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out any apical appendage. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; 
styles 2. Fruit dicoccous.—FV. Cap. u. p. 318. 
Small, fastigiate shrubs. Leaves small, subulate or rhomboid, keeled, 
close-pressed, covering the stem on all sides. Flowers in terminal heads.— 
11 species, all west of Swellendam. 
6. STAAVIA, Th. 
Calyx adnate to the base of the ovary, free above, with 5 
subulate lobes. Petals free. Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled ; 
cells 1-ovuled; style simple ; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit dicoccous. 
— FI. Cap. ii. p. 321. 
Small shrubs, with linear, spreading leaves. Flowers in terminal, flat- 
topped heads, involucrated by numerous, whitish floral leaves.—6 species, 
all from the Western districts. 
7. LONCHOSTOMA, Wikstr. 
Calyx attached to the half-inferior ovary, 5-cleft. Corolla 
monopetalous, tubular, 5-cleft; segments clawed, spreading. 
Stamens 5, very short, inserted in the mouth of the corolla ; 
anthers oblong, 2-celled, cells divergent at base. Ovary pu- 
bescent, 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; styles2 orl. Fruit splitting 
from the base, 2-4-valved; seeds 4, netted.—/7. Cap. ii. p. 316. 
Erect shrubs. Leaves imbricate, ovate or lanceolate, leathery. Flowers 
in terminal, leafy spikes, rosy.—3 species, all Western. 
8. LINCONTIA, Linn. 
Calyx adhering to the ovary, with a 5-cleft limb; lobes 
short, membranous, smooth. Petals oblong, convolute, enclos- 
ing the stamens; anther-cells divergent at base, their connec- 
tive with a conical gland at tip. Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled ; 
cells 2-ovuled; styles2. Fruit dicoccous.— 7. Cap. ii. p. 317. 
Erect, fastigiate shrubs. Leaves spreading or loosely imbricate, linear 
oblong or ovate-oblong, leathery. Flowers in terminal, leafy spikes, white. 
—3 species, dispersed. 
9. AUDOUINTIA, Brongn. 
Calyx adhering to the ovary, 5-cleft ; lobes large, imbricate. 
Petals with a long, 2-keeled claw, and a spreading, roundish 
limb. Stamens included. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled ; cells 
2-ovuled ; style 3-angular; stigmas 3, short.—J/7. Cap. ii. p. 
323. 
A. capitata, Brongn., the only species, grows on the mountains round 
Simonstown, etc. Leaves spirally inserted, linear, imbricate, 3-angled, 
scabrous. Flowers crimson, in oblong spikes or heads. 
