94. SJ. PAFAVERACEAE— 54. CRUCIFERAE. 



2. woodii Eng. (acuminata Schinz.) Coast and Midlands. 



3. myrtifolia Stapf. Inanda. "umCqabi." 



4. Sutherland! Stapf. Coast and Midlands. 



5. wyliei Stapf. Ngoye, Zululand. 



2. OCOTEA Aubl. "inSingane." "umNukane." 



bullata E. M. Tree 60 — 80 ft. high. Midland and mountain 

 forests. 



3. CASSYTHA L. 



1. filiformis L. Coastbelt. 



2. ciliolata Nees. 



FAMILY 53— PAPAVERACEAE. 



Herbs. Leaves usually divided. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Sepals 2, rarely 3. Petals 4, rarely 6, free. Stamens 2 — many. 

 Ovary superior, 1 celled or incompletely 2 or more celled. Ovules 

 parietal, curved or inverted. Fruit a capsule or nut. Seed en- 

 dospermic. 4 genera 5 species. 



1. Petals (at least 1) spurred. Stamens in 2 bundles, 3 and 3. 2. 



Petals not spurred. Stamens 4 — 2O. 3. 



2. Ovules 3 or more. Fruits 3 or more seeded, pod like. 



4 CORYDALIS. 

 Ovules 1 — 2. Fruit 1 — 2 seeded, subglobose, indehiscent. 



3 FUMARIA. 



3. Juice whitish, milky. Ovary incompletely septate. 



1 PAPAVER. 

 Juice yellow. Petals yellow or white. Prickly plant. 



2 ARGEMONE. 



1. PAPAVER L. 



aculeatum Thb. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



2. ARGEMONE L. 



mexicana L. Common weed. Introduced. 



3. FUMARIA L. 



officinalis L. In open ground. Coast and Midlands. 



4. CORYDALIS DC. 



1. pruinosa E.M. Midlands, in bush. 



2. cracca Schltr. Drakensberg, 8,000 ft. 



FAMILY 54— CRUCIFERAE. 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate, or lower opposite, ex- 

 stipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 4, rarely 0; stamens 

 6 (4 longer, 2 shorter). Ovary superior 1 — 2 celled or transversely 

 septate. Ovules parietal, curved, style 1, stigmas 1 — 2. Fruit 

 dry, usually 2 valved. Endosperm scanty or wanting. Embryo 

 curved. 9 genera 16 species, 



