Till. CAPPAEIDEyE. 13 



(2-4 or) none. Stamens 4-8, fertile, inserted on the apex of 

 a long, filiform torus, which has a hood- or bottle-shaped ap- 

 pendage at its base, on the upper side. Ovary stipitate, ob- 

 long, 1-locular ; ovules many ; stigma sessile. Berry cylin- 

 drical, fleshy and indehiscent, or leathery, splitting irregularly. 

 — Fl. Cap. i. p. 59 ; and Schepperia, Fl. Cap. I. c. ; Thes. Gap. t. 

 60 and t. 135. 



Shrubs, glabrous or glandular, sometimes leafless. Leaves simple or 3- 

 foliolate. Flowers axillary, solitary or racemose. — 2 South African species : 

 C.juncea {Schepperia juncea, DC), a native of dry plains in the Northern, 

 North-Western, and Eastern districts ; and C. Natalensis, Sd., found in 

 Natal and British Caflraria. 



6. CAPPARIS, Linn. 



Sepals 4-5, free or connate at base, valvate or imbricate. 

 Petals 4, rarely more, imbricated. Torus small, hemispherical. 

 Stamens mostly numerous, sometimes 8, on the torus; filaments 

 free. Ovary stipitate ; ovules many ; stigmas sessile. Berry 

 on a long stipe, globose or cylindrical, many- or fev^-seeded. 

 Seeds lying in pulp ; embryo spirally rolled. — Fl. Cap. i.p. 61. 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing or scrambling, unarmed or spiny. 

 Leaves simple. — 9 Cape species, all Eastern or from Natal. 



Ordee IX. RESEDACE^. 



Plowers bisexual, small, green or white. Sepals several, 

 persistent. Petals minute. Stamens 3 or several. Ovary 

 1-celled, open at the summit, with 3-4 parietal placentae. 

 Pruit a gaping capsule. Seeds without albumen ; embryo 

 curved. — Small herbs or suflfrutices, with alternate, simple or 

 cut leaves. " Mignonette" belongs to this Order. 



1. OLIGOMEmS, Cambess. 



Calyx 4-5-parted, the segments sometimes unequal. Petals 

 2, alternate with the upper sepals, flat, simple (not lobed), 

 without appendage, separate or connate at base. Torus obso- 

 lete. Stamens 3-8, hypogynous ; filaments subulate, flat, 

 united at base into a cup, persistent ; anthers deciduous. 

 Ovary 1-celled, 4-angled, with 4 conical points ; placentae 4, 

 parietal ; ovules many. Capsule membranous, inflated, open 

 at the summit, 4-horned. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 64. 



Small, slightly fleshy perennials ; leaves very narrovr, undivided ; flowers 

 minute, white, in terminal, bracteate spikes. — 4 species, found on dry hills 

 in various parts of the colony. 



Order X. BIXACE^, Endl. 



Plowers small, often unisexual, regular. Sepals often 



