60 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
XCV. CLIFFORTIA CRENATA, Linn. f. (Rosacee.) 
C. crenata: foliolis binis late orbiculatis basi subcordatis planis 
appressis calloso-marginatis denticulatis glabris nitentibus pluri-nerviis 
laxe reticulatisque; floribus sessilibus, calycis laciniis ovatis. Zinn. f. 
Suppl. p. 480, DC. Prod. 2, p. 596. 
Has.—Mountain sides, Hex Rivier, Thunberg, Drege, Kochman’s kloof, near Swel- 
lendam Baths, Ecklon & Zeyher. Near Gnadendal, Dr. Roser. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—A rigid, glabrous shrub, but slightly branched. Branches 
a foot long or more, quite simple, slightly incurved, closely imbricated 
throughout with very rigid leaves. eaves sessile, bifoliolate; each leaf- 
let about 2 inch long, and nearly 1 inch wide, between orbicular and 
reniform, thick in substance, glossy above, with immersed, laxly reticu- 
lated veins, the margin cartilaginous and denticulate. The nodes are 
scarcely two lines apart, and strongly marked on the old naked stems. 
Flowers (male) solitary, hidden under the leaves, either 3 or 4-parted, 
the segments ovate, veiny, subacute. /ilaments very slender; anther 
deeply 2-lobed. 
Fig. 1, Cliffortia crenata, a branch; the natural size; Fig. 2, a binate leaf; 3, 4, 
different flowers, male ; 5, a stamen ; magnified. 
XCVI. ZEHNERIA (PILOGYNE) GARCINI, Stocks. 
( Cucurbitacee. ) 
Z. Gareini: caule vix hispidulo demum glabrato angulato, foliis 
palmato-3-5-lobis dentatis dentibus mucronatis utrinque setulis rigidis 
conspersis, pedunculis masculis brevissimis paucifloris bracteé maxima 
cordata ciliata suffultis, ‘‘baccis malleiformibus dispermis, seminibus 
contorto-obliquis hine subconvexis inde canaliculato-suleatis margine 
obtuso.” Stocks, in Hook. Kew. Journ. 4, p. 149; Bryonia Garcint, 
Willd.. W. & Arn. Prod. p. 344; DC. Prod. 3, p. 308; Wall. Cat. 
6712; Steyos Garcint. Linn. Mant. 297; Burm. Ind. t. 57, f. 3. 
Has.—Near Port Natal, J. Sanderson, Esq. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Stem slender, several feet long, climbing by simple tendrils, 
at first hispidulous, then quite glabrous. Leaves 2-3 inches apart, 
spreading ; petiole scarcely uncial; lamina broader than long, 2-24 
inches long, about 3 inches broad, sprinkled on both sides with minute, 
rigid, hooked bristles, more or less deeply 3-5 lobed, the lobes ovate, 
coarsely toothed, the teeth bristle-pointed. Male peduncle shorter than 
the petiole, about 2-flowered, with a very large lacero-ciliate bract be- 
low the flowers. Male perianth nearly 4 inch long, with a cylindrical 
tube and horizontally patent limb. No female flowers seen. 
A singular plant found also in tropical India and North Africa, 
