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Hermannia.} BYTTNERIACEZ (Harv.) 207 
H. bryonifolia (Burch, Cat. 2131); “leaves roughly stellulate, cordate- 
ovate, unequally toothed ; stipules linear-lanceolate ; pedicels one- 
flowered, patent, nodding.” DC. 1. c. 
H. coronopifolia (Link, En. 2. p. 180); “leaves linear, pinnatifid, 
fleshy, glabrescent ; stem pubescent.” DC. 1. c. p. 496. 
H. hispidula (Rchb. Ic. Cult. t. 69); “calyx cup-shaped; flowers 
laxly panicled ; leaves lanceolate, toothed beyond the middle, acute, 
hispidulous, as well as the branches.” Walp. Repert. 1. p. 346. 
H. discolor (Otto, & Dietr. Gart. 8, 314); “branches hairy ; leaves 
oblong, obtuse, sub-cordate, undulato-crenate, rugose, hairy and green 
above, glauco-tomentose below; stipules subulate ; fl. term., sub-race- 
moge ; peduncle short, aggregate, one-flowered ; calyx campanulate.” 
Walp. l. ¢. ; 
H. venosa (Bartl. in Ott. & Dietr. 1c. 315); “hairy ; leaves ovato- 
sub-rotund, toothed, undulate, veiny, rugose; stipules ovate, much 
acuminate, the point toothed; ped. axillary, solitary ; fi. aggregated at 
the apex of the peduncle, involucred with bracts ; calyx sub-urceolate.” 
Walp. 1. ¢. 
H. glauca (Hort. Herrenb. Ott. & Dietr. p. 330); “branches glabrous; 
leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate, acute, serrate above, glabrous, flat, 
glaucous ; stipules ovate, entire; fl. terminal, sub-racemose ; ped. axil- 
lary, 2-flowered.” Walp. l. c. p. 347. 
H. leucanthemifolia (Ott. & Dietr. 1. c.); “branches glabrescent ; 
leaves shortly petiolate, lanceolate, toothed above, glabrous, smooth ; 
stip. obliquely cordate, sub-entire ; fl. terminal, panicled ; calyces 5- 
angled, campanulate.” Walp. l.c. p. 347. age 
H. cluytiefolia (Otto & Dietr. 1c. 332) ; “branches tomentulose ; 
leaves short-stalked, oblong and lanceolate, mucronulate, quite entire, 
holosericeous, whitish ; stipules large, lanceolate, holosericeous ; pedun- 
cles axillary, 3-fl.; calyx campanulate, angulate.” Wadlp./.c. 
Stamens §, opposite the petals ; their filaments suddenly dilated and 
mostly tubereulated in the middle, or somewhat cruciform. Other cha- 
racters, as in Hermannia. Hndl. Gen. 5341. DC. Prod. 1. p. 496. 
Small shrubs or under-shrubs, or perennial herbs, almost all natives of S. Africa; 
a few from North Africa. Leaves alternate, frequently deeply cut or pinnatifid, 
rarely entire. Stipules petiolar. Peduncles mostly two flowered, terminal or oppo- 
site the leaves ; pedicels slender, bracteate at base. Flowers nodding, red, orange, 
violet or yellow. The name is an anagram of Hermannia, from which genus this - 
differs, as sear’ Poa artificial character in the filaments, as by the natural one of 
terminal, not , inflorescence, I have grouped the species chiefly by differ- 
ences in the incision and pubescence of the leaves. 
