132. 90. MELIANTHACEAE-«1. BALSAMINACEAE- 



5. rehmannianus (Szysz). Near Durban. 



3. HIPPOBROMUS E. & Z. "uDwiya." "uQume." "isiXime." 



alata E. & Z. Small tree. Common in Thorn veld. 



4. SAPINDUS L. "iGololenkama." "umZinkawa." "Masibele." 



oblongifolius Sond. Common in coastbelt bush. 



5. PAPPEA E. & Z. "iLitye." 



capensis E. & Z. Lower Mooi River. 



6. DODONAEA L. 



viscosa Jacq. Coastbelt. 



FAMILY 90— MELIANTHACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Sepals 4 — 5, free or united at base. Petals 4 — 5. Stamens 4 — 10 

 inserted within the disc. Ovary superior, 4 — 5 celled. Style \. 

 Fruit a capsule. Seeds endospermic. 3 genera 7 species. 

 1. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Stamens 10. 1 GREYIA. 



Leaves pinnate, stipulate. Stamens 4 — 5. 2. 



2. Sepals very unequal. Petals 4, rarely 5, shorter than sepals. 



2 MELIANTHUS. 

 Sepals nearly equal. Petals 5 longer than sepals. 



3 BERSAMA. 



1. GREYIA Hk. & Harv. "inDalu." 



Sutherland! Hk. and Harv. In rocky places. Midlands 

 and Drakensberg. Common. 



2. MELIANTHUS L 



1. insignis O. Kuntze. Charlestown. Wet places. 



2. villosus Bolus. Midlands and Drakensberg. Wet places. 



3. BERSAMA Fres. 



1. abyssinica Fres. 



2. tysoniana Oliv. Uncertain. 



3. lucens Szysz. Coast and Midlands. "isiNdiyandya." 



4. stayneri Phillips. Ingeli. Riverside. 



FAMILY 91— BALSAMINACEAE. 



Succulent herbs. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers irre- 

 gular, hermaphrodite. Sepals 3 (or 5 with 2 minute), posterior 

 spurred. Petals 5 or 3. Stamens 5. Anthers imperfectly united. 

 Ovary superior, 5 celled. Ovules 3 or more in each cell, pendu- 

 lous, inverted, with dorsal raphe. Style 1. Stigmas 1 or 5. 

 Fruit dehiscing elastically. Seeds exendospermic. 1 genus 2 

 species. 



IMPATIENS L. 



1. capensis Meerb. Common all over in damp bush. 



2. flanaganae Hemsley. Umtwalumi, 1,500 ft. 



