100 63. CUNOMACKAE— 66. HAMAMELIDACEAE- 



Petals 5, free or united below. Stamens 5 hypogynous. Disc 

 none. Ovary superior 1 celled or incompletely 2—5 celled. Style 

 simple. Stigma entire or lobed. Ovules numerous inverted, as- 

 cending or horizontal. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seed endos- 

 permic. 1 genus 1 species. 

 PITTOSPORUM Banks. "umFusamvu." "umKwenkwe." 



viridiflorum Sims. Common tree in all bush. Coast to 

 Drakensberg. 



FAMILY 63— CUNONIACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled, stipulate. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 4 — 5, free or united at base. 

 Petals 4—5. Stamens 8 — 10, inserted beneath the disc. Ovary 

 superior 2 — 3 celled. Ovules 2 or more to each cell. Styles 2 — ^3 

 free. Fruit capsular. Seeds endospermic. 1 genus 1 species. 

 CUNONIA L. "maPetu." "Seluma." "umLulama." "um- 

 Kwashube." "umHlalane." 

 capensis L. Coast to Midland Bush. Nowhere common in 

 Natal. 



FAMILY 64— MYROTHAMNACEAE. 



Shrubs. Leaves opposite, undivided, stipulate. Flowers 

 dioecious without perianth. Stamens 3 — 8. Ovary 3-4 celled. 

 Ovu'es numerous, inverted. Styles 3 — 4 free. Fruit capsular or 

 separating into 2 — 4 nutlets. Seeds endospermic. 1 genus 1 species. 

 MYROTHAMNUS Welw 



flabellifolius Welw. Locally dominant over rocks in upper 

 districts. Near Vryheid. 



FAMILY 65— BRUNIACEAE. 



Undershrubs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, exstiptrlate, small. 

 Flowers usually in heads, hermaphrodite, 4 — 5 merous. Petals 

 free or united below. Stamens 4 — 5. Ovary inferior or half in- 

 ferior, 1 — 3 celled. Ovules 1 — 4 in each cell, pendulous, inverted. 

 Styles 1 — 3. Fruit a capsule or nut. Seeds endospermic. 1 genus 

 1 species. 

 BERARDIA Sond 



trigyna vSchltr. Wet places. Murchison. 



FAMILY 66— HAMAMELIDACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided, stipulate. Flowers uni- 

 sexual or hermaphrodite, 4 — 5 merous. Petals narrow, some- 

 times wanting in female flowers. Stamens 4 — 5. Ovary 2 celled. 



