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being minute or abortive ; rarely 2-foliolate, the medial leaflets disappearing. 
Stipules attached to the petiole. Flowers axillary, small and green, sub- 
sessile—C. strobolifera, Linn., is very common from Capetown to Natal ; 
the great majority of the other species scarcely extend further east than 
Swellendam. 
Tripe 4. NeurapEm. (Gen. 11.) 
11. GRIELUM, Linn. 
Calyx-tube short, at length concrete with the ovary ; limb 
5-lobed ; lobes nearly valvate in the bud. Petals 5, inserted 
in the throat of the calyx, large, obovate, convolute in bud. 
Stamens 10, inserted with the petals. Carpels 5-10, in the base 
of the calyx, confluent with the calyx-tube and with each 
other, l-ovuled ; styles 5-10, filiform, short ; stigmas capitate. 
Capsules depressed, 5—10-celled, the cells at length opening in 
the axis, 1-seeded.—F/. Cap. ii. p. 804. 
J South African herbs, growing in sandy places and in salt ground. 
Leaves alternate, hoary, pinnately decompound, with narrow segments. 
Flowers large, yellow. 
Orper XLIV. SAXIFRAGEZ. 
Calyx 5-cleft (rarely 3-10-cleft), regular, adnate to the 
ovary or free; limb mostly persistent, sometimes enlarged in 
fruit. Petals as many as the calyx-lobes, rarely wanting, 
sometimes cleft or lacerate. Stamens inserted with the petals 
in the throat of the calyx, as many as the petals and alternat- 
ing, or twice as many, rarely fewer or more numerous. Ovary 
inferior or more or less superior, of 2 (rarely 3-5) carpels, 
more or less cohering by their inner faces ; ovules commonly 
many; styles distinct, or more or less confluent. Fruit cap- 
sular, splitting at maturity through the centre. Seeds almost 
always albuminous.—A large and heterogeneous Order, to 
which it is nearly impossible to affix natural limits. 
Tribe 1. Saxirracem. Herbaceous or half-shrubby plants with exsti- 
pulate leaves. 
1. Vahlia. Ovary inferior; styles 2, spreading. Leaves opposite, simple, 
linear. 
Tribe 2. Cunoniem. Shrubs or trees, with opposite leaves and interpe- 
tiolar stipules. 
2. Cunonia. Flowers racemose. Petals entire. Leaves pinnate. 
3. Platylophus. Flowers panicled. Petals 3-fid. Leaves 3-foliolate. 
Tribe 3. Escattontrm. ‘Trees and shrubs, with alternate, simple, exsti- 
pulate leaves. Stamens as many as the petals. Ovary inferior. 
4. Choristylis. Flowers 5-fid, minute and green, in axillary panicles. 
Leaves ovate, serrate, strongly-nerved, and veiny. 
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