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14> CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
_ Fig. 1, Kr ia floribunda, the natural size. Fig. 2, a corolla, laid open; 3, ovary 
with style and stigma; 4, cross section of ovary; 5, bunch of fruit; 6, one of the fruits. 
All, but Fig. 5, somewhat enlarged. ; 
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XXII. MITRASTIGMA LUCIDUM, Harv. (Rubiaceae. ) 
M. lucidum: Harv. in Lond. Journ. Bot., vol.i., p. 20; Psychotria 
obtusifolia & Psychotria 2361, of Drege’s Collections, 
Has.—Port Natal, Krauss, No. 178; T. Williamson, Gueinzius. Glenfilling, and 
near Strandfontein, and Matjesfontein, Drege. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Derscr.—A glabrous bush, with glossy leaves. Twigs with a dark- 
coloured bark, subcompressed, the ends of the branches sometimes hard- 
ening into imperfect spines. Leaves shortly petiolate, obovate or 
elliptical, obtuse, subacute at base, shining above, pale below, with few 
nerves, each with a gland at its base, the margin subreflexed. Cymes 
axillary, trichotomous, corymbose, many-flowered, about equalling the 
leaves, the peduncle 1-14 inch long. Pedicels twice as long as the calyx. 
Calyx Lobes very short, obtuse. Corol/a funnel-shaped, with a patent or 
reflexed, 5- rarely 4-parted limb, the lobes narrow-triangular, acute, 
with valvate zestivation; the inner surface of the tube and throat hairy. 
Anthers subsessile, exserted. Style filiform, much exserted; stigma 
mitre-shaped. Fruit fleshy, 1-2 seeded, subcompressed. 
A handsome bush, nearly allied to Grumilia ; differing from Avraussia 
in the estivation of the corolla, &e. 
Fig. 1, Mitrastigma lucidum, and 2, a bunch of fruit, the natural size. Fig. 3, a 
flower ; 4, an unopened flower; 5, corolla, laid open; 6, ovary, style, and stigma; 7, cross 
section of ovary. Somewhat enlarged. 
XXIII. PYRENACANTHA SCANDENS, Planch. 
(Passifloraceis affine ? ?) 
P. scandens: undique patentim hirsuta, petiolis hirsutissimis, foliis 
ovato-oblongis basi subcordatis rotundatisve subangulatis repandis v. in- 
equaliter subserratis, serraturis subtus glandula minima instructis.— 
Pl. in Herb. Hook. ; R. Br. in Horsf. Pl. Jav., p. 245; Cavanilla sean- 
dens, Thunb., Cap., p. 152; Moldenhauera scandens, Spreng. ; Harv. Gen. 
S.A. Pl., p. 411; Adelanthus scandens, Endl. Gen., No. 6839; Cissus, 
7528, Drege. 
Haxz.—In woods, &c., Grootvadersbosch, Thunberg. Forests of the Van Staaden 
Mountains, Zeyher, Dr. Alexander Prior. Kooratra, under 1000 feet, Sepr., Drege. Port 
Natal, Krauss (126), Gueinzius, (Herb, T.C. D.) 
Descr.—Stem woody, climbing, the older parts with a gray, rough 
bark; the young branches terete, elongate, and twining, densely setose, 
with patent, yellowish bristles. Leaves alternate, 2-3 or more inches 
apart, on very hairy, short, or longish petioles; lamina 2-24 inches 
long, and 1-135 broad, variable in shape and in the indentures of the 
margin; sometimes angular at base or at the sides, usually minutely 
