84 PEN.iiACE^ (Stephens). [Penxa. 



a short stalk, cordate-auriculate, cuspidate, deciduous • bracteoles 

 linear-lanceolate or oblong, acuminatej with a membranous fimbriate 

 margin, deciduous ; perianth 3-4 lin. long ; tube ovate-cylindric, 

 nearly twice as long as the limb ; lobes deltoid, acute ; ovary 

 glabrous ; style topped by 4 flat oblong cruciform lobes with a wing 

 decurreut from each. Thmh. Prodr. 30, and FL Gap. 149 ; Meerh, 

 PI Bar. Depict. f,ol, Jig, 2 (by error fig, 3 m text; very bad Jig.) ; 

 Vent, Hart, Malm, t. 87 (Jigs. 3 and 4* bad); Lam. EnrycL vi. 539; 

 Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 1770; A. Jitss, in Ann. Sci, Nat, 3'"^ ser, vi. 22, 

 t 1, Jirj, 1; A,DG. in DC, Prodr. xiv, 484 {excl, mrs.) ; Gilg in 

 Engl & Prantl, Pflanzenfani. iii. 6 A, 212, and fig. 73, S -V ; Drvge 

 in Linn-eea^ xx. 207, 208 {also var. microphjUa) ; Eadl. Gen, SuppL 

 iv. ii. 73 (^also var. Dregci). 



South Africa : without locality, Burmcmn, 50 ! 74 ! Spielhaus ! Brrgiusl 

 Banks ! Sieher, 60 ! Roxburgh \ Fovster ! Bovie, 38 ! DrSge I ZeyheVy 279 ! and 

 man)/ otJiers ! 



Coast Region: Paarl Div. ; Simoua Berg, Dr^gel Worcester Div. ; Dutoits 

 Kloof, Dreye, 8160! Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Thunbevfj \ BureheU, (523! 

 Ecklm, 622 ! 623 '. Brege, 104 ! Zei/her, 3726 ! 3727 ! Berglas, 330 ' Ludwig \ 

 Bolus, 2915! Bachmann, 305! Blek, 104! Devils Pealc, Kraussl Wilms, 3601! 

 WolUtj-Dod, 619 ! Camps Bay, Barchell, 394 ! 894 ! False Bay, Reynaald \ 

 Simons Bay, Ptrro«e«, 557 ! i^otn'n, 557 1 Wright \ MacGillivray, h%l \ Krauzsl 

 near Cape Town, Knoop, 15 ! Barchell, 442 ! Caslkrtau, 464 I 465 ! Cape Flat^; 

 Doornhoogte, Breje, 78 ! Wynberg, BurcheU, 863 ! Constantia, EcMon & Zeyhcr, 

 4 ! 5 1 Stellenboscli Div. ; mountains near Stellenbosch, Brege, 8159 ! Hottentots 

 Holland mountains, Bids, 1239 ! Caledon Div. ; without precise locality, 

 Veireauxl Palmiet River, Penther, 1596 I Zwart River, Drege, 3726 1 Houw 

 Hoek Mountains, Drigc, 53 ! near Caledon, Penther, 1599 1 Zwartberg and near the 

 hot sprins;s, EcUon & Zeyher, 6! mountains near Genadendal, Bregel Barchell, 

 7612 ! 8618 I Bredasdorp Div. ; Elim, Schlechter, 7635 ! Swellendam Div. ; 

 without precipe locality, Verreaux ! mountains near Swellendam, Ecklon & 

 Zeyher, Riversdale Div. ; near Riversdale, Rust, 157 1 589 ! between Little Vet 

 River and Garcias Pass, BurcheU, 6860 I 6866 I Garcias Pass, Galpin, 4533 : 

 Phillips, 304 ! Knysna Div. ; Plettenbergs Bay, Mund ! Uitenhage Div. ; Van 

 Stadens River, Ecklon, 279 ! 



I have reduced vars. microphylla and Bregci^ as there is a series connecting 

 them witli the type. They are probably forma of sterile localities. 



Gueinzius* 185, marked ''Port Natal," was probably collected at the Cape. 



2, P. ovata (Eckl. k Zeyh. ex A. Juss. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 3"" ser. 

 vl. 22, name only); an erect much-branched undcrshrub, 1-2 ft. 

 high ; branches glabrous ; leaves ovate or elliptical, subacute ur 

 obtuse, with prominent dorsal nerve, 3-6 lin. long, l^-S lin. broad. 

 passing suddenly into bracts at the apex of the flowering shoot ; 

 stipules 2, minute, auriculate, continued up into a subulate point ; 

 setse 1-3 in the axil at each side of the leaf ; bracts shorter and 

 wider than the leaves, sessile or contracted into a stalk, cordate or 

 ovate, widely auriculate, obtuse or acute, rarely acuminate, deciduous ; 

 bracteoles linear or spathulate, acute, with a membranous margin 



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deciduous ; perianth 3-4 lin. long ; tube ovate-cylindric, twice a 

 long as the limb; lobes deltoid, acute or obtuse; ovary glabrous ; 

 style topped by 4 flat oblong cruciform lobes, with a wing decurrent 

 from each lobe. A.DC. in DC, Prodr, xiv. 484. P, raucronatse, 



