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Two upper petals broadly obovate, three lower narrow. Fertile sta- 
mens 5, two of the sterile ones recurved. 
10. Dipracuya. Much branched, with weak jointed stems. Leaves 
peltate or cordate-lobed, fleshy. Petals obovate. Stamens 7, the two 
upper very short. 
11. Evmorpna. Slender, suffruticose or herbaceous. Leaves on long 
petioles, palmately 5—7-nerved, reniform, lobed or palmatifid. Petals un- 
equal, the 2 upper broad. Stamens 7. 
12. GuavcopHytiumM. Shrubby. Leaves fleshy, simply or ternately 
compound, the lamina articulated to the petiole. Stamens 7. 
13. Crcontum. Shrubby, with fleshy branches. Leaves either obovate 
or cordate-reniform, palmately many-nerved, undivided. Petals all of one 
colour, scarlet pmk or white. Stamens 7, 2 upper very short. 
14. Cortustna. Caudex short, thick, and fleshy; branches (if any) 
slender and half-herbaceous. Leaves reniform or cordate, lobulate, on long 
petioles. Petals subequal, 2 upper broader. Stamens 6-7. 
15. PatareiuM. Much-branched shrubs or undershrubs, not fleshy. 
Leaves entire or lobed (never pinnatipartite). Stipules free. Inflorescence 
frequently panicled, the partial peduncles umbellate. 2 upper petals 
longer and broader than the lower. Stamens 7. 
TRIBE 3. BALSAMINE®. 
he IMPATIENS, Linn. 
Flowers irregular. Sepals 3, rarely 5, coloured, imbricate, 
the two lateral flat, the two anterior, when present, small, the 
hinder one very large, produced at base into a hollow spur. 
Petals 3, the anterior concave, the lateral 2-fid. Glands 0. 
Stamens 5 ; filaments short, flat ; anthers conniving round the 
pistil. Ovary oblong, 5-celled ; stigma sessile, 5-toothed or 
lobed ; ovules many. Capsules 5-valved, the valves bursting 
with elasticity and falling off. Seed exalbuminous.— FY. Cap. 
1. p. 312. 
A large genus, chiefly from tropical Asia.—] Cape species (perhaps 2 P), 
found in the Eastern district and at Natal. 
OrpEr XXIX. RUTACES. 
Flowers bisexual (or rarely unisexual), mostly regular. 
Sepals 4-5, imbricate. Petals 4-5. Stamens inserted at the 
base or on the margin of the torus, as many or twice as many 
as the petals, rarely fewer or more numerous, free or rarely 
united into a tube. Disk between the stamens and ovary, 
annular or expanded. Carpels 4-5, rarely more or fewer, 
united into a 2-5-lobed or solid ovary; styles either free or 
united into one, long or short; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit 
various, capsular or berried ; seeds with or without albumen. 
—Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, gland-dotted and strongly 
scented. Habit various. 
