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throat, and a 5-parted limb ; segments much acuminate. Sta- 

 mens 5, in the throat of the corolla, exserted ; anthers acute. 

 Stigma club-shaped. Berry 2-celled, many-seeded. — Fl. Cap. 

 Hi. p. 3. 



Shrubs, with elliptic, acuminate, short-petioled leaves, deciduous stipules, 

 and axillary densely-sabcorymbose flowers. — 3 species, all from Natal. 



3. STYLOCORYNE, Cav. 



Calyx-tube ovate-globose ; limb short, tubular, 5-toothed. 

 Corolla salver-shaped, with cylindrical tube and 5-parted limb. 

 Stamens in the throat of the corolla ; anthers linear, very long. 

 Style exserted ; stigma clavate, undivided or the lobes conso- 

 lidated. Berry globose, crowned by the calyx, dry, 2-celled ; 

 placentas spongy. Seeds numerous. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 4. 



Trees or shrubs. — aS^. cuspidata, E. M., found near Natal, is a large, gla- 

 brous shrub, with petioled, oval-oblong, tapering, membranous leaves, and 

 axillary, trichotomous corymbs on longish peduncles. Flowers not seen. 



4. GARDENIA, Ellis. 



Calyx-tube ovate, often ribbed; limb tubular, truncate, 

 toothed cleft or parted. Corolla salver-shaped, often with a 

 long tube, or subcampannlate or funnel-shaped ; limb 5-9- 

 parted, twisted in bud, then spreading. Anthers 5-9, linear, 

 nearly sessile in the naked throat of the corolla, exserted. 

 Style long ; stigma clavate, 2-fid or 2-dentate. Ovary 1-celled, 

 with 2-5 prominent, incomplete septa. Berry fleshy, crowned 

 by the calyx, imperfectly 2-5-celled. — Fl. Cap. iii. ^. 4 ; Thes. 

 Gap. t. 5. 



Trees or shrubs, with solitary, axillary or terminal, often large, sliowy and 

 sweetly-scented flowers. — 7 Cape species, all Eastern or from Natal. 



5. RANDIA, Linn. 



Calyx-tube obovate ; limb tubular, 5-lobed. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, with a short tube ; limb 5-parted, twisted-imbricate in 

 bud. Anthers sessile in the throat of the tube, short or long. 

 Stigma thickened, deeply 2-lobed. Berry nearly dry, crowned 

 by the calyx, 2-celled, many-seeded. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 7 ; Thes. 

 Cap. t. 33, 34, 35. 



Much-branched, rigid, often spiny, small trees or shrubs. Leaves sub- 

 sessile. Flowers axillary, usually solitary, subsessile. — 2 species, from the 

 Eastern districts, Caifraria, and Natal. 



Tribe 2. HEnTOxinE.^. (Gen. 6.) 



G. HEDYOTIS, Lam. 



Calyx-tube ovate or subglobose ; limb 4- rarely 5-toothed. 



