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confluent. Disk cup-like, crenulatc, fleshy, witliin the sta- 

 mens. Ovary sessile, 4-lobed, 4-celle(l ; ovules in pairs ; style 

 filiform, exserted. Capsules inflated, membranous, deeply 4- 

 lobed, sharply 4-angled, 4-celled. — Fl. Cap. i. p. 243. 



A. Capensis, Linn, f., the only species, is a shrub with narrow linear 

 evergreen leaves, purple flowers and bladdery capsules, found in the Uiten- 

 hage, Albany, etc., districts. 



Teibe 3. Meliakthe.i^. (Gen. 9-10.) 

 9. MELIANTHUS, Linn. 



Flowers perfect. Calyx compressed, oblique at base, sub- 

 saccate, S-j^arted, segments very unequal, imbricate. Petals 5, 

 excentric, the fifth very minute or 0, declinate, subperio;y- 

 nous, narrow, long-clawed, tomentose in the middle. Disk 

 thickened, unilateral, covering the gibbous base of the calyx, 

 secreting honey. Stamens 4, hypogynous, inserted within the 

 disk, didynamous, and curved. Ovary oblong, 4-lobed, 4- 

 celled ; style central, incurved, filiform, 4-toothed at apex ; 

 ovules 2-4 in each cell. Capsules membranous, deeply 4- 

 lobed, 4-celled; cells 1-seeded. Seeds albuminous. — Fl. Cap. i. 

 p. 367. 



Glabrous or hoary, often glaucous, often strong-scented. Leaves alter- 

 nate, stipuled, pinnate ; leaflets sharply-toothed or entire. Eacemes axil- 

 lary and terminal. — 5 species, two of which are dispersed, three Korth- 



10. BERSAMA, Fresen. 



Plowers perfect or polygamo-dioecious. Sepals 5, subequal, 

 free, or two more or less connate, imbricate. Petals 5, un- 

 equal, clawed, the front one larger, the claws nude or glandu- 

 lar at apex, imbricate. Disk unilateral, semi-annular or sub- 

 complete, raised. Stamens 4, central, inserted with the disk, 

 either all connate or 2 free. Ovary oblong, terete, 4-5-celled ; 

 style elongate, curved ; ovules solitary, erect. Capsules glo- 

 bose or oblong, coriaceous or ligneous, 4-5-celled, loculicidally 

 4-5-valved, valves septiferous. Seed arillate, albuminous. — 

 Natalia, Hoclist. ; FL Cap. i. p. 369. 



Trees and shrubs. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; leaflets entire or 

 serrulate. Eacemes terminal, lateral, simple ; flowers small, white. — 2 

 South African species, both found near Natal. 



Genus of unceetain Affinity. 



GREYIA, Hook, and Harv. 



Calyx 5-parted, persistent, its segments obtuse, subequal, 

 imbricate. Petals 5, oblong, sessile, deciduous, coriaceous, 

 imbricate. Stamens hypogynous, in two rows, those of the 

 outer row (stamiuodia) 10, without anthers, their very short 



