﻿456 ! PEDALiNE^] (Stapf). [Pterodiscus. 



anther-cells ovoid, divergent, dehiscing by a short longitudinal slit. 

 Bhc enlarged posticously. Ovary 2.celled ; cells undivided ; ovules 

 1-2 in each cell from the septum above its middle, or 10-12 in 2 

 series. Fruit indehiscent, laterally compressed, with 4 longitudinal 

 wings, unarmed; pericarp spongy with large cavities between the 

 wings. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, pendulous ; testa finely honey- 

 combed. 



Perennial succulent herbs ; stem tuberous at the base ; leaves coarsely dentate 

 to pmnate-laciniate, rarely subentire ; flowers solitary, shortly pedicelled in the 

 axils of the leaves, yellow or purple. 



Species about 13 in Tropical and South Africa. 



Corolla bright red-purple ... (1) P. speciosus. 



Corolla dirty yellow, slightly tinged with purple on 

 the outer side of the limb (2) P. luridus. 



1. P. speciosus (Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 41 17) ; stem-base globose, up 

 to 2\ m. indiam., stem densely glandular like the whole plant when 

 young, 3-6 in. high; leaves rather numerous, crowded in the upper 

 part of the stem, linear to linear-oblong, irregularly crenate-dentate 

 to shortly pinnate-laciniate, rarely subentire, li-3 in. long, 2-6 lin. 

 (m cultivated specimens to 9 lin.) wide, gradually narrowed into a 

 short petiole ; pedicels 2-2A lin. long, slender ; calyx up to 2 lin. 

 long ; segments lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla bright red-purple ; 

 tube symmetrical or almost so, gradually widened from above the 

 base to the middle, then slightly constricted and widened again 

 towards the mouth, li-2 in. long; throat villous; limb l^-U in. 

 across; hlaments bearded at the very base, otherwise glabrous, 

 longer ones 5-6 lin. long ; ovule 1 in each cell ; fruit suborbieular, 

 cordate at the base, not or obscurely emarginatc at the apex, ^-f in. 

 long including the wings which are li-2i lin. broad. Decne. in Ann. 

 be. lyat. 5me se}\ iii. 335. 



, 6 ! near the 

 ver Colon V ; 



Va^lRiv.?\'f„ "^S^'"^?"^'"** ^^^^^5 Diamond Field., Tuck, 

 near pSnnf' " i ^'^'"'^^ l^^' "'^'■°°' ^^'^"^'''' ^01 ! oLui^e River Colon v ; 

 ELhcs C'' ?^*^/""'onJ,"''"^ '^' ^'^t J^>^«'-' ^'"■^'^' 133! Transvaal; 

 Sa^tsonf ^' *'' ^^^- ^^'y''"'' 1203! and without precise locality, 



Extending into Tropical Africa as far as Rhodesia. 



nn.l"?*" ^,^"?^s (Sook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5784) ; stem-base fleshy, 



W« '« r' ^ ?• ^'^^'' "-^ ^"- ^^''^ ^^ <^he base, bark smooth, grey, 



snoots b-8 in. long, stout, spreading, like the leaves and flowers 



more or less mealy-glandular ; leaves rather numerous, oblong in out- 



me, cuneate at the base, pinnatifid to or beyond the middle, 2-3 in. 



Ko '+k^ 1 v ,^"' ^^°'^'^' '^^^^ g''^*^^ above, whitish or glaucous 

 Deneath; lobes hnear or oblong from a triangular base, entire ; lower 

 petu^les up to A ,„. long; pedicels 2 lin. lon|, slender! calyx 1-^ lin. 

 Zn^: ^^^^eolate acute; corolla slightly asymmetric; tube widened 

 vX iT ^' v' 'i'Sbtly inflated at the middle, 1 in. long, i iu. 

 wide, pale green; limb dirty orange-yellow tinged with purple on 



IS 



