ICONES PLANTARFM. 61 



Serha e basi perennl radicante erecta, pedalis, subaimplex, glabra v. 

 pili3 appressis raris conspersa, caule duriviscnlo at tenni. Folia alterna, 

 petiolata, oblongo- v. ovali-elliptica, breviter et obtuse acuminata, basi 

 angastata, 2-4-pollicariaj integerrima, tenuiter lierbacea, pennlvenia, 

 venis primariis paucis distantibus tenuibtls. Flares dioici, in spicas v. 

 racemos axillares simplices v, parce ramosos folio breviores disposita, 

 secus rbacLin tenuem sub quaq^ue bractea solitarii, mascnli subsessiles, 

 foeminei pedicellati. Bracteae paiTte, diu persistentes. Calyx floris $ 

 vix semilinea longior, sepalis 6 latiusculis sestivatione imbricatia. 

 Glandulce disci minatfie vix conspicuse. Stamina exserta, sepalis 

 opposita ; antberarum loculi in alabastro penduli, Bub antbesi 

 patentes at vix erecti. O'Carii rudimentum apice in cyatbum raem- 

 branaceum expausum. Calyx floris ? fere maris, minus alte tamen 

 divisus. Ovarium S-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Styli 3, lineares, 

 erecti, crassiusculi, apice stigmatoso brevissime bifido. 



Fig. 1. Male flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Female flower. 4. Style. 



The genus is united by Baillon M'ith Antidesma, though placed by Mueller in a dif- 

 ferent subtribe. It certainly is nearly allied to Antidesma, but the herbaceous habit 

 and the structure of the female flowers appear to be quite sufficient to keep it distinct, 

 5ndependently of the fruit, which is unknown in a ripe state ; but from the slightly 

 enlarged ovary, it is not the one-seeded drupe of Antidesina^ but probably the ordinary 

 Euphorbiaceous 3*celled capsule dividing into 2-valved cocci. — G-. Bentham. 



:Plate 1279. 



l.ACHl^''OSTYLIS CAPENSIS, Turcz. (L. iiieta, Muell. Arg.) 



EtrPHOEBiACE^, Tribe Phtllanthej!. 



L. capensis Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 18-16, 503. L. hirta, 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. ii. 224, single species. 



Hab. Cape Colony, South Africa, chiefly in the Uitenhage district. 



Frutex ramosissimus, dense foliosns. J'oKa _alterna, breviter petiolata, 

 oblono'a v. obovalia, obtusa, integerrima, coriacea, tenuiter pennlvenia, 

 JL-lJ-pollicaria. Stipulce minutas, caducae. Floras dioici, axillares, 

 masculi fasciculati v. brevissime cymulosi, foeminei solitarii, breviter 

 pedicellati, ebracteati. Sepala 5, membranacea, pubescentia. Petala 

 5, sepalis breviora. Discm in flore $ latns, villosissimus, m flore $ 

 pkrum prominulua. Stamina 5, filamentis in medio disco in columnam 

 tenuem alte coalitis, supeme Hberis radiafco-patentibns ; antherai>um 

 locnli parallel!, contigni, rima longitudinali dehiscentes. PisUlh rudi- 



