47. CERATOPHYLLACEAE-'tS. RANUNCULACEAE gl. 



solitary hermaphrodite, large and showy. Sepals 3 or more. 

 Petals usually numerous. Stamens many. Carpels 6 or more, dis- 

 tinct or united into a many-eel; ed ovary. Seeds endospermic. 1 

 genus 2 species. 

 NYMPHAEA (L.) Smith. "iZibu." 



1. caper sis Thb. (stellata Willd). Midlands and Drakens- 



berg. 



2. madagascariensis DC. (?or near it). Coastbelt. (Figured 



in Medley Wood's Natal Plants, p. 33, as N. «tellate 

 Willd). 



FAMILY 47— CERATOPHYLLACEAE. 



Aquatic herbs. Leaves whorled, deeply divided into forked 

 linear segments. Flowers unisexual. Perianth simple; segments 

 9 — 12 united at base. Stamens 12 — 16. Ovary superior 1 celled. 

 Ovule 1, pendulous straight. Style 1. Fruit a nut. Seeds endos- 

 permic. 1 genus 1 species. 

 CERATOPHYLLUM L. 



demersum L. Fairly, common. Coastbelt and Zululand. 



FAMILY 48— RANUNCULACEAE. 



Herbs, shrubs or climbers. Leaves usually divided. Perianth 

 simple or of calyx and corolla. Stamens many. Carpels hypogy- 

 nous or many, usually free. All parts usually spirally arranged. 

 Ovules inverted. Seeds endospermic. 5 genera I4 species. 



1. Petals with a pit or scale at the base or middle. 



Sepals green. 2 RANUNCULUS. 



Petals without a pit or scale. 2. 



2. Leaves opposite. Slender shrubs, usually climbing. 



1 CLEMATIS. 

 Leaves alternate or radical or uppermost whorled. Herbs. 3. 



3. Perianth of sepals and petals. Carpels fleshy. 



3 KNOWLTONIA. 

 Perianth simple. 4- 



4. Carpels few, without tails. 5 THALICTRUM. 

 Carpels many tailed. 4 ANEMONE. 



1. CLEMATIS L. 



1. brachiata Thb. Common. Coast to Drakensberg. 



2. glaucescens Fresen. Tugela district. 



3. grata Wall. Inchanga. 



4. oweniae Harv. Inanda. Zululand. 



5. incisodentata A. Rich. 



2. RANUNCULUS L. 



1. pinnatus Poir. Common in moist places. Coast to 

 Drakensberg. "uXaposi." 

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