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272 GERANIACEZ (Harv.) [P elargonium. 
sessile, the tube hispidulous and glandular, twice as long as the reflexed, 
lanceolate segments; petals spathulate; stamens four. 
Has. Elevated places in Sweetmilk valley, Niven / (Herb. Sond.) 
Founded on a single, imperfect specimen, which much resembles P. trifoliatum, 
except in the shape of the leaves. It requires verification, and had it not belonged 
to the dipetalous section, I should scarcely have ventured to name it. 
Sect. 3. POLYACTIUM. oot tuberous or incrassated. Stem succu- 
lent and nodose, often very short ; flowering branches herbaceous, an- 
nual. eaves on long petioles, lobed or pinnately-decompound. e- 
duncles elongate; umbel densely many-flowered, the pedicels much 
shorter than the calyx-tube. Petals 5, sub-equal, obovate, entire or 
fimbriato-lacerate. Stamens 5~7, one filament much broader than the 
rest. lowers evening scented. (Sp. 47-66.) 
* Leaves crowded on a short stem, or radical. Petals entire. Stipules ovate or cor 
date, leafy or membranous, withering. (Sp. 47-53-) 
47. P. lobatum (Willd. Sp. 3. p. 650) ; stemless or nearly so ; radi- 
cal-leaves deeply cordate at base, digitately 3-5-nerved, and three- 
lobed or tri-partite, softly villous above, tomentose underneath, the 
margin inciso-crenate and doubly serrate ; stipules sub-orbicular, acute, 
scarious ; peduncles patently hairy, branched, bearing two or more 
long-stalked umbels ; calyx segments softly pubescent, linear-oblong, 
obtuse, shorter than the obovate, dull-colowred petals. DC. Prod. 1. p. 
662. Cav. Diss. t. 114. Sw. Ger. t. 51. E.& Z.! No. 504. P. spondy- 
lifolium, E.& Z.! 507. non Sw. P. arenarium, E.& Z.! 506. 
Has. Dry, clayey, sandy and rocky ground. Frequent near Capetown and through 
the Western districts. Winterhoeksberg, Uitenhage, £. ¢ Z./ (Herb. T.C.D., 
Hook., Sond.). 
Leaves often of large size, 6-12 inches broad, very soft, and when young canes- 
cent below, variable in shape and incision ; sometimes 3-foliolate, the terminal leaf- 
lets petiolate, the lateral lobulate. Flowers aromatic in the evening, as in most of 
this section ; the petals either dark brown with a pale margin, or dull yellow-brown. 
48. P. heracleifolium (Lodd. Cab. t. 437) ; stems short and deflexed, 
herbaceous ; leaves thickish, softly villous above, tomentose under- 
neath, oblong, deeply inciso-pinnatifid or somewhat pinnate, serrated, the 
terminal segments very large, inciso-lobulate, and petiolate, the lateral 
small, simple or tripartite ; stipules broadly cordate, acute, scarious ; 
calyx segments pubescent, oblong, sub-acute, half as long as the obo- 
_ Yate, greenish-yellow petals. Sweet, Ger. t. 211! DC. Prod. 1. p, 604? 
gerfolium, E.Mey.! P. hybridefolium E. § Z.! 509. 
On the Gauritz Riv., George, E.¢ Z.! Between the French Hoek and 
ek, Drege! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.). 
5 inches long, more oblong than those of P. lobatum, and more pi 
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n @ Somewhat ni ga aan, like non of aoe rivale. Peduncles 
elongate, pubes _ the umbel 10-12-flowered, with ovate-lanceolate bracts. Drege’s — 
ee very like Sweet’s figure, above quoted. 
‘Feares tok aa (Colv. in Sw. Ger. t. 218) ; stem very short ; 
h, glabrescent, pubescent or villous, especially underneath, 
