160. 127. AFOCYNACEAE. 



17. repens Schinz. Drakensberg. Damp places on tvci rocks. 



18. thodeana Gilg. Drakensberg. 



19. spathula Steud. Giants' Castle, 6,000 ft. 



20. thomasii Schinz. Drakensberg. Tabamhlope. 



21. pentandra E-M. Near Boston. 3-4,000 ft. 



22. procumbens A.W.H. Mont Aux Sources, 9,500 ft. 



23. woodii Gilg. Midlands. 



24. marlothii Gilg. Drakensberg, 9-10,000 ft. 



2. EXOCHAENIUM Griseb. 



grande Griseb. Coast and Midlands. Common. 

 grande var homostylum. Inanda. 



3. CHIRONIA L. 



1. baccifera L. var dilatata E.M. Coast sand dunes. 



2. rosacea Gilg. Coastbelt and Zululand vleis. 



3. palustris Burch. Midland vleis. 



4. krebsii Griseb. Midlands and Drakensberg. Vleis. 



5. purpurascens Bth. Coast and Midlands. Vleis. 

 purpurascens var impedita. Ixopo. 



6. peduncularis Lindl. Tongaat. 



7. bumilis Gilg var zuluensis Prain. Zululand. 



4. SWEERTIA L. 



stellarioides Ficalho. Van Reenen, 7,000 ft. Damp places. 



5. LIMNANTHEMUM S.M. Gmel. 



thunbergianum Griseb. Coastbelt and Mid'ands. In pools 

 and streams. 



FAMILY 127— APOCYNACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs. Usually milky. Leaves simple, 



usually opposite entire penninerved. Stipules if present usually 



interpetiolar, forming a transverse ridge, sometimes spiny. 



Flowers regular or nearly so, 5, rarely 4-merous. Petals united 



below, with contorted aestivation. Stamens 5 or 4 inserted in 



corolla tube or throat. Ovary superior, rarely half inferior, 1 — 2 



celled, or 2 or more separate carpels. Ovules 2 or more in each 



cell, rarely 1, pendulous, inverted. Style 1, entire or divided at 



base, bearing stigmas on the under surface of the thickened 



part, and sometimes 2 lobed above it. Seeds usually endospermic, 



often winged or with a tuft of hairs at one or both ends. 12 



genera 18 species. 



1. Anther cells diverging below, the outer halves passing into 



barren tailed appendages. Stamens closely connected 



with stigmatic head. Seeds usually with tufts of hairs. 



Fruit dry, dehiscent. (Echiioideae.) 2. 



Anther cells not diverging below and tailed, or if tailed then 



fruit fleshy, and seeds not comose. Stamens free or 



loosely connected with stigmatic head. 6. 



