148 CARYOPHYLLE (Sond.) [ Polpoda. 
1. C. grandiflorum (E. Mey. in Hb. Drege) ; radical leaves ovate- 
elliptical and lanceolate, fleshy, on long petioles ; cauline filiform, 
aristate ; stems simple, straight, ending in cymes; stipules crowded, 
rigid ; segments of the funnel-shaped (24-3 lines long) calyx obovate, 
broadly membranaceous, flat ; capsule prismatic, as long as the calyx. 
Fenzl, l. ¢. ; 
Has. Karoo-plains between Goedman’s kraal and Kaus, Kl, Namaqualand, 
2000f. Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.) 
Root filiform, Rad. leaves 8-12 lines long, 11-3 lines wide. Stipules shining, 
2-3 lines long. Stems numerous, 2—4 inches long, scapelike, with a terminal whorl 
of leaves, whence the cymes arise. Cauline leaves unequal, 4-6 lines long, filiform, 
with setaceous stipules. Cymes bifurcate, racemiform, leafless ; pedicels 3-4 lines 
long, flexuous, stipulate at the thickened forks. Seeds brown, reticulated. 
C. parviflorum (Fenzl, 1. p. 268.) ; radical leaves narrow-spathulate 
and lanceolate, tapering into a petiole ; cauline filiform, pointless or 
mucronulate ; stipules setaceous, rather loose; stems erecto-patent, 
panicled above, the branches cymigerous ; segments of the campanulate 
(1-2 lines long) calyx ovate, rounded-obtuse, membranaceous at the apex 
and slightly inflexed margins; capsule subtrigonous, equalling the 
ae Pharnaceum ? semiquinquefidum, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 83. Zey. No. 
O21 
‘Has. Cape Flats, Ecklon, Drege! W.H.H., Zeyher. (Herb., T.C.D., Sond.). 
Root long. Stems numerous, terete, 4-6 inches long ; the primary branches 
opposite, the rest dichotomous. Internodes 1-2 inches long. Radical leaves 1-1} 
inch long, 1-2 lines wide ; cauline much narrower and shorter, Stipules very thin. 
Cymes bifurcate, racemiform, leafless ; pedicels 1-2 lines long, bracteate at base. 
Calyx 1-1}, rarely 2 lines long, subturbinate. Known from the preceding by the 
dichotomous, panicled stem and patent branches, longer and narrower radical leaves 
and smaller flowers. 
Sub-Order V. Porpopex (Gen. XXI.) 
XXI, POLPODA, Presl. 
Calya corolloid, 4-parted ; the sepals (snow-white) fringed and lace- 
rate, imbricated at base with 3-4 hard-margi basally fimbriated 
gined, basally fimbri 
bracts. Petals none. Stamens 4, hypogynous, alternate with the sepals ; 
____ filaments exserted, anther-cells linear, divaricate at base. Style bipartite ; 
Sa a oe ona a 2 > . ¥y 1p 1 , 
_ the branches filiform, erect, stigmatose. Capsule broadly obcordate, 
a ‘2-celled, compressed at right angles to the dissepiment, loculicidally 
bivalve the valves septiferous. Seeds solitary, globoso-reniform, gra- 
Opaque. Endl. No. 5194. Fenzl, 1. ¢. p. 300. Blepha- 
suffrutex ; the branches very densely imbricated with 
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