15^. 123, EBENACEAE. 



6. obovata Sond. Coastbelt and Midlands. "Masetola." 



"isiPandane." 

 1, oleifolia N.E.Br. Tugela Valley. Thorn veld. 



8. dispar N.E.Br. Midland Thorn veld. 



9. concolor Harv. Tugela Valley. Thorn veld. 



10. rudatisii Engl, and Krause. Fairfield, Alexandra County. 



11. schinzii Engl. 



FAMILY 123— EBENACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves entire, exstipulate. Flowers axillary 

 or lateral, regular, hermaphrodite or . unisexual, 3 — 8 merous. 

 Petals united below. Stamens as many as and opposite petals or 

 more, inserted at base of corolla. Filaments free .or in bundles. 

 Ovary superior 2 — 16 celled. Ovules 1 — 2 in each cell, pendulous, 

 inverted. Styles 2 — 8, free or united at base. Seeds endospermic. 

 3 genera 2O species. 



1. Flowers hermaphrodite, rarely sub-dioecious, 4 — 8 merous. 



Calyx increasing in size with age. Stamens usually 10 in 



one row. 1 ROY EN A. 



Flowers normally dioecious. Calyx not accrescent. 2. 



2. Flowers 4 — 7 merous. Stamens 8 — 30, usually I2 — 30. 



2 EUCLEA. 

 Flowers 3 merous. Stamens usually 3 — 9. 3 MABA. 



1. ROYENA L. 



1. lucida L. Midlands. Common. "umKaza." "umTima- 



tane." "umTenatene." "Manzimane." 



2. cordata EM. Coast to Drakensberg. 



3. scabrida Harv. Grassy plains in Tugela Valley. 



4. galpini Hiern. Coastbelt and Zululand. 



5. villosa L. Coastbelt and Midlands. Common, "um- 



Dodennyama." "umQatuva." "umNqandane." "Wes- 

 empisi." 



6. hirsuta L. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



7. pallens Thb. Thorn veld and High veld. Common. 



8. nitens Harv. Zululand. 



9. simii O. Kuntze. Tugela Valley. 



10. guerkei O. Kuntze. Charlestown, 6,000 ft. 



11. parviflora Hiern. Zululand. 



12. glandulosa Hiern. Tugela Valley. 



2. EUCLEA Murr. "umGwali." "iDungamusi." 



1. guerkei Hiern. Between Maritzburg and Greytown. 



Doubtful. 



2. lanceolata E.M. Coast and Midlands. "umTshapisana." 



3. ovata Burch. 



4. miikiflora Hiern. Coastbelt. 



5. natalensis A. DC. Coast to Drakensberg. "inKaza." 



