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leaves, the leaflets narrow, glaucous. Capsules 2-lobed, pubescent.—Found 
in the Northern and Eastern districts. 
6. SPORLEDERA, Bernh. 
Calyx 5-parted, at length deciduous. Corolla with a short 
tube, a bell-shaped throat, and a 5-lobed, 2-labiate limb, the 
medial lobe of lower lip largest. Stamens 4, didynamous. 
Ovary acute, terete, by the inflexed margins of the valves 4- 
celled; stigma 2-lamelled. Capsules oblong, cylindrical- 
4-lobed, shortly 4-horned at the apex, on the angles. Seeds 
flattish, obovate, rugulose on each side, with a deep marginal 
furrow.— DC. Prod. ix. p. 252. 
S. triloba, Bernh., is an erect annual, with opposite, petioled, coarsely 
toothed or lobed leaves, and terminal racemes of flowers.—Found at Natal. 
S. Kraussiana, Bernh., appears to be a trifling variety. 
' Trise 3. DipyMOCcARPES. 
7. STREPTOCARPUS, Lindl. 
Calyx 5-parted, persistent. Corolla tubular funnel-shaped, 
widening and either ventricose or compressed at the throat, 
with an obliquely 5-lobed, subequal limb. Stamens 5, the 
2 anterior fertile, with glabrous, connate, 2-celled anthers, the 
cells divergent ; 3 upper sterile, adnate to the tube, tubercu- 
lar at tip. Ovary terete, elongate, straight, 1-celled (almost 
4-celled from the inflexed didymous placentas) ; stigma 2- 
labiate, the lobes reniform, the lower scarcely larger. Capsule 
pod-like, terete, spirally twisted, loculicidal. Seeds minute, 
oblong. — DC. Prod. ix. p. 270. 
The Cape species, of which several are known, are stemless plants, with 
rugose, unequal, pubescent or velvety leaves, and 1—2- or many-flowered 
scapes. Flowers pale purplish-blue, often very handsome.—LHastern dis- 
tricts and Natal. 
Orver XCII. ACANTHACES. 
Calyx 4-5-parted, equal or unequal, persistent; rarely 
either multifid or entire and obsolete. Corolla mostly irregu- 
lar, more or less 2-labiate, rarely 1-labiate or nearly regular. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, or 2 fertile and 2-3 sterile; anthers 
2- or l-celled. Ovary on a glandular disk, 2-celled ; ovules 2 
or more in each cell; style filiform; stigma 2-lobed. Capsules 
2-celled, elastically 2-valved, loculicidal; seeds 2 or more in 
each cell, ascending, subtended by rigid, subulate or cup-like, 
persistent processes of the placentas ; albumen 0.—Herbs or 
shrubs, with opposite, exstipulate leaves and bracteate flowers. 
Inflorescence various. The Order is chiefly tropical. (I here 
