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2. BREHMIA, Harv. 



Calyx 4-6-parted ; segments subulate, longer than the co- 

 rolla. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-6-lobcd ; lobes erecto-patent, 

 valvate in bud ; throat bearded. Stamens inserted in the base 

 of the corolla, included ; filaments filiform ; anthers cordate, 

 basifixed, connivent, fringed with long, curled, interwoven hairs. 

 Ovary on a crenate disk, ovate, 1-celled ; ovules many, on a 

 central fleshy placenta, peltate ; style very short, conical ; 

 stigma subcapitate. Berry with a thick rind, globose, 1-celled, 

 many-seeded. Seeds lying in pulp, peltate. — DC. Prod. ix. p. 

 18. 



B. spinosa {StrycTinos spinosa. Lam.) occurs in the Eastern district, 

 Caifraria, and at Natal ; it is also a native of Madagascar.. It is a large 

 slirub or small tree, with angular, spreading, spiny branches and 3-nerved 

 leaves. The fruit, which is about as large as a small orange, contains a 

 sweet and not unwholesome pulp, and is cultivated for the table in the 

 Eastern districts. 



Tribe 2. Buddleie^. (G-en. 3-5.) 



3. NUXIA, Lam. 



Calyx 4-toothed or 4-fid. Corolla-tube short, rarely sub- 

 exserted, transversely slitting above the base shortly after the 

 flower opens ; lobes 4, spreading. Stamens 4, exserted ; an- 

 thers ovate, becoming 1-celled by confluence. Ovary tomen- 

 tose, 2-celled ; ovules many ; style simple, obtuse. Capsules 

 2-valved, septicidal ; valves 2-fid or subentire, with inflexed 

 edges. Seeds many. — DC. Prod. x. p. 434. 



Trees or shrubs, natives of North and South Africa. Leaves glabrous or 

 hairy, opposite or subverticillate, mostly entire. Flowers small, in cymes or 

 panicles. — 3 South African species, Eastern. 



4. CHILIANTHUS, Burch. 



Calyx 4-fid. Corolla-tube short, rarely subexserted, not trans- 

 versely slitting at base ; lobes 4, spreading. Stamens 4, ex- 

 serted ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary tomentose, 2-celled ; ovules 

 few or several ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsules as 

 in Nuxia. Seeds sometimes solitary. — DC. Prod. x. p. 435. 



Cape trees or shrubs. Leaves tomentose on one or both sides, opposite, 

 entire toothed or lobed. Flowers minute, panicled. — 4 species, all Eastern. 



5. BUDDLEA, Linn. 



Calyx 4-toothed or 4-fid. Corolla-tube short or long ; limb 

 spreading or suberect, 4-parted ; segments short. Stamens 4, 

 either inserted in the throat, the anthers subsessile or within 

 the tube, the anthers reaching the throat, or included. Style 



