466 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
20. Diosma Brre.'—Flowers of Adenandra; stamens 5, alterni- 
petalous, fertile; filaments subulate; anthers oblong, glandular 
terminate. Germens 5, free; styles soon coalescing in glabrous 
curved column, capitate stigmatiferous at apex. Cocci transversely 
rugose, corniculate at back ; endocarp solute ; seeds and other cha- 
racters of Adenandra.—Small ericoid shrubs, glabrous or pilose 
pellucid-punctuate ; branches virgate; leaves alternate or opposite, 
linear, dorsally carinate or rotund, sometimes 3-quetrous, ciliate or 
scabriusculous at margin, sometimes serrulate; flowers solitary or 
subumbellate at apex of branches; pedicels short, 2-bracteolate 
(South-western Africa’). 
21. Eucheetis Barry. & Wenpr.‘—Flowers of Diosma ; petals ob- 
long-lanceolate, unguiculate, inwardly transversely barbate.‘ Germen 
5; styles coalescing in short thick column, capitate stigmatiferous 
at apex. Cocci 5; other characters of Diosma.—Ericoid shrubs or 
small shrubs ; branches virgate ; leaves alternate or very often oppo- 
site, 3-quetrous or carinate, more rarely dorsally convex, glabrous 
or ciliate, at margin epunctuate, pellucid, entire, serrulate or ciliate ; 
flowers solitary or subcapitate at apex of branches ; pedicels very 
short, 2-bracteolate (Sowth-western Africa’). 
22. Macrostylis Barri. & Wernpu..—Flowers of Diosma; petals 
subspathulate, unguiculate, barbate at middle. Germens usually 2, 
3; styles subbasilar, coalescing in erect thick elongated column, 
tapering at base, simple or capitellate stigmatiferous at apex. Cocci 
2, 3, cornutus ; seeds and other characters of Diosma.—Suberect or 
depressed pellucid-punctuate small shrubs; leaves alternate and 
opposite, sometimes subimbricate, small, rather flat or 3-quetrous, 
glabrous or slightly pilose, sometimes carinate; flowers subumbel- 
late or subcapitate at apex of branches ; pedicels short, bracteolate at 
base (South Africa’). 

1 Fl. Cap., 62.—L., Gen., n. 272.— Bantu, & 
Wenpt., Diosm., 55, t. AA—A. Juss., in Mém. 
Mus., xii. 472, t. 18, fig. 13.—DC., Prodr., i. 
716 (part.).—Spacu, Suit. à Buffon, ii. 329.— 
Envt., Gen., n. 6017.—B. H., Gen., 289, n. 19. 
2 Spec. ad 10. Harv. & Sonp., Fl. Cap., i. 
373.— Bot, Mag.,t.2332.—Watp., Ann., vii.511. 
3 Diosm., 15, t. A.—A. Juss., in Mém. Mus., 
xii. 472.— END, Gen., n. 6018.—B, H., Gen., 
289, n. 17. 
4 Stamens inserted outside annular disk. 
5 Spec. 4. Harv. & Sonp., Fl. Cap., i. 371 
(part.).— Waze., Ann., vii. 510. 
5 Diosm., 191, t. B, fig. 8.—A. Juss., in 
Mém. Mus., xii. 476, t. 19, fig. 20.—ENDL., 
Gen., n. 6022,—B. H., Gen., 289, n. 18. 
7 Stamens high perigynous, inserted with 
perianth on margin of cupuliform receptacle. 
8 Hany. & SOND., Fl. Cap. i. 373 (Eucheætis), 
439.—WakLpP., Ann., vii. 511, 
