348 CXIII, MYRICEiE. 



1. MYRICA, Linn. 



Character the same as tliat of the Order. — Endl. Gen. n. 

 1839; DC. Prod. xvi. pt 2. p. U7. 



Tliere are nine Cape species dispersed tln-ough tlie colony. The flesliy 

 scales tlmt clothe the fruit of some species secrete a sort of vegetable wax, 

 wliicii may be profitably collected. 



Oeder CXIY. RAFFLESIACE^. 



Calyx monophyllous, regular. Corolla 0. Anthers nume- 

 rous, in a simple series. Ovary with many, many-ovuled 

 placentas ; ovules orthotropous. Fruit indehiscent, fleshy, 

 many-seeded. Seeds microscopic ; embryo with or without 

 albumen, undivided. — Fleshy, leafless, but often scaly, co- 

 loured parasites on the roots, rarely on the stems of dicotyle- 

 donous plants. 



Calvx fleshy, 3-fid, with valvate aestivation 1. Hydnora. 



Calyx 6-fid, imbricate in the bud 2. Cytinus. 



Tribe 1. HrD^'OEEiE. 

 1. HYDNORA, Thunl>. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx fleshy, tubular, 8-fid, with 

 valvate aestivation. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers nume- 

 rous, longitudinally splitting., connate in a 3-lobed ring, each 

 lobe opposite one of the segments of the perianth. Ovary 

 inferior, 1-celled ; stigma sessile, depressed, 3-lobed, each lobe 

 formed of many, parallel lamelke, distinct down to the cavity 

 of the ovary, and there placentiferous ; placentas very nume- 

 rous, pendulous from the roof of the ovarian cavity, every- 

 where covered w4th orthotropous ovules. Pericarp globose, 

 fleshy, filled with the enlarged seed-bearing placentas. Em- 

 bryo globose, in the centre of cartilaginous albumen. — B. Br. 

 in Linn. Trails, xix. p. 2U ; Harv. TJies. t. 187-8 ; Endl. Gen. 

 n. 721. 



Fleshy, offensively-scented parasites on the roots of EupJwrhicB^ in tlie 

 Western and North-Western disti'icts. Their stems are underground, 4- 

 angled, and tuberculated along tlie angles. The flowers 4-6 in. long, issuing 

 from a tubercle of the stem, with a dull brown, scurfy or irregularly areo- 

 lated coat ; the segments are internally of a rosy-red, which is also the 

 colour of the fleshy parts. — 2 species known. 



Tribe 2. Cytij^e^. 



2. CYTINUS, Linn. 



Flowers monoecious or dicrcious. Calyx tubular, 4-8-fid 

 (the Cape species (5-fid), with imbricated aestivation. — Male : 



