Hermas.] UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 565 
Has. Common in sandy places in the districts of Cape, Stellenbosch, rarely in Oicect Bony 
Albany and Uitenhage. May—Aug.- (Herb. Sd. D. etc.) 
Root long and thick. Leaves expanded, the inner smaller, suborbicular, or 
subcuneate, or obovate, about 2-3 inches long and broad, slightly incised-3-fid ; 
segments often again 3-fid or 3-dentate. Lobes dentate, with long yellowish cilia ; 
at the incisions with 1 or several longish spines ; glabrous on both sides, thickish- 
veined beneath. Petioles 1-2 inches long, 3-4 lines broad Male pedunculate 
umbel, sometimes with a lateral branch. Rays 10-20, 1-1} inch long. Involucre 
of many broad, linear, spinous leaves. Umbellule many-flowered. Pedicels as long 
as the many-leaved, spimous involucel. Male flower 1 line long. Female umbels 
shortly pedunculate. Universal involucre as in the male, mostly broader. Leaves 
of the partial involucre 6 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, convex-carinate. Terminal 
and lateral spines 3-4 lines long. Petals minute, erect, acute. Styles elongated. 
Fruit 4-5 lines long, t-seeded, the abortive cell very narrow, to separate when fully 
ripe. Dorsal ribs not conspicuous. Vitte none. 
9. A. monacanthus (Carmichael!) ; petiole flat ; leaves suborbicu- 
lar, cuneate, trifid ; lobes toothed, ciliate-spinous ; female involucre 
orbicular, with 1 spine at the round apex, quite entire at the flat margins ; 
Fruit ovate, long-rostrate, sparingly beset with short bristles. 
Has, Cape, Captain Carmichael ; near Somerset in Hottentottsholland, E. ¢ Z. ; 
between Paarl and Pont, on stony hills, Drege, 7648. Sept. (Herb. Sd. Hk. D.) 
Habit and leaves as in the preceding, leaves often larger. Female umbel subses- 
sile ; rays 1-1}-uncial. Partial jnvolucre much larger than in A. echinatus, 1-13 
inch long and broad, much reticulated, with only 1 short, but hard spine. The 
fruit is 6-8 lines long, the beak of which is nearly as long as the fruit. Dorsal ribs 
obliterated. Male plant unknown. 
3. A. Dregei (Sond.); petiole flat ; leaves suborbicular, cuneate, 
trifid ; lobes toothed, subspinous-ciliated ; female involucre orbicular, 
a little emarginate, with 3 or 5 short bristle-like spines at the apex, quite 
entire at the involute margins ; fruit broad-ovate, acute, not rostrate, 
quite smooth or scarcely tuberculated at back. 
Has. Sandy hills, Agter de Paarl, Drege, 7649. Oct. (Herb. Sd.) 
Distinguished from os oe by the leaves, usually ciliate, with shorter 
bristles; smaller partial involucre (6 lines long and broad) and the unarmed (3 lines 
long, 24 lines broad) fruit without any beak. The female umbel is shortly pedun- 
culate as in A. monacanthus ; uncle 4-4 inch long, with ovate, acuminate 
involucre and several short rays, nearly as long as the pedicels. Partial involucre 
less veined than in the foregoing ; the spines at the apex 1 line long, and removed 
1 line from each other. Fruit much striated at the back. Vitte none. Male 
plant unknown. : 
= XXXIV. HERMAS, Linn. 
Margin of the calyx 5-parted, leafy, persistent. Petals oval-oblong, 
acute, carinate, entire, equal. Fruit ovate. Mericarps somewhat in- 
flated, dorsally compressed, 5-ridged, 1 dorsal exserted, 2 intermedial 
larger, and the ‘2 lateral very small, in the commissure. Furrows 
broad, with many vita. Carpophore undivided. Seed not adnate to 
its segment, elliptic, subconcave on its inner face. Lam. Til. t. 851- 
DC. 1c. 241. Endl. Gen. n. 453°- | 
Large usually suffruticose plants, with simple, subdentate leaves, 
ay rahe mf nearly csabosk umbels. pape many-leaved ; 
involucel of about 3 leaves. Lateral umbels sterile, male. Flowers white or 
purplish. Name of unknown meaning. 
Marve 
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