214 LXXI. CAMPAXULACEJi. 



funuel-shaped, tubular or bell-shaped, ample, 5-lobed. Ovary 

 2-eelled ; stigmas 2, thick. Capsule cylindrical, 2-celled, 

 quite inferior, topi)ed by the persistent, perforated base of the 

 style as by an operculum, at length opening at the apex by an 

 ample orifice, \vitliout valves. Seeds scabrous, large. — Fl. 

 Cap. iii. p. 591. 



Rigid undershrubs or herbs, all South African. Leaves crowded, mostly 

 narrow, rigid, with axillary leaf-tufts. Flowers sessile, terminal or rarely 

 fascicled. — 11 species, dispersed. 



16. MERCIERA, A. DC. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft ; tube ovoid. Corolla tubular, 4-5-lobed ; 

 tube very narrow. Stamens 4-5, free ; filaments very slender 

 at base, much longer than the anthers. Ovary inferior, with 

 an incomplete septum, 1-celled ; ovules 4 (or 2 ?) in the 

 bottom of the ovary. Style filiform, usually exserted, gla- 

 brous ; stigmas 2, very short. Capsule unknown. — Fl. Cap. 

 m. p. 595. 



Small undershrubs, with the aspect of RoeUa ciliata. Branches very leafy. 

 Leaves sessile, linear-subulate, rigid, ciliate, with axillary leaf-tufts. Flowers 

 sessile, axillary ; corollas very long and nai-row. — 2 species, both Western. 



17. SIPHOCODON, Turcz. 



Calyx 5-parted ; tube ovoid. Corolla tubular, 5-lobed at 

 apex ; tube narrow. Stamens 5 ; filaments short, inserted in 

 the middle of the tube of the corolla ; anthers longer than the 

 filaments. Ovary circumscissile below the calyx-lobes, 3- 

 celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; stigmas 3, revolute. Capsule open- 

 ing across, the upper part falling off", the cup-like remains 

 3-celled ; cells 1-seeded. — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 596. 



A slender, glabrous halfshrub, like a Thesium. Leaves alternate, linear, 

 minute, scale-like, appressed. Flowers blue, shortly peduncled, racemose, 

 racemes often panicled. — Found in Caledon. 



Doubtful G-entjs. 

 ? 18. Rhigiophyllum, Hochst. 



Calyx 5-parted ; lobes longer than the ovoid tube. Corolla tubular, 

 very slender and long, 5-lobed at apex. Stamens 5, subincluded ; filaments 

 inserted on the corolla-tube below the throat. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ; 

 cells with many ovules ; style filiform, exserted ; stigmas 3-lobed, recurved. 

 Capsule 3-celle'd (ripe not known). — Fl. Cap. iii. p. 597. 



A rigid, small shrub, like a Roella. Leaves imbricate, squarrose, entire. 

 Flowers capitate. — Found near Elin, Zwellendam, by Krauss. 



Tribe 3. Cyphie^. 

 19. CYPHIA, Berg. 

 Calyx-tube turbinate, adhering to the ovary ; limb 5-parted, 



