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included, filaments linear, white ; anthers 2 celled, introrse, linear-oblong, dorsi- 

 fixed Ovary sessile, 6 lined, 3 celled, cells many ovuled, ovules attached in two 

 rows in each cell, superposed, style just exserted, stigma obtuse. Fruit an oblong 

 many seeded capsule 1-| inches long. 



Habitat: NATAL: Midland and Upper districts: 



Drawn and described from a specimen grown in the Botanic Gardens, Durban, 

 which was brought from Zululand. 



This plant is not commonly found in the coast districts, but is plentiful in the 

 higher parts of the Colony. It is known to the natives as isi-Piitumana, and its 

 flowers are boiled and xised as a vegetable, and when properly cooked, they are 

 not to be despised. 



Fig. 1, Plant reduced; 2, Apex of peduncle with flowers, reduced; 3, Leaf, 

 reduced; 4, Flower; 5, Corolla opened; 6, Stamen; 7, Ovary and. style; 8, 

 Section of ovary, all enlarged. 



PLATE 42. 



GRKWIA CAFFRA, Meisn. 

 Natural Order 



A rambling shrub. Stems somewhat quadrangular, occasionally cruciform, 

 bark light brown, glabrous. Leaves -alternate, petiolate, stipulate, narrowly ovate 

 to ovate-oblong, finely and sharply serrulate, mucronulate, glabrous, dark green 

 on both sides, 1 -J-2 J- inches long, 4 lines to 1 inch wide ; petiole 2 lines long, 

 curved; stipules equalling petiole, linear, brown, deciduous, membranous. Inflores- 

 cence axillary, solitary, or in few flowered cymales, peduncles about -| inch long, 

 lengthening in fruit, pedicels 3-4 lines long, bracteate at base, buds linear-oblong, 

 swollen at base. Sepals 5, free, linear-oblong, 4-5 lines long, recurved, yellow on 

 inner surface. Petals 5, free, shorter than sepals, linear-oblong, clawed, the claw 

 thickened and spoon shaped, forming a nectariferous gland ; inserted at the base 

 of columnar torus which supports the stamens and ovary. Stamens numerous, 

 inserted at summit of the torus, filaments filiform, yellow ; anthers 2 celled, small, 

 roundish. Ovary superior, many seeded. Drupe depressed globose, or unequal 

 sided, smooth, containing 1-4 nuts. 



Habitat: NATAL: Coast to Drakensberg. 



Drawn and described from specimens gathered near Durban, February, 1898. 



The genus Grewia contains about 60 species, natives of the warmer parts of 

 the world, of these, 7 are natives of Natal, and about 30 others of Tropical and 

 South Africa. None of the species have any economic value as far as known to us, 

 but the curious ribbed or cruciform stems of the present species are frequently 

 made into walking sticks, one at of least which is in the Museum at Kew. It is 

 known to the natives as i-Klolo, by hich name G. occidentalis is also known, 

 they not being able to distinguish between the two species. 



Fig. 1, Twig with flowers, and fruit, reduced ; 2, Flower; 3, Petal; 4, Section 

 of ovary : 5, Section of flower, all enlarged; G, Section of stem, reduced. 



