214 BYTTNERIACEZ (Harv.) [Mahernia. 
densely glandular, sometimes nearly glabrous. Leaves 1-1} inches long, very va- 
riable in shape and incision. The broader leaved forms resemble M. erodioides. 
Flowers purple. Capsule 3-1 inch long. 
16. M. scabra (E. & Z.! No. 398); diffuse ; branches, petioles and 
peduncles rough with capitellate hairs ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, /a- 
cero-pinnatifid, the lobes short and broad, variously toothed ; upper 
surface glabrous, or sparsely stellulate ; stipules amplexicaul, broadly- 
ovate, deeply toothed or cloven ; peduncles very long, the bracts con- 
nate into a hoodshaped involucre ; pedicels hispid ; calyx puberulent 
and scabrid, semi-5-fid, the lobes ovate sub-acute ; capsule oblong obtuse, 
pubescent, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. M. lacera, E. Mey.! in Hb. 
Drege, also Drege, No. 7307 «. s 
on Has. Between the Zwartkops and Zondag’s River, E. & Z./ Drege/ Blauweberg, 
ae 4 Zeyher ! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) r : 
i A slender, trailing plant, varying in scabridity ; sometimes very rough all over 
craggy goog Doe tet pple 
oles, 1 inch long, a 
a aitek Very Eke. See totictens from Saas it differs chiefly in the in- 
volucre. 
17. M. rutila (Jacq. Schoenb. +. 263); “stems procumbent, hairy, 
scabrous; leaves on short petioles, oblong, obtuse, lacero-pinnatifid, 
and unequally lobed and serrated, plaited, rough on both surfaces ; sti- 
pules lanceolate, acute, sometimes serrated; peduncles scarcely longer 
than the leaves, the bracts lanceolate, acute, small ; calyx semi-5-fid, 
hairy, the lobes lanceolate, acute ; ovary obovate.” Jacq. lc. abbrev. 
Has. Formerly cultivated in Schoenbrun Gardens, Vienna. — 
The above ee ion is compiled from Jacquin. His figure shows a plant very 
like M. seabra, but differing in stipules, peduncles and separate bracts. 
18. M. erodioides (Burch. Cat. 1491) ; suffruticose, decumbent and 
many-stemmed; stems filiform glabrous, or sparsely stellate, or viscoso- 
pubescent ; leaves shortly petiolate, glabrous, or nearly so, oval-oblong, 
or cordate-ovate, obtuse, inciso-crenate or inciso-pinnatifid, with obtuse 
— lobes, thin ; stipules ovate, short, amplexicaul ; peduncles much longer 
than the leaves ; bracts ovate-acute, connate; calyx glabrous or glandular- 
ly pubescent, its lobes deltoid-acuminate, half as long as the petals ; cap- 
___ sule longer than the calyx, nearly glabrous, DC. Prod 1. p. 496, E.§Z.! 
_ No.394. Drege, No. 7309, 7313. Herm. multicaulis, E. Mey! in Hb. 
Drege. M . Lurcz. Mosc. p. 220. 
_ VAR. a glabra; glabrous, except a few close-pressed, stellate hairs 
the ribs and veins of the ares 2 
8. viscidula ; stems, peduncles and calyx glanduloso-pubescent. 
Burke & Zeyher ! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
Ste ee ee ee lone, not much branched. 
