I. (1824) 119; Sweet, Brit. fl. gard. II. (1823- 

 29; Benth. Fl. austral. I. (1 863) 63; Bailey, 



annua erecta usque ad I m alta tota setis aculeatis 4—7 mm longis flavis et setis 

 minoribus tenerioribusque patentibus hispida radice fusiformi simplice. Caulis erectus 

 teres striato-sulcatus parce ramosus. Folia sinuato-pinnatifida segmentis utrimque 4 — 7 

 distantibus ovatis ad apicem obtusis seta terminatis irregulariter et grosse subcrenato- 

 serratis, dentibus muticis vel aristatis, rhachi intermedia alata grosse dentata, radicalia 

 petiolata subrosulata cum petiolo usque ad 20— 3 0 cm longa, caulina sessilia, summa 

 caulina minima irregulariter et grosse dentata subacuta. Pedunculi elongati graciles 

 patule setosi stricti cum subfastigiato-corymbosim turn racemosim dispositi. Alabastrum 

 ovoideum patule setulosum vix 1 cm longum. Petala parva obovata coccineo-aurantiaca 

 immaculata circiter 1,5 cm longa. Staminum lilamenta subulata llava, antherae flavae. 

 Capsula obovato-oblonga sulcata, interdum plus minusve distincte costata, circiter 2 cm 



marginem disci fere attingente. 



Palaotropisches Florenreich, Gebiet des siidwestlichen Kaplandes und 

 anstofiende Gebiete: (Lalande!), Philipstown (Zeyher!); Comtoursrivier (Ecklon et 

 Zeyber, PL cap. n. 20!); Shiloh (B. Baur, Austr.-At'ric. n. 1 1 3 i I) ; Somerset East 

 (P. Mac Owan n. 1 235). — A f rik anisches Wald- und Steppengebiet, Siid- 

 afrikaniscbe Steppenpro vinz. — Natal: Van Beenen-Pass (0. Kuntze, fr. III. 

 1 894!); in humidosis, pr. Mooi Biver, alt. 4000 — 5000' (J. Medley Wood, fl. fr. 

 XII. 1 896 n. 6 184!); Weenen Co. 4000' (J. Medley Wood, fl. fr. XII. 1890!). — 

 Nordl. Transvaal: Distrikt Lydenbm- zwischen Middelburg und dem Krokodil-Flusse 

 (F. Wilms, Fl. Afr. auslr. fl. fr. XII. 1 883 n. 15!). — Damara-Land: An Bachen 

 am Siidabhange der Auasberge Dinter, fl. fr. X. 1899 n. 905!). — Australes Floren- 

 reich, Australisches Gebiet, Ostaustralische Provinz: » Montes coerulei « 

 (Lesson 1825!). 



Var. Englerianum Fedde var. nov. — Tota herba humilis (10—15 cm alta) fere 

 subacaulis inter setas aculeatas densissime pilis tenerrimis villosa. Folia fere omnia 

 radicalia pinnatiloba in petiolum attenuata, segmentis ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis inciso- 

 dentatis dentibus seta terminatis vel non, cum petiolo 3— 5 cm longa caulina sessilia. 

 Pedunculi solitarii(?) elongati scapiformes uni- vel pauciflori minus dense villosi. 



Siid-Afrika: Ohne nahere Standortsangabe 600—950 m (Ecklon et Zeyher!). 



2 6. Canbya Parry. 



Ganbya*) Parry ex A. Gray 

 Kundig in Engler-Prantl, Pflzfam. II 

 Amer. I. 1. (1895) 85. 



Sepala 3, caduca. Petala 6, obovata, plus minusve diu persistentia alba vel aun 

 tiaca. Stamina 6 — 9. Ovarium subglobosum placentis 3 nerviformibus, multiovulal 

 stylus nullus, stigmata 3, oblongo-linearia, reflexo-divaricata, ovario' adpressa, placei 

 superposita, supra papillosa. Capsula ovoidea, membranacea, a vertice ad basim 

 valvis, valvis placentas filiformes cum stigmatibus persistentes nudantibus. Sem 



cylindraeeus — Herbae annuae, glabrae, minutae,* cum scapis non paullo quam 5 

 altae, radice peq-n>l!rul;iri p.iluri tenui. Folia e caule brevi, sed multi-, at brevi ram< 

 caespitoso-conferte enascentia, alterna, subcarnosa, oblonga vel linearia, integerrin 

 Scapi plurimi filiformes, uniflori, 2 — 5 cm longi. 



*) „Dr. Parry proprosed to dedicate the plant to our common friend and worl 



fellow botanist, William M. Cauby. Esq., uf Wilmington, Delaware." 



