8 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
XII. MODECCA DIGITATA, Harv. (Passifloracee.) 
M. (Blepharanthes) digitata: caule herbacco volubili striato ; foliis 
breviter petiolatis digitatim 3—5-partitis laciniis pinnatifidis glabris mar- 
ginatis basi glandulosis, stipulis subnullis, racemis paucifloris petiolum 
subequantibus, calyce infundibuliformi basi attenuato, petalis lanceolatis 
calycis limbo brevioribus. 
Has.—In the Zooloo Country, Miss Owen. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—oot thick and woody, perennial, throwing up herbaceous, 
coarsely striated or angular, vine-like stems. eaves alternate, 2-3 
inches apart, 2-3 inches long, triangular in outline, divided nearly to 
the base into 5 digitate lobes, glabrous and glaucous, thickish, with a 
thickened margin and prominent ribs. The middle lobe is pinnatifid, 
with oblong, bluntish segments and rounded angles, the lateral lobes are 
less regularly cut, and the basal pair are generally lobed only on the 
lower edge. There are generally two large flat glands at the base of the 
lamina, on its upper side, and a similar, but smaller, gland between 
each lobe on the under side. The peduncles of male flowers are thick 
and short, 4-6 flowered.. Calyx funnel-shaped, tapering at base, the 
limb erect, 5-cleft, the edges of the segments veiny and inflexed. Petals 
inserted much below the base of the calyx segments, narrow lanceolate, 
included. Stamens 5, bypogynous, on slender filaments; anthers linear, 
apiculate. A small abortive ovary occupies the base of the calyx. Fe- 
male flowers unknown. Zendrils simple, axillary (abortive inflorescences). 
Obviously allied to the East Indian JL. palmata, but differing in inflo- 
rescenee, calyx, corolla, and other particulars. It seems to have escaped 
the notice of all collectors but J/iss Owen, to whom I am indebted for 
the specimen here figured. I trust this figure may induce some friend 
at Natal to send the female flowers, seed-vessels, and ripe seeds. 
Fig. 1, Modecca digitata, part of a flowering branch. Fig. 2, end of a branch bear- 
ing tendrils, the natural size; 3, a flower laid open; 4, a petal; 5, a stamen. The latter 
figures magnified. 
XIII. MACKAYA BELLA, Harv. (Acanthacee.) 
Gey. Coar.—Calyz parvus, nudus, 5-partitus, equalis, laciniis subu- 
latis. Corolla e tubo cylindraceo campanulata, limbo venoso subequali 
erecto. Stamina circa apicem tubi inserta; duo fertilia antheris sagitta- 
tis bilocularibus equilateris; duo inferiora ananthera filiformia. Stylus 
filiformis; stigma minuta, bifida. Ovwriwm loculis medio bi-ovulatis. 
Capsula?—Frutex gracilis inermis; foliis supra minute punctatis re- 
pandis, racemis terminalibus laxe secundi-floris, bracteis bracteolisque infra 
medium pedicellorum minimis, floribus magnis speciosis lilacinis, 
Mackaya bella, Hayy. in Proc. Dub. Un. Zool. &§ Bot. Assn. (in-ed.). 
Har.—Growing among stones in the river-bed of the T. t Ri ; 
Natal, Mr. J. Sanderson. (Herb. Hook., T.C. D.) ongat River, 30 miles from 
