130 LXir. FICOIDE.E. 



Stamens 10-40, in parcels on the top of the 



fuunel-shapecl calyx-tube. Ovary 2-celled ; 



cells l-ovuled 4. Aceosanthes. 



Stamens 8-10, alternating in pairs witli the 



lobes of the rotate calyx. Ovary 2-5- 



eelled ; cells l-ovuled 5. Galexia. 



Stamens hypogyuous. 



Stamens 5. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules solitary 6. Plinthtjs. 



Tribe 4. 1\Iolltjgine^. Petals mostly 0. Stamens 5, 10 or many, 

 mostly hypogyuous. Ovary superior. Capsule loculicidal. — Leaves usually 

 stipulate. 



Ovary 3-5-celled ; each cell with several ovules. 

 Calyx 5-parted nearly to the base. 

 Sepals unequal, cuspidate. Petals 15-20, 

 shorter than the calyx. Seeds arilled at 



base 7. Oetgia. 



Sepals subequal, ovate. Seeds not arilled. 



Stigmas linear. Stipules obsolete . . 8. Mollijgo. 

 Stigmas obovate, fleshy. Stipules sca- 



rious, lacerate, conspicuous .... 9. Phaknaceum. 

 Calyx 5-fid to the middle or above it . . . 10. Ccei^anthum. 

 Ovary 1-2-3- or 5-celled ; cells l-ovuled. 

 Calyx 5-pai-ted, segments quite entire. 



Ovary 3-5-celled 11. Psammatropha. 



Ovary 1-celled 12. Adenogramma. 



Calyx 4-parted, segments flmbriato-lacerate 13. Polpoda. 



Tribe 5. GtIESEKIE^. Petals 5 or 0. Stamens 5 or many, hypogyuous. 

 Ovary superior. Fruit of 2-5 separable nuts. 



Petals 0. Ovary of 3-5 carpels. Nuts warted 



or crested 14. Giesekia. 



Petals 3-5 (rarely wanting) . Ovaiy of 2 plano- 

 convex carpels. 

 Carpels flat, with a marginal wing . . . .15. Seaionyillea. 

 Carpels hemispherical, wingless, dorsally 



pitted 16. LiMEUM. 



Tribe 6. Petals 0. Stamens 5 or many, mostly perigynous. Ovary 

 superior, 1-5-celled ; cells 1- or many-ovuled. Capsule circumscissile. 



Stamens perigynous ; ovary 2 -3 -celled. Flowers 



sessile, axillary 17. Teianthema. 



1. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, Linn. 



Calyx 5-, rarely 2-8-lobed, its tube attached to the ovary, 

 the lobes unequal, usually leaf-like. Petals very numerous, 

 linear, in one or many rows, united at the base. Stamens in- 

 numerable, in many rows, united at base. Ovary 4-20, but 

 usually 5-celled; stigmas 4-20, usually 5. Capsules 5-20- 

 celled, opening like a star at the summit. Seeds very many. 

 —Fl. Cap. ii. p. 387. 



A vast genus, chiefly South African, natives of dry sands, Karroo plains, 

 etc. ; few to the east of the Great Fish river. Leaves mostly opposite, 



