XXVIII. GERANIACE.^. 41 



Two upper petals broadly obovate, tliree lower narrow. Fertile sta- 

 mens 5, two of the sterile ones recur v^ed. 



10. DiBKACHTA. Much branched, with weak jointed stems. Leaves 

 peltate or cordate-lobed, fleshy. Petals obovate. Stamens 7, the two 

 upper very short. 



11. EuMOEPHA. Slender, suffruticose or herbaceous. Leaves on long 

 petioles, palmately 5-7-nerved, reniform, lobed or palmatifid. Petals un- 

 equal, tlie 2 upper broad. Stamens 7. 



12. GrLAUCOPHYLLUM. Shrubby. Leaves fleshy, simply or ternately 

 compound, the lamina articulated to the petiole. Stamens 7. 



13. CiCONiUM. Shrubby, with fleshy branches. Leaves either obovate 

 or cordate-reniform, palmately many -nerved, undivided. Petals all of one 

 colour, scarlet pink or white. Stamens 7, 2 upper very short. 



14. CoRTUSiNA. Caudex short, thick, and fleshy ; branches (if any) 

 slender and half-herbaceous. Leaves reniform or cordate, lobulate, on long 

 petioles. Petals subequal, 2 upper broader. Stamens 6-7. 



15. Pelargium. Much-branched shrubs or undershrubs, not fleshy. 

 Leaves entire or lobed (never pinnatipartite). Stipules free. Inflorescence 

 frequently panicled, the partial peduncles umbellate. 2 upper petals 

 longer and broader than the lower. Stamens 7. 



Tribe 3. Balsamii^e^. 



7. IMPATIEJSrS, Linn. 



Elowers irregular. Sepals 3, rarely 5, coloured, imbricate, 

 the two lateral flat, the two anterior, when present, small, the 

 hinder one very large, produced at base into a hollow spur. 

 Petals 3, the anterior concave, the lateral 2-fid. Grlands 0. 

 Stamens 5 ; filaments short, flat ; anthers conniving round the 

 pistil. Ovary oblong, 5-celled ; stigma sessile, 5-toothed or 

 lobed ; ovules many. Capsules 5-valved, the valves bursting 

 with elasticity and falling off". Seed exalbuminous. — Fl. Cap. 

 i.^. 312. 



A large genus, chiefly fi'om tropical Asia.— 1 Cape species (perhaps 2 ?), 

 found in the Eastern district and at Natal. 



Ordee XXIX. RUTACEiE. 



Flowers bisexual (or rarely unisexual), mostly regular. 

 Sepals 4-5, imbricate. Petals 4-5. Stamens inserted at the 

 base or on the margin of the torus, as many or tmce as many 

 as the petals, rarely fewer or more numerous, free or rarely 

 united into a tube. Disk between the stamens and ovary, 

 annular or expanded. Carpels 4-5, rarely more or fewer, 

 united into a 2-5-lobed or solid ovary ; styles either free or 

 united into one, long or short ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit 

 various, capsular or berried ; seeds with or without albumen. 

 — Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, gland-dotted and strongly 

 scented. Habit various. 



