114 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Stamens 15 mm. long. Ovary 2 mm. long, oblong in outline, 

 4-horned, pilose above ; style 2-5 mm. long, linear, glabrous ; 

 stigma simple. 



Near M. reticulata, Harv., but differs in having much larger 

 flowers which are not hidden by the subtending leaves. 



STEECULIACEAE. 



Hermannia 'pcduncidata, Phillips, sp. nov. Suffrutex 10-15 cm. 

 altus. Rami stellato-pilosi, basi fere glabri. Folia 05-l"8 cm. longa, 

 oblonga, linearia vel raro oblanceolato-linearia, apice truncata, 2-3- 

 fida, raro apice acuta, basi angustata, paullo stellato-pilosa. Pedun- 

 culus 6 - 5-ll cm. longus, stellato-pilosus. Bracteae 2-5 mm. longae, 

 ovatae, apice obtusae, stellato-pilosae. Tubus calyci 4 mm. longus J 

 limbus 3 mm. longus, ovatus, apice obtusus. Corolla 1 cm. longa ; 

 limbus 6 mm. longus, 4 mm. latus, ovatus, apice obtusus, glaber. 

 Filamcnta 2 mm. longa, oblonga ; antherae 2-5 mm. longae, ovatae, 

 paullo pubescentes. Ovarium 7 mm. longum, globosum, stellato 

 pilosum ; stylus 4 mm. longus, glaber. 



Van Ehynsdorp Division : Giftberg Bange, 1-2,000 ft., September. 

 Phillips 7377, 7379 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the 

 Khamiesberg , Giftberg, and OliphanVs River Mountains, 1911. 



Small shrub 10-15 cm. high. Stems compact. Branches terete, 

 covered with stellate hairs, becoming almost glabrous below. Leaves 

 0*5-1 - 8 cm. long, oblong, linear, rarely oblanceolate-linear, truncate, 

 2-3 toothed at the apex, rarely acute, narrowed at the base, sparsely 

 covered with stellate hairs. Peduncles scape-like, 1-3-flowered, 

 6 - 5-ll cm. long, terete, covered with a stellate pubescence. Bracts 

 2-5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, pubescent with stellate hairs. Pedicels 

 4 mm. long, terete, with stellate pubescence. Ccdyx membranous, 

 10-ribbed, with very distinct anastomosing veins when viewed by 

 transmitted light ; tube 4 mm. long, broadly campanulate, covered 

 with stellate pubescence ; lobes 3 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, covered 

 with stellate pubescence. Corolla yellow ; petals clawed, 1 cm. 

 long ; claw 4 mm. long, 2 mm. broad at the widest part, involute, 

 ciliate above; limb 6 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Stamens lying in the grooves of the ovary; filaments 2 mm. long, 

 1 mm. broad, oblong, 2-nerved ; anthers 2 - 5 mm. long, erect, ovate, 

 cells almost quite separate, finely pubescent. Ovary shortly stalked, 

 7 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, globose, 5-ribbed, densely stellate tomen- 

 tose ; style 4 mm. long, terete, glabrous, arising from between the 

 upper lobes of the ovary, stigma simple. 



