Sy noptical and Specific Descriptions. 
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FAMILY XV.— RUTACEyE. 
petals or twice as many, i’/which case Petals /«' Slamens desti >'“= °f scale at the base, as many as the 
which are free or coherent, or rarely of one carpel. OvuLsTor , si les connaTi Z 7 3 ^ " cushi '"' like - 0 .«y sessile or stalked, of 3.5 carpels 
gland-dotted leaves are usually strongly and often disagreeably scented, and the leaves and bark are ofteTbht’e 0 ' °Th 5 n°T' Leav “ s,m P le ’ “Stipulate, glatld-dotted. The 
are products. Trees, shrubs and herbs. ‘ ten ^ ltter - The Buchu teas of Cape Colony and the various citrus fruits 
* lo Jw^na'^many.floWEred the paltmclu 
Wide, undulated, more or less woolly with stellate pubescence on both surfaces especially on tteback* aiVl P' nk .‘ sh ' 1 J ,h,te ’ Wldel >' lanceolate, 2-3 c.m. long, 5 m.m. 
petaloid, 3 c.m. long, 2-4 m.m. wide, pinkish-white spotted with purple glands, especially o„ the marein ' ptfecrTm V f ” T 1 S| ’ 0,S ' S, “ minodia S' 
gland-dotted; anthers sagittate, glandular Disc a small rin-r incirt m , ^ . ° ' ^ er ^ LCt stamens 5, as long as the petals; filaments slender, 
cells 2-ovuled, style hlifoL, si^etm bet ™ 'Z ^ ?“ 5-lobed, s-celledl 
much tubercled surface; dehiscence septicidal from below, the c valves remaining t wk ? ed somewhat angular capsule, 3 c.m. long and wide, with a 
each. Seeds angular, black, 10-12 m.m. diameter. ' 8 ‘ 0 e °P °f a centra l column and containing 2 superimposed seeds 
C ^^^va^e^elhptical,^^ m^lon^ 3*-8 c!i^ wita^nd^inflorescence^Td^ ^ ^ h ° PP °^ -stipulate, simple, ovate 
and Pkte XXVI. fig 3 " 3 branches, and small black .-seeded berries. Seldom of timber size. See "Fores, Flora of Cape Colony,'' page ,52 
44. XANTHOXYLUM. Flowers unisexual, dimcious, paniculate. Sepals and petals 4 , spreading. Male flower-stamens 4 ; hypogynous ; filaments slender as long as the 
peta s and alternate to them, erect; ovary rudimentary, pointed. Female flower-stamens absent, carpel solitary, oblique, 2-ovuled, with a short curved style aid 
P nf # h gma ’ l ^ ,1 H* I ‘ SCeded ’ tubercled with glands, dehiscent in 2 valves, retaining the shining black round pendent seed attached to the inner 
coat of the capsule and fully exposed or projected for some time after dehiscence. Seeds bony, albuminous. Leaves pinnate, alternate. 
X * Sim P <F H eSt F1 ° ra A ° f Cape , C °! 0ny ’ and Plate XXIV ->- "”»• names- «. Knobwood; 4. Um-hlungwaan ; 5, 6, 7 . 8, Nungwane; 13, Um-nungu- 
forms a'lirl A T HI t exceed,ngl > 'variable tree, frequent throughout South Africa, and also throughout the Province of Mozambique. In Cape Colony it 
orms a large and valuable timber tree with leaves 30 c.m. long, bearing 6-8 pairs of leaflets, and stems so set with large prickle-pointed corky knobs as to earn its 
K ™\ W °° d ' and thls form was seen in Gaza - but smaller f^ms occur merging gradually into these. What were seen elsewhere in the Province had leaves 
5-Iohate, i S c.m. long; pinnules 5 c m. long, widely lanceolate, crenate, bluntly pointed, tapering to the 1 c.m. petiolules, with or without prickles on the 
