90 XLTTi. uosace.t:. 



throat, bristly or smooth, compressed, 3— l'-5-angled, the anoles 

 armed with hooked bristles ; limb 4-, rarely 3-5-parted, per- 

 sistent. Petals 0. Stamens 2-5. Carpels 1-2, enclosed in 

 tlie caljx-tube, 1-ovulate ; styles terminal, short ; stigma pen- 

 cilled. Achenes hidden in the hardened, hook-bristled calyx- 

 tube.— i^/. Cap. ii. p. 290. 



Herbs or unclershrubs of temperate climates. Leaves piunate-parted, the 

 segments toothed or cut. Flowers small, green, in spikes or globose heads. 

 — 2 Cape species, both Western. 



8. ALCHEMILLA, Tournef. 



Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube urceolate, constricted in the 

 throat, with an annular disk, unarmed ; limb 8-parted, in 2 

 rows, the outer lobes small, with imbricate (estivation. Pe- 

 tals 0. Stamens 1-4, exserted. Carpels 1-4, in tlie base of 

 the calyx-tube, substipitate, 1-ovuled ; styles basal, filiform ; 

 stigmas capitellate. Achenes 1-2, in the calyx-tube.- — Fl. 

 Cap. ii. p. 291. 



Small, hairy herbs of the temperate zones. Leaves alternate, fan-shaped 

 or reniform, lobed or deeply parted or crenate. Flowers minute, green, in 

 corymbs or tufts. — 2 Cape species, dispersed. 



9. POTERIUM, Linn. 



Flowers spiked, polygamous or unisexual, the females in the 

 upper part of the spike. Calyx- tube turbinate, unarmed, con- 

 stricted in the throat with an annular disk ; limb 4-parted, 

 imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 20-30. Carpels 2-3, en- 

 closed in the calyx-tube, 1-ovuled ; styles terminal, exserted ; 

 stigma pencilled. Achenes concealed in the hardened or fleshy, 

 4-angled calyx-tube. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 292. 



P. Sangiiisorha, Linn., introduced from Europe, grows near Simon's 

 Town. Leaves chiefly radical, of many cut leaflets. Stems branched, laxly 

 leafy ; spikes globose, terminal, very dense. 



10. CLIFFORTIA, Linn. 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx-tube urceolate, unarmed ; limb 

 8-parted (rarely 4-parted). Petals 0. — Male: Stamens in- 

 definite, 8-20-30-40 ; filaments very slender, much exserted. 

 — Female : Carpels 2, enclosed in the calyx-tube, 1-ovuled ; 

 style lateral; stigmas long, feathery. Achenes 1-2, mem- 

 brane-skinned, enclosed in the hardened and variously-sculp- 

 tured, rarely fleshy, calyx-tube. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 292 ; Thes. 

 Cap. t. 95. 



A South African genus, of about 40 small, leafy shrubs or undershrubs. 

 Leaves properly digitately 3-foliolate, often seemingly simple or l-folioli»te, 

 eitlier from the confluence of the 3 leaflets into one, or from tlie lateral 



