366 THE ORDER PRIMULINES. 



the Transvaal. Wright quotes Mudd as the collector of 

 L. parviflora Baker, while Pax and Kunth quote the same collec- 

 tor under L. africaiia Engl Without seeing Mudd's specimen 

 it is impossihle to say whether Mudd collected both species, 

 or whether Wright regarded Mudd's specimen as L. parviflora 

 Bkr., and Pax and Kunth regarded it as L. africana, or whether 

 Wright made a mistake and intended to refer to L. ■africana, and 

 not to L. pan'ifora. l\\ any case, there appears to be very little 

 difference between the two species. 



Myrsine ■africana is the most widely distributed species in 

 the Transvaal, but is also common throughout South Africa, 

 and according to the " Flora Capensis " also occurs in Tropical 

 Africa and extends from Arabia to Central China. McBsa 

 rufesccns is confined to the mountainous region of the Eastern 

 Transvaal, but extends southwards into Natal. Plumbago 

 capensis is essentially an Eastern Province species, and it is 

 probable that its presence in the Transvaal may be due to its 

 introdtiction into cultiv'ation. AnagaMis arvensis,, a commoii 

 European species, has long been naturalised in South Africa, 

 and is now established in the Transvaal. Dodecatheon meadia 

 Linn., recorded by Burtt-Davy as an alien, I have not seen, and 

 as it is not a firmly established plant like Anagailis arvensis, I 

 have not included it in the list below. 



ORDER PRIMULINES. 



Ovary 2-oo-ovule(l ; style simple. 



Fruit indehiscent. I. Myrsinacecs. 



Fruit capsular. 2. Primulacece. 



Ovary i-ovuled; style or style branches 



5. 3. Pliimhaginacece^ 



MVRSINACE.E. 



Ovary inferior or half-inferior; seeds 



many. Mcesa. 



Ovary superior ; seeds solitary. Myrsine. 



