202 BYTTNERIACEE (Harv.)  [Hermannia. 
smaller, more lanceolate, entire, all stellato-pubescent, specially on the 
lower side; stipules minute, swbulate; flower-stalks axillary, one-flowered, 
longer than the leaf, minutely bracteolate beyond the middle ; calyx 
densely tomentose and stellulate, deeply 5-parted, the lobes subulate ; 
petals shorter than the filaments, cucullate and truncate ; fil. obovate, much 
shorter than the connivent and exserted anthers ; ovary oblong, stellato- 
pubescent. 
Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb, Hook.) . 
Nearly related to H. boraginijlora, but not glandular ; and differing in calyx, 
petals and ovary. Also near the following, but with a different habit, smaller, less 
uniform and not canescent leaves; a more hairy calyx and shorter and differently 
shaped petals. Though not found within the geographical limits of our Flora, I am 
unwilling to omit a species so nearly allied to others of this section. 
54. H. brachypetala (Harv.) ; suffruticose, diffuse or procumbent, 
stellato-canescent ; branches tomentose ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, 
obtuse, flat, denticulate, veluetty and canescent, especially on the lower 
side ; stipules subulate ; fl. stalks axillary, deflexed, as long as the leaf, 
bracteate near the summit, bracts subulate ; calyx stellate and villous, 
deeply 5-parted, the lobes subulate; petals much shorter than the calyx, 
spoon-shaped ; filaments narrow-obovate, much shorter than the conni- 
vent and exserted anthers ; ovary ovoid, tomentose ; capsule truncate, 
as long as the calyx. 
Has. Macallisberg, Burke & Zeyher! ; ! (Herb. Hook., 
Sond, TOD) berg. “ Zooloo Country, Miss Owen! ( 
ore canescent than either of the ing, wii more uniform leav 
and flowers distributed along the eats contol thee upper half. The 
ego are remarkably patent, with nodding flowers, and are gradually deflexed in 
55. H. exstipulata (E. Mey. in Hb. Drege); much branched, shrubby, 
canescent ; leaves on short petioles, oblong, obtuse, very entire, flat, one- 
nerved below, densely stellato-canescent on both sides ; stipules none ; 
flower-stalks axillary, one-flowered, jointed in the middle, hispid above 
the joint, ebracteate ; flowers nodding; calyx campanulate, densely tomen- 
tose and stellato-hispid, deeply 5-parted, the lobes triangular, acuminate; 
petals scarcely longer than the calyx, the obconie claw much shorter 
than the broadly oval, spoon-shaped limb ; filaments spathulate, scarcely 
a8 long as the acuminate anthers ; ovary ovoid, stellulate. 
8 Has. Hills eed flats near the mouth of the Orange River, Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., 
_ | ‘The whole : is densely clothed with v short, closely set, stellate, whitish 
Sees poe Tate sudan 4 inch long, not } fei whde, The seaiimecnse on the upper 
_ half of flower-stalk and on the is much coarser than on other parts. Flowers 
3 ow. Filaments intermediate in character between those of Hermannia 
a, being narrow for 3 their length and then suddenly widened ; but 
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3 56. H. Gariepina (F.& 7. 384); divaricately much-branched, shrubby, 
canhescent ; leas ‘ short * . é 
> n short petioles, oblong, obtuse, quite entire or 3 
toothed, flat, one-nerve ath utellat oar Gath eases “ole 
Gas th se: ing cma 
membranous, thinly lanuginous and stellate, deeply 5-cleft, the lobes tri- 
