212 BYTTNERIACEZ (Harv.) [ Mahernia. 
cally puberulent. Leaves polished 1-1} inch long, } inch wide. Flowers purple, 
eampanulate. Burchell’s M. vernicata (not of E. & Z.!) seems to come very close 
to this, if it be different. 
10. M. pilosula (Harv.) ; diffuse, much branched ; branches sca- 
berulous and hispid with scattered, stellate hairs; leaves deeply pinna- 
tifid or bi-pinnatifid, the lobes linear, sub-acute, glabrous on the upper, 
sparsely hairy on the the lower side; stipules ovato-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate; peduncles filiform, 1-2-flowered ; bracts connate into an incised 
hood ; calyx semi-5-fid, puberulous, the lobes ovate-oblong, sub-acute ; 
petals twice as long as the calyx; ovary obovoid, stipitate, pubes- 
cent. M. myrrhifolia, E. & Z.! No. 407, non Thunb. Drege, No. 7307 ! 
Var. 8. latifolia; leaves broader, inciso-pinnatifid; the lobes en- 
tire, cultrate. 
Has. Sandy ground, Zwartland, £. § Z./ near the Paarl and at Groenekloof, 
Drege! Pappe! var. B. Groenekloof, Zeyher / (Herb. Hook., Sond.) 
Root woody and thick. Stems several, elongate, with filiform branches. Leaves 
I inch long, deeply cut, all parts except the upper surfaces of the leaves hispidu- 
lous. Flowers campanulate, 4 inch long. E. & Z.! refer their plant to H. myrrhi- 
olia, Thunb., which, according to a specimen in Herb. Holm., is a Hermannia. 
ar. B. agrees tolerably with Jacquin’s figure of M. glabrata, but is by no means 
glabrous. I+ differs from the typical form of the species chiefly in having less com- 
‘pound and somewhat broader leaves. 
_ 11. M. sisymbriifolia (Turez. Mosc. 1858. p. 221) ; suffruticose, slen- 
der, glandularly puberulous and stellato-hispid in all parts ; leaves in- 
ciso-pinnatifid, the lobes few, distant, entire, linear, obtuse ; stipules 
linear oblong, obtuse, entire ; peduncles longer than the leaves, 2-flowered ; 
bracts like the stipules, separate ; calyx hispid, deeply 5-fid, segments ovate- 
oblong, acute, half as long as the narrow-obovate petals ; filaments 
very narrow, with obsolete tubercles; anthers ovate, acute ; capsule 
sub-sessile, inflated, roundish, 5-lobed, broader than long, stellato-pu- 
bescent. Drege, No.7306! M. brachycarpa, Harv. MS. 
Has. Blaawberg, 2—-3000f. Drege/ (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
A slender species, resembling M. pilosula in miniature, but with different pubes- 
cence, stipules and bracts, and less compound leaves, &c. Capsules 2 lines in diameter, 
the calyx small, deflexed. Flowers very small, 
12. M. bipinnata (Linn.); procumbent, suffruticose, nearly gla- 
brous ; stems filiform, glabrous or scaberulous ; leaves pinnatifid, or 
hi-pinnatifid, the lobes linear, flat, obtuse, glabrous, or nearly so ; stipules 
ovate-acute, amplexicaul, short, entire or cut; peduncles 2 flowered, 
the bracts semi-confluent ; calyx campanulate, the segments broadly 
subulate, gradually acuminate, ciliolate; petals oval-oblong; ovary 
ellipsoidal, glandular ; style hispidulous. DC. Prod. 1. p. 496. Cav. 
Diss, t. 176, f.2. Drege, 7315, 7316. E.& Z.! No. 409. M. jacobea- 
Folia, Turcz, Mose. 1858, p. 220. 
Var. 8. acutifolia; leaf-lobes acute. 
Var. y. glandulosa; glandularly pubescent in all parts ; leaves 
simply pinnatifid. 
Has. Caledon River and Wolfkop, hiv’ iikaouw » Drege! Albany, 
Mrs. Barber! Between Kochman’s Sar goth Gauritz Lert 8. Gamke 
River, Zeyher. y. Port Natal, Miss Owen! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
