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E. serrMlatum, Ait., is a 2-3 feet high shrub, with close-set, lanceolate, 1-2 

 inches long, gland-sen'ate leaves. Male and female llowers on different 

 branches, axillary. It is found as far east as Uitenhage, at least. 



11. EMPLEURIDIUM, Sond. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx 4-parted, persistent ; the sepals 

 acute, imbricate. Petals 4, deciduous, sessile, ovate-rotund, 

 inserted under tlie edges of a fleshy, 4-lobed disk. — Male : 

 Stamens 4, on the margin of the disk ; filaments subulate, 

 short ; anthers didymous, glandless. An abortive ovary. — 

 Female : Ovary (not seen). Capsules oblong, follicular, open- 

 ing at the side, and tipped with a short, persistent style ; seed 

 solitary.— i^Z. Cop. i. p. 442; Thes. Cap. t. 77. 



IE. juniperinum, S. and H., is a small undershrub, found by Ecklon, near 

 Caledon. It is not gland-dotted in any part. Leaves scattered, acicular, 

 6-12 lines long, ^ line wide, scabrous on the margin and keel. Flowers 

 axillary, very minute. 



Teibe 2. Zantiioxtle^. 



12. ZANTHOXYLON, Linn. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4- (3 -5-) parted, small. Petals 

 hyjDOgynous, as many as the calyx lobes, imbricate. — Male : 

 Stamens as many as petals, alternating with them ; filaments 

 free, subulate. A rudimentary ovary. — Female : Stamens 

 or abortive Carpels 1-5 on a fleshy disk, separate or sub- 

 coherent ; ovules 2 in each carpel ; styles terminal, cylindri- 

 cal, short or long ; stigma capitate. Capsules leathery, 1-5, 

 sessile or stipitate, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded ; seeds black and 

 shining. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 445. 



Trees and shrubs of both hemispheres, armed with very large and strong 

 thorns on the branches and stem, and often with prickles on the petioles 

 and leaves. Leaves in our species abruptly pinnate, dotted. Flowers 

 small, panicled. — 3 Cape species, all Eastern, 



Tribe 3. Toddalie^. 



13. TODDALIA, Juss. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx short, 2-5-toothed, lobed or 

 parted. Petals 2-5, imbricate or valvate. Torus inconspicu- 

 ous or slightly elongate. — Male : Stamens 2, 4, 5 (or 8, those 

 opposite the petals abortive), inserted at the base of the torus ; 

 filaments subulate ; anthers oblong. A rudimentary, simple, 

 or 4-lobed ovary. — Female : Ovary ovoid, oblong or globose, 

 sessile or substipitate, 2-7-celled, very rarely 1-celled ; style 

 short or ; ovules 2. Fruit leathery or fleshy, dotted, sub- 

 globose, 2-7-celled. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 44G. Ah-o Vopris, Com?n., 

 FL Cap. i. p. 447. 



