18 XTT. DROSERACE^. 



1. DROSERA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-partcd. Petals 5, obovate. Stamens 5 ; anthers 

 adnate, opening by slits. Ovary 1-eelled, with 3-5 parietal 

 placentas ; ovules many ; styles 3-5, 2-fid or 2-partite, the 

 branches undivided or multifid. Capsule membranous, 3-5- 

 valved, many-seeded. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 75 ; Thes. Cap. t. 26. 



Stemless or caulescent herbs. Leaves scattered or rosulate, bearing on 

 the upper surface and margin glandular hairs, stipulate. Flowers in scor- 

 pioid cymes or seeundly raceuiose, rarely solitary ; rosy purple or white, 

 handsome. Petals very delicate, soon withering. — 8 South African species, 

 dispersed tlirough the colony. 



2. RORIDULA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, oval or oblong. Stamens 5 ; 

 anthers adnate, opening by pores. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules soli- 

 tary or in pairs, pendulous from the summit ; style simple ; 

 stigma capitate. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; seeds solitary. — 

 Fl. Cap. i. p. 79. 



Shrublets, very viscid and gland-hairy. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, entire or pinnatifid, 2-3 inches long, Ig— 2 lines wide. Flowers 

 spiked or racemose.— ^2 species, natives of the Western district. 



Oeder XIIL POLYGALEiE. 



Flowers bisexual, irregular. Sepals 5, unequal, the two 

 lateral often coloured like petals. Petals 3-5 ; the two lateral 

 small ; the lower (keel) large, enclosing the stamens and ovary, 

 and often crested in front. Stamens 8, monadelphous ; an- 

 thers opening by pores. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules solitary, 

 pendulous. Fruit a capsule or drupe. — Small shrubs, half- 

 shrubs, or herbs. Leaves simple, entire, without stipules. 

 Flowers racemose or spiked. 



Sepals very unequal, the two lateral wing-like. 



Fruit a 2-celled, oblong or obcordate capsule ... 1. Poltgala. 



Fruit a fleshy, ovoid drupe .2. Mundtia. 



Fruit 1-celled, dry, indehiscent, winged at the apex . 4. Secueidaca. 

 Sepals subequal, similar ; fruit an oblong capsule ... 3. Muealtia. 



1. POLYGALA, Linn. 



Sepals 5 ; the two lateral much larger than the rest, wing- 

 like and coloured. Petals 3-5, united at base and attached 

 to the staminal tube ; the lower boat-shaped, usually crested 

 below the apex ; the lateral small, simple or 2-fid ; upper fre- 

 quently wanting. Stamens 8, united into a split tube, and 

 hidden within the lower petal ; anthers fixed, 1-celled, opening 

 by terminal pores. Style bent upwards; stigma oblique. 



