MO. 1M. FLACOURTIACEAE 



1. HYBANTHUS Jaeq. (Ionidium Vent.) 



1. caffer (Sond) Engl. Coastbelt. 

 caffer var angustifolius Engl. 



2. capensis (R. & Sch.) Engl. Inanda, 1,800 ft. 



3. natalensis (Harv.) Inanda. Doubtful. 

 4 thymifolius (Presl.) Engl. Zululand. 



2. RINOREA Aubl. "isiKatankobu." "Twakele." 



1. ardisiaefolia (Welw.) Sim., Coast and Midlands. 



2. natalensis Engl. Noodsberg 2,500 ft. 



FAMILY 100— FLACOURTIACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided, usually stipulate. 

 Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual. Petals free or 0. 

 Stamens as many as sepals or more. Ovary superior or half 

 inferior 1 celled (rarely 2 or more celled) with usually 2 — 8 

 parietal placentae. Ovules 3 or more, rarely 2, inverted. Seeds 

 usually endospermic. 10 genera 2l species. 



1. Perianth leaves arranged spirally, the inner with small scale- 



like appendages at the base, the outer much smaller. 



1 RAWSONIA. 



Perianth leaves whorled. Sepals and petals present or sepals 



only. 2. 



2. Petals present. 3. 

 Petals absent. 9. 



3. Petals more than sepals, unappendaged. Stamens numerous. 



4- 

 Petals as many as sepals. 5. 



4. Branches without spines. Fruit dehiscent. Seeds few. 



2 XYLOTHECA. 

 Branches spinous. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds numerous. 



3 ONCOBA. 



5. Petals 5 with scale-like appendages at base. Anthers open- 



ing at the top. 4 KIGGELARIA. 



Petals without scales. Anthers opening lengthwise. 6. 



6. Stamens numerous, not in bundles. Fruit a berry. 



5 SCOLOPIA. 



Stamens, singly or in bundles, opposite the petals. Fruit a 



capsule. 7. 



7. Flowers dioecious. 6 TRIMERIA. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. 8. 



8. Style 1. Stigma 1, capitate. 7 GERRARDINA. 

 Styles 2—6. 8 HOMALIUM. 



9. Style 1. Fruit a capsule. 9 CASEARIA. 



Styles 2—6. Fruit a berry. 10 DORYALIS. 



1. RAWSONIA Harv. and Sond. "Nanga" 



Iucida Harv. & Sond. Small tree. Coastbelt. 



