54. 19. JUNCACEAE. 



4. Stamens inserted towards top of corolla tube. 



3 COLEOTRYPE. 



Stamens hypogynous. Petals free at base, then united into 



a tube. 4 CYANOTIS. 



1. COMMELINA Plum. 



1. africana L. Common. Coast to top of Drakensberg. 

 africanavar lancispatha C.B.Cl. Inanda. 

 africana var barberae C.B.Cl. Inanda. 



2. benghalensis L. Coastbelt and Zululand. 



3. eckloniana Kth. Coastbelt. 



4. gerrardi C.B.Cl. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



5. karooica C.B.Cl. Inanda. 



6. krebsiana Kth. Coast and Midlands. 

 krebsiana var villosior C.B.Cl. 



7. livingstoni C.B.Cl. Coastbelt. 



8. nudiflora L. Common. Coast and Midlands. 

 nudiflora var werneana (Hassk). C.B.Cl. 



2. ANEILEMA R.Br. 



1. aequinoctiale Kth. Coastbelt bush. 



2. dregeanum Kth. Coastbelt and Zululand. Common. 



3. sinicum Ldl. Coastbelt and Zululand. 



3. COLEOTRYPE C.B.Cl. 



natalensis C.B.Cl. Coastbelt. 



4. CYANOTIS D. Don. 



nodiflora Kth. Common coast to Drakensberg. 



5. FLOSCOPA. Lour. 



1. glomerata Hassk. Coastbelt. 



2. mannii C.B.Cl. Zululand. 



FAMILY 19--JUNCACEAE. 



Herbs or rarely (Prionium), stem woody. Flowers regular, 

 hermaphrodite. Perianth of 6 free, rigid segments, usually green. 

 Stamens 6, rarely 3. Ovary superior, 1 or 3 celled. Ovules 3 or 

 more. Style 1, stigmas 3. Fruit a capsule. Endosperm fleshy 

 or hard. 3 genera, 11 species. 



1. Stem woody, often 5 — 6 feet long. Leaves large, often 3 — 4 feet. 



long, in a rosette at top of stem. 3 PRIONIUM. 



Stem herbaceous. 2. 



2. Ovary 1 celled with 3 nearly basal ovules. 2 LUZULA. 

 Ovary more or less 3 celled with many ovules in each ce*!. 



1 JUNCUS. 

 1. JUNCUS L. 



1. brevistylis Buchen. 



2. capeneU Thb. 



3. effusus L. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



4. lomatophyllus Spreng. Common all over. 



