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subsessile, 1-celled; ovules few, on 3-4 parietal placentas ; 
styles 3-4, filiform; stigmas capitate. Capsule shortly stipi- 
tate, membranous, 3-4-valved, few-seeded. Seeds pendulous, 
with a membranous aril, areolate-corrugate.—FV. Cap. ii. p. 
499 ; Thes. Cap. t. 51. 
T. Sandersoni, H., the only species, grows near Natal. Stems subsimple, 
A inches to 4 feet high, the taller somewhat climbing. Leaves alternate, 
sessile or subsessile, 2-stipuled, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, distantly toothed, 
netted-veined. Flowers 2-5 lines diameter, greenish, in short axillary ra- 
cemes. 
2. MODECCA, Lam. 
Flowers diecious. Calyx tubular-conical, bell-shaped, 4—5- 
lobed. Corolla of 4-5, ovate oblong or linear, sometimes fim- 
briate petals, smaller than the calycine lobes, and inserted 
either at the summit of the calyx-tube or far within it.— 
Male: Stamens 4-5, inserted in the bottom of the calyx and 
opposite its lobes; filaments subulate, connate in a ring at 
base ; anthers introrse, 2-celled, erect. A rudiment of an 
ovary. Glands 4-5, opposite the petals—Female: Abortive 
stamens 5, subulate, girding the ovary. Ovary stipitate or 
subsessile, 1-celled ; ovules numerous, on 3 parietal placentas ; 
style short or 0; stigma dilated or fimbriate. Capsule thinly 
fleshy (leathery when dry), subglobose, 3-valved, many-seeded. 
Seeds arillate, corrugate-—Fl. Cap. ii. p. 499 (species 1 and 
2); Thes. Cap. t. 12. 
Mostly vine-like climbers, often with tendrils. Leaves alternate, un- 
divided or lobed, the petioles mostly 2-glanded at the apex. Stipules ob- 
solete or none. Peduncles axillary ; flowers small, greenish.—About 6 
(some undescribed) South African species, all from Natal or Zululand. 
3. OPHIOCAULON, Hook. f. 
Flowers dicecious. Calyx-tube very short; lobes spread- 
ing, marked with black lines. Petals 5, subserrate.—Male : 
Stamens 5, almost hypogynous; filaments very short; an- 
thers narrow-linear. Glands of disk 0 or very obscure.—Fe- 
male: Abortive stamens 5,subulate. Ovary sessile, 1-celled ; 
stigmas 3, flabellate ; ovules numerous, on 3 parietal placentas. 
Capsule sessile, coriaceous, 3-valved, many-seeded. 
An African genus of climbing shrubs, with smooth, snake-like stems, full 
of gum. Leaves alternate, green, glaucous beneath, entire or lobed. Ten- 
drils simple or branched. Flowers small, greenish, in long, peduneled, 
axillary cymes.—1 species, Modecca? gummifera, Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 501, a 
native of the Eastern districts. 
4. CERATIOSICYOS, Nees. 
Flowers moncecious.—Male: Calyx-tube short ; limb of 
