Stenosemis. | UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 551 
1, P. grossulariefolia (E. & Z.! 1. ¢, n. 2227); leaves cuneiform, 
trifoliolate, tripartite or subtrilobed ; lobes cuneate-rotundate, mucronate 
or dentate, with diaphanous margins ; umbels terminal, with 12-16 
unequal rays ; involucre none or few-leaved, deciduous. Lepisma verti- 
cillatum, d. E. Mey. in Herb. Drege. 
Has. Rocky places among shrubs on Mount Chumiberg, Caffraria, 2. ¢ Z.; on 
the Katberg, 4-5000 ft., Drege. N: ov.-April. (Herb. Sd.) 
Shrub 8-to feet high, with purplish branches. Leaves alternate, solitary or aggre- 
gated, 8-12 lines long and broad. Lobes 3-fid or 3-dentate, reticulate-veined. 
Petiole sulcate, as long or a little longer than the leaf. Involucre of some petiolate, 
mostly undivided, obovate or cuneate leaves. Rays of umbel 6-12 lines long. 
Involucel of some subulate, deciduous leaflets. Umbellules 10-1 5-flowered. Fruit 
nearly 2 lines long. 
2. P. verticillata (Sond.) ; leaves triternate or ternately-bipinnate ; 
segments cuneate, 3-fid ; lobes tridentate, mucronulate ; umbels sub- 
verticillate, with 4-8 unequal rays ; involucre of some filiform leaves. 
Has. On rocks near the Gariep, and near Mierenkasteel, 500-1000 ft., Sept.; 
Drege; near Kammapus, Zeyher. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) 
Easily known by the more slender stem, more compound leaves, and elongated, 
often not umbellately-aggregated rays. Leaves solitary or aggregated ; petiole 1-15 
inch; the leaf 13-2 inches long and broad, more compound in the sterile than in the 
flowering branch. Lobes much-cuneate, 3-5 lines long, the terminal lobes a little 
longer. Rays of umbel 2-3 inches long, sometimes dispersed on the branch and 
not verticillate ; the terminal umbel perfect. Involucel of 6-8 subulate leafiets, 
twice shorter than the pedicels. Ripe fruit unknown. 
«XXII. STENOSEMIS, E. Meyer. — 
Margin of calyx minutely 5-toothed. Petals obcordate, deeply emar- 
ginate, with subulate, inflexed point. Fruit roundish-ovate, its trans- 
verse section terete. Mericarps with 5 large, rather winged ribs; the 
3 dorsal roundish-obtuse, corky ; lateral ones marginating, a little more 
dilated and sharp-winged. Furrows with single vitte. Commissure 
2-vittate. Carpophore bipartite. Seed convex, flat in front. 
Perennial, glabrous herbs, with erect, sulcate stem and branches, and petiolate, 
ternately-pinnate leaves ; leaflets filiform or linear. Umbels terminal, compound. 
Involucre and involucel of many lanceolate leaves. Flowers white. Name proba- 
bly from orevos, narrow, and o7pa, in the sense of a petal. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. é 
Leaves triternate ; lobules elongate RL LES a (t) Caffra. 
Leaves tripinnate; lobules short... --- svt (2) angustifolia. 
1. S. Caffra (Sond.) ; leaves triternate ; ultimate lobes elongated, 
terete, acute, sulcate, undivided or trifid; upper ones similar, but 
smaller, 3S. teretifolia, H. Mey. Krubera Caffra, £. & Z.! 2253. 
Has. Rocks on Mount Bothasberg near Grahamstown, E.§ Z.; between Kap- 
rivier and Vishrivier, Drege. Jun.—July. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) 
Root seer: Stem 2-3 feet high, a goose’s quill thick. Branches erect, spread- 
ing. Lower leaves on longish (4-6 inches), terete, sulcate petioles. Segments 1-3 
inches long, the ultimate, if again divided, shorter. Umbel with 10-14 unequal 
rays, 4-3 inch long, sulcate, twice longer than the ovate-lanceolate leaves of involu- 
cre. Fruit, when ripe, 3 lines long, 2} lines broad. Mericarps with thick wings ; 
the lateral ones compressed. Stylopodium depressed, much shorter than the deflexed 
styles. 
