Hermannia.] —sBYTTNERIACER (Harv.) 203 
angular-acuminate ; petals twice as long as the calyx, the obconic claw 
much shorter than the broadly oval limb ; fil. cuneate, cordate at top, 
rather shorter than the tapering anthers ; ovary 5-umboned, stellato- 
tomentose ; capsule 5-pointed. H. racemosa, L. Mey.! 
Pac Boschesman’s Land, £.&Z./ Silverfontein, Drege’ (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., 
ma. ). 
A small densely branched bush, more tomentose than H. exstipulata, with larger 
flowers, a different ovary and capsule and evident stipules. The petals, according to 
E. & Z., are pale violet. The filaments are thiandivedhane with those of a Mahernia ; 
and the deeply umboned capsule connects with our section Acicarpus. ; 
Group 8 Prynatiripa. Leaves deeply pinnatifid, bi-pinnatifid or 
multifid. Habit various. (Sp. 57-65.) | 
57. H. pulverata (Andr. Rep. t. 161.); suffruticose, sgwamuloso-canes- 
cent ; branches leafy below, naked above; leaves on longish petioles, 
deeply inciso-pinnatifid or bi-pinnatifid, the lobes cuneate, lobed, both 
surfaces sprinkled or covered with silvery, stellulate appressed scales ; sti- 
pules ovato-lanceolate ; peduncles racemoso-paniculate, elongate, 2- 
flowered ; calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, canescent, the lobes deltoid, acute; 
petals glabrous, twice as long as calyx, the claw shorter than the limb; 
fil. oblong, longer than the obtuse anthers; ovary obovoid, pubescent. 
H. pulverulenta, DC. Prod. 1. p. 496. E.& Z.! 375; and H. argentea, 
L. § Z.! 376. 
Has. Kafroo districts of George and Uitenhage, EZ. § Z./ Sondag River, Drege! 
Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb., T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
Stems woody at base, sub-herbaceous upwards, 12-18 inches high, paniculately 
po ca Leaves and petioles each 1 inch long, deeply cut. Flowers orange- 
yellow. 
58. H. argentea (Sm. in Rees. Encycl.); “leaves bi-pinnatifid, covered 
with stellate scales, the lobes decurrent ; peduncles racemose, one- 
flowered,” DO. l.¢.p. 496. — ee 
I cannot say how this differs from the preceding. A. argeniea, E. & Z.! is not 
Sintingidhable trom. 2, pulerane MSs aioe Sta tel 
59. H. tenuifolia (Bot. Mag. t. 1348); erect, suffruticose, slender, sub- 
dichotomous ; branches thinly stellulate ; leaves sub-sessile, deeply pinna- 
tifid, the lobes narrow-linear, acute, glabrous above, sparsely stellulate 
below; stipules short, broadly ovate, amplexicaul ; peduncles racemoso- 
paniculate, elongate, bracteate near the summit, 2-flowered; bracts ovate; 
fl. buds acuminate; calyx campanulate, glabrous, the lobes deltoid-cus- 
pidate ; petals twice as long, the narrow, downy claw as long as the 
ovate limb; fil. broadly obovate, longer than the hastate anthers ; ovary 
obovoid, pubescent. DC. Prod. 1.p.496. E.d& Z. 374; and H. coro- 
nopifolia, H, & Z.! 377; also Mahernia pinnata, E. & Z.! non Linn, 
Has. Hills near Caledon and Somerset, £. § Z./ Hartebeeste River, Zeyher, 2001. 
Between the Breede River and Bokkeveld, and Hex River, Drege! (Herb. Hook., 
Sond.). 
‘Stems 12-18 inches high, leafy below, bare above, paniculately branched. Leaves 
43 inch long, channelled above, somewhat fleshy, each lobe tipped with a stiff hair; 
as are also the calyx segments. FI. orange-yellow. 
_ 60. HL paucifolia (Turez, Bull. Mosc. 1858, p. 218); erect, suffruticose, 
