102 XLV. crassulace.t:. 



Shrubby half-shrubbj or herbaceous succulents. Leaves entire, oppo- 

 site or scattered. Flowers showy, panicled or racemose, peduncled. — 23 

 (perhaps more) Cape species, dispersed. 



8. KALANCHOE, Adans. 



Calyx 4-parted, sepals small, acute. Corolla monopetalous, 

 salver-shaped, with an urceolate tube and a 4-parted, spread- 

 ing limb. Stamens 8, attached to the base of the corolla. 

 Scales 4, linear or oblong. Carpels 4, many-ovuled, with su- 

 bulate styles. Follicles many-seeded. — Fl. Cop. ii. p. 378. 



Succulent undershrubs, with opposite, toothed, entire or pinnatifid, fleshy- 

 leaves. Flowers panicled, yellow red or cream-colour. — 6 Cape species 

 (perhaps more), dispersed, chiefly Eastern. 



9. BRYOPHYLLUM, Salisb. 



Calyx inflated, 4-cleft nearly to the middle, valvate in bud. 

 Other characters as in KalancJwe. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 380. 



Succulent undershrubs. Leaves opposite, fleshy, petioled, imparipinnate 

 or 1-foliolate ; pinnules crenate. Flowers panicled, yellow changing to red. 

 B. tubijlorum, H., a little-known species, grows at Delagoa Bay, Others, 

 probably, may be discovered at Natal or in Zululand. 



Order XLVL HAMAMELIDE.^. 



Trees or shrubs, with simple, petioled, peuninerved, entire 

 or toothed leaves. Stipules minute, deciduous. Flowers 

 small. Floral characters nearly as in Scijcifrcif/acecB ; but the 

 anthers are erect, 2-celled, each cell opening by a lateral, in- 

 "trorse valve, or splitting at the sides. Seeds solitary, albumi- 

 nous. 



1. Trichocladus. Flowers unisexual, spiked. Petals 5, long, linear. 

 Stamens 5. 



2, Grubbia. Flowers bisexual, capitate. Petals 4, ovate, hairy. Sta- 

 mens 8. 



1. TRICHOCLADUS, Pers. 



Flowers polygamous, monoecious or dioecious; female flowers 

 without petals. Calyx 5-cleft, adnate to the base of the ovary, 

 persistent, valvate in bud. Petals 5, linear-clavate, much 

 longer than the calyx, with revolute margins, valvate in bud. 

 Stamens 5, alternate with the petals ; filaments short, thick- 

 ened in the middle ; anthers erect, adnate, dehiscing by valves. 

 Styles 2, spreading. Capsules didymous, 2-celled, endocarp 

 separating from the sarcocarp. Seeds solitary, pendulous. — 

 Fl. Cap. ii. p. 324. 



South African shrubs, with opposite or alternate, ovate or oblong leaves, 



