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rows, the inner hypogynous, tlie outer attaclied to the base of 

 the petaloid scales ; anthers sagittate, erect. Ovary on a con- 

 vex torus, with 4-5 parietal placentas; ovules many; stigma 

 subsessile, 4-5-parted. Emit . . . ? — Fl. Cap. i. p. 67. 



R. lucida is a Natal shrub, with glossy, exstipulate, serrate leaves, and 

 axillary, subcapitate spikes of (yellow ?) flowers. 



3. SCOLOPIA, Schreb. 



Plowers bisexual. Calyx persistent, with a short, conical 

 tube, and a 10-12-parted limb ; the segments in two rows, the 

 inner smaller. Torus fleshy, filling the calyx-tube, its margin, 

 opposite the bases of the outer calyx-segments cut into nume- 

 rous, glandular lobules. Stamens very many, in several rows 

 within the margin of the disk, slightly perigynous ; filaments 

 capillary ; anthers 2-celled, acuminate or horned, splitting. 

 Ovary free, sessile, with 2 inllexed placenta? ; ovules few ; 

 style filiform ; stigma subcapitate. Berry fleshy, few-seeded. 

 — Phoberos, Lour.; Fl. Cap. i. p. 67. 



Shrubs or small trees, often spiny. — 3 species found in the Eastern dis- 

 trict ; others recently at Natal. 



4. XYLOSMA, Porst. 



Mowers dioecious. Male : Sepals 4-5, scale-like, often 

 ciliate, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens many, often sur- 

 rounded by a glandular disk ; anthers short, versatile, splitting. 

 Female : Ovary on an annular disk ; placentae parietal, 1 

 (or 2-3-6) ; ovule solitary (or few) ; style none (or entire 

 or divided) ; stigma dilated. Berry indehiscent, small, l-(or 

 few-) seeded. — Thes. Cap. 



Trees, often spiny. Leaves toothed, rarely entire. Flowers shortly ra- 

 cemose or tufted in the axils of the leaves, minute. -Z". monospora, Harv., 

 recently found near Natal by Mr. Cooper. 



5. TRIMEBIA, Harv. 



Plowers dioecious. Male : Calyx 6-10-parted in a double 

 row^, the inner larger. Disk bearing marginal glands opposite 

 each of the outer lobes of the calyx. Petals 0. Stamens 

 9-10, subperigynous, inserted in parcels of 3^, alternating 

 with the glands of the disk. Pemale : Calyx as in the male, 

 but without glands. Ovary free, sessile, with 3 parietal pla- 

 centae ; styles 3, short, persistent; ovules 1-2 on each placenta. 

 Capsule dry, 3-valved, 1-3-seeded.- — Fl. Cap. I p. 68. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, 3- or many-nerved, toothed. Flowers 

 minute, spiked or panicled. — 2 species, from Eastern frontier and Natal, 



