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MAHERNIA grandiflora, 
Large-flowered Mahernia, 
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PENTANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Тиласељ. Jussieu gen. 289. Div. I. Stamina basi aut 
Өшпіпд monadelpha, definita. Tiliaceæ dubia. 
MAHERNIA. Cal. 5-dentatus. Pet. 5. Nectaria 5, basi connata, 
obcordata, filamentis supposita. Caps. 5-locularis, Willd. sp. pl. 1. 1565. 
M. grandiflora, caule erecto, foliis lanceolato-obcuneatis serrato-dentatis ; 
paniculis divaricatis calyceque viscosis. Burchell MSS. 
Hermannia grandiflora. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 141; (fide Herbarit Bank» 
siani, ubi specimen Horto Kewensi floridum ). . 
No. 9392. Burchell; Catalogus Herbarii Africani nondim edit. 
Hermannia, Paters. it. 60 сит icone раса. 
Fruticulus in. patrid natali subbipedalis ramosus pulcherrimus floribundus, 
ramificatione patente. Tota herba, potissimüm in partibus novissimis, conspersa 
glandulis stipitatis viscosis, uon nist lente conspicuis, Fol. alterna, patentia, 
subcollapsa, lanceolato-obcuneata, stellatim pubescentia, attenuata in petiolum, 
superiore parte serrato-dentata, Stipule geming, ovato-lanceolate, erecta, 
integerrime | (rarissima. \-dentate), pedunculo breviores. Flores paniculat$ 
cernui, unciam vel infrà lati, odorem inter PHILADELPHI coronari ей 
Jasmint officinalis medium spirantes, Panicule ramorum primo terminales, 
demüm elongatione ramorum azillares evadentes, viscose, divaricate, dichotome, 
ramulis primariis aliguando tribus. Pedunculi mediocres, teretes, bracteolis 2 
stipularum instar suffulti. Cal. campanulatus, ultra medium 5 fidus, laciniis 
lanceolatis acutis erectis. Cor. mazima in genere, calyce triplo longior, utrine 
que (miniato-) coccinea, sinistrorsüm (а iguando dextrorsüm ) contorta, ine 
Sundibuliformis : pet. elongato-obovata, ` H pollicis lon, а, apice rotundata, 
unguium lateribus tubuloso-involutis, Jaminis patentibus ‹ lemüm reflexis. Stam, 
petalis opposita, calyce multd breviora, medium styli attingentia; fil. dis- 
creta, pedicello germinis inserta; partes inferiores (nectaria Linn.) elon, aloe 
obcordatæ humeris hirsutis, superiores (filamenta Linn.) subulate. Anth. 
sagittate, extús setulis asperse, apicibus conniventibus bifidis biseliferis. Pist. 
longitudine calycis. Germ. (lente visum) pubescens, obovatum, B-gonum, 
abrupt? et brevissimè pedicellatum. Styl. 1, teres, germine paula longior, 
glaber, abruptè insertus, apice obtuso. Stig. obsoletum. Caps. obovata, E 
pollicis longa 5-sulcata 5-partibilis : loc. intus pubescentia ¿uba брата 
(sectione germinis 10-sperma). Sem. valvularum marginibus interioribus ine 
serta, semicordata, nigricantia, glaberrima. Burchell 58. 
“ This very elegant plant was found by me іп the month 
= of October 1812, in great profusion decorating one parti- 
“ cular part of the vast sandy plains northward of the town 
“of Litakuun, a country till then untrodden by any Euro- 
“ pean foot. 
* These plains, uninhabitable to man from want of 
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