DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSP. 1246—1248. 
999 
Stfmt woody, difFufe, branched : kava oppofite, feffile, linear, 
obtufe, entire, glabrous, rough at the edge ,* Jlo’vjers in heads; 
fcales of the calyx mucronate ; the inner-ones pubefcent. 
1246. ALECTRA. Calyx the upper lip 
cloven, lower-one 3-cleft: corol funnel-form: 
filaments bearded; capjule 2 -celled, double: 
fieeds folitary. 
Alectra. 
The Cape. Thunb, nm;. gen- plant, 3. p. S2. 
S/fOT ereft, fimplc, ftriate, villous : Icaaies fcattered, feffile, 
ovate, obtufe : fevers fpiked, yellow with purple ftreaks, 
^247, PEDALIUM. 5 -parted ; corol iomt- 
what ringent, with the border 5- cleft: nut 
corky, 4-fided, with Ipinous angles, 2-celkd: 
feeds z. 
Pedalium. 
India. t. 4J. f. 2, Rheed, Mai, lO. t.-pz. 
^'tmfimple; oppofite, obov’ate, obtufe, truncate, naked, 
with glandular petioles; f,(ntiers axillary, folitary, 
1248. MELIANTHUS. Calyx 5 -leaved; the 
lower ieafet gibbous: petals 4, with the' nec- 
tary beneath the loweft : capjule 4-celled. 
Honey -fiower. 
Stipules folitary, growing to the petiole. 
The Cape. Mill, illufir, Hertn. lugdb, t, 41 j. 
Stipules diftinft; racemes axillary, elongated; flowers 
vvhorled : bradlcs linear, tapering. 
The Cape. Leagues hoary underneath, glabrous above. 
Stipules difliniSt ; racemes below the leaves; flowers alter- 
nate: bradles heart- lhaped : leaves villous above. 
The Cape. Comm. rar. 4. 2.4. I'ahl. Jymb, 3. p. 8S. 
Thefc are all Jhrubs with alternate uneejualiy pinnate leaves on 
a winged petiole : feevoers in fpikes. The firft, if lhaken 
while in liower, difcharges a fiiower of neilar. 
