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lanceolate, sharp, even, serrate at top; steins upright, round, 

 smoothish, stiff; corolla yellow. It flowers from May to July. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



12. Hermannia Glabrata. Leaves lanceolate, sharp, gash- 

 serrate, smooth ; flowers drooping. Native of the Cape. 



13. Hermannia Ciliaris. Leaves lanceolate, sharp, entire, 

 and serrate, ciliate. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



14. Hermannia Linifolia. Leaves linear ; peduncles one- 

 flowered. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



15. Hermannia Filifolia. Leaves linear, three-sided, quite 

 entire. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



16. Hermannia Trifoliata. Leaves ternate, sessile, plaited, 

 retuse, tomentose ; stem creeping ; branches narrow ; flowers 

 pendulous. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



17. Hermannia Triphylla. Leaves ternate, petioled, flat, 

 obovate ; stems herbaceous ; stipules small ; petals the length 

 of the leaves : the whole plant has hairs thinly scattered over 

 it. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



18. Hermannia Grossularifolia ; Gooseberry-leaved Her- 

 mannia. Leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid, rough. This is of 

 lower stature than the seventh species, but sends out a 

 greater number of branches, which spread wide on every 

 side. The flowers are produced in short close spikes at the 

 end of every shoot, so that the whole shrub seems covered 

 with them ; they are of a bright yellow, and appear towards 

 the end of April, but are not succeeded by seeds in England. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



19. Hermannia Pulchella. Leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid ; 

 pinnas entire and gashed; stem upright, even. Found by 

 Thunberg, at the Cape of Good Hope. 



20. Hermannia Diffusa. Leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid ; 

 pinnas entire and toothed ; peduncles capillary, two-flowered ; 

 stem procumbent. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



21. Hermannia Hirsuta. Leaves simple and ternate, hir- 

 sute-, sessile. It rises with a shrubby hairy stalk about two 

 feet high, sending out many side-branches, which grow very 

 erect; the flowers are produced towards the end of the 

 branches ; they are large, and of a deep yellow colour, with 

 large, swollen, hairy calices. Jt continues flowering most 

 part of the summer. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Hermas; a genus of the class Polygamia, order Monoecia. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. Hermaphrodite, umbel termi- 

 nating. Calix: umbel universal, many-rayed, hemispheric ; 

 partial many-rayed ; central ray flower-bearing, the rest with- 

 out any floret; involucre universal, many-leaved, lanceolate, 

 short, permanent ; partial, of one or two leaves, lanceolate, 

 the length of the partial umbel : proper perianth obscure, 

 five-toothed. Corolla : universal flosculous ; of the proper, 

 petals five, oblong-ovate, upright, flat, entire, equal. Sta- 

 mina : filamenta five, filiform, shorter than the petals ; an- 

 therae barren, oblong. Pistil: germen inferior, compressed, 

 larger than the corolla; styles two, filiform, upright, longer than 

 the corolla ; stigmas obtuse. Pericarp : none ; fruit orbicular, 

 emarginate at the base, gaping at the angles. Seeds: two, 

 cordate-orbicular, compressed, flat, margined, marked with 

 a single longitudinal elevated streak. Male, umbels lateral, 

 later, of the same plant. Calix: umbel universal, as in the 

 hermaphrodite ; partial, many-rayed, the rays all flower-bear- 

 ing; involucre as in the hermaphrodites; perianth scarcely 

 any. Corolla: as in the hermaphrodites. Stamina: filamenta 

 five, filiform, length of the corollet; antherse pollen-bearing, 

 oval, nearly twin. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Hermaph- 

 rodite. Umbel: terminating. Involucre: universal and partial; 

 umbellets with truncate rays, the central one floriferous. 

 Petals: five. Stamina: five, barren. Seeds: in pairs, sub- 

 prbiculate. Male. Umbelt : lateral, with universal and par- 



tial involucres ; umbellets many-flowered. Petals: five. Sra- 

 mina : five, fertile. For the mode of propagating and cultivat- 

 ing the plants of this genus, see Bupleurum. The species are, 



1. Hermas Depauperata. Stem shrubby: leaves oblong, 

 embracing, toothed, villose underneath. This is an umbelled 

 plant, with the leaves radical, subpetioled, cordate, coriaceous, 

 white-tomentose underneath ; umbels at the ends of the stem 

 and branches, peduncled, compound. Native of the Cape. 



2. Hermas Gigantea. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, lanuginose 

 above, underneath tomentose, entire, a foot in length, and 

 a span in breadth; stem four feet high, with a small leaf or 

 two towards the lower part; the axils villose. The wool 

 scraped from the leaves is used at the Cape of Good Hope 

 (where it is a native) for tinder, like that obtained from the 

 Artemisia in China and Japan. 



3. Hermas Capitata. Stem tomentose ; leaves subcordate, 

 serrate ; umbels capitate ; heads three, alternate, peduncled, 

 composed of florets, scarce visibly pedicelled, as in the 

 flowers of the class Syngenesia. Native of the Cape. 



4. Hermas Quinquedentata. Stem smooth ; leaves ovate, 

 five-toothed, tomentose underneath; umbel solitary. This is 

 very distinguishable from the rest, by its small leaves with 

 five fine deep serratures. Native of the Cape. 



5. Hermas Ciliata. Stem smooth ; leaves ovate, ciliate, 

 tomentose underneath ; umbels several. Discovered by 

 Thunberg at the Cape of Good Hope. 



Hernandia ; a genus of the class Monoecia, order Trian- 

 dria. GENERIC CHARACTER. Male Flowers, by pairs, 

 lateral in each umbel. Calix: involucre partial, four-leaved, 

 three-flowered ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, spreading very much ; 

 perianth none. Corolla: petals six, subovate, spreading, 

 the three inner ones narrower; nectary six glands, round- 

 headed, placed round the filamenta. Stamina: filamenta 

 three, shorter than the petals, inserted into the receptacle ; 

 antheree upright, oblong, large. Female Flower, intermediate. 

 Calix : involucre common with the males; perianth inferior, 

 one-leafed, bell-shaped, entire, permanent, (according to 

 Gartner, inflated.) Corolla: petals six or eight, of which 

 four are interior and narrower, all sitting on the germen ; 

 nectary glands four, obovate, alternate with the interior petals. 

 Pistil : germen roundish ; style filiform ; stigma oblique, 

 somewhat funnel-shaped, large. Pericarp : drupe dry, ovate, 

 eight-furrowed, one-celled, enclosed in a very large, inflated, 

 roundish, fleshy, coloured perianth, with the mouth entire. 

 Seeds: nut globular, slightly depressed. ESSENTIAL CHA- 

 RACTER. Male. Calix: three-parted. Corolla: three- 

 petalled. Female. Calix: truncate, quite entire. Corolla: 

 six-petalled. Drupe: hollow, with an open mouth, and a 

 moveable nucleus. (Nut: superior, clothed with the calix, 

 inflated. Seeds: globular, and bony, according to Geertner.) 

 The species are, 



1. Hernandia Sonora ; Whistling Hernandia. Leaves pel- 

 tate. This is an upright lofty tree, with an elegant head ; 

 the flowers are of a pale yellow colour, in panicled racemes ; 

 the calices of the fruit are yellow. It is very common in the 

 West Indies, in gullies, near rills of water; the English there 

 call it Jack-in-a-box, and the French Myrobolan. Dr. Patrick 

 Browne says it is common in Barbadoes and Montserrat, 

 where it grows to a considerable size ; but that he had not 

 seen it in Jamaica, though he had been credibly informed 

 that it is frequent in the parish of Portland. He attributes 

 the whistling noise which the motion of these plants produces 

 to the cups that sustain and partly envelop the nuts, which, 

 he adds, are very large, and, as they move in the wind, produce 

 sound enough to alarm unwary travellers. The seeds are very 

 oily. Sow the well-ripened seeds of these plants in a hot-bed 



