204 : BYTTNERIACEZ (Harv.) [ Hermannia. 
slender, dichotomo-paniculate ; branches zigzag, naked above, glabrous; 
leaves on long petioles, oblong, inciso-pinnatifid or sub-bipinnatifid, the 
lobes cuneate, lobed or cleft, glabrescent above, stellato-pubescent and 
paler below ; stipules broadly ovate, short ; peduncles racemoso-pani- 
culate, 2-flowered; fl. buds acuminate ; calyx campanulate, angular, 
puberulous and glandular, the segments short, deltoid-acuminate ; petals 
twice as long as calyx, the claw rather shorter than the roundish limb ; 
fil. marrow-cuneate, as long as the tapering anthers ; ovary pubescent. 
_ HI, dissecta, Harv. 
Has. Bitterfontein, Zeyher! 118. (Herb. Hook., Sond., Benth.). 
Stems 12-18 inches high. It resembles H. tenuifolia, but the leaves are more 
compound, the stems glabrous, and the anthers taper-pointed, &c. It differs from 
the following in pubescence, the shape of the flower-buds, &c. 
61. H. chrysanthemifolia (E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege); suffruticose, 
diffuse, leafy below ; branches naked, paniculate, pubescent and canescent; 
leaves petiolate, inciso-pinnatifid or sub-bipinnatifid, the lobes cuneate, 
obtusely lobulate or cleft, stellulate above, canescent below ; stipules ovate, 
short; peduncles racemoso-paniculate, tomentose, 2-flowered ; fl. buds 
ovate ; calyx campanulate, stellato-canescent, the segments deltoid, acute; 
petals twice as long ; filaments broadly oblong, longer than the acute 
anthers ; ovary albo-tomentose. 
Has. Kaus Mts., near Goedemanskraal, Rustbank and Kookfontein, Drege! 
(Herb. Hook., Benth.). 
Our specimens are small and imperfect. Flowers yellow. It differs from the last 
chiefly in pubescence, flower-buds and anthers. 
62. H. abrotanoides (Schrad.) ; scarcely suffruticose, slender, stellato- 
tomentose, procumbent ; stems angular, stellulate ; leaves petiolate, bv- 
prnnatifid, the lobules linear, obtuse, stellato-canescent, especially on the 
lower side; stipules subulate; peduncles axillary, 2-flowered, shorter 
than the leaves, bibracteolate; calyx globose, inflated and tomentose, 
with 5 short, deltoid-cuspidate teeth ; petals not twice as long, erect, 
convolute, the claw longer than the limb; filaments broadly obovate. 
Has. C.B.S. (Herb. Wendland!) 
Of this I have seen but a single branch. The flowers are bright yellow. It dif- 
fers from the following, apparently, in the incision of the leaves. 
63. H. multifida (DC. Prod. 1. p. 493); “leaves canescent, palmati- 
_ partite, the lobes pinnati-partite, lobules linear, entire, somewhat chan- 
2 << : nelled ; pedicels one-lowered, shorter than the leaves ; calyx inflated, 
puberulous.” DC. Burch. Cat. 1627. 
icacah . Prod 1. p. 493); “leaves whitish on the lower, 
punctate = the upper surface, the lower ones palmately 5-parted, upper 
3 eee 7 Pinnatifid, the middle longer ; peduncles 2-4-flowered, 
pri the leaves ; calyx inflated, puberulous.” DC. Burch, Cat. 
Has. South Africa, Burehell, = 
65. H. incisa (Willd.! Sp. 3. 599); suffruticose ; stems slender, patently 
