442 RUTACEZ (Sond.) [Empleuridiwm. 
drical. Carpels mostly solitary —Lam. Jl. t, 86. B. & W. l.¢. p. 200. 
Juss. l.c. p. 476. T. 19. n.21. Endl. Gen. No. 6023. . 
Only one species known. The generic name is composed of ev, in, and wAcvpoy, 
the pleura or membrane surrounding the lungs, because the seeds are (as in others of 
this tribe) contained within the membranous inner hull of the ripe capsule. 
-1, E. serrulatum (Ait. Kew. ed. 1, vol. 3, p. 340); leaves scattered, 
inear-lanceolate, flat, serrate; flowers axillary. B. § W./ 1. ¢. p. 200. 
Diosma ensata, Thunb. Cap. p. 226, Emp. ensatum et serrulatum, E. § 
4-angled, Fruit of a single, obliquely oblong, compressed carpel, nearly uncial, 
punctate, glabrous, ending in a compressed, sword-shaped, obtuse horn. soli- 
tary, shining. Embryo straight, inverse. Radicle short, superior. Cotyledons ob- 
long, convex, fleshy. 
APPENDIX. (Genus requiring further examination. ) 
_EMPLEURIDIUM, Sond. 
Flowers dicecious. Calyx 4-partite, persistent, the sepals acute, 1- 
bricating in wstivation. Petals 4, deciduous, sessile, ovato-sub-rotund, 
inserted underneath the edges of a fleshy 4-lobed disc, stamens 4,08 
the margin of the disc and alternating with its lobes; filaments subu- 
late, shorter than the petals; anthers didymous, without terminal gland 
or appendage. An abortive style-like ovary in the centre of the dise. 
g : Ovary ?—Capsule oblong, follicular, dehiscing at the side, and t1 
with a short, persistent style. Seed solitary, ascending-erect ? 
the of a Juniper Se of Murasg and se eaten nliney homers NAS 
rt: mint i 9 80. i ‘tsi Te 
an alteration of Empleurum, to which genus Cicat ces alled. ns 
1, E. juniperinum (Sond. & Harv.) Harv. Thes. Cap.t. 77: 
Has. Near Caledon, Ecklon! (Herb. Sond.) 5 or : 
Root simple, filiform. Stems several from the crown, 6-8 inches Tears | 
branched from near the base, erect, or sub-erect ; branches virgate, —_ scabrous — a 
poe sae patent, acicular-triquetrous, 6-12 lines long, } line in diameter, 8 reeds 
‘tre margin and keel, acute, the younger hair-pointed, glabrous, dull dark i 
Hees ut Pellucid dots. Flowers axillary, very minute, solitary ; pedi 
, bibracteate at base, in the conical base of the calyx. Sepals 4, 
pry somewhat keeled. Petals searcely longer than the sepals, cone 
a » broadly ovate-sub-rotund, Stamens (in the male flowers) opposite the Ee 
opening Caeuier them. Ovary not seen. Ripe capsule brown, 24 ine ee 
laterally * Seed not examined, Whole plant glabrous. — 
