294 xxxn. geraniacEjE (oliver). [Pelargonium. 



broadly pointed, with scattered appressed hairs or glabrate above, pilose- or 

 hispid-pubescent especially on the nerves beneath, 2-4 in. diam., on petioles 

 of 4-6 in. Stipules linear-lanceolate, at length reflexed. Peduncles elon- 

 gate, 6 in. to 1 ft., 6-8-flowered ; bracteoles subulate. Pedicels f-1 in., 

 strigillose ; spur adnate nearly to the base. Petals 5, oblong-spathulate, 

 entire. Antheriferous stamens about 6. Ovary and style densely pilose. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



3. P. cortussefolium, L'Her. Geran. ^. 25. " Stem short, thick, and 

 fleshy, rough with persistent stipules. Leaves from the crown, on long pe- 

 tioles, cordate, inciso-lobate, undulate, unequally toothed, pubescent. Sti- 

 pules subulate, their bases persistent. Peduncles elongate, branched, with 

 many-flowered umbels. Calyx-tube four times as long as the ovate reflexed 

 segments ; petals obovate, emarginate." — Harvey in Fl. Capensis, i. 300. 



South Central. N.W. of the Cape Colony, lat. 23° S., Hove. 

 Unknown to me excepting from the above reference. 



4. P. flabellifolium, Harv. Fl. Cap. i. 277, var. Benguellense, Welw. 

 mss. Acaulescent or stem very short, from a thick tuberous stock. Leaves 

 coriaceous, on long erect peduncles of 2-6 in., broadly obovate- or rhomboid- 

 cuneate in circumscription, variously palmatifid or palmatipartite ; the seg- 

 ments entire incised or pinnatisect, refuse obtuse or acute ; the lobes from 1 

 line to 1 in. in breadth, more or less sparsely scattered with spreading hairs 

 or somewhat scabrid; nerves and reticulation very prominent. Stipules 

 entire or 3-partite, linear-subulate. Scapes erect, 4-6 in., puberulous ; um- 

 bels 6-10-flowered; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate. Pedicels 1-1 \ m - 

 Calyx-spur adnate very nearly or quite to the base. Sepals oval-oblong, 

 subacute, about \ in. long. Petals red- or blackish-purple, obovate- or ob- 

 lanceolate-oblong, one-third longer to nearly twice as long as the sepals. 

 Beak slender, pubescent, 2 in. long. 



Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Also at Natal. The Angola plant differs from the type in its smaller flowers, which are 

 fewer to the umbel, the much shorter sepals, which are not acuminate, and in the less- 

 broadly ovate petals. 



5. P. glechomoides, Rich. Fl. Jbyss. i. 118. Stem prostrate, with 

 scattered spreading hairs. Leaves rotundate-reniform, obscurely 5-7-lobed, 

 broadly mucronulate-crenate, thinly pilose, especially on the nerves beneath 

 or glabresceut, 1^-3| in. diam., on petioles of 1-6 in. Stipules ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Peduncles slender, with patent hairs, equalling or 

 shorter than the leaves, several-flowered. Bracteoles lanceolate acute. Pe- 

 dicels 1 in. or under ; spur adnate half their length or rather more. Petals 4, 

 2 oblong-spathulate, 2 obovate-spathulate, much narrowed below, entire, 

 about twice as long as the sepals. Antheriferous stamens 5, united at the 

 base, with alternating subulate staminodia. Carpels smooth, pilose. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit, Roth ! 



Resembles some forms of the Cape P. odoratissimutn. 



