Pelargonium. 365 



Natal: Inanda (Rehmann, Exs. Afr. austr. a. 1875 — 1880 n. 8398 p. pte.!). Van 

 Reenens Pass, 1500 — 1800 m (Medley Wood, ex herb. Natal. a. 1892 n. 4668!, 

 a. 190 4 n. 9676!). Trans Vaal und Stockspruit (Sanderson in herb. Hook, nach 

 Harvej — Typus!). Ohne Standortsangabe (Cooper a. 18 62 n. 796!). — Blühend 

 November bis Dezember. 



72. P. longiscapum Schlechter in sched. — Floriferum 40 — 60 cm altum, 

 strictum. Caulis brevissimus, 2 cm longus, 7 — 1 mm crassus, dense ornatus stipuHs 

 persistentibus, subcoriaceis, 20 mm longis, basi 5 mm latis, sensim acuminatis, demum 

 subulatis, marginem versus zb hirsutis, demum saepe glabrescentibus. Folia 3 — 7, 

 basalia, cum petiolis usque 23 cm longa; lamina exs. firme papyracea, supra pilosa, 

 subtus ± hirsuta, ambitu semiovato-triangularis, 1 cm longa, 9 cm lata, basi latissime 

 cuneata, apice obtusiuscula vel acutiuscula, subtus prominenter nervata, zb profunde sed 

 raro ultra medium pinnatifido-lobulata ; lobuli grosse dentati, dentibus satis latis acu- 

 tiusculis. Petioli usque 14 cm longi, 3 mm crassi, quam lamina 1 — 2-plo longiores, 

 angulosi, fere hirsuti. PeduncuU scapiformes, 1 — 3, basales, quam folia 2 — 3Y2"Plo 

 longiores, basi 4 mm crassi, angulosi, stricti, hirsuti, 10 — 1 7-flori. Bracteae 10 mm 

 longae, 2 — 3 mm latae, lanceolatae vel lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, villosae. Pedicelli 

 breves, 1 — 17 mm longi, breviter villosi. Calyx indumento brevi hirsutus; calcar 

 4 — 5 cm longum, 1 mm crassum, sub sepalis leviter amphatum; sepala dz anguste lan- 

 ceolata, acuta, 1 mm longa, 2 mm lata, bracteis persimiha. Petala sepalis 1 1/2 — ^^A") 

 raro 2-plo longiora, e basibus anguste cuneatis late obovata, integra, apice rotundata, 

 albida(?). Rostrum pilis vix longis albidis patulis dense hirsutum. 



Natal: Saddleback Range um 1200 m (Herb. Galpin a. 1889 n. 610 !). Rich- 

 mond, an grasigen Stellen (Schlechter, PI. austro-africanae a. 1895 n. 6732 — 

 Typus in herb. Berol. et Turic. !). Inanda (Rehmann, Exs. Afr. austr. a. 1875 — 1880 

 n. 8398 ex pte. — Typus in herb. Turic.!). — Blühend Februar. 



73. P. Schlechter! R. Knuth in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XL. (1907) 72. — Floriferum 

 25 — 3 5 cm vel ultra altum. Caulis fere nullus, ornatus stipulis persistentibus, 8 — 20 mm 

 longis, lineari-acuminatis, acutis vel acutissimis, margine cihatis. Folia 2 — 5, omnia 

 basalia; lamina 12 cm longa, 15 cm lata, exs. firme papyracea, subtus prominenter 

 nervata, utrinque glaberrima, ambitu circ. cordata, basi latissime incisa vel retusa, 

 usque ad rachim fere profunde lobata; lobi angusti, 6 — 10 mm lati, praecipue apicem 

 versus grosse et acute dentati; petiolus laminae circ. aequilongus, (in specimine obvio) 

 10 cm longus, glaber. Pedunculi scapiformes, 1 — 3, basales, folia 2-plo superantes, 

 circ. 30 cm alti, dense pubescentes, inferne sparsim pilosi, duas umbellas superpositas 

 (an semper?) gereutes. Umbellae 20 — 40-florae. Bracteae e basi lineari-Ianceolata 

 acuminatae, acutae vel acutissimae, 8 — 1 2 mm longae, 2 mm latae, praecipue marginem 

 versus subhirsutae. Flores pedicellati; pedicelli 3 — 13 mm longi, pilis patulis albidis 

 vel canescentibus hirsuti. Calycis calcar 2 — 3 cm longum, sub sepalis vix ampliatum, 

 pubescens, pedicellis manifeste crassius; sepala lanceolata, acuta, 9 — 12 mm longa, 

 pubescentia. Petala sepalis 1 1/2 — 2-plo longiora, 14— 16 mm longa, e basibus ungui- 

 culatis late obovata, apice rotundata, integra. 



Pondoland: Auf besserem Grasland der Sandstein- und Schieferformation 

 (Beyrich a. 1887 — 1889 n. 221 — Typus in herb. Berol.!). 



Nota. Species foliis subtus prominenter nervatis et umbellis duabus superpositis äd P. fla- 

 bellifolium arcte accedit; distinguitur foliis glaberrimis profunde divisis et venis non palmatis. 



74. P. benguellense (Welw.) Engl, in Kunene-Sambesi-Exped. (1903) 268. — 

 P. flahellifolium var. benguellense Welw. ex Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. I. (1868) 294. — 

 Floriferum 25 — 35 cm altum. Caulis brevissimus, crassus, fere carnosus, repetite 

 furcatus. Cauliculi brevissimi, apice pedunculis et foliis et stipulis ornati. Stipulae 

 persistentes, 15 — 3 mm longae, e basi lanceolata sensim acuminatae vel lineari- 

 acuminatae, acutae vel acutissimae, sicut pedunculus puberulo-tomentosae. Folia pauca, 

 omnia basalia; lamina usque 18 cm longa et lata, firme papyracea, utrinque breviter 

 pilosa, ambitu flabelliformis, basi zb cuneata, usque ad rachim fere profunde lobata, 



