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A large genus in the northern hemisphere. — P. supina, Linn., a common 

 European species, occurs by the Orange river, near its mouth. Leaves 

 pinnate-jDarted, the upper 3-parted ; leaflets sharply and deeply toothed. 

 Flowers yellow. 



4. GEUM, Linn. 



Calyx-tube short, open ; limb 10-parted in two rows, the 

 inner segment valvate in bud. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens 

 indefinite. Carpels indefinite, on a columnar receptacle, 1- 

 OYuled; styles terminal, inflexed or sharply bent; stigmas 

 simple. Aehenes on a long receptacle, tailed with the har- 

 dened, awn-like, hooked or curved styles. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 289 ; 

 Thes. Cap. t. 18. 



A considerable and chiefly northern genus. — G. Capense, our only species, 

 grows in the Eastern district and Caffraria. Its leaves are chiefly radical 

 and lyrate-pinnatisect, the terminal lobe very large. Flowers laxly pa- 

 nicled or solitary, large, handsome, yellow. 



Teibe 8. Sat^guisorbe^. (Gen. 5-10.) 



5. LEUCOSIDEA, E. and Z. 



Flowers bisexual, complete. Calyx-tube obconic, con- 

 stricted in the throat, with an annular perigynous disk ; limb 

 10-parted, in 2 rows, persistent, outer lobes short, ovate, inner 

 lanceolate, acuminate, valvate in bud. Petals 5, obovate, de- 

 ciduous. Stamens 10-12, inserted on the disk. Carpels 2-3, 

 enclosed in the calyx-tube ; styles exserted, filiform, terminal ; 

 stigmas hook-pointed. Utricles membranous, enclosed in the 

 hardened calyx-tube. — M. Cap. ii. p. 289. 



P. sericea is a densely leafy shrub, the " Dwa-Dwa" of the natives, who 

 use it as an astringent medicine. Leaves pinnate-parted, Avith 2-3 pairs of 

 pinnte ; pinnte ovate-oblong, sharply toothed, dark green above, white and 

 silky beneath. Flowers racemose, greenish-yellow. — Eastern frontier and 

 Caffraria. 



6. AGRIMONIA, Linn. 



Calyx naked at base, the tube turbinate, armed with many 

 hooked bristles constricted at the throat, with an annular 

 disk ; limb 5-parted, the lobes imbricate, at length closing in. 

 Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens 12-20. Carpels 2, 1-ovuled, 

 enclosed in the calyx-tube ; styles terminal, exserted. Aehenes 

 1-2, enclosed in the hardened and densely hook-bristled calyx- 

 tube.—^/. Gap. ii. p. 290. 



A. Etipatoria, Linn., a European, Asiatic and North American species, 

 occurs in Caff'raria and on the east frontier. Leaves interruptedly pinnate ; 

 leaflets coarsely-toothed. Flowers in terminal, spiked racemes, yellow. 



7. AC^NA, Yahl. 

 Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube oblong, constricted in the 



