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ire larger than tho'fe of the alder-leaved fort, and have 
hairy calyxes; they come out in June and July, and fre¬ 
quently again in the autumn. 
2. Hermannia plicata, or plaited-leaved hermannia : 
leaves Cordate-oVate, toothletted, plaited, ■tomentofe ; 
■flowering calyxes oblong-ovate, fubcylindrical. Found 
at the Cape by Mr. Malfon, and introduced in 1774. It 
flowers in November and December. 
3. Hermannia candicans, or white hermannia : leaves 
ovate, fubcordate,-blunt, tomentofe; flowering calyxes 
patulous, foinewhat angular; ftipules fubulate. This 
alfo was found at the fame place by Mr. Maffon; and 
was introduced at the fame tim„e. It flowers from April 
to June, The whole plant is covered with a very white 
down ; the leaves are ferrate, except near the bafe. 
4. Hermannia falvifolia, or fage-leaved hermannia : 
leaves oyate, entire, wrinkled, tomentofe-hifpid ; flow¬ 
ers drooping. 5. Hermannia biferrata, or two-notched 
hermannia : leaves ovate, lanceolate, unequal, ferrate, 
fmooth; flowers drooping. Found at the Cape by 
Thunberg. 
6. Hermannia trifurca, or three-notched hermannia : 
leaves lanceolate, entire, and three-toothed ; flowers in 
racemes, pointing one way. This is very nearly allied 
to H. alnifoiia. Leaves hoary, fcarcely tomentofe, hard- 
ifh, the lower ones blunt, and thrce-cufped. Pft>wers in 
a terminating raceme, alternate, hanging down, moftly 
folitary. Petals blue, lefs cowled than the others. 
7. Hermannia alnifoiia, or alder-leaved hermannia : 
leaves wedge-fliaped, marked with lines, plaited, cre- 
nate-emarginate. The leaf is Ihown on the Botany Plate 
IV. fig. 33. and the perianthium, Plate VIII. fig. 2. 
This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk fix or eight feet high, 
dividing into many eredt irregular branches, covered 
with a brown bark. Leaves narrow at their bafe, but 
broad and round at the top, about an inch long, and 
three-quarters of an inch broad at the top. The flowers 
are produced on ftiort fpikes on the upper part of the 
branches-; they are of a pale yellow colour, and fmall; 
they appear in April and May, and the feeds often ripen 
in Auguft. 
8. Hermannia odorata, or fweet-feented hermannia : 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, tomentofe, wrinkled under¬ 
neath, thelower ones truncate and toothletted; calyxes 
pitcher-fhaped, and angular. Found at the Cape by 
Mr. William Paterfon; and introduced in 1780 by the 
countefs of Strathmore. 1 1 flowers moll part of the year. 
9. Herniannia hyflopifolia, or hyffop-leaved herman¬ 
nia : leaves lanceolate, blunt, ferrate. This rifes with 
a fhrubby upright ftalk to the height of feven or eight 
feet, fending out many woody lateral branches, growing 
very eredt. Leaves about an inch and a half long, and 
half an inch broad, ferrate toward the end ; the flowers 
come out in fmall bunches from the fide of the ftalk; 
they are of a pale ftraw-colour, appear in May and 
June, and are frequently followed by feeds, which ripen 
the latter part of Auguft. 
10. Hermannia lavendulifolia, or lavender-leaved her¬ 
niannia : leaves lanceolate, blunt, quite entire. This 
fort has fhrubby branching ftalks, which are very bufhy, 
but feldom rife more than a foot and a half high ; the 
branches are very fler.der, and have hairy pale-green 
leaves on them of different fizes; fome of. them are two 
inches long, and an inch broad at their ends; but their 
common fize is feldom more than one inch long, and 
half an inch broad; they are entire, and fit pretty clofe 
to the branches. The flowers come out from the fide 
of the ftalk fingly, are fmall and yellow ; they continue 
moft part of the fummer. 
11. Hermannia denudata, or naked hermannia: leaves 
lanceolate, fliarp, even, ferrate at the top. Found at 
the Cape by Sparrman ; flowers from May to July. 
12. Hermannia glabrata, or fmooth hermannia: leaves 
lanceolate, fharp, gafh-ferrate, fmooth; flowers droop¬ 
ing. 13. Hermannia ciliaris, or ciliate herniannia: leaves 
Vol.IX. No. 629. ' 
lanceolate, fliarp, entire and ferrate, ciliate. Found- at 
the Cape by Thunberg. The latter will be a fpecie.s 
of Mahernia, if that genus is to be feparatcd from Her¬ 
niannia. 
14. Hermannia linifolia, or lineal-leaved hermannia : 
leaves linear; peduncles one-flowered.- Native of thp 
Cape, with all the other forts. 
15. Hermannia filifolia, or thread-leaved hermannia: 
leaves linear, three-fided, quite entire. Found at'the 
Cape by Thunberg. - 
16. Hermannia trifoliata, or ternate-leaved-hermanni^: 
leaves ternate, fefiile, plaited, retiife, tomentofe. Stem 
creeping, branches-narrow. Leaves ternate; tile middle 
leaf wedge-fhaped, doubled, fitbferrate, three 7 toothed, 
with the tip recurved-. Flowers pendulous. 
17. Hermannia triphylla, or three-leaved hermanni^: 
leaves ternate, petioled, flat, obovate. Stems herba¬ 
ceous. The whole plant has hairs, thinly. fcattered 
over it. ; 
18. Hermannia glo flu lari folia, or goofebcrry-lea'ved 
hermannia: leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid. This is’a 
fhrub of lower ftature than the alder-leaved fort, bu,t 
fends out a great number of branches, which fpread 
wide on every fide ; the leaves are fmaller than in that, 
are rougli and feflile. The flowers are produced in fhdrt 
clofe fpikes at the end of every flioot, fo that the whole 
Ihrub feems covered with them; they are of n bright 
yellow, and appear towards the end of April, but are 
not fucceeded by feeds in England. 
19. Hermannia pulchella, or fair hermannia: leaves 
lanceolate, pinnatifid ; pinnas entire and gaflied ; fteni 
upright, even. 20. Hermannia dift'ufa, or diffufe hfcb- 
mannia: leaves lanceolate, pinnatifid ; pinnas entire and 
toothed ; peduncles capillary, two-flowered ; ftem pro¬ 
cumbent. Found at the Cape by Thunberg. 
21. Hermannia hirfuta, or hirfute hermannia : leaves 
Ample and ternate, hirfute, feflile. This rifes with a 
fhrubby hairy ftalk about two feet high, fending out 
nijiny fide-branches, which grow very eredt. Leaves ob¬ 
long, veined, Angle or in threes ; in the latter cafe the 
middle leaf is largeft. The flowers are produced to¬ 
wards the end of the branches; they art; large, and of a 
deep yellow colour, with large; fwollen, hairy, calyxes. 
-It continues flowering moft part of the fummer. Mh 
Miller raifed this from feeds which came from the Cape 
of Good Hope. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants are all propa¬ 
gated by planting cuttings of them, during any of the 
fummer-months, in a bed of frefh earth, observing to 
water and fhade them until they are well rooted, which 
will be in about fix weeks after planting; then take them 
up, preferving a ball of earth to their roots, and plant 
them into pots filled with light frefh earth, placing them 
in a fhady fituation till they have taken frefh root; after 
which they may be expofed to the open air, with myr¬ 
tles, geraniums, See. until the middle or end of Odtobef, 
when they mult be removed into the green-houfe,- ob- 
ferving to place them in the-cooled part of the houfe, 
where they may have a'smuch free air as'poflible; for, if 
they are too much drawn in the houfe, they will appear 
very faint and fickly, and feldom produce many flowers; 
whereas, when they are only preferved from the froft, 
and have a great fltare of free air, they will appear ftrong 
and healthy, and produce large^oantities of flowers in 
April and May, during which feafon they make a very 
handfome appearance in the green-houfe: they mull 
alfo be frequently watered, and will require to be new 
potted at lead twice every year, i. e. in May and Sep-- 
tember ; otherwife their roots will be fo iqatted, as to 
prevent their growth. 
Thefe plants rarely produce good feeds with us, ex¬ 
cept the ninth and twenty-firft forts, which ripen their 
feeds every year in England; the o.thers rarely produ¬ 
cing any, which may be accounted for by their having- 
been long propagated from cuttings; for thofe plants 
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