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hairs, the old stems sub-glabrous and scabrous along the angles ; leaves 
6 in a whorl, obovate-oblong, mucronate, glabrous, serrated by reversed 
prickles on the margins; peduncles capillary, terminal and lateral, dis- 
posed in a panicle ; pedicels 2-4 times longer than the flower. E. Z.! 
2323. G. tomentosum, E. Meyer, var. 
Has. Among shrubs in Stellenbosch, Worcester, Swellendam, and Uitenhage, 
Thunb. E. § Z.; Drege, 7671, 7672; Namaqualand, 4. Wyley. Oct.Jan. (Herb. 
Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Nearly intermediate between G. glabrum and the following, differing from the 
first by the densely hairy branches and panicle, from G@. tomentosum by the short 
pedicels. In some of the larger specimens the lower part is quite glabrous, but the 
branches and peduncles are clothed with short, usually reversed hairs, Flowers 
glabrous, white. Fruit as in @. glabrum. 
13. G. tomentosum (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 151); stem climbing, 4- 
sided, much branched, with the angles scabrous, hairy, or glabrous and 
prickled ; upper branches densely clothed with white hairs; leaves 4-6 
in a whorl, obovate, or obovate-oblong, glabrous, prickled on the mar- 
gins; peduncles dichotomous, capillary, villous, forming a large panicle; 
pedicels elongated, 10~20 times a than the flower. E.Z.! 2324. G. 
maritinum, Thunb. Prodr., not of Linn. G. asperum, var. B. villosum, 
E. Z. 2323. Zeyh. 2720. : 
Has. Among shrubs, through the colony. Oct—Jan. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Well distinguished by the long (1 inch and more) villous pedicels. Leaves smaller 
than in G. asperum, 5-6 lines long, 2 lines broad. Fl. glabrous. Fr. 1 line in diam. 
14. G. rotundifolium (Linn. Spec. p. 156); stem diffuse, glabrous or 
hispid; leaves 4 in a whorl, roundish-ovate, 3-nerved, ciliated ; pedun- 
cles axillary and terminal, loose, elongated, naked, trichotomous at the 
apex ; fruit nearly globose, beset with hooked bristles. Boece. Sic. t. 6, f. 
1. Jacg. Astr.t.94. G. Thunbergianum, E. Z, 2321. 
Var. 8. hirsutum; stems, leaves, and peduncles densely hairy. G. rotundifolium, 
Thunb. fl. aap. p. 153. 
Has. Mountains; Katriviersberg, 2. ¢ Z.; Dornkop near Vetrivier, Zeyh. 772. 
Natal, Gerr. ¢ MWK. 1338. Var. 8. Masson in herb. Thunb. Feb.-March. (Herb. 
pa rong abun Ge Sbicedh, + Sook high glabrous or hispid ee ie 
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long, 3-5 lines broad. Fl. white Set, «5: ¥ aatehind cay diftcalie bateroen 
the South African and European plants. , : 
Orper LXXIV. VALERIANEZ, DC. 
(By W. Sonper). 
Flowers mostly bisexual. Calyx-tube adnate ; limb 3-4-toothed, often 
enlarged after flowering. Corolla epigynous, tubular, usually 5-, rarely 
3—4-lobed, subunequal, the lobes obtuse, imbricate in bud. Stamens 1- 
5, inserted in the tube, alternate with the lobes of the corolla; anthers 
separate, 2-celled, introrse. Ovary inferior, 1-3-celled; ovules solitary, 
pendulous ; style filiform. Frwt dry (like an achene), crowned with 
the often enlarged calyx-limb, 1-3-celled ; 2 cells abortive. Seed pen- 
dulous. Embryo straight, without albumen. 
