58 FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
OcHNACEA. 
Diporidium Natalitium, nob.—Glaberrimum; foliis oblongis - 
acutis serratis; racemis ramulos terminantibus, brevissimis, 
umbelliformibus, paucifloris; sepalis ovatis acutis, stamina — 
superantibus. 
Ad sylvarum margines prope Port Natal (V, c.) Aug. 1839. 
Krauss n. 454. 
This species differs from D. atropurpureum and arboreum, — 
Wendl., especially in the form and size of its leaves, and from — 
D. Delagoense, Eckl. et Zeyh. enum. p. 118, in its racemose — 
(not solitary) pedicels.— Branches numerous, semi-patent, - 
almost straight, with a greyish bark, rough from small - 
wrinkles and numerous minute warts. Leaves 2-21 inches - 
long (including the petiole, which is 1-2 l. long), 9-11 lines - 
broad, attenuated at both ends, rather equally serrated along — 
the whole margin; serratures about one line distant from each 
other, with a short, adpressed, more or less caducous point; . 
veins faintly prominent on the upper surface, scarcely visible — 
underneath. Inflorescence terminal on axillary branches, — 
which rarely attain the length of one inch, and usually bear . 
one small leaf; pedicels 4-8 lines long, originating so neat - 
one another, from a common peduncle of scarcely 2-3 lines _ 
length, that the inflorescence looks more like an umbel | 
than a raceme ; their articulation is 1-2 lines above the base, — 
and their inferior portion persistent. Flower-buds globose, - 
of the size of a pepper-corn. Sepals nearly equal, 3 lines . 
long, 12 1. broad, of a livid brownish-green. Petals longef - 
than the sepals, of a rich yellow (injured by insects in our 
specimens). Anthers oblong, 1 line long, obliquely truncate, 
with two very conspicuous 'üBipug pores; filaments shorter - 
than the style. Ovary 8-lobed. | 
RHAMNEX. ee 
Phylica (Eriophylica) gnidioides, Eckl. et Zeyh. en. p. 135- — 
—Inter rupes ad collium latera pagi Langekloof, distr. pee 
(IV. B, c.) Mart. 1839. Krauss n. 753. a 
A pretty shrub, looking much more like some species © 
