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ascending ; anther-cells parallel, subdistinct ; a short rudiinent 

 of the iSfth stamen in base of corolla. Style capitate, stigma- 

 tose at the apex. Capsules ovate or oblong, septicidal, the 

 valves leathery, 2-M.— DC. Prod. x. p. 333. 



Shrubs, mostly glabrous. Leaves opposite or the upper scattered, en- 

 tire, shining. Panicles or racemes terminal ; flowers orange or lilac. — 4 

 species, dispersed. 



11. TEEDIA, End. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla tubular ; limb with 5 spreading, 

 flattish lobes. Stamens 4, ascending ; anther-cells parallel, 

 distinct. Style short, thickly capitate at apex. Berry 2- 

 celled, indehiscent. Seeds numerous. — DC. Prod. x. p. 334. 



Small shrubs with opposite, ovate leaves, and few-flowered cymes in the 

 upper axils, forming a leafy thyrsus. Flowers red. — 2 species, from the 

 Western and Northern districts. 



12. ANASTRABE, E. Mey. 



Calyx bell-shaped, semi-5-fid. Corolla with a short tube 

 and 2-labiate limb, the upper lip 2-fid, with flat lobes, the 

 lower very large, concave, cymbiform, patent, shortly 3-fid at 

 the apex. Stamens 4, subascendent ; anther-cells confluent 

 at apex. Style truncate or emarginate. Capsule ovate-ob- 

 long, septicidal, the valves leathery, 2-fid. — I)C. Prod. x. p. 

 334. 



A shrub, with opposite, petioled, quite entire or serrulate leaves shining 

 above, white beneath. Flowers in axillary or terminal, many-flowered, 

 corymbose cymes, tomentose. — 1 or 2 species from Natal 



13. IXIANTHES, Benth. 



Calyx very deeply 2-lipped, the upper lip 3-fid, lower 2- 

 parted. Corolla-tube short, ample ; upper lip erect, shortly 

 2-fid ; lower spreading, ample, flat, broadly 3-lobed. 2 anterior 

 stamens fertile, ascending, their anther-cells thick, divaricated ; 

 2 back stamens short, with small, empty anthers ; a very short 

 rudiment of a fifth stamen. Style subentire. Capsule septi- 

 cidally 2-parted, the valves shortly 2-fid, carrying placentas 

 on their inflexed margins. — DC. Prod. x. p. 335 ; Thes. Cap. 

 t. 99. 



A densely leafy shrub, the young parts hairy. Leaves 3-4 in a whorl, 

 linear-lanceolate, distantly toothed beyond the middle. Peduncles axillary, 

 l-flowered, 2-bracteate in the middle. Calyx rigid. Corolla viscid exter- 

 nally. 



Tribe 4. EscoBEDiEiE. (G-en. 14-15.) 

 14. MELASMA, Berg. 

 Calyx loosely ovate-campanulate, leafy, angular, then in- 



