XLVIT. BRUNIACE^. 105 



out any apical appendage. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; 

 styles 2. Fruit dicoccous. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 318. 



Small, fastigiate shrubs. Leaves small, subulate or rhomboid, keeled, 

 close-pressed, covermg the stem on all sides. Flowers in terminal heads. — 

 11 species, all west of Swellendam. 



6. STAAVIA, Th. 



Calyx adnate to the base of tlie ovary, free above, with 5 

 subulate h)bes. Petals free. Ovary half-inferior, 2*celled ; 

 cells 1-ovLiled; style simple ; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit dicoccous. 

 —Fl. Cap. ii.p. 321. 



Small shrubs, with linear, spreading leaves. Flowers in terminal, flat- 

 topped heads, involucrated by numerous, whitish floral leaves. — 6 species, 

 all from the Western districts. 



7. LONCHOSTOMA, Wikstr. 



Calyx attached to the half-inferior ovary, 5-cleft. Corolla 

 monopetalous, tubular, 5-cleft ; segments clawed, spreading. 

 Stamens 5, very short, inserted in the mouth of the corolla ; 

 anthers oblong, 2-celled, cells divergent at base. Ovary pu- 

 bescent, 2-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; styles 2 or 1. Fruit splitting 

 from the base, 2-4-valved ; seeds 4, netted. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 316. 



Erect shrubs. Leaves imbricate, ovate or lanceolate, leathery. Flowers 

 in terminal, leafy spikes, rosy. — 3 species, all Western. 



8. LINCONIA, Linn. 



Calyx adhering to the ovary, with a 5-cleft limb ; lobes 

 short, membranous, smooth. Petals oblong, convolute, enclos- 

 ing the stamens ; anther-cells divergent at base, their connec- 

 tive with a conical gland at tip. Ovary half-inferior. 2-celled ; 

 cells 2-ovuled ; styles 2. Fruit dicoccous. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 317. 



Erect, fastigiate shrubs. Leaves spreading or loosely imbricate, linear 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, leathery. Flowers in terminal, leafy spikes, white. 

 — 3 species, dispersed. 



9. AUDOUINIA, Brongn. 



Calyx adhering to the ovary, 5-cleft ; lobes large, imbricate. 

 Petals with a long, 2-keeled claw, and a spreading, roundish 

 limb. Stamens included. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled ; cells 

 2-ovuled ; style 3-angular ; stigmas 3, short. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 

 323. 



A. capitata, Brongn., the only species, grows on the mountains round 

 Simonstown, etc. Leaves spirally inserted, linear, imbricate, 3-angle(l, 

 scabrous. Flowers crimson, in oblong spikes or heads. 



