292 XCIII. VERBENACER. 
rolla funnel- or salver-shaped ; tube mostly much longer than 
the calyx ; limb 5-parted, lobes subequal. Stamens 4, much 
exserted, subdidynamous. Ovary 4-celled ; cells l-ovuled, - 
ovule pendulous ; style filiform, exserted; stigma 2-fid, acute. 
Drupe juicy or fleshy, contained in the enlarged calyx, mostly 
2-4-lobed, containing 4 or fewer 1-celled pyrenes.—DC. Prod. 
xi. p. 658. 
Shrubs or trees, chiefly tropical.—C. glabrum, Sond., the only Cape spe- 
cies, occurs in the Eastern district and Caffraria. 
10. CYCLONEMA, Hochst. 
Calyx short, bell-shaped, 5-fid. Corolla irregular, the tube 
reclinate; limb unequally 5-lobed, 2-labiate, spreading, the 
after segment resupinate, concave-galeate, the rest flat. Sta- 
mens 4, subdidynamous much exserted ; filaments ascending, 
hairy at base, in the bud rolled up under the galea; anthers 
sagittate, cells parallel. Ovary 4-celled; cells 1-ovulate ; 
style filiform, longer than the stamens; stigma 2-fid. Drupe 
scarcely fleshy, with 4 or fewer pyrenes, lobed, sitting in the 
small calyx.—DC. Prod. xi. p. 675; Thes. Cap. t. 27. 
Shrubs or small undershrubs, almost herbaceous, with opposite or ternate, 
simple leaves, and axillary, few-flowered, trichotomous cymes, sometimes 
reduced to 1-flowered, 2-bracteolate peduncles.—3 or 4 species, near Natal. 
11. VITEX, Linn. 
Calyx cup-like, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, 5-toothed or 
5-fid. Corolla 2-labiate, the upper lip 2-fid, the lower 3-fid, 
the middle segment larger than the rest and projecting ; throat 
often enlarged. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, exserted ; 
anthers obcordate. Ovary 4-celled; cells 1l-ovuled; style 
filiform, 2-fid. Drupe in the enlarged and often torn calyx, 
juicy, with one 4-celled pyrene.—DC. Prod. xi. p. 682. 
Trees or shrubs, chiefly tropical. Leaves opposite, mostly digitate, 
rarely 1-foliolate. Cymes trichotomous or simple, axillary or panicled.— 
3 Cape species, from the Eastern district and Natal. 
TRIBE 3. AVICENNIER. 
12. AVICENNIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted, equal, the sepals concave, obtuse, imbricate. 
Corolla-tube short, bell-shaped; limb 4-fid, the back lobe 
mostly broader and shorter. Stamens 4, glabrous, shortly 
exserted, subequal ; anther-cells distinct, collateral. Ovary 
sessile, ovate, without style, or conoid, tapering into a style, 
silky, 2-celled ; ovules in pairs, collateral, pendulous, 1 only 
fertilized ; stigmata 2, small. Fruit obliquely ovate, com- 
