The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey.

  • William H. Harvey
Date:
1868
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Credit: The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Slirubby half-slirubby or herbaceous succulents. Leaves entire, oppo- site or scattered. Flowers showy, panicled or I’acemose, peduncled.—23 (perhaps more) Cape species, dispersed. 8. KAlANCHOE, Adans. Calyx 4-parted, sepals small, acute. Corolla mouopetalous, salver-shaped, with an urceolate tube aud a 4-parted, spread- ing limb. Stamens 8, attached to the base of the corolla. Scales 4, linear or oblong. Carpels 4, m^any-ovuled, with su- bulate styles. Follicles many-seeded.—FI. Caj). ii.p. 378. Succulent undershrubs, with opposite, toothed, entire or pinnatifid, fleshy leaves. Flowers panicled, yellow red or cream-colour.—6 Cape species (perhaps more), disi)erscd, chiefly Eastern. 9. BRYOPHYLLUM, Salish. Calyx inflated, 4-cleft nearly to the middle, valvate in hud. Other characters as in Kalanchoe.—FI. Cap. ii. p. 380. Sncculent undershrubs. Leaves opposite, fleshy, petioled, imparipinnate or 1-lbliolato ; ]iinnules crenato. Flowers panicled, yellow changing to red. ]i. tuhiflorum, II., a little-known species, grows at Delngoa Bay. Others, probably, may be discovered at Natal or in Zululand. Okueu XLVI. HAMAMELIDE^. Trees or shrubs, with simj)le, petioled, penninerved, entire or toothed leaves. Stipules minute, deciduous. Flowers small. Floral characters nearly as in Saxifmfjncece; hut the anthers are erect, 2-celled, each cell o])ening by a lateral, in- trorse valve, or splitting at the sides. Seeds solitary, albumi- nous. 1. Tuichocladus. Flowers unisexual, spiked. Petals 5, long, linear. Stamens 5. 2. Guubbia. Flowers bisexual, capitate. Petals 4, ovate, hairy. Sta- mens 8. 1. TRICHOCLADUS, Pers. Flowers polygamous, monoecious or dioecious; female flowers without petals. Calyx 5-cleft, adnate to the base of the ovary, persistent, valvate in bud. Petals 5, linear-clavate, much longer than the calyx, with revolute margins, valvate in hud. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals ; filaments short, thick- ened in the middle; anthers erect, adnate, dehiscing by valves. Styles 2, sjmeading. Capsules didymous, 2-celled, endocarp separating from the sarcocarp. Seeds solitary, pendulous.— FI. Cap. ii. p. 324. South African shrubs, with opposite or alternate, ovate or oblong loaves.
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