276 XO. BTGNONTACEJE. 



Brandies divuricate. Leaves simple, tufted. Flowers lateral, subsessile, 

 handsome, wliite. Two species : V. Alexandria Don, found by Sir J. Alex- 

 ander in Namaqualand, and by Mr. Cliapman near Lake Ngami; and C. 

 Kolbeana, Harv., discovered by Mrs. Kolbe in Damaraland. 



3. RHIGOZUM, Burch. 



Calyx bell-shaped, shortly 4-5-toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, with a wide, subcampanulate tube, and an obtusely 

 5-lobed, spreading, subcqual limb. Stamens 5 (rarely 6-7), 

 subequal and perfect, alternating with the corolla-lobes ; an- 

 ther-cells parallel, erect, free below. Ovary fusiform, 2- 

 cellcd ; ovules many. Capsules compressed, substipitate, 

 2-celled, the septum parallel ^^At\i the valves. Seeds widely 

 winged.— i)(7. Prod. ix. p. 234. 



Eigid, di-trichotomous, spiny shrubs, natives of the Eastern and Northern 

 districts. Leaves on tlie twigs alternate or teruate, small ; at the nodes 

 fascicled, obovate or oblong, glabrous or downy. Flowers mostly solitary 

 at the nodes, subsessile, yellow. — 2 or 3 species ? 



Tribe 2. Crescentie^. (Gen. 4.) 

 4. KIGELIA, DC. 



Calyx tubular-subcampanulate, 5-fid, with subacute lobes. 

 Corolla with a short tube, a widely-bellshaped throat, and a 

 subequally 5-lobed limb ; the lobes ovate, acuminate. Sta- 

 mens 4, didynamous, wdth a rudiment ; anthers 2-celled, the 

 cells separate at base. Ovary on a tumid disk, with prominent 

 placentas, 2-celled ; stigma 2-lamellate. Fruit pulpy within, 

 many-seeded. — DC. Prod. ix. p. 247, 



K. pinnata^ DC, a tree, sent from Natal by Mr, Sanderson, is also a 

 native of Mozambique. Leaves alternate, pinnate, coriaceous ; leaflets 

 oval. Panicles on long peduncles, pendulous, spi'inging from the trunk or 

 from old branches. Corolla large and handsome, red, paler outside. 



Order XCI. GESNEEIACEJE. 



Calyx with 5 teeth, lobes, or distinct sepals. Corolla-tube 

 long or short ; limb 2-lipped or of 5 spreading lobes, imbricate 

 in bud. Stamens 2, or 4 in pairs, inserted on the tube, with 

 sometimes a fifth sterile one ; anther-cells distinct or confluent. 

 Ovary superior or inferior, 1-celled, with 2 entire or lobed 

 parietal placentas that almost meet in the cavity ; style sim- 

 ple ; stigma entire or lobed ; ovules few or many. Fruit a 

 berry or capsule, 1- or many-seeded. — Herbs or shrubs, rarely 

 climbers. Leaves opposite or alternate, rarely whorled. A 

 considerable tropical Order. 



Tribe 1. Pedaline^. Fruit indehiscent or obscurely dehiscent at the 

 apex, hard, or fleshy. Seeds .solitary or few, scarcely oily, never winged. 

 Procumbent annuals or perennials. 



