262 Plants and theii' Ways in Sonth Africa 



Bignonia has the pod flattened parallel with the partition, 

 and the compound leaves end in a tendril. 



Cataphractes is a spiny shrub, with calyx cleft on one 

 side. Corolla white. Stamens 6 or 7. Found in Namaqua- 

 land. Leaves simple, tufted. • 



FfG. 265. — Tecoma capensis. a. Pistil with disc below. 



Rhigozum. — Flowers yellow, borne singly in the axils 

 of alternate leaves. A rigid shrub in the Eastern and Northern 

 districts. 



Kigelia.- — A Natal tree with panicles of flowers springing 

 from old wood. Seeds wingless. Leaves alternate, simple. 



Order Rubiace^. 



Calyx above the ovary. Sepals 4 to 5, often very small. 

 Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 4-9, borne on the corolla, alternate 



