Dianthera.] CAPPARIDEX (Sond.) 57 
Name from modv, many, and avicos, unequal ; the stamens are numerous and very 
often unequal. 
1. P. oxyphylla (DC. Prod. 1. p. 242.) ; glandular and pubescent ; 
leaves on long petioles, 3-7~foliolate ; leaflets oblong lanceolate, acute 
at both ends, glaucous ; stamens 8-12; pod shortly stipitate, striate, 
downy, pendulous. Cleome oxyphylla, Burch. Trav. 2. p. 226. 
Has. Klaarwater, Burchell. (Unknown to us.) 
A footand ahalf high, slightly branched, rough withsessile glands. Flowers yellow. 
2. P. lutea (Sond.) ; herbaceous, the stem, leaves, calyces and pods 
glandularly rough ; leaves 3—5—foliolate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, flat, as 
long as the petiole or shorter ; stamens 12 ; pod on a long stipes, linear, 
spreading. Cleome lutea, E. Mey. Herb. Drege. Dianthera lutea, Klotsch, 
in Pet. Mozamb. Bot. p. 160, note. 
Has. Orange River, near Verleptram, Drege. (Herb. Vind. Sond.) 
1-1} feet high, pale green, leafy, slightly branched, the whole plant rough with 
sessile glands. Lower leaves 5~, upper 3-foliolate ; petioles terete, furrowed above, 
the lower ones uncial. Leaflets of intermediate leaves 8-10 lines long, 3-4 lines 
broad, acute, at each side glandular, especially at the margin ; upper leaves gra- 
dually smaller. Calyx 3 lines long ; petals more than twice as long, obovate, nar- 
rowed at base, yellow. Stamens in the specimens seen always 12, all fertile and of 
nearly equal length. Pods 2-3 inches long, a line wide, beaked with a style 1-11 
lines long ; valves parallelly veined, the veins anastomosing ; thecaphore 5-6 lines 
long. This seems to be very nearly related to the preceding. 
IV. DIANTHERA, Klotsch. 
4, deciduous, subequal. Petals 4, the hinder-ones smaller, 
oblong, clawed ; the front ones larger, obovate. Stamens 4-10, on a 
small torus, unequal ; 2-8 short and sterile, clubshaped and often 
appendiculate at apex ; 2 anterior alone fertile, very long, declinate : 
anthers oblong, 2-celled. Capsule podlike, linear, stipitate ; style evi- 
dent ; the valves parallelly many veined, the veins here and there 
anastomosing. Seeds curved, reniform, minutely pitted, puberulent. 
Kl. Peters. Mozamb. Bot. p. 160. sneeuet 
African, branching, glaucous, glabrous or sparingly glandular herbs. Leaves 3~7 
foliolate, oe thee Flowers retentions: anki ty, i, avénp an anther, because 
2 anthers alone are fertile. ee, 
1. D. Petersiana (Kl. l.c. tab. 27) ; glabrous, the branches and _pe- 
duncles sprinkled with minute, scattered glands; lower leaves on long 
petioles, 5-foliolate, upper on short petioles, 3-foliolate ; leaflets very 
narrow-linear, obtuse, with revolute margins, glaucous ; petals, unequal, 
obovate ; fertile stamens 2, sterile 6~8, thrice as short, clubshaped, 
with a globose appendicule ; pods linear, subpendulous, glabrous. 
Has. Gamkerivier, near Bitterwater, Burke & Zeyher. Port Natal, Mr. Hewit- 
son, Mosambique, Dr. Peters. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D.) 
Two feet high or more, the stem and branches striate. Middle leaflets 6-10 lines 
long, 4 line wide, the lateral somewhat shorter. Petioles of the lower leaves as 
long as the leaflets. Peduncles in the axils of the upper leaves, 6-8 lines long, 
lengthening in fruit. Sepals oblong, acute, 2 lines long. Petals yellow, violet on 
the under side, the larger ones 8 lines long and 3-4 lines wide ; smaller more than 
twice as narrow. Fertile stamens nearly aninch long. Pods 2-3 inches long, 14-2 
lines wide ; thecaphore 4-6 lines long. ee a 
