Hermannia.}- BYTTNERIACEZ (Haryv.) 3 199 
43. H. mucronulata (Turez. Bull. Mose. 1858. p.217); shrubby, erect, 
canescent ; branches virgate ; leaves oblongo- or ovato-lanceolate, acute, 
quite entire, one-nerved, somewhat veiny below, softly velvetty on both 
sides ; stipules leaf-like, petiolate, broadly lanceolate, one-nerved ; flowers 
crowded at the ends of the branches; bracts linear; calyx stellato- 
scabrid, inflated, 5-toothed, the teeth short, deltoid, connivent ; petals 
not much longer than the calyx, the claw shorter than the narrow limb; 
fil. broadly-oblong, rather longer than the anthers ; ovary canescent. 
H. saluefolia, H. & Z.! 353. Drege, 7267. H. salicifolia, Harv. MSS. 
Pes Mountain sides, Vanstaadensberg, E. & Z./ Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., 
A Gichis shrub, 2-3 feet high, softly velvetty. Very near H. velutina; but the 
stipules are much larger and more leaf-like, nearly as long as the leaves, and the 
calyx is inflated and much rougher. Nate ou 
44, H. velutina (DC. Prod. t. p. 495); shrubby, erect, canescent ; 
leaves distinctly petiolate, oblong or sub-lanceolate, acute, sub-acute, or 
mucronulate, quite entire, softly velvetty on both sides ; stipules leaf- 
lke, linear-oblong or lanceolate, one-nerved, acute, half as long as the leaf; 
peduncles racemulose, short, 2-3-flowered, bracts narrow linear; calyx 
campanulate, stellato-tomentose, semi-5-fid, segments triangular, acute ; 
petals } longer than calyx, the claw shorter than the ovate-oblong limb; 
fil. broadly obovate, shorter than the anthers ; ovary oblong, canescent. 
£.§ Z.! 357. H. lavandulefolia, Drege ! 
Has. Among shrubs. Uitenhage and Albany, frequent, #.42Z./ dc. (Herb. 
T.C.D., Hook., Sond.). 
2-3 feethigh. Very like H. lavandulefolia, but the leaves are more decidedly 
iolate, and the stipules very different ; the petals and filaments are also dissimilar. 
Drege's 7282, probably belongs here. 
45. H. lavandulefolia (Linn.); shrubby, erect, canescent ; leaves 
tapering at base into a very short petiole, oblong or sub-lanceolate, acuts 
or mucronulate, entire or denticulate near the apex, softly velvetty on 
both sides ; stipules narrow-subulate, somewhat longer than the petiole ;— 
flowers racemulose, peduncles 2-3-flowered, bracts subulate ; calyx tur- 
binate, velvetty or stellato-tomentose, semi-5-fid, 5-angled, the lobes tri- 
angular, acute; petals twice as long as the calyx, the claw longer than 
the roundish limb ; fil. oblong or obovate, longer than the anthers ; 
ovary oblong, canescent. DC. Prod. 1. p. 495. Thunb. Cap. p. 501. 
Jacq. Schoenb. t.215. Cav. Diss, t. 180. f.1. £. &Z.! 360. H. odorata, 
Ait! fide Herb. Banks. Drege, 7281, 7283. | 
Has. Cape Flats, near Salt River; and on the Kars River, Caledon, Ed Z. 
(Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond., Thunb.). 
2-3 feet high, erect, and much branched, woody. Very like H. velutina, but dif- 
fering in stipules, &c. The leaves in our specimens are much smaller and narro 
than in Jacquin’s figure, otherwise very good. 
46. H. Cavanillesiana (E. & Z.! 361); erect, shrubby, canescant ; 
leaves narrow-obovate or spathulate, tapering at base into a short petiole, = 
acute or reeurvo-mucronulate, softly velvetty on both sides, quite entire; = 
stipules leaf-like, one-nerved, linear-acute, } as long as the leaves ; flowers re 
racemose, bracts subulate ; calyx obconic, 5-fid, the teeth trian 
acuminate ; petals twice as long as the calyx, the claw shorter t 
