CIIT. PENDACER. S28 
dulous ; style filiform ; stigma obsoletely 4-lobed.— DC. Prod. 
xiv. p. 490. 
A shrublet, with ovate-imbricate leaves, 1-1} inch long, $-1 wide, 
margined, with a prominent nerve beneath. Flowers crowded at the ends 
of the branches, with large, coloured, but not glutinous bracts. 
6. ENDONEMA, A. Juss. 
Calyx with a long, cylindrical tube; lobes shorter, ovate, 
acute, thickened within, valvate in bud. Filaments erect, as 
long as the anthers or longer; anthers ovate; cells scarcely 
shorter than the connective, entire, margined. Ovary smooth ; 
ovules 4 in each cell, 2 erect, 2 pendulous; style slender, 
equalling the calyx-tube; stigmas 4, small. Capsule oblong, 
4-valved.— DC. Prod. xiv. p. 490. 
Shrubs, with solitary flowers, in the axils of coloured leaves.—2 species. 
Orpver CIV. GEISSOLOMEZ, 
[The genus Geissoloma, formerly referred to Peneacee, differs in having 
imbricate estivation of the perianth ; in the number and insertion of sta- 
mens, the versatile anthers, and albuminous seeds. | 
1. GEISSOLOMA, Lindl. 
Calyx 4-parted, subtended by 2-fariously imbricated, scaly 
bracts, persistent ; segments ovate, mucronate, imbricate in 
bud. Stamens 8, in the bottom of the perianth, the 4 alter- 
nating with the lobes rather shorter than the others ; anthers 
much shorter than the filaments, ovoid, 2-lobed at base, versa- 
_ tile, mucronulate, with an obsolete connective. Ovary free, 
4-lobed, 4-celled ; ovules in each cell 2, pendulous ; styles 4, 
at first cohering as 1, then separating ; stigmas minute. Cap- 
sule 4-celled, loculicida. Seeds solitary, pendulous ; albumen 
copious, fleshy ; embryo about as long, central, with linear, 
fleshy cotyledons and a short radicle—DC. Prod. xiy. p. 492. 
A shrub, with opposite, ovate-subcordate, entire, margined leaves, and 
axillary, solitary, bracteate flowers. Perianth and bracts membranous, 
neryed.—Clanwilliam and Swellendam. 
Orpver CV. THYMELER. 
Flowers bisexual. Calyx corolloid or rarely herbaceous, 
tubular, deciduous or persistent, 4-5-lobed, the lobes imbri- 
cate in bud. Hypogynous scales 4-8, minute, free or united 
in a cup, rarely perigynous, sometimes wanting. Fertile sta- 
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