342 CIX. EUPHOlllilACE^. 



in 2 rows. Stamens 8, rarely 5 ; filaments united in a central 

 column, surrounded by 5-6 {jjlands on a lobed disk ; anthers 

 extrorse. — i\^male : Calyx as in the male. Ovary on a glan- 

 dular disk, 3-celled ; cells 2-ovuled ; style 3-parted, the 

 branches 2-fid or repeatedly forked. Capsule 3-coccous. — 

 Endl Gen. n. 5S4:7 i.Bailllc. p. 621; DC. l.c.p.274<. 



Trees shrubs or herbs of botli heraisplieres. Leaves altei'nate, penni- 

 iierved, netted, often disticlious. Some are leafless, with flattened, leaf-hke 

 branches (jri/Iophi/lla). Flowers in axillary tufts. — Several species, near 

 Natal, some in Eastern district. 



23. LACHNOSTYLIS, Turcz. 

 Flowers dicecious. — Male : Calyx 5-parted ; sepals villous, 

 imbricate in bud. Petals 5, alternate, obovate, glabrous, 

 shorter than the calyx, inserted on the margin of an annular, 

 villous-margined disk. Stamens 5 ; iilaments shortly connate 

 round a rudimentary ovary, then free ; anthers ovate, introrse. 

 Styles (of rudimentary pistils) 3, simple, very villous. — Female: 

 Calyx and corolla of male. Ovary very hairy, 3-celled ; cells 

 pubescent within, 2-ovuled ; styles 3, short, villous, above gla- 

 brous and 2-fid. Capsule pubescent, 3-celled. — Turcz. Bull. 

 Mosc. xix. p. 503 ; So7td. Linn, xxiii. p. l31 ; Baill. I. c. p. 663 ; 

 DC. I. c. p. 224. 



Shrubs, with alternate, short-petioled, stipuled, oblong or obovate, penni- 

 nerved and netted-vcined, entire, glabrous leaves, and l-flowered, solitary 

 or tufted, axillary peduncles. — 1 variable species, on the Eastern fi-ontier. 



Order CX. URTICACE^. 



Flowers mostly unisexual, rarely polygamous or bisexual, 

 apetalous. Calyx entire or variously cleft or parted ; the lobes 

 imbricate or valvate-induplicate. Stamens as many as the 

 calyx-lobes and opposite them, rarely more or fewer, hypogy- 

 nous ; filaments mostly inflexed in bud ; anthers 2-celled. 

 Ovary free or more or less adTierent, 1-celled, rarely imper- 

 fectly 2-celled ; styles 1-2 ; ovule solitary, erect or pendulous, 

 the micropyle always superior. Fruit a berry, nut, achene or 

 samara. Albumen fieshy or none ; radicle always superior. — 

 Trees shrubs or herbs, dispersed over the warmer and tempe- 

 rate regions, very few in the frigid zone. Leaves often with 

 stinging hairs (nettles), opposite or alternate, stipuled. 

 Habits various. 



Suborder 1. Urticese. Herbs or shrubs, with watery juice. Style sim- 

 ple or 0. Ovule orthotropous, erect. 

 Male flowers with 3-5 stamens. 



Leaves almost always armed with stinging hairs. 



Leaves opposite ; achene equal-sidecl 1. Uktica. 



