X. BTXACEJ5. 17 



divergent ; ovules few, pendulous. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 72 (Black- 

 wellia). 



Shrubs or small trees, mostly tropical. Leaves tootlied or entire, sim- 

 ple. Flowers in axillary or terminal spikes, racemes or panicles. — 1 or 

 perhaps 2 species found at Natal. 



Oeder XI. VIOLARIEiE. 



Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, persistent, separate. Petals 

 5, unequal, the lower one spurred at base. Stamens 5 ; fila- 

 ments broad and flat ; anthers adnate, conniving round the 

 stigma. Ovary 1-locular, with 3 parietal placentas. Capsule 

 3-valved, bearing the seeds in the middle of each valve. — 

 Herbs or half-shrubby plants, with alternate, simple, entire or 

 cut, stipuled leaves. Flowers axillary, solitary or variously 

 arranged. " A^iolet " and " Pansy." 



Sepals eared at base 1. Viola. 



Sepals not eared at base 2. Ionidium. 



1. VIOLA, Linn. 



Sepals 5, nearly equal, prolonged at base into ear-like lobes. 

 Petals 5, unequal, the under one (Jahelhwi) spurred or saccate 

 at base.— i^/. Cap. i. p. 73 ; Thes. Cap. t. 46. 



Herbs or small under; hrubs. — 2 South African species, with linear or 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, and subulate stipules. Flowers violet-blue. Na- 

 tives of the Soiith-Western districts. V. arvensis, Murr., a weed of culti- 

 vation, is naturalized throughout the colony. 



2. IONIDIUM, Vent. 



Sepals 5, unequal, not prolonged at base. Petals 5, very 

 unequal, the under one {labellum) much larger than the rest, 

 with a dilated and concave claw, shortly spurred or saccate at 

 base. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 74 ; Tlies. Cap. t. 47. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, serrate or entire, 

 stipulate. Flowers axillary or in terminal racemes. — 4 South African spe- 

 cies, natives of the Eastern district and Natal. 



Order XII. DROSERACE^. 



Plowers bisexual, regular. Sepals 5, persistent. Petals 5, 

 equal. Stamens 5, on slender filaments. Ovary 1-celled, 

 with 3-5 parietal placentas, or 3-celled ; styles 1-3-5, often 

 forked or multifid. Capsule dry, splitting. — Herbs or under- 

 shrubs, covered with viscidly glandular hairs. " Sundew or 

 Catch-fly." 



Styles 3-5, 2-fid or 2-partite. Ovary 1-celled .... 1. Deoseea. 

 Style 1, simple, stigma capitate. Ovary 3-celled ... 2. Roeidula. 



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