$7. ROSACEAE 101. 



Ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous inverted. Styles 2. Fruit capsu- 

 lar. Seeds with thin endosperm, 1 genus 2 species. 

 TRICHOCLADUS Pers. "isiTambo." 



1. crinitus Pers. Coast and Midland bush. Common. 



2. grandiflorus Oliv. Ngomi Forest. "inGabavu." 



FAMILY 67— ROSACEAE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, stipulate. Recep- 

 tacle usually concave. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. 

 Perianth simple or of calyx and corolla. Stamens usually nu- 

 merous, rarely few. Carpels 1 or many, free or inferior, and more 

 or less united. Ovules inverted. 8 genera 22 species. 



1. Carpel 1 with 2 ovules, sometimes 2 celled. 2. 

 Carpels 2 or more, or if 1, then 1 ovuled. Flowers regular. 3. 



2. Style terminal or nearly so. Petals sepaloid or 0. Tree. 



7 PYGEUM. 

 Style basal. Ovules erect. Low shrub. 8 PARINARIUM. 



3. Receptacle tightly enclosing carpels, especially in fruit. 4. 



Receptacle cup or saucer shaped not tightly enclosing car- 

 pels. 7. 



4. Flowers dioecious, inconspicuous. Stamens many. 



6 CLIFFORTIA. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. 5. 



5. Petals absent. Herbs. 3 ALCHEMILLA. 

 Petals present. 6. 



6. Herbs. S AGRIMONIA. 

 Shrubs or trees. 4 LEUCOSIDEA. 



7. Herbs. 2 GEUM. 



Prickly scrambling shrubs. "Brambles." 1 RUBUS. 



1. RUBUS L. "Tshalo." 



1. pinnatus Willd. Very common all over. Dominant after 



fire in bush. 



2. ludwigii E. & Z. Drakensberg. 



3. rigidus Smith. Drakensberg. "Jingijolo." 



4. rosaefolius L. Eshowe. Introduced? 



2. GEUM L 



capense Thb. Wet places. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



3. ALCHEMILLA L. 



1. capensis Thb. Common. Midlands. 



2. elongata E. & Z. Common. Midlands. 



3. madagascarensis O. Hoffm. 



4- woodii O. Kuntze. Van Reenen. 



5. natalensis Engl. Weenen County, 4,000 ft. 



4. LEUCOSIDEA E. & Z. "inClabibi." "inTshitshi." 



sericea E. Sz Z. Dominant in mountain scrub. Important 



