11. PALMAE— 12. ARACEAE. 51. 



2. buchanani C.B.C1. 



3. condensate Nees. Zululand. 



4. drakensbergensis C.B.C1. Drakensberg. 



5. dregeana Kth. Inanda and Drakensberg. 



6. esenbeckiana Boeck. Drakensberg and Zululand. 



7. extensa Gooden. Midlands. 



8. petitiana A. Rich. Drakensberg, 6,000 ft. 



9. phacota Spreng. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



10. spicato-paniculata C.B.C1. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



FAMILY 11— PALMAE. 



Trees. Leaves large pinnate or fan shaped, usual!./ forming 

 a terminal crown. Petiole sheathing at base. Flowers in simple 

 or branched spadices, usually unisexual. Perianth 6 parted in a 

 double row. Stamens 6, rarely 3. Ovary superior 1 — 3 celled, or 

 of 3 separate carpels. Ovules 1 in each cell. Fruit berry or drupe- 

 like, often 1 celled by the abortion of 2 carpels. Seed with small 

 embryo and horny endosperm. 3 genera 3 species. 



1. Carpels 3 distinct, only one maturing. Leaves pinnate. 



1 PHOENIX. 

 Carpels 3 united. 2. 



2. Leaves fan shaped. 2 HYPHAENE. 

 Leaves pinnate. 3 RAPHIA. 



1. PHOENIX L. "uSundu." 



reclinata Jacq. Common in open glades, often dominant in 

 clumps all along coastbelt. 



2. HYPHAENE Gaertn. "Ilala." 



crinita Gaertn. Dominant over large areas of sandy soil 

 forming "Ilala Palm Veld" on coast belt and in Zulu- 

 land. 



3. RAPHIA Beauv. 



vinifera Beauv. Kosi Bush. N.E. Zululand. 



FAMILY 12— ARACEAE. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves usually net-veined. Flowers uni- 

 sexual or hermaphrodite, in spadices without braceteoles. Perianth 

 simple or absent. Stamens opposite perianth lobes. Ovary 

 single, 1 — many celled, superior. Ovules 1 — many in each cell. 

 Fruit 1 — many seeded berry. Seeds coat fleshy. 3 genera 7 

 species. 



1. Floating aquatics. Perianth 0. Leaves in rosette. 



1 PISTIA. 

 Marsh or land plants tuberous rooted. 2. 



2. Perianth cupular. Spathe tubular below. 



2 STYLOCHITON. 



