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tubular, incurved, throat naked ; limb 5-fid, with very short 
erect imbricate, acute lobes. Stamens included ; anthers ses- 
sile, linear. Ovary 2-celled; ovules solitary ; style filiform ; 
stigma attenuated, minutely '2-fid. Fruit dry, 10-ribbed and 
furrowed, crowned with the two opposite, leaf-like, dilated, 
membranous, veiny and coloured calyx-lobes, 2-celled ; cells 
l-seeded. Seed oblong, convex at back, flat in front.— Fl. Cap. 
iu. p. 16; TLhes. Cap. t. 45. 
' A. magna, KH. M., the only species, is a shrub or small tree, native of the 
Eastern district and Natal, with oblong, obtuse, leathery, glabrous and 
glossy leaves, cup-like stipules, and a terminal, much-branched panicle of 
purplish, silky flowers. 
TrisE 5. CorrEacE®. (Gen. 10-15.) 
10. CANTHIUM, Lam. 
Calyx-tube ovate ; limb short, 4—5-toothed. Corolla with a 
short tube, a bearded throat, and 4—5 spreading lobes, valvate 
in bud. Anthers in the throat, scarcely exserted. Style fili- 
form, exserted; stigma undivided, thick, ovato-globose or 
mitre-shaped. Berry globose or didymous, crowned with the 
calyx-teeth, fleshy, 2-celled. Seeds solitary.—#7. Cap, i. p. 
16; Thes. Cap. t..22. 
Unarmed or spimous shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Peduncles axillary, 
short, many-flowered.—2 Cape species, both Eastern. 
11. PLECTRONIA, Linn. 
Calyx-tube obovate or oblong; limb 5-toothed. Corolla 
somewhat funnel-shaped ; limb 5-parted ; lobes acute, reflexed, 
valvate in bud, throat hairy or nude. Stamens in the throat, 
subexserted. Style short; stigma subcapitate, of two ap- 
pressed lamine. Berry fleshy, obovate-oblong, compressed, 
didymous, of 2 pyrenze.— Fl. Cap. iii. p. 17. 
Armed or unarmed shrubs. Peduncles axillary, corymbose.—5 species, 
dispersed. 
12. GRUMILEA, Gertn. 
es tube urceolate ; limb shortly 5-toothed. Corolla with 
a short tube, villous in the throat; limb 5-parted, reflexed, 
valyate in bud. Stamens subexserted ; anthers oblong. Ovary 
2-celled ; cells 1-ovuled; style exserted ; stigma 2 fid. Berry 
globose, Q-seeded. Seed plano-convex, the albumen traversed 
by chinks and fissures.— FV. Cap. iui. p. 21. 
Shrubs with the habit of Canthium.— G. cymosa, our only species, occurs 
in the Eastern district and at Natal. 
13. PAVETTA, Linn. 
Calyx-tube ovate ; limb 4-toothed or -cleft. Corolla salver- 
