Hermannia.] xxvi. STERCULrACEjE (masters). <■ 233 



long, on very short stalks, linear-oblong, obtuse, dentate, revolute at their 

 margins, covered with stellate hairs. Stipules subulate. Peduncles filiform, 

 solitary, axillary, 1 -flowered, as long as or longer than the adjacent leaves, 

 jointed near the top and remaining after the flower, sometimes even after the 

 floral leaf has fallen. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed ; lobes triangular acuminate, 

 nervation prominent. Petals pink. Filaments petaloid, oblong, as long as the 

 pointed 2-fid anther. Capsule oblong, truncate, longer than the persistent 

 calyx, loculicidally 5-valved ; valves oblong, truncate, hispid at the margins 

 and provided with two short horns at the upper angles. 



Lower Guinea. Benguela, Br. Curror ! 



Occurs also in Natal. Planchon recognized the Benguelan plant as a distinct species, 

 and affixed to it, in the Hookerian herbarium, the same name that Harvey subsequently 

 published. Dr. Harvey's plant is described as having entire leaves, but in the Bcnguelun 

 specimen most of the leaves are dentate, while others appear to be entire from the margin being 

 revolute. As the agreement in all other points appears to be so close, I have not hesitated 

 to consider the Zooloo and the Benguelau plants as belonging to the same species in spite of 

 the widely different localities. 



3. H. tigrensis, ffockst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 74. t. 17. An annual, 

 with an erect branching stem, about 1 ft. in height. Branches ascending, 

 slender, clothed with stellate hairs. Leaves subsessile, elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, 1— 14 in. long, serrate, with simple hairs above, stellate ones on 

 the lower surface. Stipules persistent, falcate, lanceolate, pilose, twice the 

 length of the petioles. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, spreading, 

 generally longer than the leaves, slender, pilose near the top. Filaments 

 petaloid', obovate ; anthers 2-fid. Capsule obovoid, somewhat 5-lobed, 5- 

 valved ; valves with two horns at the upper angles. Seeds reniform, trans- 

 versely furrowed. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I 



IVIozamb. Distr. Quillimane, Peters. 



The capsule in this species is very shortly pedicellate or subsessile, and docs not faper at 

 the base as in the nearly allied R. Kirkii. Its stipules, moreover, are larger and broader 

 than in that species. 



4. H. Kirkii, Mast. An annual, 1-2 ft. high, with erect, hispid, viscid, 

 branches. Leaves stalked ; lower petioles nearly 1 in. in length, much exceed- 

 ing the linear-subulate stipules ; upper leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, dentate. Leaves stellately pilose, 1-2 in. long, ±-f in. wide. Pedun- 

 cles solitary, axillary, 1-flowered; lower ones shorter, upper ones longer 

 than the leaves, jointed at the top and persistent, covered with a few pilose 

 hairs. Calyx bell-shaped; lobes acuminate, points ultimately reflexed. 

 Corolla pink. Filaments dilated, obovate. Ovary club-shaped, 5-lobed, 

 simply pilose, pedicellate, gradually tapering at the base into a distinct stalk ; 

 valves truncate, pilose, 2-horned. 



South Central, Baines ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Senna, Tette, Lupata, Zambesi, Br. Kirk I Mozambique, Peters. 

 Nearly allied to H. tigrensis, Hochst., but differing in the longer petioles to the lower 

 leaves, much smaller stipules, and longer stipes to the fruit. 



