XXXVII. RIIAMNE^. 57 



spreading, deciduous. Petals 5, hooded, inserted on the mar- 

 gin of the disk. Stamens 5, as long as petals. Disk epigy- 

 nous, flattish, filling the calyx-tube. Ovary 3-celled ; style 

 3-fid. Fruit inferior, coriaceous, obovate-globose, areolate at 

 summit, 3-coccous ; cocci crustaceous, dehiscing within. — Fl. 

 Cap. i. p. 478. 



Climbing, tenclrilled shrubs, with slender, angular branches, and alter- 

 nate, entire, cordate leaves. Flowers vimbelled. H. ovata, E. Mey., grows 

 on the Eastern frontier and at Natal. 



6. PHYLICA, Linn. 



Calyx-tube obconic, urceolate or cylindrical, adherent to the 

 ovary, its limb 5-fid or parted ; lobes hairy outside, mostly 

 persistent. Petals wanting or bristle-shaped, or hooded. Sta- 

 mens 5, short. Disk epigynous, and filling up the calyx-tube, 

 distinct or inconspicuous. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ; style 

 short, rarely elongate, 3-fid. Pruit inferior, globose or ovoid, 

 areolate, smooth or tomentose, with a leathery outer coat, 3- 

 coccous mthin ; cocci at length opening, on the inner face. — 

 Fl. Cap. i. p. 479. 



A large genus, chiefly South African. Small, much-branched shrubs, 

 with alternate, crowded, entire, linear, lanceolate or rarely ovate leaves. 

 Flowers in terminal, bracteate spikes or heads, rarely pedicellate, and either 

 solitary or pauicled. — 58 South African species, dispersed. 



Order XXXVIII. AMPELIDE^. 



Plowers regular, perfect or unisexual. Calyx small, entire 

 or 4-5-toothed or lobed. Petals 4-5, separate or cohering, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens 4-5, opposite the petals, inserted at 

 the base or between the lobes of the disk ; filaments subulate ; 

 anthers introrse, 2-celled. Disk various. Ovary very com- 

 monly sunk in the disk, 2-6-celled ; cells 1-2-ovuled ; style 

 single or 0. Pruit a berry. Seeds erect, with very hard, bony 

 coats, and abundant fleshy albumen. — Mostly climbing or trail- 

 ing shrubs, with knobbed or jointed stems. Leaves petioled, 

 simple or compound. Plowers small, mostly green. 



1. VITIS, Linn. 

 Calyx cup-like, 4-5-toothed. Petals 4-5, separate or co- 

 hering in a cap. Stamens 4-5. Ovary ovoid or sub-4-fid, 

 2-celled (very rarely 2-4-celled) ; style filiform or ; ovules 

 in pairs. Berry 1-2-celled ; cells 1-2-seedcd. — Fl. Cap. i. 

 p. 248. Also Cissus, Lmn. ; Fl. Gap. i. p. 249 ; Thes. Cap. t. 65. 



Cirrhose, mostly climbing or scrambling shrubs. Leaves simple or com- 

 pound, rarely 2-pinuate ; leallets entire, serrate or cut. Stipules membra- 



