Class and Order.
Monadelphia Pentandria.
Generic Character.
Pentagyna. Caps. 5-locularis. Petala basi semitubulata, obliqua.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
HERMANNIA althæifolia foliis ovatis crenatis plicatis tomentosis, calycibus florentibus campanulatis angulatis, stipulis oblongis foliaceis. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 411.
HERMANNIA althæifolia foliis ovatis plicatis crenatis tomentosis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 610.
HERMANNIA capensis althææ folio. Pet. Gaz. 53. t. 34. f. 2.
KETMIA africana frutescens foliis mollibus et incanis. Comm. hort. 2. p. 151. t. 79.
