Seetzenia.] ZYGOPHYLLEH (Sond.) 365 
petiolate ; leaflets (minute) obovate, carnose ; peduncles axillary, shorter 
than the leaf ; sepals oblong; petals little longer than the calyx ; fila- 
ments thrice as long as the hyaline, deeply bifid scales ; capsule spheroi- 
dal, 4-5-winged. Z. retrofractum, E. Mey. Hb. Drege. Z. horridum, 
E.d& Z.! 772. Z. microcarpum, E. & Z, ! 773. 
Has .Karroo, below Bockland, Thunberg. Uitflugt, between Limoenfontein, Brack- 
valei and Buffelrivier, 3000-4000f., and in the Nieuweveld, Drege / Between Koch- 
manskloof and ‘Gauritz River, Kannaland, and at Olifant’s R., Clanw. £. & Z./ 
Nov. Dec. (Herb. Thunb., E. Mey., T.C.D., Sond.). 
A. low-growing (decumbent, Thunb.), rigid, squarrose, greyish or yellowish under- 
shrub ; the ultimate ramuli 1-2 inches long. Internodes 3-4 lines long. Petioles 
nearly as long as the leafiets. Leaflets 2-3 lines long. Peduncles shorter than 
the calyx. Calyx one line long. Petals clawed, equalling the filaments. Segments 
of the minute staminal scales obovate, obtuse, Ripe capsule 11 line long and 
broad, tipped with a short style ; wings glabrous, one-half line wide. A remarkable 
species, having sometimes simple, obovate, narrow-based leaves, intermixed with the 
usual bifoliolate ones. 
25. Z. Dregeanum (Sond.) ; suffruticose ; branchlets terete ; leaves 
petiolate, bifoliolate, the floral mostly simple ; leaflets (rather large) 
obovate, obtuse, somewhat fleshy; flowers cymose; petals narrow, 
clawed, twice as long as the oblong sepals ; filaments six times as long as 
the minute, hyaline, bifid scales; ovary 4—5-winged. 
Has. On a mountain at Trado, 2000f. Drege! 7164. (Herb. Sond.). 
Branch 6-8 inches long, whitish, with sub-secund branchlets, compressed toward 
the upper end, the lower 2-3 inches long, the upper gradually shorter. Leaves at 
the base of the branchlets petiolate, the petiole equalling the leaf. The larger 
leaves in our specimens are } inch long, 4 lines wide; some smaller. Stipules 
linear subulate, hyaline. Branchlets alternately divided, with 2-4 ramelli, oppo- 
site the leaves, converted into 3-8-flowered cymules. Bract-leaves of the cy- 
mules smaller than the rest, simple, obovate-oblong. Pedicels 13-2 lines long. 
Sepals 1 line long. Petals whitish, oblong. Filaments equalling the petals. Seg- 
— —_ staminal scales obovate, entire. Ovary spheroidal, tipped with a fili- 
orm style. ETE ie hare Ba 
V. SEETZENIA, R. Br. 
. Calyx 5-parted, with valvate estivation. Corolla rae mastery a 
ypogynous, opposite the calyx-segments ; filaments subulate, na : 
anthers ps mak glohons ddpocde. longitudinally dehis- 
cing. Ovary sessile, oblong, 5-celled. Ovules solitary, pendulous, 
axile, anatropous. Styles 5, terete, reflexed, with capitate stigmas, 
Capsule ovoid, penta-coccous; the cocci separating from a central 5- 
angled axis, cack With a narrow, linear, dorsal and brittle 
endocarp, otherwise nude, one-seeded. Seeds inverse, oval, compressed, 
with a crustaceous testa, inside a mucous investing layer. Embryo 
lying in thin albumen, orthotropous ; with thickish cotyledons and a 
minute, superior radicle. &. Br. in Denh., Oud. and Clapp. Narr. p. 
231. Endl. Gen. 6042. 
A woolly or glabrous suffrutex, native of Southern Africa. Branches jointed. = : oe 
Leaves opposite trifoliolate, the leaflets flat, apiculate, the terminal larger, obovate. _ 
Ho. seed pea scones Peduncles axillary, one-flowered, pendulous in fruit. Name 
-in honour of See/zen, a meritorious African traveller. 3 eee 
