276 Hermann Wolff. — Umbelliferae-Saniculoideae. 



majore, cuneato-rotundato, lateralibus obliquis, rhomboideis, omnibus zt profunde lobu- 

 latis, obtusis, antice setoso-crenato-serratis, postice integris, longa ciliatis vel setoso- 

 cUiatis, ad sinus loborum plerunoque spinis 2 — 3-natis, lobuloruna solitai-iis flavescenti- 

 nitidis rigidis, validis erectis instructa, palmato-plurinervia, n, cum venis supra vix 

 conspicuis, subtus prominentibus. Inflorescenliae q^ plures, pedunculis brevibus crassis 

 compressis (etiam in vivo?) suffultae, singulae statim in ramos exacte radiatim aut dense 

 pleiochasialiter vel cymose dispositos divisae. Prophylla primaria (aut involucri phvlla] 

 2 — 4 majuscula, foliacea, inaequalia, membranaceo-subpellucida, integra, lanceolata, in 

 apicem longum longe setosum producta. Umbellulae muitiflorae, ca. \ cm latae; pbjUa 

 involucralia 5 — 6 ovata vel lanceolata longe spinoso-acutissima, flores superantia. Pedicelli 

 subaequilongi tenues; scpala 5 vel rarius 1 0, angusta, acuminata, sub anth. 4 Yj ™i" longa; 

 petala oblanceolata 1 mm longa, lobulo inflexo subaequilongo vel breviore, sensim acu- 

 minato. Inflorescentiae Q macriores, simpliciores, inferne ramo uno alterove instructae, 

 superne 3 — 4-radiatae. Involucra saepe permagna, ovato-lanceolata, apice in setam 

 longam excurrentia. Involucelli phjlla 4 — 5, ± connata, in sicco rigida, e basi ovata 

 vel orbiculari sensim et longe acuminata, apice in spinam longam et rigidam excur- 

 rentia, <0 — 15 mm longa, 5 — 8 mm lata, nervo crasso prominenter venoso, venis cum 

 nervo marginal! valde incrassato anasloraosantibus. Flores 5 — 6 sessiles; sepala lineari- 

 triangularia, demum rigidissima, subpungenti-acuta, ^'4 mm longa; styli rigidi, erecti, 

 inferne sensim incrassati, latere intero profunde sulcati, demum S^j ni™ longi. Fructus 

 compresso-ovoideus 8 — 9 mm longus, involucello usque ad medium adnalus, latere libero 

 dr aculeatus; juga saepius inconspicua, lateralia melius evoluta. — Fig. 42. 



Nordwestgrenze der Verbreitung im südlichsten extratropischen Südwest- 

 afrika; Hantamberge (Meyer); südwestliches Kapland, hier besonders im eigent- 

 lichen Kapgebiete und im Distrikte Stellenbosch verbreitet: Tafelberg (Engler, Reise 

 nach Süd- und Ostafrika n. 94); Groenpoint (Bergius; Eckion n. 42b); Rondebosch 

 b. Kapstadt (Wilms, Fl. Afr. austr. n. 3245); Seapoint b. Kapstadt (MacOM'an, 

 Herb, austro-afr. n. 1624); ohne näliere Angaben (Sieber n. 141; Mundt etMaire); 

 Swellendam (Garnot); südafrikanisches und südostafrikanisches Küstenland: 

 Uitenhagen und Albany, nach Sonder. Wächst vorzugsweise an sandigen, steinigen 

 Orten, blüht von Mai bis September. 



Nota. Rhizoma excitat sudores; praeterea ad luem et ad sesbiem sanandam adhibetur. 



2. A. monacanthns Carmichael ex Sond. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. cap. II. (<862) 

 565. — Planta (^ non visa; pl. Q quoad habitum spec. praecedenti simillima. Foliorum 

 petiolus ad 5 cm longus planus, superne ±: 5 mm latus, inferne latiuscule vaginans, 

 margine supero setosus, plurinervius; lamina semiorbicularis vel ovato-semiorbicularis basi 

 truncata, aut cuneato-suborbicularis, basi usque 6 cm lata, a petiolo usque ad apicem 

 3 — 6 cm longa, triloba, lobis sinubus angustis acutis separalis et ad basin eorum spinis 

 rigidis singulis basi valde dilatatis et applanatis, erectis zt 1 mm longis instructis, lobo 

 medio dz cuneato-rotundato, ceteris obliquis d= rhomboideis, omnibus dl profunde 

 lobulatis, lobulis antice setoso-dentatis vel -dentato-crenatis, setis ad 5 mm longis, postice 

 integris divaricatim setosis, setis 5 — 1 mm longis. Inflorescentiae numerosae, breviter 

 pedunculatae, singulae 4 — 5-radiatae, radiis ± \ cm longis; involucri phvlla 5 — 7 

 inaequalia, subpellucida, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, longe acuminata, setoso-acutissima, 

 plurinervia, n. superne reticulato-venosis, usque 2 cm longa, 1/2 cm lata ; umbellulae 

 i — 6-florae, fl. sessilibus; involucelli phylla orbicularia, margine inermia, sub anth. 

 dr \ cm diametro, demum multo majora, semipellucida, nervo medio vix prominulo 

 in spinam brevem rigidam producto percursa, praeterea nerv. 2 lateralibus instructa, 

 nerv, inter sese cximie reticuloso-anastomosantibus, marginalibus non obviis. Sepala 

 6 vel 10 inaequalia, saepe it connata, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, apiculata vel sub- 

 spinescentia; styli sepalis multo longiores. Fructus (saltem juvenilis) involucello non 

 adnatus, matunis ex cl. Sonder 15 — 20 mm longus, superne in rostrum ovario sub- 

 aequilongum attenuatus; juga dorsalia obliterata; mericarpium anterius nudum, posterius 

 spinosum. 



