107. LYTHRACEAE— 109. RHIZOPHORACEAE. MS. 



8. PEDDIEA Harv. "isiFufufu." 



1. africana Harv. Common in all bush. 



2. sp. (unnamed?) Coastbelt. 



FAMILY 107— LYTHRACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves entire, usually stipulate. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 3 — 8 valvate. Petals 3 — 8 or 0. 

 Stamens usually inserted below petals. Anthers dorsifixed. 

 Ovary superior, completely or incompletely 2 — 6 celled. Ovules 

 numerous, inverted. Raphe ventral. Style 1 or 0. Stigmas 1 

 or 2. Fruit dry. Seed exendospermic. 2 genera 9 species. 



Stamens adnate to base of petals. Ovules in 1 row. Small 

 tree. 2 RHYNCOCALYX. 



Stamens inserted below petals or petals absent. Ovules in 2 

 or more rows. Herbs, undershrubs, or low shrubs. 



1 NESAEA. 



1. NESAEA Comm. 



1. floribunda Sond. 



2. kuntzei Koehne. Ladysmith. 



3. rigidula Koehne. Doubtful. 



4. sagittifolia Koehne. Upper districts. Common. 



5. schinzii Koehne. Estcourt. 



6. tolypobotrys Koehne. Near Durban. 



7. woodii Koehne. Fort Yolland. Zululand. 



8. rivularis (W. & E.) Koehne. In wet places, Natal and 



Zululand. 



2. RHYNCOCALYX Oliv. (Shrub.) 



lawsonioides Oliv. Alfred County. Murchison. 



FAMILY 108— LECYTHIDACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 2 — 5. Petals 4 — 6. Stamens' 

 numerous, united at base. Disc within stamens. Ovary inferior, 

 2 — 20 celled. Ovules 2 or more in each cell. Style 1. Fruit in- 

 dehiscent. Seeds exendospermic. 1 genus 1 species. 

 BARRINGTONIA Forst. (Fruit 1 seeded.) "iBoqo." 



racemosa Roxb. Often dominant in wet sandy soil, where 

 water is not brackish, near sea shore. 



FAMILY 109— RHIZOPHORACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided. Flowers regular herma- 

 phrodite or polygamous. Sepals valvate. Petals free. Stamens 

 twice as many as petals or more, perigynous or epigynous. 

 Ovary superior or inferior, completely or incompletely 2 — 6 celled. 



