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and densely hairy or pubescent twigs and branches. Flowers white, in 
terminal spikes.— 2 species, both Eastern and South-Eastern. 
2. GRUBBIA, Berg. 
Flowers perfect, capitate, in a 2-leaved involucre. Calyx 
adnate, its limb abortive, truncate. Petals 4, epigynous, de- 
ciduous, ovate, hairy outside, valvate in bud. Stamens 8, the 
4 alternating with the petals rather longer, all slightly attached 
to the bases of the petals; anthers 2-celled, minute, roundish, 
opening by valves. Ovary inferior, crowned with a fleshy 
disk, when young (fide Decne.) 2-celled, with a pendulous 
ovule in each cell; afterwards 1-celled (the septum breaking 
up), with an ovule pendulous from a central, columnar placenta. 
Nuts laterally connate, 1-seeded, crowned by the disk and 
style.—Fl. Cap. ii. p. 325. 
Small, much-branched South African shrubs. ‘Leaves opposite, with re- 
volute margins, exstipulate. Flowers 3 or many, soldered together in 
bracteated heads.—4 species, 1 only going so far east as Uitenhage. 
Orpver XLVII. BRUNIACE. 
Flowers bisexual, regular, small or minute, sessile, spiked 
or capitate, rarely solitary, axillary. Floral characters nearly 
as in Saaifragacee, but the ovules are definite, either solitary 
or in pairs, very rarely 10.—Small South African shrubs, with 
needle-shaped or heath-like, rarely ovate, crowded, small, very 
entire, sessile or subsessile leaves, with a discoloured or 
withered tip (wstulate). Stipules 0 
Fruit 1-seeded, mostly indehiscent. 
Seeryt-ecled. Stylel. 2.7... . ef. s . LBERZEDIA. 
Ovary 2-celled. 
Style 1. Flowers axillary . . of Beet J eppade OTe mPANINTAS 
Style 1. Flowers solitary, terminal . ters) tre) |e) Pepe EHAURUINOAS 
Styles 2. Flowers capitate or panicled . 4. BRUNIA. 
Fruit dicoccous, or a splitting capsule. 
Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovuled. Flowers capitate. 
Styles 2. Petals free, or slightly crip ig at base 5. BERARDIA. 
Style 1. Petalsfree . . . 6. Svaavia. 
Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled. Flowers in leafy spikes. 
Flowers monopetalous, 5-lobed . 7. LONCHOSTOMA. 
Flowers 5-petaled. Anthers apiculate . 8. Lincontra. 
Ovary 3-celled, 6-ovuied. Style trigonous. Flowers 
in spike-like, terminal heads, red SP.) ees eo UD OU LNIIAE 
1. BERZELIA, Brongn. 
Calyx adnate ; lobes 5, rarely 4, unequal, gibbous. Petals 
5, rarely 4, free. Stamens 5-4, longer than the petals. Ovary 
