134 T2». PRIMULACEAE. 



usually numerous. Style 1 or 0. Fruit a berry, drupe or nut. 

 Seeds 1 or many endospermic. 4 genera 7 species. 



1. Ovary inferior or half inferior. Fruit many seeded. 



1 MAESA. 

 , Ovary superior. Fruit 1 seeded. 2. 



2. Petals free or nearly so. 2 EMBELIA. 



Petals united. 3. 



3. Filaments wanting. Style wanting. 3 RAPANEA 

 Filaments present more or less united. Style present. 



4 MYRSINE. 



1. MAESA. Forsk. "uPopopo." "umPongaponga." "isiDende," 



"uMaguqu.'' "inHlavubele." , 



1. alnifolia Harv. Coast to Drakensberg. 



2. rufescens A.DC. Doubtfully distinct from next. Coast 



and Midlands. 



3. lanceolata Forsk. Coast and Midlands. 



4. angolensis Gilg. Drakensberg. 



2. EMBELIA Burm. "iBinini." 



ruminata Mez. (kraussii Harv.) Coast and Midlands. 

 Rambling shrub. 



3. RAPANEA Aubl. (Under Myrsine L.) "isiGwane wehlati." 



"isiQulabahloti." 

 melanophloeos (L.) Mez. Tree. Common. Coast to 

 Drakensberg. 



4. MYRSINE L. "umHlaba-i-boge." 



africana L. Important pioneer shrub in forest areas. Mid- 

 lands and Drakensberg. 



FAMILY 120— PRIMULACEAE. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves simple, exstipulate. Flowers 

 3 — 7, usually 5 merous, hermaphrodite. Petals usually united be- 

 low. Fertile stamens as many as, and opposite petals. Ovary 

 usually superior, 1 celled, with free central placentas. Ovules 

 several to many. Style 1. Stigma 1. Fruit a capsule. Endosperm 

 fleshy. 3 genera 6 species. 



1. Ovary inferior to half inferior. Stamens alternating with 



staminodes. Capsule 5 valved. 3 SAMOLUS. 



Ovary superior. No staminodes. 2. 



2. Stamens hairy. Capsule circumscissile. 2 ANAGALLIS. 

 Stamens glabrous. Capsule S— 10 valved. 1 LYSIMACHIA. 



1. LYSIMACHIA. L. 



woodii Schltr. In a damp valley, near Van Reenen. 



2. ANAGALLIS L. 



1. arvensi* L. Annual weed. 



arvensis var coerulea. Common. 



