JO Sketches of the Botany of South Africa. 



FlCOIDE^. 



Tetragonia. 

 Fj fruticosa. S. 

 decumbens. S. 



J. Icosandria Pentagynia, 

 Tetragonia. 

 shrubby, 

 decumbent. 



Umbelmfers. 

 iivdrocotyls. 

 2/ villosa. M. R. 

 virgata. St. 



(Enanthb. 

 1/ tenuifolia M. 

 interrupta. M. 

 inebrians. M. 



Conium. 

 $ rigens. M. S. 



Araliace^. 

 Cussonia. 

 fj thyrsiflora. M. R. 



LoRANTHE^. 

 VlSCUM. 



h capense. 

 pauciflora. 

 rotundifolium. 



J. Pentandria Digynia. 

 Marsh-Pennywort. 



villous. 



twiggy. 



Water-dropwort. 

 slender- leaved, 

 interrupted, 

 various-leaved. 



Gli 



Hemlock, 

 fine leaved. 



J. Pentandria Digynia. 

 Cussonia 



thyrse-flowered. Speke-boscb 



J. Dioecia Tetrandria. 

 Misseltoe. 



Cape. 



few-flow&red. 



round-leaved. 



Dipsace.'e. J. Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Succisa. 

 f? rigida. R. 



trifida. St, 



scabra. St. 

 % decurrens. M. T. 



Composite. 

 Stobaea. 

 \} pinnata. St. 



heterophylla. St. 

 1/ rigida, St. 



atractyloides. St. 



Succisa. 



rough-leaved, 

 narrow-leaved, 

 rough-stalked, 

 decurrent. 



A. Syngenesia. 

 Stobaea. 



pinnate. 



various-leaved. 



stiff, 



Atractylis-like. 



L. 



NoTZ.—OSnanthe. Gli. The intoxicating qualities of this plant appear to 

 have heen known to the aboriginal inhabitants of South Africa at an early 

 period ; which is a striking example of their propensity for fermented liquors 

 before they had any intercourse with Europeans. The whole of the genus 

 are acrid and poisonous, but possess useful medicinal properties. 



t 'uMoniOj The thick and somewhat fleshy roots of this species, arc 

 eaten by the Hottentots. In some parts of trie Colony it is known by the 

 name of Noy's Bloom. 



• iscum. Parasitical plants, generally found upon the Celastru* and Wins. 



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