110 LI. COMBEETACE-T.. 



double row, lonsjcr tlian the calyx. Ovary 2-3-ovuled. Style 

 filiform, acutisli. Drupe not crowned by the calyx, usually 

 dry, indehiscent, 1-seeded. — Fl. Cap. \\. p. 50S. 



IVees or shrubs. T. sericea, Burch., our only species, has oblong, silky 

 leaves crowded round the ends of the branches, and flowers in spikes shorter 

 than the leaves. — Aapjes river. 



2. COMBRETUM, Linn. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped ; tube as short as the ovary or longer ; 

 limb bell-shaped, 4-lobed, deciduous. Petals 4, small, in- 

 serted between the lobes of the calyx. Stamens 8, in 2 rows, 

 exserted. Ovary 2-5-ovuled; style exserted, acute. Fruit 

 4-winged, 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent. Seed pendulous. — 

 Fl. Cap. ii. p. 508. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves often opposite. Spikes terminal or axillary, some- 

 times capitate ; flowers small, greenish. — 10 species, all Eastern or from Natal. 



3. POIVREA, Comm. 

 Limb of the calyx funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, deciduous. Petals 

 5. Stamens 10, protruded. Ovary 2-3-ovuled; style fili- 

 form, protruded, acute. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 512. 



P. bracteosa, Hochst., our only species, is a Natal shrub, 8-10 feet high, 

 with ovate or ovate-oblong glabrous leaves, and nodding, bracteate spikes 

 of reddish flowers. 



4. QUISQUALIS, Eumph. 



Tube of the calyx slender, produced much beyond the ovary ; 

 limb 5-lobed. Petals 5, oblong or roundish, obtuse, longer 

 than the calyx-teeth, imbricate. Stamens 10, inserted within 

 the throat of the calyx, those opposite the petals longest. 

 Ovary 4-ovuled ; style filiform, exserted, its base adhering to 

 the calyx-tube. Drupe dry, 5-furrowed and 5-ribbed, 1-seeded. 

 Seed pendulous. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 512; Thes. Cap. t. 130. 



Q. parvijlora, Grerr., our only species, discovered by Mr. Gerrard in the 

 Natal country, has opposite, oval-oblong, acute, tiiinly pubescent or glabrate 

 leaves and terminal spikes of slender flowers. Petals small, shortly oblong. 

 Anthers subsessile, in 2 widely-separated rows. 



Order LII. MYRTACE^. 



Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary ; limb 

 4-5-parted or obsoletely lobed. Petals 4-5. Stamens indefi- 

 nite, inserted with the petals on the fleshy margin of the 

 calyx-tube. Ovary inferior, 2- or several-celled, with few or 

 many ovules ; style filiform ; stigma simple. Fruit either a 

 succulent berry or a dry capsule. Seeds without albumen. — 

 Trees or shrubs. Leaves mostly opposite, quite entire, penni- 



