Burkeane. N. O. Byttneriacez. 
TAB. DXCVII. 
HERMANNIA BORAGINIFLORA. Hook. 
Suffruticosa, erecta, pubescenti-stellata, subviscosa, foliis breviter 
petiolatis planis (non plicatis) obovato-cuneatis serrato-den- 
tatis, floribus 3-4 ex axillis foliorum supremorum, pedicellis 
unifloris supra medium minute bibracteatis, calycibus campa~ 
nulatis profunde 5-fidis post anthesin vix inflatis, laciniis 
lanceolato-subulatis tubo duplo longioribus, petalis cuneato- 
spatulatis unguibus ciliatis calyce brevioribus, staminibus 
longe exsertis, filamentis superne dilatatis antherisque apice 
bifidis ciliatis, ovario clavato piloso. : 
Has. Macalisberg, S. Africa. Mr. Burke. 
Macalisberg is a very remote country of Southern Africa, 
which has lately been visited by Mr. Burke (as mentioned at- 
p- 163 of the London Journal of Botany, v. 2.), situated, ac- 
cording to this traveller’s observations, between 25° and 26° of 
S. lat. and 27° and 28° of E. longitude. It is a very elevated and 
mountainous district, giving rise to several rivers, which empty 
themselves on the one hand into the Indian Ocean at Delagoa Bay, 
and on the other, by their confluence with the Gariep, or Orange 
River, into the Atlantic Ocean. It was here that Mr. Burke 
found, as might be expected, his most interesting plants, 
several of which are already prepared for publication in this 
work. The present species of Hermannia is remarkable for 18 : 
very protruded stamens, which connive into a cone-like form, 
and thus give the appearance of a Borago or Trichodesma. ; 
Fig. 1. Flower. f. 2. The same, a portion of the calyx laid — 
open. f. 3. Petal. /. 4. Stamen :—magnified. . 
