1. Leaves simple, undivided, exstipulate. Flowers almost regular. Disc equal-sided, with 10 processes. Petals sessile. Stamens 10. Ovary 5-celled, with numerous ovules in each cell. Capsule septicidal.—Species
3. South Africa. [Tribe GREYIEAE.] Greyia Hook. & Harv.
Leaves pinnate, stipulate. Flowers more or less irregular. Disc one-sided.
Petals clawed. Stamens 4-5. Ovary usually 4-celled. Ovules
1-12 in each cell. Capsule loculicidal. [Tribe MELIANTHEAE.] 2
2. Sepals very unequal. Petals 4, rarely 5, cohering in the middle, shorter than the sepals. Disc pouch-shaped. Stamens 4. Ovules 4-12 in each ovary-cell. Seeds without an aril.—Species 5. South Africa; one species also naturalized in the Canary Islands. The latter serves as an ornamental plant and is said to render honey poisonous. Melianthus L.
Sepals nearly equal. Petals 5, free, longer than the sepals. Disc semi-orbicular.
Ovules solitary in each ovary-cell. Seeds with an aril.—Species
20. Central and South-east Africa. (Including Natalia
Hochst.) (Plate 86.) Bersama Fres.
BALSAMINACEAE.
FLOW. PL. AFR.
Pl. 87.
J. Fleischmann del.
Impatiens capensis Thunb.
A Flowering branch. B Flower cut lengthwise. C Ovary cut lengthwise. D Fruit. E Seed cut lengthwise.
RHAMNACEAE.