XXIV. TILIACER. 33 
sterile, bearded, the inner fertile, with nodose filaments. 
Ovary sessile, 4-celled; ovules many; style single; stigma 
5-toothed. Capsules globose or oblong, 4-celled, 4-valved, 
loculicidal, covered with rigid bristles.—#V. Cap. 1. p. 228. 
Shrubs or small trees, with pubescent, long-petioled, 5—7-angled or lobed 
leaves, and umbellate white flowers.—2 South African species: 8. Africana, 
from the South-Hastern district, and S. palmata, from Caftraria and Natal. 
2. GREWIA, Linn. 
Sepals 5, linear, leathery, coloured within, deciduous. Pe- 
tals 5, each with a nectariferous gland or pit at base, inserted 
at the base of a short columnar terus which supports the 
stamens and ovary. Stamens many ; filaments filiform; an- 
thers roundish. Ovary 2-4-celled ; style simple. Drupe 2-4- 
lobed, containing 2-4 hard-shelled, 1-2-celled, 1—2-seeded 
nuts.— FV. Cap. i. p. 224. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided, entire or serrulate, 3-7-nerved at 
base, often pale beneath. Pubescence stellate. Flower purple or yellow, 
in cymules or solitary. Petals often shorter than the sepals.—11 South 
African species, dispersed. 
3. TRIUMFETTA, Linn. 
Sepals 5, linear, membranous, coloured, hooded at the point 
and dorsally mucronate, deciduous. Petals 5, without glands, 
inserted at the base of a short columnar torus, which supports 
the stamens and ovary. Stamens definite, 5-30; filaments 
thread-like; anthers roundish. Ovary 2-5-celled, the cells 
divided by a false parietal vertical septum ; ovules in pairs ; 
style filiform; stigma 2-5-lobed. Capsules subglobose, co- 
vered with straight or hooked prickles, 2—5-celled ; cells 1-2- 
seeded.— Fl. Cap.i. p. 227; Thes. Cap. t. 52. 
Shrubs half-shrubs or herbs, common in tropical countries. Leaves 
variable in shape in the same species, entire or lobed, serrate, many-nerved, 
often with glands on the serratures. Flower small, yellow or orange, soli- 
tary or clustered.—4 species oceur in the Natal country 
4, CORCHORUS, Linn. 
Sepals 4-5, ovate or lanceolate, unequal, deciduous. Petals 
4-5, obovate, clawed, hypogynous. Stamens many, mostly 
indefinite. Ovary sessile or shortly stipitate, 2—5-celled ; 
ovules many ; style short; stigmas 2-5. Capsules pod-like or 
roundish, 2—5-celled, 2—5-valved, loculicidal, many-seeded. 
Herbs or half-shrubs, chiefly tropical. Leaves alternate, serrate, the 
teeth sometimes bristle-pointed. Flowers yellow, axillary or opposite 
leaves.—4 species, found at Natal and on the North-Eastern frontiers of 
the Cape colony. 
