XCIII. YEEBEN^ACE^. 293 



pressed, tipped with tlie rudimentary style ; pericarp coria- 

 ceous, closely investing the seed (which has no proper integu- 

 ment) . Albumen scarcely any ; embryo fleshy, green, erect, 

 w^th very thick reniform, conduplicate cotyledons ; radicle 

 long, thick, densely and softly hairy. — DC. Prod. xi. p. 698. 



Littoral, evergreen shrubs or trees of warm countries. Leaves opposite, 

 leatheiy, entire, glabx'ous above, lioary beneath. Peduncles axillary, or 

 3 at the ends of tlie branches, mostly y-lieaded. Flowers small. — A. offici- 

 nalis^ Linn., a widely-dispersed species, occurs at Natal. 



Suborder 2. Stilbinese. (Glen. 13-14.) 



13. STILBE, Berg. 



Calyx equal, 5 -fid to the middle, the segments with inflexed 

 margins, pubescent-ciliate. Corolla 5-fid, the throat hairy ; 

 segments linear, subtruncate, membranous, the 2 posterior a 

 little longer, connate. Stamens 4, with a rudimentary fifth. 

 Utricle thin-shelled, subturbinate, 5-ribbed, 1-seeded. — E. 

 Mey. in Comm. Drege, p. 279 ; DC. Prod. xii. p. 006. Also 

 Eurylobium, Hochst., DC. I. c. p. 607. 



Heath-like shrubs, with rigid, linear, crowded, alteraate leaves, and ter- 

 minal, densely spiked or capitate flowers. — A few species, dispersed. 



14. CAMPYLOSTACHYS, E. Mey. 



Calyx very deeply 5-cleft, the three anterior clefts nearly to 

 the base. Corolla 4-5-fid ; segments acute, subcoriaceous, 3- 

 nerved. Stamens 4. Capsule subglobose, 2-celled, 2-seeded, 

 opening in 4 parts at the apex. — E. Mey. I. c. p. 278 ; DC. Prod, 

 xii. p. 605. Also Euthystachys, ^ . DC. in DC. Prod, xii. p. 606. 



Shrubs, with the habit of Stilhe, except that the spikes are more or less 

 nodding. — 2 species, Western. 



Suborder 3. Selaginese. (Gren. 15-22.) 

 15. AGATHELPIS, Choisy. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, plaited, adnate to its subtending 

 bract, deflexed in fruit. Corolla-tube long, slender, cylindrical, 

 curved ; limb subequally 5-lobed, lobes short and fleshy. 

 Stamens 2, included ; filaments very short. Utricle solitary, 

 semiterete, enclosed in the calyx. — E. Mey. I. c. p. 252 ; DC. 

 Prod. xii. p. 23. 



Slender, twiggy undershrubs, with linear leaves and dull coloured, sweetly 

 scented flowers, in lax, terminal spikes. — Several species, dispersed. 



16. GOSELA, Choisy. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted. Corolla with a long tube and short 5- 

 lobed limb. Stamens 2 fertile, subsessile within the tube, and 



