Mahernia. | BYTTNERIACEH (Harv.) 217 
stems, branches and peduncles viscoso-pubescent and thinly stellulate ; 
leaves Linear-oblong, obtuse at both ends, dentate, sprinkled on both 
sides with stellate hairs; stipules broadly ovate, equalling the petioles ; 
viscidulous, quite entire ; peduncles about equalling the leaves; bracts 
connate; calyx deeply 5-cleft, with broadly subulate, viscoso-pubescent 
and thinly stellate lobes not much shorter than the obovate petals; 
ovary obovate, glandular, 
Has. Near Grahamstown, Herb. Hooker / 
. This looks very like M. abyssinica, but has very different stipules. The ele- 
gantly stellate, scattered, appressed hairs, and glandular pubescence afford further 
ro omscen ; The leaves also are less coarsely-toothed, and the flowers seem to have 
n so. 
26. M. linearis (Harv.); shrubby, branching, sub-erect, glabrous, 
or nearly so; leaves on very short petioles, linear-lanceolate, very nar- 
row, sub-acute, either quite entire, or remotely or obsoletely denticu- 
late; stipules short, deltoid-subulate ; peduncles much shorter than 
the leaves, bracts distinct, oblong-acute ; calyx glabrous, deeply 5-fid, 
with broadly subulate, acuminate lobes, half as long as the oblong, 
sub-acute petals; ovary sub-globose, 5-lobed; style hispid. Herm. 
7310, Drege ! 
hae Somerset. Zwartkey, on mountain plains, 4000f. Drege / (Herb. Hook., 
na, 
A el branching shrub, nearly allied to M. pulchella, from which it chiefly dif- 
fers in the longer, narrower and sub-entire leaves. Leaves 1-1} inch long —} inch 
broad, quite glabrous ; the stems and branches slightly scaberulous. Stipules either 
triangular-acute or awl-shaped. 
27. M. parviflora (E. & Z. ! 396); decumbent, thinly stellulate ; 
stems filiform ; leaves on short petioles, cuneate at base, oblong or oval, — 
erenate, obtuse, glabrescent or minutely stellulate; stipules ovate, acu- 
minate ; peduncles equalling the leaves, bracts separate, lanceolate ; 
Jlowers very small ; calyx campanulate, semi-5-fid, with deltoid seg- 
ments ; ovary sub-globose, pubescent. Herm. parviflora, E. Mey.! and 
H. diffusa, EZ. Mey.! in Hb. Drege. fos ge 
Has. Near the Zwartkey River, Z. ¢ Z. / Katriver, Stormberg and Witberg, 
5-6000f. Drege! Herb. Hook., Sond.) Ge 
Stems 1-1} feet long, s ing over the soil, with short erect branchlets. Whole 
plant minutely stellato-p t. Leaves 3-3 inch long, sometimes rather deeply 
28. M. g flora (Burch. Cat. 2333); shrubby, divaricately 
branched, glandular or glabrous ; leaves cuneate-obovate, inciso-den- 
tate or sub-pinnatifid, with obtuse lobes, scattered or tufted ; stipules 
small, lanceolate or ovate ; peduncles elongate 2-flowered, with oblong- 
acute, ternate bracts ; pedicels pubescent ; calyx obconic, deeply cleft, 
pubescent, with broadly subulate lobes ; petals 4-5 times as long as the _ 
calyx, spreading, obovate, tapering at base ; anthers short, ovate-acute; me 
ovary obovate, stellato-pubescent. DC. Prod. 1. 497. Herm. grandi- — 
Van. a. Burchellii; viscoso-pubescent ; leaves stellulate, obo 
lanceolate, toothed ; stipules ovato-lanceolate. IM. grandiflora, Bi 
in Bot. Reg. t. 224. nee 
