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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    slightly thickened upwards. Capsules included in the urceo- late calyx-tube, 5-celled. Seeds cochleate.—Benth. in Niger Flora, p. 346. Osbeckia, FI. Cap. ex parte, \\. p. 518. To this genus belong Osheekia eximia,^onA., and 0.p1ueotriclia,'S.od\9t., botli found near Natal; the former has 5-merous, panicled flowers; the latter 4-merous, capitate. 3. MEMECYLON, Linn. Calyx-tube hemispherical or suhglobose, adnate to the ovary; limb very short or cup-like, ohsoletely 4-toothed or subentire. Petals 4, oval. Stamens 8, mostly lo)iger than the petals ; filaments filiform ; anthers short, with a thick counectiYe, forming a conical spur at base, opening at base by a short slit. Ovary inferior, 1-celled; ovtiles on a central placenta; style filiform; stigma simple. Berry crowned with the limb of calyx, frequently l-seeded. Seeds with convolute cotyledons. —Fndl. Gen. n. 6269; Benth. Hongkong Flora, p. 117. Trees or shrubs, chiefly Asiatic. Twigs 4-sided, with tumid nodes. Leaves opposite, impunctate, 1-ribbed, eoriaceous, quite entire. Flowers axillary, tufted or subcapitato.—A species (as yet undescribed) of this genus has recently been found, by Mr. Gorrard, near Niital. 4. OLINIA, Th. Calyx tubular, adhering to the ovary; limb of 5, rarely 4, minute teeth. Petals 5-4. Scales 5-4, minute, obovate, al- ternating with the petals. vStamens 5-4 ; filaments very short, adnate to the calyx below the scales ; anthers subglobose, 2- celled, introrse, with a thick connective. Ovary inferior, 5-4-celled; cells 3-ovuled; style subulate ; stigma obtuse. Fruit drupaceous, subglobose, truncate, 3-4-celled; cells mostly l-seeded. Seeds with a s])irally rolled embryo.—FI. Cap. \\.p. 519. (). cymosta, Tliunb., is a glabrous shrub or tree, with 4-sided twigs. Leaves opposite, pctiolcd, coriaceous, green, shiny above, impunctate, 1- ribbed and penninerved, quite entire, varying in shape from obovate obtuso to ovato-lanceolate acuminate. Cynics terminal or axillary, densely many- flowered. Flowers white.—Found in kloofs, throughout the colony, and beyond the Eastern frontier. Order LIV. LYTHRAE,IE.ffi. Flowers bisexual, rarely polygamous. Calyx free, persis- tent, tubular or bell-shaped, 4-12-toothed, often ribbed. Pe- tals on the summit of the calyx-tube, deciduous. Stamens usually inserted at or below the middle of the calyx-tube, as many or twice as many as the petals; rarely inserted at the summit of the tube and opposite the petals. Ovary free, 2-6-
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