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264 | GERANIACEZ (Harv.) [| Pelargonium. 
narrow-obovate. P. reflerum, HE. Mey.! non Pers. H. theiantha, E. & 
Z.! 490, ex parte. 7 
Has. Near the Great Fish River, Drege/ Karroo, near Gauritz River, Z. & Z./ 
Kamanassie Hills, George, Dr. Alexander Prior! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
I cannot find any description or figure agreeing with this plant, which seems dis- 
tinctly characterized by its oblong, slightly carnose leaves, hispid scapes and very 
densely crowded, short flowers. ‘The petals also are of a colour unusual in this sec- 
tion ; the two upper being greenish yellow, the lower white. E. & Z’s H. theiantha 
is a fictitious species, founded on the scape and root of this plant, combined with a 
leaf Dei some Composite, probably of a Sphenogyne/ as appears by Ecklon’s specimen 
in Herb. Sond. 
8. P. moniliforme (E. Mey.! in Hb. Drege); root moniliform; leaves 
on pilose petioles, oblong or ovate, obtuse, tapering at base, crenato-lobu- 
late, pubescent or villous ; stipules subulate ; scapes elongate, quite simple, 
patently pilose ; bracts densely barbate, umbels many-flowered ; calyx 
tube patently hispid, 5-6 times as long as the linear, obtuse, white-edged, 
bearded segments. Zey. No. 2067. 
Has. Silverfontein, Namaqualand, 2-3000 f., Dreges Zeyher! (Herb. T.C.D. 
Hook., Sond.) 
Root a string of several roundish tubers, connected by a slender cord. Leav 
several, thin and membranous, spreading. Scapes 12-18 inches high, quite simple. 
Umbel 12-20-flowered. Flowers white, the upper petals with purple blotches. The 
calyx-lobes resemble those of P. hirsutum, but the tube is_much longer, and the 
leaves and scapes very different. 
[Simple leaved Hoarew, unknown to me. (Sp. 9-17.)] 
9. P. punctatum (Willd. Sp. 3. p. 645); leaves broadly ovate, repand, 
glabrous, on softly puberulous petioles ; stipules subulate ; scapes 
branching, the partial umbels very densely many-flowered ; flowers sub- 
sessile, the calyx tube thrice as long as the segments; upper petals 
linear-spathulate (pale yellow), spotted, the three lower linear, shorter ; 
fertile stamens two. DC. Prod. 1. p.650. Andr. Rep. t. 60. 
Has. Introduced to England from the Cape, 1794. 
10. P. radicatum (Vent. Malm. t. 65); leaves oblongo-lanceolate or 
sub-elliptical acute, very entire, nearly glabrous, ciliated, on ciliate 
petioles ; stipules adnate, subulate ; umbel simple, many-flowered ; 
pedicels much shorter than the softly pubescent calyx tube, which is 
four times as long as the lanceolate segments; petals spathulate, retuse 
_ (pale yellow); stamens five. DO.l.c.p.650. Sw.Ger.t.174. Ger. cili- 
_ atum, Andr, Rep. t. 247. 
_ Han. Introduced to England from the Cape, about 1802. 
1 (Andr. Rep. t. 152); leaves broadly lanceolate, 
rous, sub-ciliate ; scapes puberulous, branched, 
rere _ linear-spathulate, (pale yellow) re- 
five. DOC. l.c.p.650. <Andr. Rep. t. 282, 
