Synoptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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145. CROSSOPTERYX. Unknown to me but described as a bushy tree or shrub having dense corymbosely paniculate terminal inflorescence, calyx short, with 4-6 
deciduous lobes ; corolla salver-shaped, with 4-6 lobed limb ; stamens 4-6, inserted at the throat of the corolla ; disc annular ; ovary 2-celled ; style filiform ; stigma 
clavate, bi-lobed ; cells with several ovules peltately attached. Capsule globose, 2-celled, loculicidal. Seeds several, peltate, compressed, with cut membranous wings. 
C. Kotschyana, Fenzl. Leaves broadly oval, ovate or elliptical, 2-5-20 c.m. long, 1-5-7 c.m. wide, shortly petiolate. Panicle 5-10 c.m. diameter. Corolla 1 c.m. long, 
white, fragrant. Capsule 1 c.m. diameter. Senna ; Sir John Kirk ; and widely distributed in Tropical Africa. The bark is said to be employed as a febrifuge. 
146. HEINSIA. Shrubs with opposite shortly petiolate leaves, and fragrant flowers in lax terminal cymes. Corolla imbricated in bud. Ovary 2-celled, cells many-ovuled. 
Fruit dry, indehiscent, many-seeded, seeds small, roundly angular. 
H. jasminiflora, D. C. A nearly glabrous shrub 2-5 metres high, found from the Zambesi northward. Leaves elliptical, 3-10 c.m. long, 1-4 c.m. wide; corolla-tube 
pubescent, 2 c.m. long, limb white, 2-6 c.m. diameter with yellow hairs and wavy petals. Berry 1-1*5 c.m. diameter. 
147. TARENNA. Shrubs or trees with opposite shortly petiolate leaves and white flowers in terminal or sub-terminal cymes. Flowers 5-6 nate ; calyx open in aestivation. 
Corolla salver-shaped, style long, clavate ; ovary 2-celled. Placentas large and fleshy, albumen uniform. 
T. mossambicensis, Hiern. Vern. tiame — 16, Goocoo. A tree with broadly oval leaves 3-5 c.m. long, 3-4 c.m. wide, glabrous above, pale under, and pubescent on 
the veins below. Cymes few-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, 1 c.m. long ; corolla pubescent outside, glabrous inside ; ovary pubescent, 2-celled ; ovules 4 together, 
bedded in the fleshy placentas. Zambesia. 
T. nigrescens, Hiern. Leaves lanceolate or oval, tapering below, 3-7 c.m. long, 1-5-3 c - m - wide, glabrous; flowers 4-5 merous, 1 c.m. long; cymes many-flowered. 
Ovules 3 together. Zambesia. 
148. ENTEROSPERMUM. A glabrous rigid coast shrub with opposite leaves, and terminal corymbose panicles of small white flowers. Flowers 5-nate ; calyx open in 
aestivation; corolla funnel-shaped; style exserted, clavate; ovary 2-celled; ovules 2-3 together, collateral; placentas inconspicuous. Fruit globose, 1 -seeded. 
E. littorale, Hiern. A leafy coast shrub, up to 4 metres high, with decussate oval or obovate leaves 3-9 c.m. long, 1-4 c.m. wide, with hairy tufts in the axils of the veins. 
Flowers 4-6 m.m. long. Fruit 6 m.m. diameter. Along the coast in the tropical districts. 
149. RANDIA. Shrubs or trees with opposite or whorled leaves, and sparingly cymose or solitary inflorescence, axillary or terminal on short branches. Calyx open in 
aestivation, corolla usually 5 (4-7) lobed, of various form. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous, immersed in the fleshy placentas. Berry nearly dry, 2-celled, many- 
seeded. 
R. rudis, E. Mey. Vern. names — 10, Um-totoro; 13, Nsindi. A much-branched compact spreading shrub 1-2 metres high if growing in the open, but more erect and 
straggling if growing among other bushes. Leaves opposite on strong shoots, clustered on abortive branches, obovate, coriaceous, evergreen, entire, almost glabrous, 
shortly petiolate; when fully exposed smaller and nearly round. Flowers axillary or on the abortive twigs, peduncles short, i-flowcred. Calyx-tube short, the 5 
lobes longer, rounded, green. Corolla-tube 1-5 c.m. long and wide above, narrowed downward, yellowish with 5 oblong lobes. Style single, stigmas 2 ; fruit a 
coriaceous, sub-globose 10-ribbed black berry 12 m.m. long, 2 celled, many seeded, and crowned by the calyx-limb raised on a short lube. Frequent in the extra- 
tropical districts ; present but scarce in Magenja da Costa and other tropical districts. Frequent also in Cape Colony and Natal, never of timber si/e. See “ Forest 
Flora of Cape Colony,” p. 236, Plate LXXXIV. fig. 4. 
R, dumetorum, Lam. Vern. name —4, Cherole. A pubescent or hairy or ultimately glabrescent shrub 1-4 metres high, sometimes somewhat spinose, and having 
obovate leaves 3 c.m. long, 2 c.m. wide, tapering to the base, inflorescence axillary or terminal on branchlets, abundant, at first while, afterwards yellow, 2 c.m. 
across, and 1 c.m. long. Ovary 2-celled, many-seeded, oblong, 2 c.m. long, 1*5 c.m. wide, not edible. Frequent throughout the Province; also in Natal and 
Abyssinia. For illustration see “ Natal Plants,” Plate 392. 
150. OXYANTHUS. Shrubs or trees with rather large opposite simple stipulate leaves and long white flowers in axillary racemes or panicles. Flowers 5-nate, calyx-lobes 
open in aestivation, corolla salver-shaped with a long slender tube, the long linear segments twisted in bud. Ovary 2-celled, style slender, stigma 2-lobed ; ovaries 
numerous, not immersed ; fruit a leathery or fleshy berry, seeds usually numerous. 
