432 ^- Knulh. — Gcraniaceac. 



reniformis, ambitu ± rotundato-reniformis vel reniformis, usque 3 cm lata et i ^/^ cm 

 (a basi ad apicem) longa, margine leviter (summum usque ad Y4) 5 — 7-lobata, lobis 

 latis eroso-acutiuscule denticulatis. Stipulae hirsutae, glaucoideo-fuscae, 3 — 4 mm 

 longae, basi 2 mm latae, e basi triquetra acuminatae, acutae. Pedunculus plerumque 

 solitarius, axillaris, elatus, 2 — 4-florus, 10 — 15 cm longus, 2 mm crassus, strictus, 

 sicut calycis calcar pilis albido-hyalinis latis retrorsis setosis hirsutissimus. Bracteae 

 lanceolatae, dz acuminatae, acutae, setoso-hirsulae, 2 — 4 mm longae, \- — 1 1/2 n^nn 

 latae. Flores pedicellati; pedicelli 1 — 7 mm longi, quam calycis calcar angustiores. 

 Caljcis calcar \0 — 20 mm longum, \ — 1 1/4 mm crassum, rigidum, sepala versus vix 

 ampllatum; sepala pilis longis hyalinis erectis hirsuta, lanceolata, acuminata, acutissima, 

 10 mm longa, 2 — 2^4 mm lata. Petala sepalis 1 Y2 — 2-plo longiora, usque 15 mm 

 longa, basin versus angustata, spalhulata vel obovato-spathulata, albida vel rosea, basin 

 versus intensius picta. Fructus immaturus 28 mm longus; valvulae et rostrum pilis 

 canescentibus hirsuta vel hirsutissima. 



Transvaal: Biggarsberge, bei »de Jagers Farm« (Wilms, Fl. ATr. austr. a. 1888 

 u. 190. — Typus in herb. Berol. !). — Blühend Oktober. 



Nota. Species habitu et florum numero ad P. tabtilarem, indumento autem ad P. alcJie- 

 milloideni accedit. 



165. P. quinquelobatum Höchst, ex Rieh. Tent. Fl. Abyss. I. (1847) 118. — 

 Geraniospermum quinquelobatum 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. I. (1891) 94. — Herbaceum, 

 20 — 40 cm altum, annuum(?). Radix pallide fusca, 7 — 1 cm longa, pluriceps. Gaules 

 e basi ramosi; rami suberecti, subteretes, pilis longis albidis patentissimis hirsuti, 

 demum glabri. Folia basalia mox decidua; cetera ad basin ramorum sila, papyracea, 

 praecipue subtus pilis albidis adpressis obsita, saepe 6 — 9 cm diam., ambitu 5-angulata, 

 usque ad basin fere 5-partita, lobis irregulariter zb profunde inciso-dentatis vel denti- 

 culato-erosis; petiolus quam lamina 1 — 2-plo longior, pilis pernumerosis retrorso- 

 adpressis et nonnullis paucis patulis obsitus. Stipulae lanceolatae, acuminatae, acutae, 

 5 — 8 mm longae. Pedunculi folia 2 — 5-plo superantes, erecti vel stricti, 1 Y2 — 3 mm 

 crassi, (3 — )5 — 8-flori, pilis longis patentissimis obsiti. Bracteae lineari-lanceolalae, 

 acuminatae, acutissimae, 4 — 7 mm longae. Pedicelli veri 3 — 6 mm longi, sicut calycis 

 calcar retro-adpresse setosiuscule pilosi; calycis calcar 2 — 272 cm longum. Sepala 

 lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta vel acutissima, pilis longis adpressis obsita, 

 7 — 9 mm longa, 1 — 2 mm lata. Petala sepalis 1 1/2-plo longiora, glaucoideo- albida, 

 exs. virescentia, obovata, integra. Fructus 38 — 42 mm longus; valvulae et rostrum 

 hispida. 



Von Abessinien bis Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, in lichten Gebüschen. — Blühend 

 und fruchtend Juni bis September. 



Abessinien: Gapdia, an Felsen (Schimper, It. Abyss. a. 1838 n. 792!). 

 Dschadscha, 1600 m (Schimper, Fl. Abyss. a. 1854 n. 72!). Ohne Standortsangabe 

 (Schimper a. 1853 n. 414!). 



Somali-Land und Harar (Ellenbeck in Exped. Erlanger a. 1900 n. 960!), 

 Wabi Budugo (Ellenbeck in Exped. Erlanger a. 1901 n. 1156a!). 



Britisch-Ost-Afrika: Makindu-River (Kässner a. 1902 n. 552!). Kitui in 

 Ukamba (Hildebrandt a. 1877 n. 2786!). 



Deutsch-Ost-Afrika: Rombo Mku (Kwa Kinabo) um 1 400 — 1 500 m (Volkens, 

 Reise KiUm. a. 1893 n. 390!). Südliche Massai-Steppe (Stuhlmann, Exp. Emin 

 Pascha a. 1892 n. 4292!). Voi, an lichteren Stellen des dichten Sanseviera-Busches 

 zerstreut (Mildbraed a. 1907 n. 6!). 



Nota. Species valde affinis est P. multibracteato , a quo tarnen facile distinguitur foliis 

 multo profundius divisis. 



166. P. Fischeri Engl, in Hochgebirgsflora trop. Afrika (1892) 276. — P. in- 

 uequüobum Mast, in Gard. Ghron. (1901) I. 133(?). — Rhizoma crassum. Caulis 

 inferne pauciramosus, sulcatus, patule pilosus. Folia ad basim caulis et ramorum 

 Sita; lamina 2 — 8 cm diam., utrinque moUiter pilosa, cordata, trilobata lobis semiovatis, 



