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thick and fleshy. Flowers mostly terminal, white red or yellow, some 
dazzlingly brilliant, opening mostly in bright sunshine.—About 300 species. 
2. TETRAGONTA, Linn. 
Calyx 4-cleft, rarely 3-5-cleft, its tube adhering to the 4-5- 
angled ovary; lobes coloured within. Petals wanting. Stamens 
variable in number, sometimes definite, sometimes fascicled ; 
anthers oblong or linear. Ovary inferior, 3-9-celled, by abor- 
tion 1—2-celled ; ovules solitary ; styles as many as the ovarian 
cells, very short. Drupe or nut winged or horned, indehiscent, 
1-9-celled. Seeds solitary.— Fl. Cap. iu. p. 460. 
Herbs or undershrubs, with alternate, flat, fleshy, undivided, usually quite 
entire leaves, and axillary, sessile or stalked, green flowers.—23 Cape species, 
dispersed. 
3. AIZOON, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted, coloured within. Petals0. Stamens about 
20, in the bottom of the calyx, and disposed in 3-5 tufts. 
Ovary free, 5-angled, 5-celled ; cells with 2 or many ovules; 
styles or stigmas 5. Capsules 5-celled, opening at the top, 
hike a star ; cells 2-10-seeded.— FV. Cap. ii. p. 469. 
Small herbs or undershrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate, fleshy, quite 
entire. Flowers in the axils of the leaves or forks of the stem, mostly 
sessile.—7 species, dispersed. 
4. ACROSANTHES, E. and Z. 
Calyx 5-parted, coloured within. Petals 0. Stamens 10- 
40, 2-seriate, in parcels on the top of the funnel-shaped calyx- 
tube, the outer longer; filaments capillary; anthers linear. 
Ovary free, 2-celled ; ovules solitary ; stigmas 2, filiform. Cap- 
sules subglobose, enclosed in the persistent calyx, 1-celled, 2- 
valved. Seeds 1-2, fixed to the base.— #1. Cap. ii. p. 473. 
Decumbent, forked, glabrous undershrubs. Leaves subconnate, opposite 
or in fours. Flowers axillary or in the forks, solitary, peduncled.—4 
species, all Western. 
5. GALENTA, Linn. 
Calyx 4- or 5-parted, coloured within. Petals 0. Stamens 
8-10, in 4 or 5 sets, or 1 or a pair alternating with the calyx- 
lobes ; anthers versatile, didymous; cells turgid. Ovary free, 
2-5-celled, or by abortion 1-celled ; cells 1-ovulate ; styles 
2-5. Capsules 2-5-celled, or by abortion 1-celled, 3-5-fur- 
rowed or 2-edged, dehiscent, or, if unilocular, indehiscent. 
Seeds solitary, shining, striate, fixed to long cords rising from 
the base of the cell_—/7. Cap. ii. p. 473. 
Herbaceous or half-shrubby, much-branched plants, with alternate or 
opposite, fleshy, quite entire leaves, and minute, axillary, mostly sessile 
flowers.—18 species, dispersed. 
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