154 LXYII. IIUBIACE^. 



shaped, with a long, slender tube and a 4-parted, spreading 

 limb. Anthers 4, sessile in the throat. St^-le much exserted; 

 stigma elavate, entire or nearly so. Berry drupaceous, 2- 

 eelled, crowned with the calyx-limb.— -F/. Cap. m.. p. 19 ; Tlies. 

 Cap. t. 131. 



Shrubs or small trees, with corymbose, often very handsome, white or 

 yellow flowers. — 10 Cape species, all Eastern or from Natal. 



14. KRAUSSIA, Harv. 



Calyx-tube oyate ; limb short, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, tube short, obconic, limb 5-cleft, the lobes oblong, im- 

 bricate in bud ; throat hairy. Stamens in the throat, exserted ; 

 filaments short ; anthers erect, attenuate. Oyary 2-celled ; 

 cells 1-oyuled ; style short ; stigma clayate or fusiform, striato- 

 lamellate, 2 -fid, the lobes erect or reyolute. Berry globose, 

 croT\iied with the calyx-limb, 2- or by abortion 1-seeded. — Fl. 

 Cap. iii. p. 22 ; Thes.^Cap. t. 21. 



Glabrous shrubs, with oblong or lanceolate, acute, glossy, shortly petioled 

 leaves, abruptly acuminate stipules and axillary cymes of ^vhite flowers. — 

 4 species, all from K^atal. 



15. BUNBURYA, Meisn. 



Calyx-tube subglobose ; limb shortly 2-labiate, 6-toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb 6-lobed, the lobes lanceolate-ob- 

 long, half as long as the tube, imbricate in bud. Stamens in 

 the throat, exserted ; filaments short ; anthers linear-oblong, 

 incumbent. Oyary 2-celled ; cells l-OYuled ; style filiform, 

 glabrous ; stigma 2-lamellate, the lobes short, acute. Fruit 

 . . .—Fl. Cap.nlp. 23 ; Thes. Cap. t. 132. 



B. Capensis, Meisn., the only species, is a sln^ub with the habit of the 

 Coffee-bush. Leaves shortly-petioled, ovato-lanceolate, tapering to a blunt- 

 ish point. Cymes axillary, 3-4-flowered, subsessile.— Grows in Caflraria 

 and Natal. 



Teibe G. SpEEMACOCEiE. (Gcu. lG-19.) 



16. PENTANISIA, Hary. 



Calyx-tube obovate or turbinate ; limb with 2-3 (rarely 4) 

 elongate, linear-subulate lobes, and 2-3 small, accessory ones. 

 Corolla salyer-shaped, with a long tube, a bearded throat, and 

 a 5-lobed limb. Stamens in the throat, subexserted ; anthers 

 oblong. Oyary 2-celled ; cells l-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma 

 2-fid, with linear lobes. Capsules coriaceous, didymous, 

 crowned by the unequal calyx-lobes, 2-parted into monosper- 

 mous, indehiscent nuts. — Fl. Cap. Hi. p. 24. 



P. variabilis, the only species, a native of the Eastern district and Natal, 

 is an extremely variable, glabrous pubescent or hairy, perennial thick- 



