394 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
always solitary. The ovule is always orthotropous in these genera, 
of which the first and the two last are Oceanian, and the two others 
natives of South Africa. 
IV. FRANKLANDIA SERIES. 
Franklandia fucifolia. 
This series only contains the 
genus Franklandia’ (fig. 233), the 
only known species’ of which has 
regular hermaphrodite flowers. 
The long perianth is hypocrateri- 
form or with a tubular base. The 
limb expands into four acute lobes 
induplicate in the bud; and these 
four leaves are free for about half- 
way down the tube. There lie the 
stamens, which adhere to the peri- 
anth not only by their filaments 
but also by nearly the whole length 
of their introrse two-celled anthers; 
these early dehisce by two lon- 
gitudinal clefts. The gynzceum 
consists of an ovary with a very 
taper base. Not far from the sum- 
mit of the ovary-cell is a single 
Fre. 233. descending orthotropous ovule; 
Longitudinal section of flower. the slender style ends in a little 
dilated stigmatiferous head, dilated, truncate, or even subconcave. 
Around the ovary is a disk of four triangular tongues, alternate with 
the perianth-leaves, and rising up around the gyneceum to form a sort 
of 4-sided pyramidal roof, whose apex, traversed by the style, is divided 
into its four pieces. The fruitis dry, dilated at the apex into a cupule 
surrounded by hairs. Itis protected by the persistent inferior part of 
the perianth, and contains a seed whose fleshy embryo has very short 
1B. Br, in Trans. Linn. Soc., x. 48, 157; Plant. Preiss., i, 580.—F. MUELL., Fragm., vi. 
Prodr., 370; Gen. Rem. on Bot. of Terr, 223.—Brnru. & F. Mvetn., Fl. Austr., v. 376. 
Austral., 604, t. 6; Suppl., 11.—ENDL., Gen.,u. [These authors add another species, F. triuris- 
2134; Iconogr., t. 52,—MEIssn., Prodr., 327. tata BENTU., l. ¢.] 
2 F. fucifolia R. Br., loc. cit.—Muissy., in 3 The pollen is elliptical according to R. Brown. 
