2l6. ACANTHACEAE — 217. MYOPORACEAE — 2l8. PLANTAGINACEAE 515 



medicinally Ecbolium Kurz 



Bracts narrow. Seeds 4 105 



105. Flowers in one-sided spikes. Bracts small. Shrubs. — Species i. 



Naturalized in the Canary Islands. . . . Anisacanthus Nees 



Flowers in panicles. Bracts long. Herbs. — Species i. Equatorial 



West Africa Schaueria Nees 



SUBORDER MYOPORINEAE 



FAMILY 217. MYOPORACEAE 



Shrubs. Leaves alternate, at least the upper ones, undivided, without 

 stipules. Flowers solitary or in pairs in the leaf-axils, without bracteoles, 

 regular or nearly so, hermaphrodite. Sepals 5, united at the base, imbricate 

 or open in the bud. Petals 5, united below, white, imbricate in the bud. 

 Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla tube, in two pairs of slightly unequal length. 

 Anthers 2-celled, the cells confluent at the top, opening inwards by longitudinal 

 slits. Ovary superior, 2 — 4-celled. Ovules i — 6 in each cell, pendulous from 

 the apex of the partition, inverted, with a thick funicle. Style simple ; stigma 

 entire or 2 — 4-lobed. Fruit a drupe. Seeds albuminous ; radicle of the embryo 

 superior. — Genera 3, species 4. Southern and tropical Africa. 



1. Corolla salver-shaped. Ovary 2-celled. Ovules in each cell 4 — 6, in 



pairs placed one above the other. Stigma oblong, oblique. Fruit 



with a I — 2-celled stone. — Species 2. South Africa. . Oftia Adans. 



Corolla bell-shaped. Ovules in each ovary-cell solitary or two side by 



side 2 



2. Calyx-segments linear. Corolla slightly irregular. Ovary 2-celled. Stigma 



capitate. Fruit with 4 stones. — Species i. West Africa. 



Zombiana Baill. 



Calyx-segments lanceolate. Corolla regular. Fruit with a 2 — 4-celled 



stone. — Species i. Mascarene Islands. . . Myoporum Banks & Sol. 



ORDER PLANTAGINALES 



FAMILY 218. PLANTAGINACEAE 



Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs ; in the latter case leaves opposite. Leaves 

 sessile, entire toothed lobed or pinnately cleft, without stipules. Flowers 

 solitary or in spikes or heads, with broad bracts, without bracteoles, small, 

 regular, 4-merous. Calyx of united sepals. Corolla scarious, of united petals, 

 with imbricate aestivation, sometimes 2-toothed. Stamens 4, inserted on the 

 tube of the corolla and alternating with its lobes. Filaments long, bent in- 

 wards in the bud. Anthers large, versatile, opening by two longitudinal slits. 

 Ovary superior, 2 — 4-celled, sometimes one cell only fertile. Ovules axile, 

 half-inverted. Style simple ; stigma entire, filiform. Fruit dry, opening 

 by a lid or remaining closed. Seeds with a fleshy albumen ; embryo straight 

 or nearly so. — Genera 2, species 40. (Plate 143-.) 



