Kissenia.] lxi. loase^e (masters). 501 



E. Br. mss. ex. Endl. Gen. PI. Supp. ii. 76 : Cnidone, E. Meyer, Hb. 

 Cap. Drege. 



1. K. spathulata, R. Br. mss. ; T. Anderson, Flor. Aden. 43. A rigid, 

 much branched, bristly undershrub ; branches striated, yellowish. 

 Leaves on short stalks, subcoriaceous, pale, lower ones 5— 7-lobed, 2- 

 3 in. long*, coarsely toothed ribbed and veined, the upper ones gradu- 

 ally smaller and less lobed, passing* at the summit into lanceolate bracts. 

 Flowers numerous, subsessile in a dense terminal scorpioid cyme. 

 Flower-tube ovoid-oblong, rough with coarse spreading bristles ; lobes 

 leafy, oblong, obtuse, flat, entire, parallel-veined, much enlarged after 

 flowering. Petals shorter than the sepals, the inner strap-shaped, bi- 

 dentate or entire, bent above the middle. Staminodes linear, dilated 

 and cordate at the base (or absent ?). Style filiform, simple, twisted 

 at the apex. Fruit indehiscent, oblong, obtuse. — Fissenia capensis, Endl. 

 1. c. ; Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 98 ; Cnidone mentzelioides, E. Mey. Plant. 

 Hb. Drege. 



South Central. Lat. 23° S., Chapman and Baines ! 



This singular plant occurs also in Namaqualand and at Aden. The description of the 

 flower is mostly taken from Endlicher, as I have only examined imperfect specimens in 

 a fruiting condition. The details of the floral construction are given differently by 

 various authors, but the discrepancy in their statements does not apparently arise from 

 the existence of more than one species. 



Order LXII. TURNERACE JE. (By Dr. Maxwell T. Masters.) 



Flowers dichlamydeous, hermaphrodite, regular. Calyx tubular, 5- 

 toothed, deciduous, lobes imbricate. Petals 5, springing from the 

 calyx-tube, membranous, unguiculate, sometimes provided with a scale 

 or tuft of hairs on the stalk. Stamens 5, springing from the base of the 

 calyx-tube; filaments free; anthers oblong, 2-celled, introrse. Ovary su- 

 perior, oblong, 1 -celled, with three parietal placentas; styles 3, terminal, 

 filiform ; stigmas fringed. Ovules numerous, ascending, anatropal. 

 Capsule 1 -celled, bursting loculicidally from above downwards into 3 

 valves, each of which bears a many-seeded placenta on its centre. Seeds 

 oblong cylindrical, straight or curved, stalked, partially invested by a 

 membranous aril ; testa crustaceous, pitted. Albumen horny or fleshy. 

 Embryo straight ; cotyledons flat. — Herbs, with entire or divided foli- 

 age. Stipules none. Flowers yellowish, in 1 -sided racemose cymes. 



A small Natural Order whose members are almost entirely natives of the American 

 hemisphere. 



1. WORMSKIOLDIA, Schum. et Thonn. j Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. Plant, i. 807. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Petals 5, obovate, stalked, springing from 

 the tube of the flower. Stamens 5, springing from the extreme base of 

 the flower-tube ; filaments thread-like ; anthers oblong. Ovary linear- 

 oblong, 1 -celled ; styles 3, thread-like ; stigmas fringed. Capsule linear, 



