OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FLORA. xly 
Order 34. Olacinee (p. 49). Disk annular or 4-5-lobed. 
,, 930. Llicinee (p. 50). Disk 0. 
Cohort IX. CrLasTraLes.—Flowers regular or irregular, always small 
and usually hermaphrodite. Sepals and petals 4-5. Disk cushion-like 
and adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens definite on the margin 
or base of the disk. Ovary 2- or more celled, free or immersed in the 
disk ; ovules 1-2, erect from the base of the cells, with the raphe next 
the axis, rarely 3-6, attached to the inner angle of the cells.—Leaves 
simple, except in Ampelidee. 
Order 36. Celastrinee (p. 51). Flowers small. Ovary sometimes sunk in 
disk. Ovules 6-8 in Cathastrum and Putterlichia. 
» 37. Rhamnee (p. 55). Ovary often inferior or adhering to the calyx. 
Petals often absent, always minute. 
» 38. Ampelidee (p. 57). Petals valvate, often cohering at the tips. 
Cohort X. SaprnpDaLEes.—F lowers regular or irregular, usually unisexual. 
Disk adnate to the base of the calyx. Stamens definite or indefinite, in- 
serted upon or within the disk. Ovary 1- or more celled; ovules 1-2 in 
each cell, erect from its base, or pendulous from a basal funicle.-—Leaves 
often compound. 
Order 39. Sapindacee (p. 58). Petals usually 1 fewer than the calyx-lobes, 
or O, often with a claw at the base. Stamens often 8, and disk 
often unilateral. 
40. Anacardiacee (p. 62). Petals 0 or as many as_ calyx-lobes. 
Stamens usually twice as many. 
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Series III. Calyciflorze.—Sepals connate into a more or less distinct 
tube, which is free or adnate to the ovary. Disk usually indistinguishable 
from the calyx-tube. Petals as many as the sepals, inserted with the sta- 
mens on the calyx-tube or on the base of its lobes.- Ovary very often more 
or less inferior. 
Cohort XT. Rosates.— Flowers regular or irregular, usually 5-merous and 
hermaphrodite. Stamens definite or indefinite. Carpels 1 or more, free, 
rarely united more or less; styles usually distinct, or separable.— Leaves 
simple or compound. 
Order 41. Connaracee (p. 65). 
» 42. Leguminose (p. 65). Stamens indefinite in Mimosee. 
» 43. Rosacee (p. 93.) Petals 0in Alchemilla, Poterium, and Cliffortia. 
44, Saxifragee (p. 97). Disk large in Brewxia. 
» 46. Crassulacee (p. 99). Perigynous scales opposite the carpels in 
many species. 
» 46. Hamamelidee (p. 102). Flowers unisexual and apetalous in 
Trichocladus. Grubbia should perhaps be referred to Santa- 
lacee. 
» 47. Bruniacee (p. 103). Petals connate in Lonchostoma. 
» 48. Haloragee (p. 106). Flowers very imperfect in all the species. 
» 49. Balanophoree (p.107). Flowers extremely imperfect. The 
Order has been placed next to Santalacee recently by Dr. 
Kichler, of Munich. 
Cohort XII. Myrrates.—Flowers usually both regular and hermaphrodite. 
Stamens definite or indefinite, 4-5-merous. Disk 0 or covering the oyary. 
