Hermannia.] BYTTNERIACEZ (Harv.) 187 
cumbent ; branches sparsely stellato-pilose ; leaves on longish peti- 
oles, ovate-oblong, rugose and sub-plicate, unequally eroso-denticulate, 
glabrescent on the upper, stellato-canescent on the lower surface ; sétz- 
pules cordate-ovate, amplexicaul, cuspidate, much shorter than the petiole ; 
bracts ovate ; calyx campanulate, 5-angled, thickly stellulate, 5-toothed, : 
the teeth short, deltoid, with wide interspaces ; petals twice as long as : 
the calyx, the claw longer than the limb ; filaments obovate, somewhat 
longer than the cuspidate anthers ; ; capsule) prismatic, 5-angled and 5-crest- 
ed, 3-4 times as long as the calyx. 'H. hirsuta, E. & Z.! 339, non Schrad, 
Has. Riebeckskasteel, 1C 
nD, Hooks Sond.) Drege! Cape flats, W.HH. Koeberg, F. & Z.! (Herb, 
or decumbent, slightly branched, half-herbaceous plant ; the branches 
ads below, naked above, and ending in a compound pseudo-raceme. FI. yellow. 
It much resembles H. altheifolia, but is less tomentose, has a different ss and 
is readily known when in fruit, by its Jong, sharply 5-angled capsules, — se 
9. H. scordifolia (Jacq. ! Schoenb. t. 120. ); ; suffrutescent, erect, eule 
dichotomous ; branches naked, or with few leaves, nearly glabrous ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, crenato-dentate, or inciso-lobulate, the 
lobules crenate, minutely stellulate on both surfaces ; stipules triangu- 
lar, minute ; peduncles laxly panicled, 1-2 flowered, bracteolate ; calyx 
campanulate, puberulous, §-fid, the segments deltoid-acuminate ; petals 
not much exceeding the calyx, the claw as long as the limb ; filanients 
broadly linear, equalling the cuspidate anthers ; capanle short, 5-angled, 
pubescent. DC. l.c.p. 494. H. paniculata, E. Mey. ! 
= Var. 8. integriuscula; leaves crenate, not lobed. Drege, 7298. 
ey. 117, 
Has. The Gariep, near Verleptram, on the river banks and in stony bottoms, 
Drege ! B. Ebenezer, Oliphants R. ree! Brandenberg, Zeyher! C.B.S., Forsyth ! 
come ap ear ss Peterson ith afew leaves below ; the fi branches neatly 
wii al ves below ; owering 3s neat 
or quite wade oF lente the flowers small, few and distant, gro wing from | 
of depauperated leaves. It resembles = panies, ortega yes as 
Seas 93 are differently shaped. The leaves vary much in incision in the present 
Species. eee See Se ee ae 
in Herb, Vind. ; 
10. H. patula (Harv.); ietinliacetheeme she 
hispidulous and scabrid ; leaves on short petio : 
tate towards the apex, sparsely stellato-hispid on both surfaces ; stipules 
4, equa the petiole ; peduncles racemose-paniculate, 
1-2-flowered, bracteolate ; bracts lanceolate ; calyx campanulate, sparsely 
hispid, semi-5-fid, the ‘segments deltoid-acuminate, plumoso-ciliate ; 
petals twice as long as the calyx, the ciliate claws as long as the limb; 
filaments obovate, much longer than the hastate anthers ; ovary ovoid, his- ae 
pid. H. scordifolia, E.& Z.1 344; also H. denudata E.d Z.! 344, @ = pe 
Mahernia odorata, E.& Z.! 405. Drege, 7294. os 
~ roughly but not densely ers allied to H. 
esti Se : aa ne a rr ae 4 inch wide | 
