114. HALORRHAaACBAB-415. ARALIACEAE. 14^ 



2. flavescens E.M. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



3. hirsutum L. Moist places. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



4. tetragonum L. Noodsberg and Drakensberg. 



5. schinzii Levi. 



5. OENOTHERA Spach 



* 1. biennis L. Imported weed. 

 2. rosea Ait. Midlands. Common. 



FAMILY IH—HALORRHAGACEAE. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers small, 

 regular, 2 — 4 merous. Petals free or 0. Stamens 1 — 8. Ovary 

 inferior 1 celled with 1 or 4 ovules, or 4 celled with 1 ovule in 

 each cell. Ovules pendulous, inverted. Styles or stigmas 2 — 4. 

 Fruit a nut, drupe or schizocarp. Seeds endospermic. 3 genera 

 3 species. 

 L Ovary 1 celled with 1 ovule. Leaves large radical. 



1 GUNNERA. 

 Ovary 1 celled with 4 ovules or 4 celled. 2. 



2, Ovary 1 celled, sometimes incompletely 4 celled. 



Leaves undivided. Terrestrial. 2 LAUREMBERGIA. 



Ovary 4 celled. Leaves divided. Aquatic. 



3 MYRIOPHYLLUM. 



1. GUNNERA L. "uGobo." 



perpensa L. In vleis. Common. Sometimes dominant. 

 Coast to Drakensberg. 



2. LAUREMBERGIA Berg. (Serpicula L.) 



repens Berg. Shores of Natal Bay. Common. 



3. MYRIOPHYLLUM L 



spicatum L. Mooi River, 4,000 ft. 



FAMILY 115~-ARALIACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually stipulate. Flowers 4 — 16, 

 usually 5 merous. Petals free or united into a cap, valvate in bud. 

 Stamens as many as petals or more. Anthers versatile. Ovary 

 inferior or half inferior, crowned by a disc, 2 or more celled. 

 Ovule 1 in each cell, pendulous, inverted. Raphe ventral. Fruit 

 indehiscent. Seeds endospermic. 2 genera 7 species. 

 Fruit roundish. Pedicels not jointed with flowers. 



1 CUSSONIA. 



Fruit laterally compressed, oblong. Pedicels jointed with 

 flowers. 2 PANAX L. 



1. CUSSONIA Thb. "umSenge." 



1. chartacea Schinz. Umbilo. 



2. kraussii Hochst. 



3. natalensis Sond. Inanda. 



