ICONES PLANTARUM. 
Pirate 1001. 
HERMAS VILLOSA, Thundé. 
UMBELLIFER2. 
H. villosa, Thunb.; DC. Prodr. iv. 242 ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 566. 
b olucelloru : V. pauce, anguste, 
eequantes. Flores in umbellula centrales 1—3 perfecti, caeteri masculi. Caly- 
cis segmenta ovata, petaloidea, semilinea paullo longiora. -Peta/a lineari-subu- 
Thunberg’s original error in describing the calycine segments of the flowers 
of Hermas as petals has been followed by most subsequent writers, by De Can- 
dolle, by Endlicher (Gen. Pl. 790), by Sonder and others, whilst the same 
organs have been made to do duty again as petals, the true subulate petals 
Fig. 1. Umbellule. 2. Hermaphrodite flower. 3. The same, more open. 4. : 
Two stamens. 6. Ovary crowned by the calycine segments, petals, and styles after the 
e. 
5. 
stamens have fallen off. 7. Fruit. 8. Transverse section of the sam 
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