88, 43. AlZOACEAE. 



or united at base. Ovary superior, 1 — 12 celled, or of free carpels. 

 Ovules 1 in each carpel, basal, curved. Seeds endospermic. 

 Embryo annular. 1 genus 3 species. 

 PHYTOLACCA L. 



1. heptandra Retz. Herb 1 — 3 ft. Midlands and Drakens- 



berg. 



2. dodecandra L'Herit. Woody climber. Coast and Mid- 



lands. 



3. octandra L. Herb. 2—3 ft. Common weed. 



FAMILY 43— AlZOACEAE. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Flowers regular. Perianth simple or 

 of calyx and corolla. Stamens 3 or more. Ovary usually several 

 celled. Ovules curved or inverted. Fruit dry. Seed with mealy 

 endosperm. Embryo curved. 7 genera 16 species. 



1. Perianth free from ovary, divided to base, or nearly so. 2. 

 Perianth with a distinct tube, sometimes adnate to ovary, 



simple. 6. 



2. Ovary 2 celled. Style 2 cleft. Fruit separating into 2 nutlets. 



1 LIMEUM. 

 Ovary 3—7 celled. 3. 



3. Ovary cells 1 ovuled. Perianth simple. 2 PSAMMOTROPHA. 

 Ovary cells more than 1 ovuled. 4. 



4. Leaves exstipulate, fleshy. Petals usually many. 3 ORYGIA. 

 Leaves stipulate. Petals none, but stamens sometimes mixed 



with staminodes. 5. 



5. Stipules membranous, entire. Capsule loculicidal. 



4 MOLLUGO. 

 Stipules fringed. Capsule with a stellate opening at apex. 



5 PHARNACEUM, 



6. Ovary superior. 6 AIZOON. 

 Ovary inferior. 7 MESEMBRIANTHEMUM. 



1. LIMEUM L. 



1. viscosum Fenzl. Near Durban. 



2. natalense Schellenb. Coastbelt. 



2. PSAMMOTROPHA E. and Z. 



1. androsacea Fenzl. Drakensberg. 

 androsacea var enervis Fenzl. Drakensberg. 



2. myriantha Sond. Midlands and Drakensberg. Common 



in open grassveld and stony places. 



3. ORYGIA Forsk. 



decuRibens Forsk. Midlands. Common. 



4. MOLLUGO L. 



oppositifolia L. 



5. PHARNACEUM L. 



dUtichum Thb. BluflF, near Durban, 



