48 XXXII. MELIACES. 
more or less united in a tube, which is entire or toothed at 
the apex; anthers sessile or subsessile on the staminal tube, 
included or exserted, erect, 2—celled. Disk various. Ovary 
free, 3-5-celled ; style simple; stigma peltate. Ovules 2, 
collateral. Fruit a capsule, drupe or berry.—Trees or shrubs. 
Leaves alternate, exstipulate, mostly pinnatipartite, m Tur- 
rea simple. 
Leaves simple. Petals and staminal tube both very long 1. TuRRmA. 
Leaves simply pinnate. 
Fruit a dry, splitting capsule. . . 2. TRICHILIA. 
Fruit a leathery, ons jJuiceless, indehiscent, 2-5-celled 
Deriyenree Sven, (ls nye bey yok esp BRC 
Leaves doubly pinnate. Fruit a “drupe ere mere you hrivict\: 
1. TURRZA, Linn. 
Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals 5, very long, strap- 
shaped, convolute in bud. Stamens 10, connate in a long tube, 
10-toothed at the summit; anthers epaaule between the teeth. 
Ovary sessile, 5-10-20-celled; style 1; stigma thickened. 
Capsules 5-celled, cells 2-1- seeded, the valves septiferous. 
Seeds compressed.—FV. Cap. 1. p. 244, 
Shrubs, with alternate, simple leaves. Flowers on short twigs, solitary 
or tufted.—2 South African species, natives of the Eastern frontier and 
Natal. 
2. TRICHILIA, Linn. 
Calyx short, 4-5-toothed or cleft. Petals 4-5, erect or 
spreading, imbricate. Staminal tube 8-10-cleft or 8-10- parted, 
rarely entire, the segments linear, entire or 2-toothed, bearing 
anthers between or on the teeth ; anthers erect, exserted. 
Disk annular. ‘Ovary sunk in the disk, 2-3-celled ; style long 
or short ; stigma 2-3-lobed. Capsules coriaceous, 2-3-celled, 
2-3-valved.—F1. Cap. i. p. 246; Thes. Cap. t. 76. 
Trees or shrubs, chiefly American. Leaves pinnate. Flowers in axillary 
panicles.—3 South African species, all found near Natal. 
3. EKEBERGIA, Sparm. 
Calyx short, 4-5-fid ; the lobes obtuse, imbricate. Petals 
4-5, scarcely longer than the calyx, elliptical or oblong, imbri- 
cate in bud. Stamens 10, united in a short, campanulate, 
10-toothed tube; the teeth bearing anthers. Ovary 4 -5-celled, 
girt by an annular disk ; style short, thick ; stigma obsoletely 
lobed. Berry dry, leathery, globose, 4—5- celled, 1-5-seeded. 
Seeds arillate.— #7. Cap. 1. p. 246. 
E. Capensis, Sp., the only species, is a handsome, ash-like tree, native of 
the Eastern district, Catiraria, and Natal. 
