LXYII. RUMACEiE. 153 



tubular, incurved, tliroat naked ; limb 5-fid, with very short 

 erect imbricate, acute lobes. Stamens included ; anthers ses- 

 sile, linear. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules solitary ; style filiform ; 

 stigma attenuated, minutely 2-fid. Fruit dry, 10-ribbed and 

 furrowed, crowned with the two opposite, leaf-like, dilated, 

 membranous, veiny and coloured calyx-lobes, 2-celled ; cells 

 1-seeded. Seed oblong, convex at back, flat in front. — Fl. Cap. 

 iii. p. 16 ; TJies. Cap. t. 45. 



A. magna, E. M., the only species, is a slirub or small tree, native of the 

 Eastern district and Natal, with oblong, obtuse, leathery, glabrous and 

 glossy leaves, cup-like stipules, and a terminal, much-branched panicle of 

 purplish, silky flowers. 



Tribe 5. Coffeaceje. (Gen. 10-15.) 

 10. CANTHIUM, Lam. 

 Calyx-tube ovate ; limb short, 4-5-toothed. Corolla with a 

 short tube, a bearded throat, and 4-5 spreading lobes, valvate 

 in bud. Anthers in the throat, scarcely exserted. Style fili- 

 form, exserted ; stigma undivided, thick, ovato-globose or 

 mitre-shaped. Berry globose or didymous, crowned with the 

 calyx-teeth, fleshy, 2-celled. Seeds solitary. — Fl. Cap. iii.p. 

 16 ; Thes. Cap. t. 22. 



Unarmed or spinous shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Peduncles axillary, 

 short, many-fiowered. — 2 Cape species, both Eastern. 



11. PLECTRONIA, Linn. 



Calyx-tube obovate or oblong ; limb 5-toothed. Corolla 

 somewhat funnel-shaped ; limb 5-parted ; lobes acute, reflexed, 

 valvate in bud, throat hairy or nude. Stamens in the throat, 

 subexserted. Style short ; stigma subcapitate, of two ap- 

 pressed laminae. Berry fleshy, obovate-oblong, compressed, 

 didymous, of 2 pyrensB. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 17. 



Armed or unarmed shrubs. Peduncles axillary, corymbose. — 5 species, 

 dispersed. 



12. GRUMILEA, aa>rtn. 



Calyx-tube urceolate ; limb shortly 5-toothed. Corolla with 

 a short tube, villous in the throat ; limb 5-parted, reflexed, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens subexserted ; anthers oblong. Ovary 

 2-celled ; cells 1-ovuled ; style exserted ; stigma 2-fid. Berry 

 globose, 2-seeded. Seed plano-convex, the albumen traversed 

 by chinks and fissures. — Fl. Cap. \\\. p. 21. 



Shrubs with the habit of Canfhium. — G. cymosa, our only species, occurs 

 in the Eastern district and at Natal. 



13. PAVETTA, Linn. 

 Calyx-tube ovate ; limb 4-toothed or -cleft. Corolla salver- 



