Burkeane. N. O. Jasminee, 
TAB. DLXXXVI. 
Menopora AFRICANA. 2. sp. 
Erecta, foliis bipinnatifidis laciniis linearibus acutis, floribus in 
ramis ramulisque terminalibus, calycibus multipartitis, cap- 
sulz loculis trispermis. 
Has. Interior of S. Africa. Fat River. Fr. Feb. (n. 1341.) 
Macalisberg. Fl. Oct. Burke. 
Radix fusiformis. Caulis suffruticosus, e basi ramosus. Folia 
opposita, vix uncialia, bipinnatifida, glabra. Flores solitarii, 
brevi-pedunculati, ex apicibus ramorum ramulorumque. Pe- 
dunculi_ scabri. Calyx scaber, monophyllus ; tubus brevis — 
turbinatus; limbus multipartitus, laciniis linearibus simpli- 
cibus vel furcatis, corolla brevioribus. Corolla subrotata, 
tubo brevi, limbo 5-lobo, lobis obovatis acutis, astivatione 
contortim imbricatis. Stamina 2, summo tubi inserta, limbo | 
breviora. Filamenta brevia. Anthere ovato-oblonge. Ova- — 
rium subrotundum apice bilobum. Sfylus filiformis, exser- 
tus. Stigma obtusum. Fructus: Capsula magna didyma — 
_ basi calyce persistente suffulta, lobis carpellisve ovatis demum : 
circumscissis, trispermis. Semen ellipticum, trigonum ; testa 
_ Spongiosa. Embryo exalbuminosa. | 
This curious and handsome plant is unquestionably a conge- 
ner with Menodora, H.B.K. (Bolivaria, Cham. et Schlecht.), and 
__ hitherto supposed to be exclusively an inhabitant of the New 
_ World, where it is found, sparingly, from South Brazil to Texas. : 
It is remarkable that a species should now be detected in the 
interior of S. Africa. 3 
_ Fig. 1 & 2, Flowers. /f. 3. Pistil and corolla Jaid ope™ — 
f-4 &5. Didymous capsules. (.6 & 7. Seeds. f. 8. Trans 
verse section of ditto :—magnified. 
