382 171 • THYMELAEACEAE 



posite. Flowers in terminal umbels. — Species i. East and South-east 



Africa Englerodaphne Gilg 



Flowers 5-merous. Petals thin, spreading. Staminal whorls approximate. 

 Anthers more or less exserted. Disc cup-shaped. Ovary short-stalked. 

 Style long. Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers solitary or in 

 pairs, axillary. — Species 25. Central Africa. . Dicranolepis Planch. 

 9. (3.) Stamens 10, inserted at or below the middle of the long, narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, not jointed calyx-tube at the same level. Filaments 

 short, unequal in length. Anthers included. Corona none. Disc 

 ring- or saucer-shaped. Ovary sessile. Style short. Twining shrubs. 

 Leaves opposite or nearly so, leathery. Flowers in axillary clusters, 

 greenish-yellow. — Species 2. West Africa. [Tribe CRATEROSI- 



PHONEÄE.] Craterosiphon Engl. & Gilg 



Stamens inserted at the throat or the upper part of the calyx-tube ; in the 

 latter case calyx-tube wide or jointed. [Tribe DAPHNEAE.] , . 10 



10. Calyx-tube bearing in its upper part a corona of 8 or more scales, jointed 



above the ovary, the lower part persistent in fruit. Flowers 4-merous. 

 Filaments thread-like. Anthers exserted. Ovary sessile. Fruit dry. 

 Shrubs. Leaves small, leathery, sometimes needle-shaped. . . .11 

 Calyx-tube without a corona, but sometimes the ovarj^ surrounded at 

 the base by a disc or by several glands 12 



11. Flowers solitary, white or reddish. Sepals equal in length. Corona 



inserted in the middle of the cah^x-tube. — Species 5. South Africa. 

 Some are used as ornamental plants. . . . Cryptadenia Meissn. 

 Flowers in fascicles or heads. Corona inserted next to the throat of the 

 calyx, and formed of 8 scales which alternate with the stamens. — Species 

 20. South Africa. Some are used as ornamental plants. (Plate 109.) 



Lachnaea L. 



12. Calyx-tube constricted and jointed above the ovary, the upper part, 



rarely the whole calyx, falling off after flowering 13 



J^alyx-tube not jointed, persistent in fruit or falling off as a whole, the 

 segments sometimes falling off singly. Filaments and style short. 

 Flowers 4-merous 16 



13. Filaments very short. Staminal whorls widely separated. Disc minute or 



wanting. (See 5.) Gnidia L.^ 



Filaments long. Staminal whorls approximate, rarely somewhat distant, 

 but then disc distinctly developed. Shrubs 14 



14. Flowers 5-merous. Segments of the calyx much shorter than the tube. 



Disc saucer-shaped, lobed. Ovary hairy. Fruit dry. Seeds without 

 albumen. Flowers in terminal heads. — Species (). South Africa 

 and IMadagascar. Some are used as ornamental plants. Dais L. 

 Flowers 4-merous. Segments of the calyx nearly as long as the tube. 

 Disc none. Ovary glabrous. Seeds with a copious albumen. Leaves 

 opposite. Flowers solitary and axillary, or in terminal spikes. . . 15 



15. Fruit fleshy. Calyx-tube short, urn-shaped. — Species i. South Africa. 



Chymococca Meissn. 



