542 XCVII. PEDALINE (STAPF), | Péerodiscus. 
Corolla about 1 in. long. 
Leaves spathulate, narrowed from the 
middle downwards : : ¢ 
Leaves broad-elliptic, shortly cuneate to 
subtruneate at the base. : <1 8. 2. WeLloyy, 
Corolla 8—9 lin. long. 
Leaves elongate-oblong, subacute up to 
23 in. long . : : . 
Leaves elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 1-1} in. 
long . j : : : : . 10. P. undulatus, 
Leaves more than 3 times longer than broad, 
lanceolate 
Leaves 13-24 in. long, 3-5 lin. broad, long- 
petioled : : : : : . 11, P. angustifolius. 
Leaves 5-9 lin. long, 1-14 lin. broad, sub- 
sessile . . : : : : : 
Leaves heteromorphic, lowest broad-elliptic, the 
following linear-lanceolate to linear . : 
=f 
AS 
. Ruspolii. 
9. P. intermedius. 
12, P. saceatus. 
13. P. heterophyllus. 
1. P. speciosus, Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4117. Tuber globose, up 
to 2} in. in diam. Stem densely glandular like the whole plant when 
young, 3-6 in. high. Leaves rather numerous, crowded on the upper 
part of the stem, linear to linear-oblong, irregularly sinuate-dentate to 
shortly pinnati-laciniate, rarely subentire, 13-3 in. long, 2-6 lin. (in 
cultivated specimens to 9 lin.) wide, gradually narrowed into a short 
petiole. Pedicels 2—2} lin. long, slender. Calyx up to 2 lin. long, 
segments lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla throat villous ; tube symmetric 
or almost so, gradually widened from above the base to the middle, then 
slightly constricted and widened again towards the mouth, 14-2 in. 
long, bright red-purple; limb 14-14 in. across. Filaments bearded at 
the very base, otherwise glabrous, the longer 5-Glin. long. Ovule 1 in 
each cell, Fruit suborbicular, cordate at the base, not or obscurely 
emarginate at the apex, }—} in. long, including the wings which are 
13-23 lin, broad.—Decne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5™ sér. iii, 335; Stapf in 
Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv.jii. 456. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Kalahari Desert, south of the 
Zuga River, MeCabe,5! Rhodesia: Shasha River. Rand, 197! 
Also in South Africa. 
Franchet (Sert. Somal. 41) indicates P. speciosus also as collected by Révoil 
near Tigieh in the country of the Medjourtines (Eastern Somaliland); but there is 
little doubt that the determination is incorrect. 
2. P. Elliottii, Baker. Tuber unknown. Stem moderately glan- 
dular-mealy. Leaves densely glandular-mealy below, very sparingly 
above, ovate-lanceolate to oblong from a cuneate base, entire or with 
slightly wavy margins or very sparingly toothed, 13-2 in. long, up to 
7 lin. broad; petiole up tu 1 in. long. -Pedicels 1 lin. long. Calyx- 
tube more or less loosely hairy within, 1 lin. long ; segments lanceolate, 
acute. Corolla wine-red, passing into yellow below; tube cylindric 
and very slender up to the middle then gradually widened into the 
wide mouth, very slightly asymmetric, 11} in. long ; limb 1} in. across. 
