328 CTI. LAUEINE^. 



1. CRYPTOCAIIYA, E. Br. 



Flowers bisexual, panicled, braeteate. Calyx funnel-sliaped, 

 6-fid, the tube ureeolate, persistent, enlarging, somewhat 

 narrow in the throat, the lobes equal or subequal, at length 

 deciduous. Fertile stamens 9, in the throat ; filaments short, 

 flat, the 3 innermost with a sessile gland at each side at base ; 

 anthers ovate-oblong, 2-celled, the 3 inner extrorse. Stami- 

 nodia 3, shortly stipitate, ovate-oblong, acute, without glands. 

 Stv'le filiform, short ; stigma subcapitate. Ovary completely 

 immersed in the calyx-tube. Fruit hidden in the fleshy or dry, 

 enlarged calyx-tube. — DC. Prod. xv. p. 68. 



Trees of both hemispheres, with alternate leaves and axillary fk terminal, 

 short panicles of flowers. — 2 South African species. 



2. OREODAPHNE, Nees. 



Flowers mostly dioecious, panicled or racemose, nude. Calyx 

 rotate or funnel-shaped, 6-parted, the lobes equal or sub- 

 equal, deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 (in the female changed 

 into glands or scales) ; filaments short, the 3 inner with basal 

 glands; anthers ovate or oblong, 4-celled, the cells super- 

 posed, 3 inner extrorse ; staminodia or obsolete. Berry 

 sitting in the short, cup-like base of calyx. — DC. Prod. xv. p. 

 111. 



Trees, chiefly American. O. luUata, Nees, which yields the well-known 

 " Stinkwood " of cabinet makers, is the only Cape species. 



3. CASSYTHA, Linn. 



Flowers bisexual. Calyx ureeolate or at first rotate, 

 6-fid, persistent, the 3 outer lobes smaller, the tube at length 

 globose and fleshy. Fertile stamens 9, in the throat; fila- 

 ments short, broad ; anthers 2-celled, the 3 inner extrorse, 

 with glands at base, alternating with 3 triangular or gland- 

 like staminodia. Ovary enclosed in the calyx-tube, free ; 

 style short ; stigma depressed. Fruit enclosed in the fleshy 

 calyx-tube.— Da Prod. xv. ;:». 252. 



Leafless, cord-hke parasites, scrambling over bushes, etc., like Cuscuta^ 

 and similarly attached by lateral disks. Flowers capitate, spiked or race- 

 mose, each 3-bracted at base. — 2 Cape species, of which C. Capensis is com- 

 mon throughout the colony. 



Oeder CVII. PROTEACEJE. 



Calyx 4-cleft or 4-parted ; lobes valvate in bud. Stamens 

 perigynous, 4 (1 sometimes sterile), opposite the lobes of the 

 perianth ; anthers 2-celled, splitting. Ovary free, sessile or 

 stalked, 1-celled ; ovules solitary or in pairs (or numerous in 



