CXXXIII. LILIACER. 4.03 
septicidal. Seeds numerous, globose, berry-like, scarlet.— 
Kunth, 1. ce. p. 275. Gloriosa, Linn. 
Climbing, slender, branched plants, with tuberous roots. Leaves either 
scattered opposite or ternate, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, much acuminate, 
ending in a tendril. Peduncle extra-axillary or terminal, 1-flowered, elon- 
gate. Flowers very handsome, either scarlet orange or tinted with green 
and yellow.—. virescens occurs in the Eastern districts, Caffraria and 
Natal, mostly near the coast. 
30. LITTONIA, Hook. 
Perianth 6-parted, campanulate; sepals oblong-acuminate, 
subcarinate, concave, erecto-patent, furnished at base inside 
with a nectariferous pore, margined on each side by a small 
scale. Stamens 6, hypogynous, free, shorter than the peri- 
anth. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules numerous ; style about as 
long as the ovary; stigmas 3, filiform, reflexed. Capsule and 
seeds as in Methonica.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4723. 
LI. modesta, Hook., the only species, was first found by Mr. Sanderson, 
at Natal, and has since been sent to me by Mr. H. Bowker from Kreilis 
country. It has the root, foliage and geueral habit of Methonica, but very 
different flowers. Peduncle short, opposite the leaves or extra-axillary, 
nodding ; perianth orange. 
31. SANDERSONTA, Hook. 
Perianth tubular-campanulate, ventricose, 6-toothed at the 
mouth, at base nectariferous and furnished with 6 short, in- 
curved, saccate spurs. Stamens 6, hypogynous, included ; 
filaments free, subulate. Ovary sessile, ovoid-oblong, 3-celled ; 
ovules numerous; style short; stigmas 3, filiform, spreading. 
Capsule (ripe not seen).— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4716. 
S. aurantiaca, Hook., the only species, first found (along with Littonia 
modesta) by Mr. Sanderson, at Natal, has recently been sent to me by Mr. 
Bowker, from Butterworth, Kreilis Country, where also it accompanies the 
Littonia! Root tuberous. Stem erect, simple, angular. Leaves alternate, 
sessile, lanceolate, taper-pointed, and all but cirrhiferous. Peduncles oppo- 
site the leaves or extra-axillary, nodding, 1-flowered ; flowers orange, about 
1 inch long, $ inch wide. 
Orper CXXXIV. MELANTHACES. 
Perianth petaloid, regular, 6-divided, the margins of the 
segments involute or valvate in bud. Stamens 6; anthers 
turning outwards (at least in the bud). Ovary free, 3-celled ; 
ovules many or few ; style deeply 3-fid or 3-parted. Capsule 
3-celled, usually septicidal, rarely loculicidal. Seeds albu- 
minous.—Chiefly distinguished from Liliacee by the estiva- 
tion, the extrorse anthers, deeply 3-fid style, and usually the 
dehiscence of the capsule. Many are poisonous. 
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