12 VIII. CAPPARIDER. 
2. Potanisra. Stamens 8-12, fertile. (2 species.) 
3. DianTHERA. Stamens 4-10; 2-8 short and sterile ; 2 anterior alone 
fertile, very long, declinate. (3 species.) 
4. sae ne “Stamens 8; 4 sterile, short; 4 fertile, elongate. (1 
species. 
All the Cape species are natives of the Northern or North-Eastern fron- 
tier, or of the regions beyond the Northern bonndary. ‘ 
2. GYNANDROPSIS, DC. 
Sepals 4, short, spreading. Petals 4, clawed. Stamens 6, 
inserted on the summit of a long stalk-like torus; filaments 
subequal; anthers 2-celled, fertile. Ovary stipitate; ovules 
many ; stigma subsessile. Capsule pod-like, 1-celled, 2-valved, 
many-seeded. Seeds rugose.—/V. Cap. i. p. 55. 
Annuals, chiefly tropical. G, pentaphylla is found on the Asbestos 
Mountains and Magalisberg; it is a native of the West Indies, but now 
naturalized throughout the tropics generally. 
TRIBE 2. Capparem. (Gen. 3-6.) 
3. NIEBUHRIA, DC. 
Calyx with a funnel-shaped, persistent tube, and a 4-parted, 
deciduous limb; lobes valvate in estivation. Petals O or 
very small. Torus filiform, long or shorter, cylindrical. Sta- 
mens many, on the apex of the torus; filaments filiform. 
Ovary on a long stipe, 1-celled; ovules many or few. Berry 
ovoid or subglobose, 1-celled, many- or few-seeded.— Niebuhria, 
Fl. Cap. i. p. 60; and Boscia, Fl. Cap. l.c.; Thes. Cap. t. 134. 
Small trees or shrubs, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 3-foliate or 
simple. Flowers terminal or axillary, solitary or corymbose.—5 South 
African species, of which 3 have 3-foliate, and 2 simple leaves. 4 are na- 
tives of the Eastern district, or Natal; 1 (Boscia angustifolia, H.) of 
Namaqualand. 
4. MASRUA, Forsk. 
Calyx with a funnel-shaped, persistent tube, and a 4-parted, 
deciduous limb ; lobes valvate. Petals 0, or 4 in the throat 
of the calyx. Torus filiform, elongate, cylindrical. Stamens 
many, inserted in the middle of the torus ; filaments free or 
connate at base. Ovary on a long stipe ; ovules many ; stig- 
ma subsessile. Berry cylindrical, torulose, transversely many- 
celled ; cells 1-seeded. 
Trees, chiefly tropical, often glaucous. Leaves simple, quite entire. 
Flowers axillary or terminal. WM. Angolensis has been recently found in 
the Natal country by Mr. Gerrard (Gerr. and M‘K. ! 1148). 
5. CADABA, Forsk. 
Sepals 4, separate, unequal, deciduous, concave, the two 
outer valvate in the bud and covering over the 2 inner. Petals 
