Puate 2709. 
HERMANNIA JOHANSSENI, JX. £. Brown. 
} Srercutiaces. Tribe HermMAnniex. 
. Johansseni, V. EL. Brown (sp. nov.) ; species distinctissima ex 
afinitate 2 comose, Burch., a qua differt, inter alia, calyce ovoideo nec 
globos 
Fruticulus 8-9 poll. altus, basi lignosus et ramosus. Rami erecti, 
simplices, subgraciles, dense stellato-tomentosi, luteo-albidi, e medio 
vel infra ad apicem floriferi. Folia petiolata, utrinque stellato- 
bothenteans griseo-viridia ; petiolus 14-4 lin. longus ; lamina in. 
longa, 2-4 lin. lata, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, ‘sets, basi 
late cuneata, plicata, crenato-dentata. Stipule 2-3 lin. longe, q-13 
lin. latee, lanceolate, acute, utrinque stellato-tomentose. lores in 
axillis foliorum geminati, secundi. Pedwnculi axillares, 0-2 lin. longi, 
+ 
dorso ultra emeeag i ee eae ; Seeder Pane rmis. Stam ina 
Souta Arrica: Calvinia om at Brand Vley, Johanssen, 7. 
A very ea species, not very similar to any other, but it should 
be placed near H. comosa, Burch. It is remarkably floriferous, all or 
nearly all is: flowers on the plant being open at the same ti e 
etals, as is usual in the genus, are twisted to the right in one ‘flower 
and to the left ir in the other flower of each pair.—N. E. Brown. 
rome 2, a flower with calyx and corolla remov ed; 3, a petal; 4, 
stamen, * rsal v ; 5, the pistil, with the base of the staminal tube Rae ous 
6, a tuft of “sig " enlarged. 
