,2. 49. MENISPERMACEAE— 50. ANONACEAB. 



2. baurii Macowan. Drakensberg. 



3. cooper! Oliv. Drakensberg. 



4. meyeri Harv. Drakensberg. 



3. KNOWLTONIA Salisb. 



1. brevistylis Szysz. Zululand and Midlands. 



2. vesicatoria Sims. Midlands. 



4. ANEMONE L. 



1. caffra Harv. Coast and Midlands. 



2. fanninii Harv. Drakensberg and Midlands. Common. 



5. THALICTRUM L. 



rhynocarpum Dill & Rich. Midland and mountains. Around 

 margins of bush, etc. 



FAMILY 49— MENISPERMACEAE. 



Shrubs or half shrubs, slender, often climbing. Leaves alter- 

 nate, nearly always exstipulate. Flowers small, unisexual, usually 

 dioecious. Sepals 1 — 8. Petals 1 — 6 or 0. Stamens usually as 

 many as petals and opposite to them. Carpels 1 — many. Ovules 

 solitary. Fruit of small drupes. 3 genera 6 species. 



1. Female flower. Sepals 3 — 5, petals 3 — 5. 



1 STEPHANIA 

 Female flower. Sepals 1— 2, petals 1 — 2. 2. 



2. Female flowers. Sepals 1. Petals 1 (rarely 2 — 3). 



3 CISSAMPELOS. 

 Female flower. Sepals 2. Petals 2. 2 ANTIZOMA. 



1. STEPHANIA. Lour. "umTambane." 



hernandaefolia Walp. Coast to Drakensberg. Often in ant 

 bear holes. 



2. ANTIZOMA Miers. 



angustifolia Miers. Near Weenen, 2-3,000 ft. 



3. CISSAMPELOS L. (Climbers.) 



1. pariera L. Coast and Midlands. 



2. torulosa E.M. Coast and Midlands. 



3. natalensie Szysz. Coast and Midlands. 



4. burchelliana Miers. Inchanga, 2,000 ft. 



FAMILY 50— ANONACEAE- 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves entire, exstipulate. 

 Flowers usually hermaphrodite. Sepals 3 (rarely 2), valvate. 

 Petals 3 — 6 free or united at base. Stamens 6 or many, filaments 

 thickened upwards. Carpels 3 or more, superior, free or united. 

 Ovules inverted. Fruit usually a berry. Seeds with ruminate 

 endosperm. 4 genera 5 species. 

 1. Carpels united in fruit. Outer petals fleshy, concave. 



4 ANONA. 



