fiber Basturdhildim'^ in der Gaitting Pelar^'onium. 31 



squarroso-ramosus, levilcr sublignosuSj basi 5 mm crassus, per lolam longi- 

 tudinem vix dense folialus. Foliorum lamina ^—Vj^ cm lata, P/2 — 2 cm 

 longa, indumento brevissimo incano subscricca, obtuse cordala, basi cordala 

 vel raro retusa, vix intense lobulata, per totam marginom fTonata ct crispula; 

 pctiolus foliorum inferiorum quam lamina usque 4-plo longior, usque 6 cm 

 longus; folia superiora sessilia. Stipulae triquetrae, 2Y2 cm latae^ 2 cm 

 longae, liberae. Pedunculi caulinij ex axillis foliorum exorli, 1 — 4 cm 

 longi, puberulo-subsericei, 4 — 8-flori. Flores subsessilcs. Bractcac ovatac, 

 acuminatae, acutae, 3 — 4^2 *^^^ longae. Calyx indumento brevi puberulo 

 dense obsitus; calcar 6 — 12mmlongum; sepala lanceolata vel ovato-lanceo- 



lata, acuta, 5 mm longa, 1^2 — - ^^^^ ^'^^^^^ Petala sepalis 2 — 2Y2-plo 

 longiora, usque 8 — 10 mm longa^ e basibus unguiculatis spathulataj apicc 

 rotundata, albida, circum venas late rubro-picta. Fructus 18 mm longa, 

 hyaline hirsuta. 



Siidwestliches Kapland, Hantam Berge (Meyer a. 1869!). 

 Im botanischen (larten Berlin wahrscheinlich wie viele andere der Willi>eno>v- 

 schen »Arten« von Pe/aryoNium durch Ziichtung entstanden und von dort 

 an andere bolanische Garten verteilt, sonst in Ilerbaricn sehr selten. 



Nota. P. fragrans a cl. Harvey ad P. exstipulatuiu adnutnerata, re vera sUrps 

 hybrida esse videlur inter P. exstipiilaltim et P. odoratissimiim, Utraque coruin in hybiida 

 recognoscilurj ut el. Sweet indicat. 



W auceps X P- renifonne R. Knuth = P. raxiaiinm U. Knuth, 



n. sp. — Annuum vel bienne, pluricaule. Radix fusca, 15 cm et ultra 

 longa, sublignosa, subsimplex, multiceps. Caules plureSj decumbcntes vel 

 ascendentes, 10 — 15 cm longi, usque 2 — 3 mm crassi, pilis albidis patulis 

 eglandulosis subhirsuti. Folia basalia et caulina infima satis numerosa; 

 lamina obtuse cordata, usque 16 mm lata, 15 mm longa (a basi ad apicem), 

 pilis albidis pro parte patulis utraque facie praecipue ad venas subhirsutn, 

 nonnulla intense lobata, nonnuUa Integra, omnia dentato-crenulata dentibus lalis 

 obtusis; pelioli foliorum inferiorum 3 — 5 cm longi, quam lamina 2 — 3-pIo lon- 

 giores, indumento aequali sicut caulis obsiti; pelioli caulini superiores brcviores, 

 summi vix 1 cm longi. Stipulae ovatae, satis abrupte acuminatae, acutae, 

 2 — I mm longae, subhirsutae. Pedunculi % — 4-flori, satis graciles, usque 

 1 mm crassi et 2 — 7 cm longi, sicut bracteae et pedicelli et calyx pilis 

 albidis eglandulosis subhirsuti. Bracteae late ovatae, triangulari-acuminatae, 

 acutae, 2 — 3 mm longae, mox pallescentes. Pedicelli usque 3 mm longi; 

 flores plerumque autem subsessiles. Calycis calcar 3^2 — 6 (saepe 4 — 5) mm 

 longum et \ mm crassum, sub sepalis ampliatum; sepala pilis simplicibus 

 hirsuta, late ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta, margine non membranacea. 

 Petala sepalis IV2— IV4-PI0 longiora, spathulato-obovala, margine apicali 

 retusa, carmineo-rubra. Stamina sepalis vix acquilonga. Fructus imma- 

 tura (?) 11 mm longa; rostrum subtiliter subhirsutum. 



Sudwestliches Kapland: Elands Hoek, auf felsigem Boden in der 



