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(2-4 or) none. Stamens 4-8, fertile, inserted on the apex of 
a long, filiform torus, which has a hood- or bottle-shaped ap- 
pendage at its base, on the upper side. Ovary stipitate, ob- 
long, 1-locular; ovules many; stigma sessile. Berry cylin- 
drical, fleshy and indehiscent, or leathery, splitting irregularly. 
— Fl. Cap.i.p.59 ; and Schepperia, Fl. Cap. l.c. ; Thes. Cap. t. 
60 and ¢. 135. 
Shrubs, glabrous or glandular, sometimes leafless. Leaves simple or 3- 
foliolate. Flowers axillary, solitary or racemose.—2 South African species : 
C. juncea (Schepperia juncea, DC.), a native of dry plains in the Northern, 
North-Western, and Eastern districts ; and C. Natalensis, Sd., found in 
Natal and British Caffraria. 
6. CAPPARIS, Linn. 
Sepals 4-5, free or connate at base, valvate or imbricate. 
Petals 4, rarely more, imbricated. Torus small, hemispherical. 
Stamens mostly numerous, sometimes 8, on the torus; filaments 
free. Ovary stipitate ; ovules many; stigmas sessile. Berry 
on a long stipe, globose or cylindrical, many- or few-seeded. 
Seeds lying in pulp; embryo spirally rolled.—F7. Cap. i. p. 61. 
Trees or shrubs, often climbing or scrambling, unarmed or spiny. 
Leaves simple.—9 Cape species, all Eastern or from Natal. 
Orper IX. RESEDACEZ. 
Flowers bisexual, small, green or white. Sepals several, 
persistent. Petals minute. Stamens 8 or several. Ovary 
l1-celled, open at the summit, with 3-4 parietal placente. 
Fruit a gaping capsule. Seeds without albumen; embryo 
eurved.—Small herbs or suffrutices, with alternate, simple or 
cut leaves. ‘“ Mignonette” belongs to this Order. 
1. OLIGOMERIS, Cambess. 
Calyx 4-5-parted, the segments sometimes unequal. Petals 
2, alternate with the upper sepals, flat, simple (not lobed), 
without appendage, separate or connate at base. Torus obso- 
lete. Stamens 3-8, hypogynous; filaments subulate, flat, 
united at base into a cup, persistent; anthers deciduous. 
Ovary 1-celled, 4-angled, with 4 conical points; placentz 4, 
parietal ; ovules many. Capsule membranous, inflated, open 
at the summit, 4:-horned.—/7. Cap. 1. p. 64. 
Small, slightly fleshy perennials; leaves very narrow, undivided ; flowers 
minute, white, in terminal, bracteate spikes.—4 species, found on dry hills 
in various parts of the colony. 
Orper X. BIXACEA, Endl. 
Flowers small, often unisexual, regular. Sepals often 
