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lono'i, 4-5 miiK lati, ovati vel obIon(j;i, obtusi, subrufo-brunnei. Corolla 

 18-20 mm. diametro; pehilu libera, subbiseriuta, 10-12 mm. loiiga, 1^-2 mm. 

 latn, linearia, obhi^ia, alba. Stamina numerosaj in columnam 4-5 mm. 

 longam exsertam coUecta ; Hlamoiita alba^ antlierae lutein. 



Daaiakaland. At Omarurn and Great Namar^nalanJ at Aus. Collectors 



unknown. 



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Described from living plants. Flowering in October and ^^ovember. 



•M. LOCALK, A^. K.B)\ Radix 10-12 mm. crassa liguosa ramosa. Corpus- 

 cnla (1-12 mm. alta et 10-15 mm. lata, obconica, apicc truncata cum fissura 

 transversa brevissime biloba, glabra. Podicelli G-ll mm. longi, compressi, 

 2^. mm. lati, angustissime alati. Calyx o-lobus, glaber ; lobi 4 mm. bmgi, 



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2-3 mm, lati, ovati vel oblongi, obtusi. Petala libera, circa 35, laxa, 8 mm. 

 Jonga, I mm. lata, linearla, obtnsa. Stamina numerosa. Stylus brevissimus 

 vel subnullns ; stioniata 5, filiformia, 2 mm. longa. 



Beaufort AVest Div. Near tbo Gamka River, Burke ! 



Described from a unique dried specimen in tbe Kew Herbarium. When 

 all VG the growths may be larger than the above measurements indicate, but 

 as the pedicels of the flowers of this group are usually about as long as the 

 growthsj it is doubtful if the^^ will be greatly exceeded, so that this species 

 will tlierefore be one of the smallest of the group. 



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■M. marmoqatum, N. K, lh\ Corpuscula 2-2-^ cm. alta, 2-2^ cm. lata et 

 15-18 mm. crassa, subobconica, a[)ice truncata, biloba, cum fissura trans- 

 versa 10-12 mm. alta, levia, glabra, apice lactea et viride marmoratn, 

 lateribus ieviter cinereo-violaceo tincta. Flores (fide nilans) albb 



South Africa, Locality not stated^ Pillavs ! 



Described from living plants tliat have not yet flowered. 



§ LINGUIFORMIA, 



From the many investio'ations I have ntade of this group I have become 

 convinced that it requires complete revision, with adequate modern descrip- 

 tions made from living plants that undoubtedly grow wild in South Africa ; 

 for many of those now in cultivation in Europe under the names of various 

 species published by Haworth tliat have come under my notice are not those 

 species at all, but either other species or more probably hybrids raised from 

 seeds produced in European gardens masquerading under names that do not 

 belong to them. I think some or perhaps several of the species described by 

 Haworth have died out of cultivation and these hybrids have gradually 

 filled their places. It may be from this cause that Berger in his monograph 

 of the genus places several perfectly distinct species as varieties of M. lingui' 

 foryne^ which in his \ 

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