38 \XVir. ZYUOrHYLLE-E. 



or glandularly-pubescent plant, with 3-foliolate leaves and lilac-purple 

 flowers with bright orange stamens, has been found in Namaqualand by 

 Mr. Wyley. 



5. ZYGOPHYLLUM, Linn. 



Calyx 4-5-parted, persistent or deciduous, imbricate. Pe- 

 tals 4-5, clawed, twisted, imbricate. Stamens 8-10 ; filaments 

 subulate, with an entire bifid or tripartite scale at base. Disk 

 fleshy, 8-10-angled. Ovary 4-5-angled or lobed, 4-5-celled ; 

 ovules 2 or more ; style furrow-ed, continuous with the ovary ; 

 stigma minute. Capsules 4-5-angled or winged, 4-5-celled, 

 few- or several-seeded. — Fl. Cajj. i. p. 355. 



Small shrubs or half-shrubs. Leaves fleshy or membranous, simple or 

 bifoliolate ; stipules membranous or spinous. Flowers solitary, white or 

 yellow. — 25 Cape species. 



6. SEETZENIA, E. Br. 



Calyx 5-parted, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens 5, opposite the 

 calyx-segments; filaments subulate, naked; anthers introrse, 

 2-celledj subglobose-didymous. Ovary oblong, 5-celled ; ovules 

 solitary ; styles 5, terete, reflexed ; stigmas capitate. Cap- 

 sules ovoid, 5-coccous, the cocci separating from a central 

 5-angled axis. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 365. 



A woolly or glabrous, Clanwilliam, etc., half-shrub, with jointed branches, 

 trifoliolate leaves, intrapetiolar stipules, and axillary, 1-flowered peduncles. 



Order XXVIII. GERANIACE^. 



Flowers bisexual, regular or irregular. Sepals 5, rarely 

 fe\ver, mostly separate and imbricate, the upper ones some- 

 times spurred. Petals 5 or fewer or 0, imbricate or twisted 

 in bud. Torus commonly with 5 glands alternating with the 

 petals, usually prolonged through the centre of the ovary. 

 Stamens 5-10-15 or fewer by abortion ; filaments mostly 

 connate at base, rarely free ; anthers versatile, 2-celled. 

 Ovary 8-5-lobed, 3-5-celled, rarely 2-celled ; carpels united to 

 the axis below, above either prolonged into a beak, continued 

 into a style, or bcakless, with free or partially united styles, or 

 crowned with sessile stigmas. Ovules 1, 2 or many, axile. 

 Fruit rarely indehiscent. Seeds with or without albumen ; 

 embryo straight or curved, often green. — Herbs or shrubs of 

 various aspects. 



Tribe 1. Oxalide^. Flowers regular. Petals convolute. Stamens 10, 

 connate at base. Ovary beakless. Styles 5, separate; stigmas capitate. 

 Capsules many-seeded. Leaves compound, witliout stipules. 

 Usually trifoliolate herbs 1. OXALIS. 



