256 GERANIACEZ (Harv.) [Sareocaulon. 
long petioles, cordate at base, sub-rotund or triangular, 5-7-lobed, the 
lobes shallow, rounded, crenate or toothed ; peduncles elongate, one- 
flowered ; petals coarsely toothed. DC. Prod. 1.p. 638. Bot. Mag. t. 
385. Sw. Ger.t.273. H.& Z.! No. 442. M. filia, L.f. Cav. Diss.t. 
74. f.2. Ger. anemoides, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 510. : 
Has. Near the Berg River, and 24-Rivers, Thunberg! Tulbagh, £.&Z./ Caledon, 
Dr. Thom! (Herb. Hook., Benth., Sond.). 
Readily known from J. speciosa by its broad, slightly cut leaves. The pubescence 
is very variable. 
7. M. speciosa (Linn. f. Suppl. p. 342); suffruticose, sub-simple, gla- 
brescent or villous ; leaves on very long petioles, 5-parted, the segments 
bi-pinnatifid and cut into many linear lobes ; peduncles elongate, brac- 
teate in the middle, one-flowered ; petals coarsely toothed. DO. Prod. 
1, p. 638. Curt. Bot. Mag. t.73. Cav. Dis. t. 74. f. 1. Su. Ger. t. 77: 
LE. & Z.! 444, and M. pilosa, 433! (non Willd.) 
Has. In fields. Hott. Holland, the Paarl, Groenekloof, &c. Z. & Z., and others. 
(Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.). 
Stems tufted, slender. Leaves crowded, the petiole 2-3 times as long as the 
lamina, FI. 2 inches broad, greenish and striped on the outside, white, with a red 
basal spot within. The pubescence is either scanty or copious, varying extremely in 
different specimens. ee ; 
8. M. pilosa (Willd. En. 717); suffruticose, sub-simple, hispid and 
glandular ; leaves on long petioles, deeply 5-lobed, the lobes inciso-pinna- 
tufid and toothed ; peduncles elongate, bracteate, viscoso-pubescent, one- 
flowered ; petals coarsely toothed. DC. Prod. 1.p. 638. Sw. Ger.t. 199- 
M., filia, Andy. Rep. t. 276, non Lin. f. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope, Thunberg! Forsyth! (Herb. Benth., Holm.). 
This is only to be known from M. speciosa by its broader and less divided leaves. 
The pubescence varies in both species. 
II. SARCOCAULON, DC. 
Sepals equal at base, mucronate. Petals spreading equally. Stamens 
15, monadelphous at the base; filaments subulate, not cohering in 
parcels. DC. Prod. 1. p, 638. 
Flowers 13-2 inches broad. 
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); leaves cuneate or obeordate, obtuse or 
petals not twice as long as the obtuse, mu- 
