7. Sepals short and broad, triangular. Stamens curved inwards, shorter than the petals; anthers shortly cleft. Flowers solitary, axillary, spicately arranged. Bracteoles thread-shaped.--Species 1. Cape Colony. (Under _Berzelia_ Brongn.) =Mniothamnea= Oliv. Sepals awl-shaped. Stamens curved outwards, longer than the petals; anthers deeply cleft. Flowers in heads. Bracteoles club-or spoon-shaped.--Species 9. South Africa. =Berzelia= Brongn. 8. Fruit one-seeded, usually indehiscent. 9 Fruit consisting of two dehiscent, usually one-seeded parts. Flowers in heads. 10 9. Receptacle obconical. Sepals united beyond the ovary. Petals short, with a very short, 2-tubercled claw. Stamens shorter than the petals, equal. Anthers adnate, shortly cleft. Style short and thick, kneed.--Species 8. South Africa. (Under _Brunia_ L.) =Pseudobaeckea= Nied. Receptacle cylindrical. Sepals free above the ovary. Petals long, with a long claw bearing a 2-lobed pouch. Stamens longer than the petals, unequal, the anterior longer. Anthers versatile, deeply cleft. Style long or rather long, almost straight. Ovules 2 in each cell. Flowers in heads.--Species 4. South Africa. =Brunia= L. 10. Style 1, short and thick; stigmas 2, obliquely terminal, slightly thickened. Anthers pointed at the apex. Receptacle rather long. Sepals united beyond the ovary. Petals oblong, shortly clawed, 2-tubercled at the base. Bracteoles thread-shaped.--Species 9. South Africa. =Staavia= Thunb. Styles 2, free or more or less cohering, but then long and thread-shaped; stigmas simple, terminal. Anthers rounded at the apex. 11 11. Sepals united beyond the ovary, triangular. Petals oblong, with a short claw bearing two tubercles at the base. Styles free, kneed above. Bracts broad, shorter than the flowers. Bracteoles linear.--Species 8. South Africa. (Under _Berardia_ Sond.) (Plate 63.) =Raspalia= Brongn. Sepals free above the ovary, linear. Petals strap-shaped, with a long claw bearing two tubercles in the upper part. Styles more or less cohering, long, almost straight. Bracts narrow, longer than the flowers. Bracteoles spatulate or sickle-shaped.--Species 5. South Africa. (_Berardia_ Brongn.) =Diberara= Baill. FAMILY 101. HAMAMELIDACEAE Trees or shrubs. Leaves undivided, stipulate. Flowers in heads or head-like spikes, 4-5-merous. Petals narrow, sometimes wanting in the female flowers. Fertile stamens as many as and alternating with the petals, sometimes accompanied by staminodes. Filaments free. Anthers opening by lateral slits or by valves. Ovary 2-celled. Ovules 1 in each cell, pendulous, inverted. Styles 2, free. Fruit capsular. Seeds with a straight embryo and thin albumen.--Genera 3, species 20. Tropical and South Africa. (Plate 64.) 1. Flowers unisexual, rarely polygamous, 5-merous. Staminodes none. Anthers ovoid., opening by valves. Shrubs. Stipules short and narrow. Flowers in many-flowered heads.--Species 3. South and East Africa. (Plate 64.) =Trichocladus= Pers.