CITT. PENJEACE-S. 323 



dulous ; style filiform ; stigma obsoletely 4-lobed. — DC. Prod. 

 xiv. p. 490. 



A shrublet, with ovate-iinbricate leaves, 1-1t inch long, ^-1 wide, 

 margined, with a prominent nerve beneath. Flowers crowded at the ends 

 of the branches, with large, coloured, but not glutinous bracts. 



6. ENDONEMA, A. Juss. 



Calyx with a long, cylindrical tube; lobes shorter, ovate, 

 acute, thickened within, valvate in bud. Filaments erect, as 

 long as the anthers or longer ; anthers ovate ; cells scarcely 

 shorter than the connective, entire, margined. Ovary smooth ; 

 ovules 4 in each cell, 2 erect, 2 pendulous ; style slender, 

 equalling the calyx-tube ; stigmas 4, small. Capsule oblong, 

 4-valved.— Z)a Prod. xiv.^. 490. 



Shrubs, with solitary flowers, in the axils of coloured leaves. — 2 species. 



Oeder CIY. GEISSOLOME^. 



[The genus Oeissoloma, formerly referred to PenceacecB, differs in having 

 imbricate aestivation of the perianth ; in the number and insertion of sta- 

 mens, the versatile anthers, and albuminous seeds.] 



1. GEISSOLOMA, Lindl. 



Calyx 4-parted, subtended by 2-fariously imbricated, scaly 

 bracts, persistent ; segments ovate, mucronate, imbricate in 

 bud. Stamens 8, in the bottom of the perianth, the 4 alter- 

 nating with the lobes rather shorter than the others ; anthers 

 much shorter than the filaments, ovoid, 2-lobed at base, versa- 

 tile, mucronulate, with an obsolete connective. Ovary free, 

 4-lobed, 4-celled ; ovules in each cell 2, pendulous ; styles 4, 

 at first cohering as 1, then separating ; stigmas minute. Cap- 

 sule 4-celled, loculicida. Seeds solitary, pendulous ; albumen 

 copious, fleshy ; embryo about as long, central, with linear, 

 fleshy cotyledons and a short radicle. — I>C. Prod. xiv. p. 492. 



A shrub, with opposite, ovate-subcordate, entire, margined leaves, and 

 axillary, solitary, bracteate flowers. Perianth and bracts membranous, 

 nerved. — Clanwilliam and Swellendam. 



Order CV. THYMELEjE. 



Flowers bisexual. Calyx coroUoid or rarely herbaceous, 

 tubular, deciduous or persistent, 4-5-lobed, the lobes imbri- 

 cate in bud. Hypogynous scales 4-8, minute, free or united 

 in a cup, rarely perigynous, sometimes wanting. Fertile sta- 



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