Geum.]} ROSACEH (Harv.) 289 2 
Stems 2 feet long, weak, decumbent or ascending, angular and pale. Leaves sub- 
distant, very pale green ; leaf-segments an inch long, not } inch wide, cuneate at 
— deeply 7-11 toothed or lobuldte. Peduncles about an inch long. Flowers 
smal. : ; Joal Bago, cee pin : 
Calyzx-tube'short, concave, open; limb 5-parted, 5-bracted, persistent, 
the segments valvate in estivation. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens in- 
definite, inserted with the petals, perigynous. Carpels indefinite, on a 
columnar receptacle, uniovulate ; styles terminal, inflexed or sharply 
bent; stigmas simple. Achenia on an elongated receptacle, tailed with 
the hardened, awnlike, hooked or curled styles. Radvele inferior. Endl. 
Gen. 6386. DC. Prod. 2, p. 550. 
Herbaceous plants, common in the north temperate zones, rare in the southern 
hemisphere. Radical leaves unequally pinnati-partite, the terminal segment mostly 
much larger than the rest ; cauline small or depauperated, trifid. Stipules adnate ; 
flowers terminating the branches, subcorymbose, yellow, or red. Name from yeva, 
to taste well ; the roots of some are pleasantly aromatic ; all are astringents. 
1. G. Capense (Thunb. Prod. p. 91); stem tomentulose, erect; ra- 
dical leaves villoso-pilose, pinnatisect, the terminal lobe very large, 
cordate-ovate or subrotund ; cauline few and small, tripartite, incised ; 
petals roundish-obovate, longer than the calyx ; awns of the fruit twisted 
in the middle, glabrous upwards. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 428. DC.1. ¢. 553. 
£. & Z.! 1702. Harv. Thes. t. 18. ; 
Has. Rietvalley, Thunberg. Mountains round Grahamstown and various places 
in Albany and Caffraria, 2. § Z7./ Drege! §c. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) s 
Root fascicled, perennial. Radical leaves numerous, 5-6 inches long, the termi- 
nal Jobe 2-3 inches long, 1}-2 inches wide; the rest very small, unequal, 2-5 lines 
long and wide. Stems 1-2 feet highs laxly branched, nearly naked, or with afew _ 
small, depauperated leaves. Flowers handsome, bright ; 
erect. Carpels very hairy. 3 at ain ages 
‘IV. LEUCOSIDEA, E& 200 2 
Flowers complete. Calyx-tube obconic, constricted in the throat, with 
an annular disc; limb 10-parted in two rows, persistent, outer lobes 
short, ovate, inner lanceolate, acuminate, with, valvate wstivation. Pe- 
tals 5, obovate, deciduous. Stamens 10-12, inserted on the annular 
disc. Carpels 2-3, enclosed in the calyx-tube ; styles as many, filiform, 
exserted, terminal; stigmata subclavate, channelled, hook-pointed. 
Achenia membranous, utricular, enclosed in the hardened calyx-tube, 
subsolitary. ndl.Gen. 6375. 
A densely leafy shrub, the “ Dwa-dwa” of the natives, who use it as an astringent — 
medicine. ‘The woody branches are very inflammable, and eagerly sought after 
by the Kaffir women, for lighting their fires,” Mrs. F. W. Barber. The name is com- 
pounded of Aevxos, white, and dea, a resemblance ; because the pubescence is white. 
1. L, sericea (E. & Z.! 1716.) eee 
Has. Mountain sides, Kat River, and Chumieberg, F.¢Z/ Zwartkei R 
Mrs. F. W. Barber! Orange River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb, Sd., D., Hk.) 
A shrub, 10-12 feet high, with flexuous branches and loose exfoliati 
Twigs densely leafy. Stipules membranous, broad, amplexicaul, adnate t 
of. the petiole. Leaves petiolate, pinnati-partite, with 2-3 pair of pim 
obovate-oblong, inciso-dentate, dark green above, white and silk 
lower pairs smaller, and sometimes with a pair or two of minute 
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low, 1-1} inch across, 
