx, dehiscing by an operculum or 
