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2. SISYNDITE, E. Mey. 



Calyx 5-parted, the lobes somewhat imbricate. Petals 5, at 

 first short and truncate, at length oblong, longer than the 

 calyx. Stamens 10, hypogynous ; filaments subulate, glabrous, 

 equalling the calyx ; anthers linear, versatile, 2-celled, longi- 

 tudinally slitting. Hypogynous scales 5, circling the ovary 

 opposite the sepals. Ovary sessile, very hairy, 5-angled, 5- 

 celled ; ovules solitary, erect ; style filiform, hairy, thickened 

 into a clavate, 5-furro\ved stigma. Emit capsular, 5-lobed, 

 the carpels compressed, ovate, acute, cross -furrowed, in all 

 parts clothed with long golden-yellow hairs, at length separat- 

 ing and opening by the ventral sutures. Seed compressed, 

 erect ; testa membranous ; embryo without albumen ; cotyle- 

 dons thick; radicle short, superior. — Fl. Cap. i. />. 354 ; Thes. 

 Cap. t. 120. 



S. spartea, E. M., is a brooai-like bush, found between ISTatvoet and the 

 Gariep, 2-3-chotomous and quite glabrous. Leaves opposite, minutely 

 stipulate, pinnate, the petiole terete and like a twig, elongate ; leaflets mi- 

 nute, subopposite, distant, in few pairs. Flowers large and handsome, 

 axillary. 



3. AUGEA, Th. 



Calyx 5-cleft, persistent, valvate. Petals 0. Hypogynous 

 disk cup-shaped, membranous, 10-toothed, with subulate-seta- 

 ceous teeth. Stamens 10, inserted between the teeth of the 

 disk ; filaments very short, broad, trifid, the medial segment 

 bearing an anther; anther fixed below the middle, oblong. 

 Petaloid scales linear, white, bifid, outside the stamens and 

 opposite them. Ovary angular, glabrous, 10-celled ; ovules pen- 

 dulous ; style short, filiform; stigma simple. Capsules 10- 

 angled, 10-valved. Seeds solitary, without albumen. — Fl. Cap. 

 i. p. 355. 



J. Capensis, Th., is an annual, glabrous, fleshy, Karroo-land herb, with 

 the aspect of Mesembryanthemum. Leaves connate, terete, obtuse, flattish 

 above. Stipules short. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-3 together. 



Teibe 2. Zygophylle^. Seeds albuminous. (Gen. 4-6,) 



4. FAGONIA, Tourn. 

 Calyx 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, clawed, longer than 

 the calyx. Stamens 10, hypogynous, equal ; filaments fili- 

 form, naked at base, erect ; anthers cordate. Ovary sharply 

 5-angled, 5-celled ; style 5-angled, continuous with the ovary ; 

 stigma acute. Capsules pyramidal, 5-sided, of 5 cocci, which 

 fall away when ripe from a persistent axis.— i''/. Cap. i. Add. 

 p. 21*. 



Small herbs. F. Cretica, Linn., a pi-ocumbent, much-branched, glabrous 



