Stamens 4-8. Styles 2-5. 



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(Ex. Sundews.) 



Drosera. 



List of Species. 



1 Drosera, Linn. 



Burkeana, Planch. AB. 



madagascariensis, T),C. B.C. 



ramentacea, Burch. A. 



ORDER LXII. HAMAMELIDE^. 



A small Order of which two species only are known to exist in 

 Natal. The only useful plant of any note in the family is Hmnamplis 

 virgmica, of which the leaves and l)ark are used medicinally. Another 

 genus yields a good timber 



Number of species about oO. 



(Ex. Onderbosch.) 



Flowers unisexual, spiked. Petals in male flowers, 



hnear-clavate, long. Trichooi.adus. 



Flowers unisexual, sjDiked. Petals none. Myrotifamnus. 



List of Species. 



1 Trichocladus, iVr.s- 



crinitus, Pers. 

 grandiflorus, Oliv. 



BCZ. 

 E, 



2 Myrothamnus, Welw 

 fiabellifolius, Welw. 



EF. 



ORDER LXIII, BRUNIACE^. 



Another small family almost, if not quite, confined to the Cape 

 • Colony, and the only species known to us was gathered near the southern 

 boundary of Natal. None of the species have any economic value, 



Number of species about 40, 



Petals 5. Stamens 5, Anthers without apical appendage. Berardia. 

 1 Berardia, Brong. 



trigyna, Schllr. 



C, 



ORDER LXTV. HALORAGE^. 



Tlie members of this family are chiefly aquatic, and have but 

 little economic value. (Ivnnera srabra is cultivated as an ornamental 



plant, its leaves reaching to 6 feet in diameter, 

 it is used for tanning and as an astringent. 

 Number of species about 80, 



In its native country 



