18 



FEMALE PLANT. 



MALE PLANT. i nne r lobe of perianth, side view 



8, Stamen, front v lew. gtainen 



, 



9, do side view. 1 9', Abortive stamen. 



10, Stanunode, front view. 



. - a 



12, Abortove stigma. ^ gty]e> elevation . 



23^ Style, plan. 



24, Section of ovary. 



25, Fruit ; all variously enlarged. 



Flora Capensis, and which is perhaps the 



and in the young stat f they 

 are so! bS when nearly mature they become quite erect on the peduncle. 



PLATE 18. 



APOPYTES 01 MIDI ATA, E. Meyer. 

 Natural Order OLACINEAE. 



A tree with trunk 1-3 feet in diameter, 20 to 50 feet in height, " Bark greyish 

 white, thick, smooth, marked in patches and rings by parasitic lichen " (Four- 

 cade ) Twigs terete, very light coloured. Leaves alternate, petiolate, exstipulate, 

 elliptical, ovate-elliptical, or oblong, entire, rounded at apex and base, glabrous 

 above, minutely pub-scent beneath, margin thickened and a little recurved, 

 coriaceous, midrib prominent beneath, lateral veins obscure ; 1-1 f inch long, i-1 

 inch wide; pofciole thickened, 3 lines long. Panicles terminal, much branched, 

 longer than the leaves. Calyx small, cup shaped, indistinctly 5 lobed, bract min- 

 ute? soon -withering Petals 5, free, spreading, narrow oblong, glabrous, If line 

 long, \ line wide. Stamens 5, alternate with petals, free, filaments compressed, 

 white; anthers 2 celled, sagittate, affixed at the sinus. Ovary superior, conical, 

 1 celled, 2 uvuied, style white, stigma obtuse. Fruit baccate, ovate or reniform, 

 sub-compressed, oblique, and furnished on one side with a fleshy appendage; 2-3 

 lines long, 3-4 lines wide. Seeds 2, pendulous. 



Habitat : Natal. Coast to at least 2000 feet above sea level. 



Drawn and described from specimens gathered near Durban, January, 1 898. 



This is the well known " "White Pear,'' and is known to the natives as um- 

 Dagaan, the wood is said by Mr. Fourcade to be " fairly durable, preferred by 

 wagon makers to any other wood for felloes," and by Messrs. C. & A. Yonge to be "a 

 good useful wood for all the larger kinds of engraving," Mr. Bazley says of it 

 " inclined to crack in seasoning," and this is our experience also. 



Fig. 1, Branch with leaves* flowers and buds, about natural size; 2, a Flower; 

 3, Pistil and calyx, petals and stamens removed; 4, a Stamen and two petals; 5, 

 Stamen, front and side view ; 6, Fruit ; 7, section of young fruit. 



PLATE 19. 



BAPHIA RACEMOSA. Hochst. 

 Natural Order LEGUMINOSAK. 



A small tree sometimes 20 feet high, much branched even from close to the 

 ground, branches usually erect ; bark dark brown, thin, smooth ; young twigs 



