47. CEi^ATOPHYLLACEAE-48. RANUNCULACEAE 9I 



solitary hermaphrodite, large and showy. Sepals 3 or more. 

 Petals usually numerous. Stamens many. Carpels 6 or more, dis- 

 tinct or united into a many-cel'ed ovary. Seeds endospermic. 1 

 genus 2 species. 

 NYMPHAEA (L.) Smith. "iZibu." 



1. capensis Thb. (stellaia Willd). Midlands and Drakens- 



berg. 



2. madagascariensis DC. (?or near it). Coastbelt. (Figured 



in Medley Wood's Natal Plants, p. 33, as N. stellata 

 Willd). 



FAMILY 47--CERATOPHYLLACEAE, 



Aquatic herbs. Leaves v^rhorled, deeply divided into forked 

 linear segments. Flowers unisexual Perianth simple ; segments 

 9 — 12 united at base. Stamens I2 — 16. Ovary superior 1 celled. 

 Ovule 1, pendulous straight. Style 1. Fruit a nut. Seeds endos- 

 permic. 1 genus 1 species. 

 CERATOPHYLLUM L. 



demersum L. Fairly common. Coastbelt and Zululand. 



FAMILY 4»— RANUNCULACEAE. 



Herbs, shrubs or climbers. Leaves usually divided. Perianth 

 simple or of calyx and corolla. Stamens many. Carpels hypogy- 

 nous or many, usually free. All parts usually spirally arranged. 

 Ovules inverted. Seeds endospermic. 5 genera I4 species. 



1. Petals with a pit or scale at the base or middle. 



Sepals green. 2 RANUNCULUS. 



Petals without a pit or scale. 2. 



2. Leaves opposite. Slender shrubs, usually climbing. 



1 CLEMATIS. 

 Leaves alternate or radical or uppermost whorled. Herbs. 3. 



3. Perianth of sepals and petals. Carpels fleshy. 



3 KNOWLTONIA. 

 Perianth simple. 4- 



4. Carpels few, without tails. 5 THALICTRUM. 



Carpels many tailed. 4 ANEMONE. 



1. CLEMATIS L. 



L brachiata Thb. Common. Coast to Drakensberg. 



2. glaucescens Fresen. Tugela district. 



3. grata Wall. Inchanga. 



4. owaniae Harv. Inanda. Zululand. 



5. incisodentata A. Rich. 



2. RANUNCULUS L. 



L pinnatus Poir. Common in moist places. Coast to 

 Drakensberg. "uXaposi." 

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