X. BIXACER. 15 
rows, the inner hypogynous, the outer attached to the base of 
the petaloid scales ; anthers sagittate, erect. Ovary on a con- 
vex torus, with 4-5 parietal placentas; ovules many; stigma 
subsessile, 4—-5-parted. Fruit ...?— Fl. Cap. 1. p. 67. 
R. lucida is a Natal shrub, with glossy, exstipulate, serrate leaves, and 
axillary, subcapitate spikes of (yellow ?) flowers. 
3. SCOLOPIA, Schreb. 
Flowers bisexual. Calyx persistent, with a short, conical 
tube, and a 10-12-parted limb ; the segments in two rows, the 
inner smaller. Torus fleshy, filling the calyx-tube, its margin, 
opposite the bases of the outer calyx-segments cut into nume- 
rous, glandular lobules. Stamens very many, in several rows 
within the margin of the disk, slightly perigynous ; filaments 
capillary; anthers 2-celled, acuminate or horned, splitting. 
Ovary free, sessile, with 2 inflexed placente; ovules few ; 
style filiform; stigma subcapitate. Berry fleshy, few-seeded. 
—Phoberos, Lour.; Fl. Cap. i. p. 67. 
Shrubs or small trees, often spiny.—3 species found in the Eastern dis- 
trict ; others recently at Natal, 
4, XYLOSMA, Forst. 
Flowers dicecious. Male: Sepals 4-5, scale-like, often 
ciliate, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens many, often sur- 
rounded by a glandular disk ; anthers short, versatile, splitting. 
Female: Ovary on an annular disk; placente parietal, 1 
(or 2-3-6) ; ovule solitary (or few); style none (or entire 
or divided) ; stigma dilated. Berry indehiscent, small, 1-(or 
few-)seeded— Lhes. Cap. 
Trees, often spiny. Leaves toothed, rarely entire. Flowers shortly ra- 
cemose or tufted in the axils of the leaves, minute. X. monospora, Harv., 
recently found near Natal by Mr. Cooper. 
5. TRIMERIA, Harv. 
Flowers diccious. Male: Calyx 6-10-parted in a double 
row, the inner larger. Disk bearing marginal glands opposite 
each of the outer lobes of the calyx. Petals 0. Stamens 
9-10, subperigynous, inserted in parcels of 3-4, alternating 
with the glands of the disk. Female: Calyx as in the male, 
but without glands. Ovary free, sessile, with 3 parietal pla- 
centz ; styles 3, short, persistent; ovules 1-2 on each placenta. 
Capsule dry, 3-valved, 1-3-seeded.— FV. Cap. i. p. 68. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, 3- or many-nerved, toothed. Flowers 
minute, spiked or panicled.—2 species, from Eastern frontier and Natal. 
