66 ' ICONES PliANTAKUM, 



Plate 1284. 



LEIDESIA CAPENSIS, Mtwll Arg. 



EuPHORBiACE^, Subtribe Acalyphe^. 



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. L. capensis, Mitell. Arg. in DC. Frod. xv. il. 793, foliis ovatis utroqae 

 latere 4~7-dentatis, bracteis masculis subacutis. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope, damp shady places in the Cape district, 

 received from riTimerous collectors. 



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Herha annua, tenera, dififuse ramosa, glabra, semipedalis ad 

 pedalis. Folia altema v. rarins hinc inde subopposita, longe petiolata, 

 ovata, obtusa v. brcvissirae obtnseque acuminata, obtuse dentata, 

 pleraqnc polHcaria, tcnuiter KiembranacGa, peunivenia. Bacemi termi- 

 nales v. in dichotomeis ramorum, tenelli, |-l-polIicares, Flm-es masculi 

 minimi, apicem versus racemi in fasciculos plures dispositi, bracteis sub 

 fasciculis parvis acutis sa^pius setoso-ciliatis. Calyx in alabastro 

 globosus, clausus, sub antbesin valvatim 3-partitns, patens. Stamina 

 4-7 ; antherarum locnli ovoideo-globosij distincti, primum penduli 

 parslleli, po=it anthesm ssepe divaricati. Flores foeminei ad basin 

 racemi pauci, singuli bractea foliaceo stipati. Perianfhum 0. Styli 

 2 linoares, patentes. Gapsida 2-cocca. — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1. Cluster of male flowers. 2. Female flower. 3. Single male flower, the 

 aTither-cells rather too close. 



Plate 1285. 



CARDAMINE PARADOXA, ITa7ice 



Ceucifer^. 



C. patadoxa, Ilance in Seemann^s Journ. Bot, vi. (1868), p. Ill, 



glabra, foliis petiolatis 3-foliolatis, foliolismajuscnlis petiolulatis ovatis 

 V. ovato-lanceolatis obtusiuscalis crenato- v. sinuato-dentatis, lateralibus 

 basi truncatis late rotnndatisve,raceniis terminalibus paucis panicnlatis, 

 pedicellis demum patentibns flore aequilongis, siliquis immatum 

 breviter stipitatis ellipticis utrinqne acutatis stylo persistente rostratis, 

 seminibus sa?pe solitariis pendulis funicnlatis. 



