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BYTTNERIACEjE. XVIII. HERMANNIA. 



and sand, and cuttings will strike root freely in sand under a 

 hand-glass, in heat, or it may be raised from seeds, which is 

 perhaps the best mode. 



XVIII. HERMA'NNIA (in honour of Paul Hermann, who 

 travelled in Ceylon, afterwards professor of botany at Leyden, 

 author of some botanical works ; died in 1695). Lin. gen. no. 

 628. B.C. prod. 1. p. 493. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Penlttn&ria. Calyx almost naked, 

 campanulate, 5-cleft. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Filaments lan- 

 ceolate, usually winged, monadelphous at the very base. Styles 

 5, joined into 1. Capsules 5-celled, 5-valved ; cells many- 

 seeded. Shrubs with usually drooping yellow flowers and gene- 

 rally clothed with starry tomentum. Leaves entire or toothed. 

 Peduncles axillary, few-flowered. All natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



SECT. I. TRIONE'LLA (a name altered from Tribnum, the blad- 

 der ketmy; in allusion to the bladdery calyx). D. C. prod. 1. 

 p. 493. Calyx inflated, but particularly so after flowering. 

 Filaments of stamens much dilated. 



1 H. MULTI'FIDA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 493.) leaves hoary, pal- 

 mate-parted,with pinnate- parted lobes and somewhat complicated, 

 linear, entire lobules; pedicels 1 -flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves ; calyx inflated, puberulous. f? . G. H. bipinnata, var. 

 Burch. cat. no. 1627. trav. 1. p. 310. Flowers yellow ? 



Multifid-leaved Hermannia. Shrub 3 feet. 



2 H. HALICA'CABA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 493.) leaves whitened 

 beneath and dotted above, lower ones palmately 5-parted, 

 upper ones 3-parted with pinnatifid lobes, middle lobe longest ; 

 peduncles 2-4-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calyxes in- 

 flated, puberulous. Tj . G. H. bipinnata, var. Burch. cat. no. 

 2020. Perhaps only a variety of H. multijida. Flowers yellow. 



Winter-cherry-ca\yx.e& Hermannia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



3 H. COMOSA (Burch. cat. no. 1683.) leaves tomentose, ovate, 

 sinuately-toothed ; stipulas lanceolate-linear ; peduncles 2- 

 flowered ; calyx inflated, furnished with hairy, tufted appendages. 

 Tj . G. Flowers yellow ? 



Tw/lied-appendaged Hermannia. Shrub 2 feet. 



4 H. ALTHjEiFOLiA (Lin. spec. 941.) leaves tomentose, obovate, 

 plaited, crenate ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved ; pedun- 

 cles solitary or twin, 2-3-flowered, longer than the leaves. ^ G. 

 Curt. bot. mag. t. 307. Cav. diss. 6. t. 179. f. 2. H. aurea, 

 Jacq. schcenbr. t. 214. Flowers dark-yellow or sulphur-coloured. 



Hollyhock-leaved Hermannia. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1728. 

 Shrub 3 feet. 



5 H. PLIC A' TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 589.) leaves tomentosely-hairy, 

 ovate, somewhat cordate, wrinkled, toothletted ; stipulas ovate, 

 acute ; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; calyx cylindrical when in flower, 

 but at length becoming inflated. Jj . G. H. althseifolia, Jacq. 

 schoenbr. t. 213. exclusive of the synonyme. Flowers deep- 

 yellow. Stipulas 3-nerved. 



Plaited-lenved Hermannia. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1774. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



6 H. CA'NDICANS (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 412.) leaves clothed 

 with white tomentum, roundish-ovate, crenated; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate-awl-shaped ; peduncles 2-3-flowered ; calyx campanu- 

 late, spreading. *2 G. Jacq. schcenbr. 1. t. 117. H. pree- 

 morsa, Wendl. obs. 51. Flowers yellow. 



Whitish-leaved Hermannia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



7 H. MO'LLIS (Willd. enum. p. 692.) leaves covered with 

 white tomentum, oblong, obtuse, toothed, wedge-shaped, and 

 quite entire at the base ; peduncles 2-flowered ; calyx campa- 

 nulate, velvety. Tj . G. Scarcely distinct from H. cdndicans. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Soft -leaved Hermannia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1814. Sh. 3 ft. 



8 H. DECU'MBENS (Willd. enum. suppl.) leaves pubescently 

 tomentose, oblong, unequally toothed, rounded at both ends ; 

 stipulas ovate, somewhat toothed ; peduncles 3-4-flowered, 

 drooping ; calyx inflated, globose, very villous. Tj . G. Spreng. 

 neu. entd. 1. p. 299. Flowers yellow. 



Decumbent Hermannia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Shrub 

 decumbent. 



9 H. HYSSOPIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 942.) leaves pubescent, wedge- 

 shaped, lanceolate, obtuse, toothed at the apex ; flowers termi- 

 nal, aggregate, racemose ; calyx inflated, hairy. Jj . G. Cav. 

 diss. 6. t. 181. f. 3. Flowers straw-coloured. 



Hyssop-leaved Hermannia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1725. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 H. TRIFOLIA'TA (Lin. spec. 942.) leaves sessile, cuneated, 

 obcordate, somewhat crenated at the apex, clothed with white 

 tomentum ; stipulas oblong, obtuse, resembling lateral leaflets ; 

 flowers aggregate, pendulous ; calyx inflated, hairy. T? . G. 

 Cav. diss. 6. t. 182. f. 2. Stem very humble, and as if it were 

 creeping. Flowers yellow. 



Trifoliate Hermannia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1752. Shrub 

 trailing. 



11 H. TRIPHY'LLA (Cav. diss. 6. t. 178. f. 3. but not of Lin.) 

 leaves somewhat scabrous, 3-parted, with wedge-shaped parti- 

 tions, which are truncated, and toothed at the apex, middle one 

 stalked ; stipulas lanceolate-awl-shaped. Tj . G. H. triphy'lla, 

 Lin. is a species of Connarus. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Three-leaved Hermannia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1819. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



12 H. GLANDULOSA (Link. enum. 2. p. 179.) leaves oval, 

 unequally crenate, somewhat pubescent ; stipulas ovate, acute, 

 usually cut ; stem covered with glandular pubescence. Tj . G. 

 Flowers yellow. Perhaps this species does not belong to this 

 section. 



Glandular-stemmed. Hermannia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



13 H. FRA'GRANS (Link. enum. 2. p. 179.) leaves stalked, 

 oval, obtuse, waved, crenate, and are as well as the stem clothed 

 with hairy-tomentum. Fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers yellow. 



Fragrant Hermannia. Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. II. HERMANNE'LLA (a diminutive of Hermannia). 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 494. Calyx not or scarcely inflated. Fila- 

 ments of stamens gradually dilated. 



14 H. DISERIVLEFOLIA (Jacq. schcenbr. t. 121.) leaves clothed 

 with white tomentum, lanceolate, serrated, bluntish, with waved 

 margins ; stipulas awl-shaped ; peduncles 1 -flowered, short. 



*j . G. This species is confused by Persoon with H. trifurcata. 

 Flowers orange-coloured, mixed with red. 



Tnto-aivned-leaved Hermannia. Fl. Mar. April. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub 2 to 5 feet. 



15 H. DI'STICHA (Schrad. and Wendl. sert. ban. t. 10.) leaves 

 hispidly-villous, roundish-ovate, obtuse, toothed ; stipulas some- 

 what ovate, acuminate; pedicels 1 -flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves ; calyx angular. T; . G. H. rotundifolia, Jacq. schcenbr. 

 t. 118. Flowers deep-yellow. Pedicels very short. 



.Disft'cA-branched Hermanuia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1789. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



16 H. MELOCHIOIDES (Burch. cat. no. 2957.) leaves smooth, 

 ovate, unequally toothed ; stipulas ovate-acuminated ; pedicels 

 1-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; filaments filiform-linear. 

 Tj . G. Flowers yellow. 



Melochia-like Hermannia. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



17 H. BRYONIFOLIA (Burch. cat. no. 2141.) leaves scabrous, 



