Pterodiscus. | XCVII, PEDALINE (STAPF). 547 
Decaisne indicates, however, Quipungo as the habitat, “a locality on the West 
Coast of Africa.” Ascherson, le., suggests that Kipungo in Mossamedes might 
have been meant, and further that the Paris plant is identical with Welwitsch’s 
P. aurantiacus, which can hardly be the case judging from Gay’s description. 
3. HOLUBIA, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1475. 
Calyx small, 5-partite ; segments subulate-lanceolate. Corolla-tube 
cylindric at the middle, funnel-shaped at the mouth, produced posti- 
cously into a large sac at the base ; limb spreading, obscurely 2: labiate ; 
lobes 5, suborbicular, subequal. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted low 
down in the corolla-tube; filaments long, filiform; anthers parallel, 
ovoid, dorsifixed, dehiscing longitudinally by a short slit. Disc free, 
posticously dilated, fleshy. Ovary laterally slightly compressed, quad- 
rangular (angles keeled), 2-celled ;\ cells undivided, equal; ovules 
2-seriate, 8 in each cell. Fruit unknown.—A herb. Leaves palmati- 
nerved, more or less lobed. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves, 
greenish-yellow. 
Species 1, extending into South Africa. 
1. Hl. saccata, Oliver, l. c, Flowering branches glabrous or 
almost so. Leaves orbicular-ovate, truncate or slightly cordate at the 
base, very obtuse, slightly lobed or sinuate, 1-1} in. long and broad, 
sparingly mealy-glandular below, glabrous above; petiole 1-1} in. long. 
Corolla-tube (from the calyx to the mouth) 1}-1} in. long; sac up to 
1 in. long and over } in. wide; limb 2 in. wide.—Stapf in Dyer, FI. 
Cap. iv. ii. 457. 
Mozamb. Dist. 
240 !. 
Also in South Africa. 
Bechuanaland: Kalahari Desert, near Mamunwe, Lugard, 
4. HARPAGOPHYTUM, DC. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl, ii. 1057. 
Calyx campanulate, 5-partite; segments lanceolate, narrow. Corolla- 
tube funnel-shaped, equal or slightly gibbous; limb oblique; lobes 
orbicular, slightly unequal. Anther-cells parallel, pendulous from the 
apex of the connective, dehiscing longitudinally at the base. Ovary 
2-celled ; cells undivided ; ovules many in each cell, biseriate. Fruit an 
ovoid or oblong, 2-celled, tardily dehiscent capsule, flattened contrary 
ws of long horny arms 
to th med along the edges with 2 ro 
spe oven = . obovate, horizontal.— 
bearing recurved spines. Seeds numerous, Ov: 
Perennial herbs with a stout rootstock and long trailing stems. Leaves 
shortly petioled. Flowers solitary on short pedicels in the axils of the 
leaves. 
Species 2-3 in Tropical and South Africa. 
