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15. — Contributions to the Flora of South Africa. No. 2. — By E. P. 

 Phillips, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S. Assistant. 



STERCULIACEAE. 



HERMANNIA, Linn. 



II. decvpiens, E. Mey. Frutex. Rami dense stellato - hispidi. 

 Folia sessilia, 6-1 4 cm. longa, 2-6 mm. lata, maxime oblonga 

 vel elliptico-oblonga, aliquando junioria linearia vel lanceolata, apice 

 acuta vel truncata et 2-3-dentata, utvinque dense stellato-hispida. 

 Stipulae 2, maxime deciduae, 4 mm. longae, angustae, pilosae. Flores 

 maxime 2-3-floris, terminalibus corymbis clispositi, raro solitares. 

 Pedicellus 3 mm. longus, teres, stellato-pilosus. Bracteae 2, 4 mm. 

 longae, angustae, pilosae. Tubus calyci 4-5 mm. longus, campanu- 

 latus, 10-costatus, stellato-pilosus ; lobi 2 mm. longi, ovati, apice sub- 

 obtusi, stellato-pilosi. Segmenta corollae 11 cm. longa, supra 4 mm. 

 lata, quadrangula, glabra, infra angustioria, marginibus inflexis, 

 pubescentia, basi glabra. Filamenta 4 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, lineari- 

 oblonga, 1-nervigera, glabra, membranacea ; antlierae 3 mm. lougae, 

 oblongae, acuininatae, apice 2-cornutae, basi rotundae. Ovarium 2 - 5 mm. 

 longum, 2 mm. latum, obovatum, stellato-pubescente ; stylus 3-25 mm. 

 longus, teres, supra, angustior, infra pilosus ; stigma capitatum. 



Karroo Eegion : Zwartbergen. Drege ; Seven Week's Poort, 

 between Laingsburg and Ladismith, 4-5000 ft., September. A bush 

 with long simple branches. Flowers yellow. Growing near a stream 

 on Table Mountain Sandstone. Phillips, 1400! Seven Week's 

 Pooi-t, July, Marloth, 2978 ! Summit of Swanpoelspoortberg, Septem- 

 ber, Marloth, 4127 ! 



Bush. Branches terete, densely stellate hispid, with dark-coloured 

 bark. Leaves sessile, *6-l - 4 cm. long, 2-6 mm. broad, mostly oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, some of the younger leaves linear or lanceolate, 

 apex acute or truncate and 2-3-toothed, densely stellate-pilose above 



