120. J». POLYGALACEAE. 



Petals 5 free. Stamens usually 10. Ovary superior a — 3 celled, 

 with 1 pendulous, inverted ovule in each cell. Styles 1 — 3. Fruit 

 usually separating into mericarps. Seed exendospermic. 2 genera 

 3 species. 



1. Leaves usually alternate. Styles 2. Ovary with 2 perfect cells, 

 and 1 rudimentary. Flowers in racemes. 



1 ACRIDOCARPUS. 



Leaves usually opposite. Styles 3. Ovary 3 celled. Flowers 



in umbels 2 SPHEDAMNOCARPUS. 



1. ACRIDOCARPUS Guill and Perr. "uMabope." 



natalitius Juss. Coastbelt and Zululand. Forest. 



2. SPHEDAMNOCARPUS Planch. 



1. galphimiaefolius A. Juss. Coastbelt. Doubtful. 



2. pruriens A. Juss. Coastbelt and Zululand. Forest. 



FAMILY 79— POLYGALACEAE. 



Herbs, shrubs, or rarely trees. Leaves simple, entire. Flowers 

 irregular. Sepals 5, the inner 2 usually petal-like. Petals 3 — 5, 

 more or less adnate to staminal tube. Stamens 5 — 8. Filaments 

 more or less united. Ovary superior, 1 — 3 celled. Ovule 1 in each 

 cell, pendulous, inverted. 2 genera 33 species. 

 Sepals very unequal, the 2 lateral wing-like. 1 POLYGALA. 



Sepals subequal. 2 MURALTIA. 



1. POLYGALA L. (Mostly marginal to scrub and forest.) 



1. affinis DC. 



2. capillaris E.M. Coastbelt and Zululand. Moist places. 



3. chloroptera Chod. 



4. confusa MacOwan. Coast and Midlands. 



5. durbanensis Chod. Near Durban. 



6. galpini Hk. Drakensberg and Upper districts. 



7. gerrardi Chod. Midlands. 



8. hottentotta Presl. Grassveld. Common all over. 



9. lysimachaefolia Chod. 



10. myrtifolia L. Tree. Coast scrub. Common. 



11. natalensis var foliosa. Chod. Alexandra County. 



12. neglecta MacOwan. Coastbelt. 



13. ohlendorfiana E. & Z. Midlands. Common. 



1-f. oppositifolia L. Around margins of bush, all over. 

 "Tete." 



15. ophiura Chod. , 



16. persicariaefolia DC. Weenen County. 



17. producta N.E.Br. Midlands. 



18. praticola Chod. Alexandra County, 2,000 ft 



19. refracta DC. Tabamhlope, 6,000 ft. 



20. rigens DC. 



