﻿458 PEDALiNE^ (Stapf). [Harpagophytum. 



capsule, flattened at right angles to the septum, armed along the 

 edges with 2 rows of long horny arms bearing recurved spines. 

 Seeds numerous, obovate, horizontal. 



Perennial herbs ; rootstock stout ; stems long trailing ; leaves shortly petioled ; 

 flowers solitary on short pedicels in the axils of the leaves. 



Species 2 or 3 in Tropical and South Africa. 



Stems like the whole plant subglabrous (apart 



from the mucilage glands) or the youngest 



parts hispidulous ; leaves deeply lobed (1) H. procumbens. 



Stems like the whole plant hispidulous ; leaves 



irregularly toothed or shallowly lobed ... (2) H. Zeyheri. 



1. H. procumbens (DC. Prodr. ix. 357) ; stems like the whole 

 plant subglabrous (apart from the mucilage glands) or the younger 

 parts more or less minutely hispidulous ; leaves rotundate- ovate to 

 rhomboid or ovate in outline, pinnatilobed to or beyond the middle, 

 i-li in. long, about ^-1 in. broad, shortly cuneate at the base, 

 glaucous or whitish and powdery glandular below ; lobes more or 

 less oblong, obtuse, with 1-3 short obtuse irregular teeth ; petioles 

 3-9 lin. long j pedicels about 3 lin. long; calyx 2-4 lin. long; 

 corolla 2-2i^ in. long ; tube narrow and cylindric for 4-5 lin. from 

 the base, then widened, trumpet- or funnel-shaped, about ^ in. wide 

 just below the mouth, yellowish below, passing into purple above ; 

 limb 1-1-^ in. across, deep purple ; lobes suborbicular, broader than 

 long. DO. in Deless. Ic. 8el. v. 39, t. 94 ; Engl Jahrh. x. 265. 

 If. Burchellii, Deene. ex DC. in Deless. Ic. Sel. v. 40. Uncaria 

 procumbens, Burch. Trav. i. 536, 529 tcithfig. of fruit. 



Kalahari Reuion : Griqualand West ; in sandy soil near Kimberloy, 

 IfacZof/i,, 767 ! between Griqua Town and Witto Water, BurcTiell, 1970! and 

 without precise locality, Bowker,2l Bechuanaland ; Molito, Frcdoux ! Orange 

 Eiver Colony ; without precise locality, Hutton ! Shiw ! Transvaal ; Bosch 

 Veld, at Klippan, Rehmann, 5291 ! 



Central Region : Hopetowu Div. ; near Hopetown, 4000 ft., Bolus, 2017! 

 by the Orange River, Shaw ! 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



2. H. Zeyheri (Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 6me ser. iii. 329) ; stems 

 like the whole plant minutely hispidulous and powdery glandular, 

 from a few inches to more than 1 ft. long ; leaves rotundate-ovate 

 in outline, obtuse, shortly cuneate, irregularly toothed or shallowly 

 lobed, 6-9 lin. long, 6-8 lin. broad, whitish beneath ; petioles about 

 2 lin. long ; pedicels up to 2 lin. long ; calyx 2i-4 lin. long ; 

 corolla 1} to nearly 2 in. long ; tube narrow and cylindric for 4-6 lin. 

 from the base, then very gradually widened, cylindric-funnel-shaped, 

 4 lin. wide just below the mouth; limb about 9 lin. across; lobes 

 suborbicular, broader than long ; fruit unknown. 



Kalahari Segion : Transvaal ; Magalies Berg, Zet/her, 1205 ! BurUe, 

 385 ! 



