313 petiolate, fl'^t. Flov/ers solitary in the forkinj^s of" the bran- 

 ches, pedicellf'te . Ggiyx uneouplly 4-lobed dovn to its union v/ith 

 the ovary. Petals numerous, united at the base into a short tube. 

 Stamens many, but not very numerous,^ erect, arising from the coro- 

 lle-tube; filaments not bearded, ^tigmas 4, minute; no style. 

 Ovary inferior, 4-celled; ^iacentas axile. Capsule ^vith 4 valves 

 and cells; valves broader than long, the apical pert so abruptly 

 thickening that t'~e basal termination of the thickening is quite 

 vertical; expanding keels closely contiguous, forming one central 

 keel with its end united to the sub-vertical base of the thickened 

 apical part of the valve, no marginal win s or flaps to the valves; 

 cells open, v/ithout cell-wings or tubercles. Seeds compressed, 

 circular in outline, tuberculate. N. E. B-r. in The Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, 1925, Vol. IXvTI I, p. 412, and in '^ourn. of ^ot., 1928, 

 p. 139. Litocarpus, L. Bol. , in Fi. Fi. of S. Afr. , Vol. VII, 

 t. 251, f. 11. 



Species^l, A. cordifolia, N. E. Br. (^'^esemb. cordifolium, L.). 

 A native of South Africa, but naturalised in xnanY of the warmer parts 

 of the world. 



The name is derived from the Ci.eek, apten, v/ingless, in allu- 

 sion to the absence of winf^s of the valves of the capsule. 



1. A. cordifolia, N. E. Br. in Journ. of ^ot., 1928, p. 139. 

 — A prostrate, glabrous herb, minutely papulose on all green 

 parts. Le'^ves e-^i inches lone:, including petiole, 2-15 lines 

 broad, cordate-ovate, acute. Pedicels about 5 line long. Cgiyx 

 with t"'o of the lobes lar^e and leaf-like, 5-10 lines long, 5g-7 

 lines broad, ovate or elliptic, acute or subacute, the other tv^'0 

 about 4 lines long or less and subulate. Corolla 6-8 lines in 

 diameter; rptals cuneately linear, obtuse, bright magenta -purple 

 or rosy-purple, the inner passing into staminodes. Sr^amens with 

 v;hite filaments and bearded anthers. Stigmas about i-line long, 

 oblong, obtuse. Capsule v/ith valves about 2 lines long and 3^ 

 lines broad, broadly deltoid-ovate, uniformly pallid or cream- 

 coloured, ^eeds uniformly pallid or cream-coloured, -^eeds about 

 2/3-line in diameter, compressed, sub-circular, tuberculate all 

 over, blackish-brown. 



M. cordifolixim, Linn. f. Suppl., p. 250; ^^v}» , %s. p. 192- 

 195, I-1SC. Nat, p. 50, "^ynop. p. 248, and Rev., p._159; ^acq., 

 Ic. %r.. Vol. Ill, p. 6, t". 487; ^mith, Spicil. ^ot . , t. 6., 

 "DC., -fl. 'Irass. t. 102; Sain -^yck, i-^s., 61, f. 1; Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. Paris, ser. 3, Vol. XVIII, p. 240, t. 10, f. 17-24; Junghans, 

 Ic. PI. t. 37^ Meigen, Deutschl. Fl., Vol. II ,_ t. 96; Payer, 

 Orftanop-. Comp. Fl., p. 356, t. 80, f. 17-24; ^'lor. ^'''iag. , 1869, t. 

 460; f^^artenfl., 1877, p. 153; Sauvi^go, C^lt. Littor. i^editerr., 

 P. 86, with fig.; Rev. Hort. 1903, p. 525, fig.; Berger, i-es. 

 und Port., p. 53 and 54, f. 8, III-lV; Schoenland in '■■^r. Phil. 

 Soc. S. Afr., Vol. IX, p. 36 t. 2, f. 2.; Journ. ^ot. Soc. 3. 

 Afr. Afr., 1927, t. 4, f. 4, C.; L. Bol. in I»iesemb. 13, f. 3,B.; 

 Litocarpus cordifolius, L. Bol. in ^1. Pi. ■^. -^fr., '^ol. VII, 

 under t. 261, fl 11. 



A native of the eastern coastal districts of South --frica, 

 whence it v^as int oduced into cultivation by ^-asson in 1774, and 

 has now become naturalised in several of the warm parts of the 

 v/orld. 



N. E. Bj-ov.Ti 

 (To be continued.) 



