N’uxia.'] 
L0GANIACEA5. 
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Fruit a small ovoid pilose capsule, with septicidal dehiscence. Seeds 
oblong, very minute. — Shrubs with petioled leaves and very abundant 
small flowers in ample terminal panicles, Distrib. Cape and Tropical 
Africa. Species 10. 
1. N. verticillata, Lam. III. t. 71. A glabrous shrub or low tree, 
with moderately stout rather angular branches. Leaves 2-4-nate, 
distinctly petioled, oblong, subcoriaceous, 3-5 in. long, subacute, 
cuneate at the base ; stipules obscure. Flowers in spaced clusters on 
the branches of a very compound panicle a span long and broad, the 
lower branches of which are subtended by large leaves ; pedicels 0, 
or very short. Calyx T V- i in. long. Corolla twice as long as the 
calyx, whitish, the tube pilose at the throat. Capsule a little longer 
than the persistent calyx. 
Mauritius, in woods of the Pouce, Nouvelle Decouverte, etc., ascending to the 
top of the mountains. Also Bourbon. JBois Malabar or Bois de Bouc. 
6. BREHMIA, Harv. 
Calyx with a very short campanulate tube and 5 long setaceous teeth. 
Corolla small, funnel-shaped, hairy at the throat, with 5 short spreading 
teeth, valvate in bud. Ovary 1-celled by the vanishing of the septum : 
style simple ; stigma capitate. Stamens 5, included, inserted low 
down in the tube of the corolla. Fruit a large drupe, with a coriaceous 
rind and many seeds, imbedded in a pulpy edible mesocarp. — The 
only species. 
1. B. spinosa, Harv. ; A. DC. Prod. ix. 18. A low-growing tree, 
with horizontal slender virgate branches, armed with short pungent 
spines from the nodes. Leaves obovate, subcoriaceous, obtuse or 
subacute, 1-3 in. long, nearly sessile, 5-nerved. Flowers in 
small dense terminal corymbs, with pilose peduncles. Calyx and 
corolla each % in. long. Fruit the size and colour of an orange. 
Strychnos spinosa, Lam. S. Vuntac, Bojer , Hort. Maur. 205. S. mada- 
gascariensis, Spreng. 
Seychelles, common in some parts of Mahe, especially on the waste lands of the 
west coast, Horne , 529 ! Also Tropical Africa, Natal, and Madagascar. 
Order LXXI. GENTIANACE^]. 
Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, usually pentamerous. Calyx free, 
usually 4-5-lobed. Corolla 4-5-lobed, with twisted or induplicate 
aestivation. Stamens 4-5, inserted in the tube alternate with the 
corolla-lobes ; anthers 2-celled, slit down both sides or opening by pores 
at the end. Ovary free, 1-2-celled, 2-carpellary ; placentation parietal ; 
ovules many, anatropous ; style simple ; stigma bifid. Fruit usually 
a 2-valved capsule. Seeds albuminous. — Herbs with exstipulate leaves, 
usually opposite and entire and varied inflorescence. Distrib. Cosmo- 
politan ; mainly temperate. Species 500. 
Terrestrial, with opposite leaves 1. Exacum. 
Aquatic, with alternate leaves 2. Limnanthemum. 
