Monsonia. | GERANIACEZ (Harv.) 255 
1, M. ovata (Cav. Diss. t. 113. f. 1.) ; suffruticose, diffuse ; leaves on 
longish petioles, ovate or cordate, obtuse or acute, crenate ; stipules 
pungent ; peduncles filiform, bi-bracteate in the middle, one-flowered ; 
petals entire. DC. Prod. 1. p. 638. E.&Z.! 439. M. emarginata, 
LD Her, Ger, t. 41. E.& Z.!1 440. M. premorsa, EL. Mey. ! 
Var. biflora; peduncles 2-flowered, 4-bracted. #. & Z. ! 441. 
Has. Hill sides, among . Uitenhage and Albany, and in Caffraria, com- 
mon. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
Root-stock perennial. Stems many, procumbent, hairy and branched. Petioles 
longerthanthelamina. The leaves vary from broadly cordate to ovate-oblong. Flowers 
an inch broad, streaked. Sepals aristate. M. premorsa, E. Mey. has emarginate 
leaves, but is not otherwise different. 
2. M. biflora (DC. Prod. 1. p. 638) ; annual, erect, much-branched ; 
leaves on short petioles, linear-oblong, obtuse, cuneate at base, crenate ; 
stipules pungent ; peduncles short, 2-4 bracteate, generally 2-flowered ; 
petals entire. DC. Prod 1.p. 638. M. angustifolia, #. Mey.! Hochst. 
Pl, Abyss ! 
Has. Dry hills of the Eastern and N, Eastern districts; Caffraria and Port 
Natal. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
A much-branched, hairy annual, with narrower leaves, shorter petioles and pe- 
duncles, and smaller flowers than M. ovata. It is found also in Abyssinia. 
3. M. Burkeana (Planch! in Hb. Hook) ; perennial, suffruticose at 
base, diffuse ; leaves on short petioles, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, rounded 
at base, crenate ; stipules pungent ; peduncles short, pluri-bracteate, 4—3- 
Jlowered ; petals entire. 
cae Macallisberg and Aapjes River, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., 
m 
Very like M. biflora, but evidently with a perennial root ; shorter and more oval 
leaves, and more numerous flowers. The pubescence varies greatly. ‘ 
4, M. attenuata (Harv.) ; perennial ; stems sub-simple, erect ; leaves 
on short petioles, Linear-lanceolate, attenuate, sharply serrate ; stipules 
setaceous, pungent ; peduncles short, oneflowered ; petals entire. 
Has. Mohlamba Range, Natal, 6-so00f. Dr. Sutherland. (Herb. Hook.) 
Known by its very narrow and sharply serrate leaves. Leaves 2 inches long, not 
caadal wide. Flowers veiny, an inch across, Stems 6-12 inches long, whitish, 
us. See ri 
5. M. umbellata (Harv.) ; annual, much-branched, diffuse ; leaves 
on longish petioles, ovate or cordate, denticulate, plaited ; stipules mem- 
branous, lanceolate ; peduncles elongate, umbellately 5-6-flowered, pluri- 
bracteate ; sepals with a reflexed mucro ; petals narrow-cuneate, not 
much longer than the calyx, emarginate. 
Has. Bitterfontein, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hook., Sond., T.C.D.). 
A small patently hairy annual, looking like an Erodiwm. Leaves 3 inch long, 
on petioles somewhat longer than the lamina. Flowers 4 inch across, much smaller 
than in any other species. This resembles small specimens of M. Senegalensis, but 
differs by its many-flowered peduncles, &c. | 
Leaves lobed or multifid. (Sp. 6-8.) 
6. M. lobata (Willd. 3. p. 718); suffruticose, sub-simple; lea = 
© Sect. 2, Opontoreraum. Petals coarsely toothed at the summit,  —__ 
