#120 i-vii. L()A«ace.t:. 



l.irgcd ill fruit, persistent. Petals 10, deciduous, iiiserted at 

 the summit of the ealyx-tube, 5 outer roundish, concave, 5 

 inner smaller, ligulate, angularly bent. Stamens indefinite, 

 those of the outer row barren, with cordate bases. Ovary 

 turbinate, 3-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; styles 3, erect, subconnatc. 

 —Fl Cap. ii. 2:>- ^02. 



The only species is K. spathulata, Bi*. (Fissenia Capensis, Endl. ; TIics. 

 Cap. t. 1)8), a robust, bristly undcrshrub, witli alternate, petioled, 5-7- 

 lobed, toothed leaves, and ratlier large yellow flowers, disposed in scorpioid, 

 terminal, bracteate cynics. It is a native of Naniaqualand, the mouth of 

 tlie Grariep, etc., and extends thence northwards through tropical Africa to 

 Arabia. 



Order LVIII. PASSIFLOREiE. 



Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Calyx monophyllous, free, 

 tubular or rotate ; limb 3-4-5-cleft or parted. Petals as many 

 as the calycine lobes, often herbaceous on the outside, con- 

 tinuous with the apex of the calyx-tube, or inserted much 

 within the tube, persistent, separate or (rarely) united in a 

 bell-shaped corolla. Corona various, exterior to the fertile 

 stamens. Stamens as many or twice as many as the caly- 

 cine lobes, free or monadelphous ; anthers versatile or fixed. 

 Ovary mostly stipitate, 1-celled ; ovules many or few, on pa- 

 rietal placentas ; styles as many as the placentas ; stigmas 

 thickened. Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds on long cords, 

 mostly arillate, with a furrowed and ridged seed-coat, albumi- 

 nous. — Climbing (rarely erect) shrubs or herbs. 



Flowers bisexual. 



Calyx 3-parted. Petals 3, half-herbaceous. Co- 

 rona double, the outer fringed 1. Tetphostemma. 



Flowers monoecious or dioecious. 



Dioecious. Corolla or polypetalous. 



Calyx 5-fid. Disk with 5 conspicuous glands . 2. Modecca. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Disk without glands ... 3. Ophiocaulgn. 

 Monoecious. Calyx 3-5-parted. Corolla monope- 

 talous, 3-5-lobcd, herbaceous. 

 A vine-like climber. Capsule slender, pod-like 4. CEEATiosrcros. 

 A suberect, low herb. Capsule ovoid ... 5. Achaeia. 



1. TRYPHOSTEMMA, Harv. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Tube of the perianth short, obco- 

 nical ; limb 6-parted, in 2 rows, the 3 inner segments unequal, 

 2 of them larger, herbaceous, and white-edged, the third 

 linear and petaloid. Corona perigynous, annular, double, 

 the outer fringed, the inner entire or creiiulate, bearing the 

 stamens. Stamens 5, within the rim of the inner corona ; 

 filaments subulate ; anthers erect, sagittate, 2-cclled. Ovary 



