32 XXIII. STERCULIACEA. 
anthers oblong, erect, 2-celled. Ovary oblique, 1-celled, 2- 
ovuled ; style lateral. Guiales 1-celled, 2-valved, 1- seeded. 
—Fi. Cap: 1. p. 180. 
Herbs or shrubs, chiefly tropical. W. Indica, Linn., a widely-diffused 
species, occurs at Magalisberg. 
5. HERMANNIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-cleft, often inflated. Petals 5, with hollow claws, 
spirally twisted in bud. Stamens 5, opposite the petals ; fila- 
ments connate at base, broad, flat, oblong or obovate ; anthers 
erect, taper-pointed. Ovary shortly stipitate, 5-celled ; styles 
coalescing, separable. Capsules coriaceous, 5-celled, 5-valved, 
many-seeded, simple or crested at the summit.—Fl. Cap. i. 
p. 180. 
Small shrubs or undershrubs, almost all South African. Pubescence 
stellate, woolly, velvety, glandular or scanty. Leaves entire, toothed 
or pinnatifid, often plaited. Peduncles axillary or subterminal, pseudo- 
racemose. Flowers yellow or orange, rarely creamy or white; often sweet: 
scented.—Upwards of 70 Cape species, dispersed. 
6. MAHERNIA, Linn. 
Filaments of the stamens suddenly dilated and mostly tu- 
berculated in the middle or cruciform. Other characters as 
in Hermannia.— Fl. Cap. 1. p. 207. 
Small plants, with the habit of Hermannia, Peduncles mostly 2-flowered, 
terminal or opposite the leaves; pedicels slender, bracteolate at base. 
Flower nodding, red orange yellow or violet.—33 (or more) South African 
species, dispersed. 
Orper XXIV. TILIACEZ, 
Like Sterculiacee, but the stamens not connate or tubular 
at base, and usually numerous ; anthers 2-celled, opening in- 
wards.—Trees shrubs or herbs, with mostly stellate pubes- 
cence, and stipulate simple leaves. 
Flowers 4-parted; outer stamens beaded, without 
anthers. 502 4 cea) fe we che se 2 ee he Se 
Flowers 5-parted. 2 
Fruit fleshy, of 1-4 hard-shelled drupes . . . . 2. GREWIA. + 
Fruit a globose or oblong capsule, covered with hooked 
or straight, sharp and rigid bristles. . . . . 8, TRIUMFETTA. 
Fruit a pod-like cone 2-5-valved, ape many: 
seeded . . : . . 4 CoRcHORUS. 
1. SPARMANNIA, Th. 
Sepals 4, lanceolate, pointless, deciduous. Petals 4, ob- 
ovate, spreading horizontally. Stamens very many, the outer 
