111. MYRTACBAE— 112. MELASTOMACEAE. 147. 



5. gueinzii Sond. Coastbelt creeper. 



6. junodii Dummer. 



7. kraussii Hochst. Common all over in bush and tree veld. 



8. salicifolium E.M. Midlands. Common, near water. 



9. suluense Engl and Diels. 



2. QUISQUALIS L. 



parviflora Gerr. Umhloti, 100 ft. 



3. TERMINALIA L. 



•ericea Burch. North Eastern Zululand. Bush veld 



FAMILY 111— MYRTACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, gland-dotted, exstipulate. 

 Flowers regular. Sepals 4 — S. Petals 4 — S, free or united into a 

 hood. Stamens usually many. Ovary interior or half inferior, 

 rarely superior 2 — 5 celled. Ovules few or many, inverted. Style 

 1. Seeds exendospermic. 2 genera 11 species. 



1. Fruit dry. Ovary superior. Stamens 5—8. 1 HETEROPYXIS 

 Fruit a berry. Ovary inferior or half inferior. Stamens nu- 

 merous. 2 EUGENIA. 



1. HETEROPYXIS Harv. 



natalensis Harv. Coast bush. 



2. EUGENIA L. 



1. albanensis. Shrub or undershrub. Grassveld. Coast and 



Midlands. Common. 



2. capensis Harv. Sand dune bush. Common. 



3. cordata Laws. "umDoni." Dominant in hygrophilous 



coastbelt bush and in Zululand. Also in tree veld and 

 in frost-free localities in Midlands. 



4. gueinzii Sond. 



5. natalitia Sond. Midlands. 



natalitia var medleyana. Engl, and V. Brehm. Coastbelt. 



6. zeyheri Harv. Coast and Midlands. Common tree, "isi- 



Dunwana." 



8. rudatisii Engl, and V. Brehm. Fairfield, 3,500 ft. 



9. owariensis P. Beauv. Zululand. Large tree, "um- 



Hluluozi." 



10. woodii Dummer. Coastbelt. 



FAMILY 112— MELASTOMACEAE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, simple, usually with 

 3 — 11 longitudinal nerves, exstipulate. Flowers regular or nearly 

 so. Petals free. Stamens as many or twice as many as petals 

 Anthers usually with enlarged connective, opening at the top. 

 Ovary usually inferior or half inferior. Ovules numerous. Style 



