•7. OCHNACEAE-W. VIOLACEAE). I39. 



7. pulchra N.E.Br. Hlabisa, Zululand. 



FAMILY 97— OCHNACEAE. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, usually stipu- 

 late. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite. Sepals 4 — 6. Petals 

 4 — 6 free, deciduous. Anthers opening by apical pores. Carpels 

 almost free, but with a common style, or united. Ovules with 

 vantral raphe. Fruit in Ochna drupaceous. Seed exendospermic. 

 1 genus 3 species. 

 OCHNA L. "umHlezane." "umTelelo." ''umTensema." 



"Hlazane." 



1. arborea Burch. Tree. Coast and Midlands. In bush. 



2. atropurpurea DC. Shrub. Coast and Midlands. Out- 



side bush. 



3. natalitia Engl. & Gilg. Drakensberg. 



FAMILY 98— GUTTIFERAE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite, undivided. Flowers 



regular, hermaphrodite or pol3'gamous. Sepals 4 — 5. Petals 4 — 5. 



Stamens numerous. Ovary superior, 1 — many celled. Styles 1 — 



many. Seeds exendospermic. 2 genera 6 species. 



1. Styles 3—5. Herbs or undershrubs. 1 HYPERICUM. 



Style L Small tree. 2 GARCINIA. 



1. HYPERICUM L. 



1. aethiopicum Thb. In grassveld. Common "uSukum- 



bili." 



2. lalandii Choisy. In vleis. Common. 

 lalandii var macropetalum Drakensberg. 

 lalandii var lanceolatum. Drakensberg. 



3. lanceolatum Lam. Moist places. Midlands. Shrub. 



4. natalensis. Wood & Evans. Mooi River, 4,000 ft. 



2. GARCINIA L. "isiBinda." 



\. gerrardi Harv. Bush. Coastbelt tree. 



2. natalensis Schltr. Fairfield, Alexandra County, 2-3,000 ft. 



FAMILY 99— VIOLACEAE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves simple. Flowers more or 

 less irregular. Sepals 5. Petals 5, free. Stamens 5. Ovary su- 

 perior sessile, 1 celled, with 3 parietal placentas. Ovules in- 

 verted. Style L Fruit a capsule, loculicidal. Seeds exendosper- 

 mic. 2 genera 6 species. 

 L Flowers distinctly irregular. Lower petal saccate or gibbous. 

 Herbs or undershrubs. (lonidium.) 1 HYBANTHUS. 



Flowers nearly regular. Petals subequal, not saccate. 



Shrubs or trees. 2 RINOREA. 



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