10 VII. CEUCIFEll.^. 



cotyledons twice folded on the radicle. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 35 ; 

 Ihes. Cap. 1. 166. 



A large woolly South African genus of upwards of sixty species. These 

 are distributed under the following sections : — 



1. Leptormus. Pods linear, moniliform ; the beads oval. Herbs. 



2. Oemiscus. Pods linear, moniliform ; beads globose. Herbs. 



3. SELENOCAKPEiE. Pods oval Or suborbicular. Herbs. 



4. Orthoselis. Pods linear, with straight or straightish margins. 

 Herbs or shrublets. 



5. PACHTSTTLiuii. Pods linear ; style short and thick. Pubescent 

 half-shrubs. 



6. Laxceolaeia. Pods lanceolate. Glabrous shrublets and half-shrubs. 



14. CAHPONEMA, Sond. 



Pod sessile, indehiscent, linear, terete, tapering to eacli end, 

 somewhat constricted between the seeds, with a yery thin 

 septum, 2-celled, one cell smaller and empty, the other several- 

 seeded ; valves hardened, nerveless ; style conical. Seeds in a 

 single row, oblong, terete, immarginate, separated by cross- 

 partitions ; cotyledons twice folded on the radicle. — FI. Cap. i. 

 p. 35. 



Endemic. 1 species, C.filiforme, Sond., a glabrous or pilose annual, 

 12-18 inches high. Leaves linear, the lower long ; racemes long ; flowers 

 blue or purple ; pods pendulous, 1 inch long. — Found on the Cape flats. 



15. BRACHYCAHP^A, DC. 



Sepals equal at base. Pod indehiscent, deeply 2-lobed, with 

 a very narrow septum ; valve very convex, netted and ridged ; 

 cells 1-seeded. Seeds with long, linear cotyledons, spirally 

 rolled on the radicle. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 33. 



An endemic genus of 2 species, natives of the West and North- West 

 districts. Glabrous, half-shrubbv perennials, with oblong or linear entire 

 leaves ; long leafless racemes, and handsome yellow or purple flower. 



16. CYCLOPTYCHIS, E. Mey. 



Pod hard-shelled, indehiscent, orbicular-ovate, beaked ; sep- 

 tum orbicular ; valves somewhat convex, with raised ridges, 

 radiating from a prominent keeled centre ; seeds solitary in 

 each centre ; cotyledons long, linear, twice folded on the ra- 

 dicle.— J'Z. Cap. i. p. 34 ; Thes. Cap. t. 59. 



An endemic genus of 2 species, natives of the Western districts. They 

 resemble BrachycarpcBa in aspect, but differ in fruit. 



17. PALMSTRUCKIA, Sond. 

 Pod sessile, orbicular, very much flattened, indehiscent, 1- 

 locular, 1-seeded. Seeds orbicular, compressed, with a mem- 

 branous marginal wing ; cotyledons linear, incumbent, twice- 

 folded. 



