XXVII. ZYGOPHYLLER. By) 
2. SISYNDITE, E. Mey. 
Calyx 5-parted, the lobes somewhat imbricate. Petals 5, at 
first short and truncate, at length oblong, longer than the 
calyx. Stamens 10, hypogynous ; filaments subulate, glabrous, 
equalling the calyx; anthers linear, versatile, 2-celled, longi- 
tudinally slitting. ypogynous scales 5, circling the ovary 
opposite the sepals. Ovary sessile, very hairy, 5-angled, 5- 
celled ; ovules solitary, erect; style filiform, hairy, thickened 
into a clavate, 5-furrowed stigma. Fruit capsular, 5-lobed, 
the carpels compressed, ovate, acute, cross-furrowed, in all 
parts clothed with long golden-yellow hairs, at length separat- 
ing and opening by the ventral sutures. Seed compressed, 
erect ; testa membranous; embryo without albumen; cotyle- 
dons thick ; radicle short, superior.— FV. Cap. i. p. 854; Thes. 
Cap. t. 120. 
S. spartea, B. M., is a broom-like bush, found between Natvoet and the 
Gariep, 2-3-chotomous and quite glabrous. Leaves opposite, minutely 
stipulate, pinnate, the petiole terete and like a twig, elongate ; leaflets mi- 
nute, subopposite, distant, in few pairs. Flowers large and handsome, 
axillary. 
3. AUGEA, Th. 
Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, valvate. Petals 0. Hypogynous 
disk cup-shaped, membranous, 10-toothed, with subulate-seta- 
ceous teeth. Stamens 10, inserted between the teeth of the 
disk ; filaments very short, broad, trifid, the medial segment 
bearing an anther; anther fixed below the middle, oblong. 
Petaloid scales linear, white, bifid, outside the stamens and 
opposite them. Ovary angular, glabrous, 10-celled ; ovules pen- 
dulous; style short, filiform; stigma simple. Capsules 10- 
angled, 10-valved. Seeds solitary, without albumen.— #7. Cap. 
1. p. 355. 
A. Capensis, Th., is an annual, glabrous, fleshy, Karroo-land herb, with 
the aspect of Mesembryanthemum. Leaves connate, terete, obtuse, flattish 
above. Stipules short. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-3 together. 
Tripe 2. ZyaopHytte®. Seeds albuminous. (Gen. 4-6.) 
4. FAGONTA, Tourn. 
Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, clawed, longer than 
the calyx. Stamens 10, hypogynous, equal; filaments fili- 
form, naked at base, erect; anthers cordate. Ovary sharply 
5-angled, 5-celled ; style 5-angled, continuous with the ovary ; 
stigma acute. Capsules pyramidal, 5-sided, of 5 cocci, which 
fall away when ripe from a persistent axis.— Fl. Cap. 1. Add. 
p. 2l*. 
Small herbs. #. Cretica, Linu., a procumbent, much-branched, glabrous 
