II. ANOXACEiE. 3 



1 South African species : U. Caffra, E. Mey., from Natal ; a climbing 

 shrub, with laurel-like leaves, 2-5 inclics long, 1-2^ inches wide. Flowers 

 solitary, lateral, nodding. Petals downy. Berry as large as a cherry. 



2. POPOWIA, Endl. 



Petals 6, valvate in two rows, short, broadly ovate, concave, 

 not spreading. Stamens many, wedge-shaped, with a pro- 

 longed connective. I^orus little raised. Carpels 5 or many ; 

 style capitate ; ovules 1-2, erect. Berries globose or egg- 

 shaped, stalked. — Benth. and Hook. Gen. JPl. \. p. 25. Guat- 

 teria, Fl. Cap. i. p. 9. 



P. Caffra, H. and 8. {Guatteria Cajfra, Sond. !), from Natal, is a climb- 

 ing shrub, 10-20 feet high, hanging in festoons from the branches of trees. 

 Leaves oblong, 3-4 inches long, pale or livid beneath. Flowers 2-4 toge- 

 ther, on sliort stalks, cream-coloured. 



3. ANONA, Linn. 



Petals mostly 0, valvate in two rows, the outer fleshy, con- 

 cave, scarcely spreading, inner smaller, rarely wanting. Sta- 

 mens many, w^ith a prolonged ovate connective. Torus hemi- 

 spherical. Carpels many, mostly connate ; style oblong ; 

 ovules solitary. Berries fleshy, obtuse, confluent into a many- 

 celled fruit. — Benth. and Hook. Gen. PI. i. p. 27. 



A. Senegalensis, Pers., a shrub 6-12 feet high, is found near Natal. 

 Leaves ovate, feather-nerved and netted-veined beneath, pubescLnit. Fruit 

 edible, 1^-2 inches diameter, " well- flavoured " {W. T. Gerrard). 



Order III. MENISPERMACE^. 



Flowers minute, unisexual, green. Stamens definite (few), 

 mostly monadelphous ; filaments short ; anthers fixed. Car- 

 pels 1-3, separate ; ovules solitary. Pruit of fleshy, oblique, 

 very small drupes. — Slender climbing half-shrubs, wdth alter- 

 nate, simple, netted-veined leaves. Plowers in axillary cymes 

 racemes or umbels. 



Female flowers with 3-5 petals and 3-5 sepals ; style 



3-fid 1. Stephania. 



Female flowers with 1 petal and 1 sepal ; style 3-fid . 2. Ciss^mpelos. 



Female flowers with 2 petals and 2 sepals ; style none . 3. Axtizoma. 



1. STEPHAWIA, Lour. 



Plowers dioecious. Male : Sepals 6-10, in two rows. Pe- 

 tals 3-5, shorter than the sepals, obovate, rather fleshy. Sta- 

 minal column peltate at the apex ; anthers sessile, in a mar- 

 ginal ring. Female : Sepals 3-5. Petals as in the male 

 flower. Carpel 1 ; style 3-parted. Drupe compressed, dor- 



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