114. HALORRHAGACEAE— 115. ARAUACEAE. 14». 



2. flavescens E.M. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



3. hirsutum L. Moist places. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



4. tetragonum L. Noodsberg and Drakensberg. 



5. schinzii Levi. 



5. OENOTHERA Spach. 



1. biennis L. Imported weed. 



2. rosea Ait. Midlands. Common. 



FAMILY 114— HALORRHAGACEAE. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers small, 

 regular, 2—4 merous. Petals free or 0. Stamens 1 — 8. Ovary 

 inferior 1 celled with 1 or 4 ovules, or 4 celled with 1 ovule in 

 each cell. Ovules pendulous, inverted. Styles or stigmas 2 — 4. 

 Fruit a nut, drupe or schizocarp. Seeds endospermie. 3 genera 

 3 species. 



1. Ovary 1 celled with 1 ovule. Leaves large radical. 



1 GUNNERA. 

 Ovary 1 celled with 4 ovules or 4 celled. . 2. 



2. Ovary 1 celled, sometimes incompletely 4 celled. 



Leaves undivided. Terrestrial. 2 LAUREMBERGIA. 



Ovary 4 celled. Leaves divided. Aquatic. 



3 MYRIOPHYLLUM. 



1. GUNNERA L. "uGobo." 



perpensa L. In vleis. Common. Sometimes dominant. 

 Coast to Drakensberg. 



2. LAUREMBERGIA Berg. (Serpicula L.) 



repens Berg. Shores of Natal Bay. Common. 



3. MYRIOPHYLLUM L. 



spicatum L. Mooi River, 4,000 ft. 



FAMILY 115— ARALIACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually stipulate. Flowers 4 — 16, 

 usually 5 merous. Petals free or united into a cap, valvate in bud. 

 Stamens as many as petals or more. Anthers versatile. Ovary 

 inferior or half inferior, crowned by a disc, 2 or more celled. 

 Ovule 1 in each cell, pendulous, inverted. Raphe ventral. Fruit 

 indehiscent. Seeds endospermie. 2 genera 7 species. 

 Fruit roundish. Pedicels not jointed with flowers. 



1 CUSSONIA. 



Fruit laterally compressed, oblong. Pedicels jointed with 

 flowers. 2 PANAX L. 



1. CUSSONIA Thb. "umSenge." 



1. chartacea Schinz. Umbilo. 



2. kraussii Hochst. 



3. natalensis Sond. Inanda. 



