16 X. BIXACE.E. 



G. DOVYALIS, E. Mey. 



Flowers dioecious. Male : Sepals 5-8, tomentose, scarcely 

 imbricate. Petals none. Stamens 12-20 or many, inserted on 

 a fleshy, glandular disk ; filaments filiform ; anthers didymous, 

 short. Female : Ovary seated on a lobed, fleshy disk, with 

 2-6 or more, strongly inflexed placentae ; ovules solitary or 

 few, pendulous ; styles as many as the placenta, spreading. 

 Berry indehiscent, pulpy within, few-seeded. Seeds glabrous 

 or woolly. — Fl. Caj). i. p. 69. Aho Aberia, M. Cap. i.jJ. 70, 

 and ii. (Sup^)!.) p. 581. 



Shi'ubs or small trees, often spiny. Leaves simple, entire or toothed, 

 alternate. Flowers axillary, small ; the males tufted, females solitary. 

 There are two sections or subgenera^ viz. : — 



1, DovTALis, E. M. Seeds glabrous. (2 species.) 



2. Abeeia, Hochst. Seeds woolly. (4 species.) 



In the ' Flora ' I retained Aberia as distinct from Dovyalis, but the recent 

 discovery of two new species with intermediate characters, has induced me 

 to unite them. One of these, the " Kei apple" {Aberia Caffra, Hook. f. 

 and Harv.), has 6 (or probably more) styles and placentae. There is abso- 

 lutely no difference whatever in hahit between the species of the two sub- 

 genera. 



7. KIGGELARIA, Linn. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 5-parted, deciduous ; sepals val- 

 vate in bud. Petals 5, imbricate, leathery, each with a fleshy 

 gland at its base inside. Male : Stamens 10, crowded in the 

 base of the calyx ; filaments short ; anthers hard and dry, 2- 

 celled, opening by terminal pores. Female : Ovary sessile, 

 with 2-5 parietal placentae ; styles 2-5, short ; ovules many. 

 Capsule globose, pubescent, leathery, several-seeded, bursting 

 imperfectly into 2-5 valves. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 71. 



Endemic shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, entire or denticulate. 

 Male flowers in axillary cymes ; female soUtary. — 3 species. 



SUBOEDER 2. HoMALINE^^.*' (Gren. 8.) 



8. HOMALIUM, Jacq. 



Flowers bisexual. Calyx persistent, with a conical tube 

 and multipartite (10-30-cleft) limb ; segments in two rows, 

 the inner ones largest. A gland opposite the base of each 

 of the outer segments. Stamens perigynous, alternating with 

 the glands singly or in parcels of 2 or 3 ; filaments filiform ; 

 anthers didymous, opening longitudinally. Ovary half-infe- 

 rior, 1-celled, wdth 3-5 parietal placentae ; styles 3-5, subulate, 



* This Suborder is usually regarded as a distinct Order, and placed in 

 CalyciJloroB. I retain it here on account of the very intimate relationship 

 between Romalium, Scolopia, and Trimeria. 



