134. 93. VITACSAB— 94. TILIACEAE. 



FAMILY 93— VITACEAE. 



Shrubs or undershrubs, usually climbing. Leaves alternate, 



stipulate. Flowers regular, in cymose inflorescences. Calyx 



small, cup-shaped. Petals 3 — 7, free or united. Stamens as many 



as and opposite the petals. Ovary 2 — 8 celled, on or sunk in 



the disc. Ovules 1 — 2 in each cell, inverted with ventral raphe. 



Style 1, sometimes indistinct. Stigma entire or 2 — 4 lobed. Fruit 



a berry. Seeds endospermic. 2 genera 19 species. 



Petals S or 6, rarely 4 or 7, thickened fleshy. Disc adnate to ovary. 



Style usually short. 1 RHOICISSUS. 



Petals 4, not thickened. Disc saucer shaped 4 lobed and 



adnate to ovary at base only. Style usually long. 



2 CISSUS. 



1. RHOICISSUS Planch. (Climbers.) "isiNwazana." 



1. capensis (Willd) Planch. Coast and Midlands. Com- 



mon. "umNungwane.'' 



2. cirrhiflora (L-f.) Gilg. and Brandt (cuneifolia Planch). 



Coast to Drakensberg. "isiNwasi." 



3. digitata Gilg. and Brandt. Coast to Drakensberg. 



4. erythrodes Planch. Coast to Drakensberg. 



5. rhomboidea (E.M.) Planch. Coast and Midlands. 



"umTwazi." 



2. CISSUS L. 



1. cirrhosa Thb. Coast and Midlands. Bush and Thorn- 



veld. 



2. connivens Lam. Coast to Drakensberg. 



3. cussonioides Schinz. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



4. fragilis E.M. Coastbelt. Common. 



5. gracilis G. & P. Zululand. 



6. humilis (N.E.Br.) Planch. Midlands. Prostrate plant. 



7. hypoleuca Harv. Coastbelt. "uDekane." 



8. lanigera Harv. Coastbelt. 



9. sandersonii Harv. 



10. scarlatina Gilg & Brandt. 



11. quadrangularis L. Zululand and Coastbelt. 



12. quinata Ait. 



13. woodii Gilg. and Brandt. Midlands. 



14. flaviflora Sprague. Coastbelt. 



FAMILY 94— TILIACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves with deciduous stipules. 

 Flowers regular. Sepals 4— S, valvate in bud. Petals 4 — S or 0. 

 Stamens 10 or more, rarely 5 — 9, free or united in 4 — 10 bundles. 

 Anthers 2 celled. Ovary superior 2 — 10 celled. Style 1. Stigmas 

 2 — 10. Seed endospermic. 4 genera 16 species. 



