35 



(Ex. Umgano ; Umgwenya ; Wild Plum.) 



Ovary 1 celled, with 1 ovule. 



Ovary 2-5 celled, ovules 1 in each cell. 



1 IStamens 8. Sepals and petals 4. Odina. 



1 Stamens 4-5. Calyx unchanged in fruit. 



1 Stamens 5. Calyx in fruit enlarged and coloured. Loxostylis. 



2 Drupe compressed, wingless Leaves trifoliolate. Rhus. 



2 Drupe compressed, wingless. Leaves simple. Protorhus. 



2 Fruit compressed, winged. Smodingidm. 



4 Staminal flowers spicate. Stamens '.2-15 or more. Sclerocarya. 



ORDER LVL CONNARACE^. 



An order of tropical plants some of which vield valuable timber 

 such as the " Zebra wood " of Guiana {Comiams Lambertu). The seeds 

 of another tree, C. speciosus, yield an oil, but our onlv species is a small 

 shrub of no economic value. Number of species 140. 



Calyx 5 cleft or parted. Petals 5. Stamens 10. 



I Onestis, Juss. 

 natalensis, PI. Sf Sona, AB. 



Cnestis. 



