158. 125. LOGANIACEAE. 



FAMILY 125— LOGANIACEAE- 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled entire (rarely 

 toothed or lobed) stipulate. (Stipules often reduced to an inter- 

 petiolar line or ridge). Calyx lobes 4—5. Petals usually 4— 5 

 (rarely 6 — 16), united below. Stamens usually 4 — 5, alternating 

 with petals, epipetalous. Ovary superior, usually 2 celled, rarely 

 4 celled, with 2 or more inverted ovules in each cell. Style simple 

 or 4 cleft. Seeds endospermic. 5 genera 15 species. 



1. Fruit baccate, indehiscent. Glandular hairs absent. 



5 STRYCHNOS. 

 Fruit a septicidal, 2 valved capsule. Glandular hairs present. 



2. 



2. Anther halves cohering above, divergent below. Style long. 



Flowers in terminal panicles. Tips of glandular hairs 



several celled. 2 NUXIA. 



Anther halves separate. Style short or, if long, then flowers 



in racemes. Tips of glandular hairs 2 celled. 3. 



3. Flowers racemose. Leaves sessile, 1 nerved. 



1 GOMPHOSTIGMA. 

 Flowers cymose. Leaves petioled, penninerved. 4. 



4. Anthers exserted. Calyx deeply lobed. 3 CH1LIANTHUS. 

 Anthers included. Calyx shortly lobed. 4 BUDDLEIA. 



1. GOMPHOSTIGMA Turcz. 



scoparioides Turcz. Upper districts and Drakensberg. 

 Common, near water. 



2. NUXIA Lam. 



1. floribunda Bth. Coast and Midlands. Frequent. 



"Tambo." 



2. dentata R.Br. Coastbelt river valleys, 3-500 feet. 



3. congesta R.Br, var emarginata Prain. Coast and Mid- 



lands. "umKobese." 

 congesta var tomentosa Cummins. Midlands. 



3. CHILIANTHUS Burch. "uTshetshan." "iSumimbuzi." 



1. arboreus A.DC. Coastbelt and river valleys. "umGeba." 



2. corrugatus A.DC. Riet Vlei. 



3. dysophyllus Bth. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



4. BUDDLEIA L. "iLotjane." 



1. salvifolia Lam. Common around bush, all over. 



2. auriculata Bth, var euryifolia Prain. Tugela River and 



near Kokstad. 



3. pulchella N.E.Br. Midlands. Common. "umNgane." 



5. STRYCHNOS L. Trees. "umKangala." "umBanda." um- 



Kwakwa.'' "umKuhlu." 



1. atherstonei Harv. Coastbelt scrub. Local. 



2. henningsii Gilg. Coast and Midlands. Common, "um- 



Qaloti." "umNonono.'' 



