Ilermannia.] xxvi. stercultace.e (masteiis). 233 



lono:, on very short stalks, liiiear-obloiiir, obtuse, dentate, rovolute at their 

 maririns, covered with stelhite hairs. Stlpuh-s subulate. Peduncles filiform, 

 solitary, axiUary, l-fiowered, as lone? as or lonc^er tlian tiie adjacent leaves^ 

 jointed near the top and remaiiiini^ after the flower, sometimes even after llie 

 tloral leaf has fallen. Calyx bell-sliaped, S-lobed- lobes triangular acuniiniite, 

 nervation proinineut. Petals pink. Filaments petaloid, oblong, as long as the 

 pointed 2-tid anther. Capsule oblong, truncate, longer than the persistent 

 calyx, loeulicidally 5-valved ; valves oblong, truncate, hispid at tbe margins 

 and provided with two short horns at the upper angles. 



IiOTver Guinea. Benpuela, Br. Ciirror ! 



Occurs also in Natal. Plauchon recoiruized the Bcnguclan plant as a distinct spcciet, 

 and affixed to it, in the Hookerian herbarium, the same name that Harvey subsequently 

 published. Dr. Harvey's plant is described as haviu'^' entire leaves, but in the Ben^jnebia 

 specimen most of the leaves are dentate, while others ap|)ear to be entire from the margin beinj? 

 revolute. As the agreement in all other points appears to be so close, I have not he*it«ted 

 to consider the Zooloo and the Beuguelau plants as belonging to the same species ia spite of 

 the widely ditfcrent localities. 



3. H. tigrensis, Ilochst. in Rich. Fl. Ahyns. i. 74. /. 17. An annual, 

 with an erect branching stem, about 1 ft. in height. Branches ascending 

 slender, clothed wath stellate hairs. Leaves subsessile, elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, 1-1 1 in. long, serrate, w^ith simple hairs above, stellate ones on 

 the lower surface. Stipules persistent, falcate, lanceolate, pilose, twice the 

 length of the petioles. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, spreading, 

 generally longer than the leaves, slender, pilose near the top. Filaments 

 petaloid, obovate ; anthers 2-fid. Capsule obovoid, somewhat S-lobed, 5- 

 valved ; valves with two horns at the upper angles. Seeds reniform, trans- 

 versely furrowed. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Quillimane, Peters. 



The capsule in this species is very shortly pedicellate or subsessile, and does not taper at 

 the base as in the nearly allied H. Kirkii. Its stipules, moreover, are larger and broader 

 than in that species. 



4. H. Kirkiiy Mast. An annual, 1-2 ft. high, with erect, hispid, viscid, 

 branches. Leaves stalked ; lower petioles nearly 1 in. in length, much exceed- 

 ing the linear-subulate stipules ; upper leaves nearly sessile, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, dentate. Leaves stellately pilose, 1-2 in. long, if in. wide. Pedun- 

 cles solitary, axillary, 1-flowered ; lower ones shorter, upper ones longer 

 than the leaves, jointed at the top and persistent, covered with n few pilose 

 hairs. Calyx bell-shaped ; lobes acuminate, points ultimately reflexeil. 

 Corolla pink. Filaments dilated, obovate. Ovary club-sha|)ed, 5-lobe(I, 

 simply pilose, pedicellate, gradually tapering at the base into a distinct stalk ; 

 valves truncate, pilose,' 2-horned. 



South Central, Baines! 



Mozamb. Distr. Senna, Tette, Lupata, Zambesi, Br. Kirk ! Mozambique, Prtrrt. 

 Nearly allied to //. tigrensis, Ilochst., but dittering in the longer petioles to the lower 

 leaves, much smaller stipules, and longer stipes to the fruit. 



