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sed inconspicue notata, apico ad angnlos purpureo-thicta. Flos sessilis, 

 bibracteatns. Bractca) 5-G mm. loiigro, 4-5 mm. lat;c, ovattTe obtus<ne vel 

 subacut?e, obtuse carinat[)C. Cal^'x campanulatus, 5-lobus ; tubus G-7 mm. 

 longuSj Gi-7 mm. diametro ; lobi 4-5 mm, longi^ ovati, obtusi, revoluti* 

 Corolla 3|-4 cm. diametro ; tubus nullus ; pctala 50-GO, subbiseriata, 

 25 mm. longa, l2~l4 *^^*^^' ^'dUx^ spatliulato-linoaria, apicc sa?pe obtuse dentata, 

 lutea. 



Stylus nullus ; stigmata^ 10-11, sfaminibus subsequilongOj filiformia^ flavida. 

 Nearly stomlesSj brancbing at tbe base, 5-G cm. high. Leaves 4 or 

 occasionally 2 to each growth or branchy equal^ ascending-spreadingj 

 2^-5 cm. long, 7-11 mm. broad, anil 7-10 mm. tliickj of about equal breadth 

 and tliickness throughout, flat or convex on the upper side^ with obtusely 

 rounded margins, very rounded on the back, obtusely or obscurely keeled at 



brisi alba. Stamina numerosa ; filamenta alba : anthcroe lutea). 



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part, obtuse or subacute an! trigonous at the apex, smooth^ 



glabrous, dull green, thickly but inconspicuously dotted with darker green, 

 and tinted with purplish at the apical part. Flower solitary^ terminal, sessile, 

 with a pair of small sessile bracts at its base 5-6 mm. long and 4-5 mm. 

 ■broad. Calyx cup-shaped, 5-lobed, smooth, glabrous ; tube 6-7 mm. long' 



and G.\-7 nun. in diameter^ pale green; lobes revolute or reflexed, 4-5 nun. 

 lonn-^ ,V5 mm. Ijroad at the base, ovate, obtuse. Corolla 3^-4 cm. in dia- 

 meter, scentless ; petals 50-GO, free, in about 2 series, spreading, later in 

 the day becoming revolute, 25 mm. long and H-l| mnu broad, spatliulate- 

 ]inear, often obtusely toothed at the apex, bright yellow, white at the base. 

 Stamens numerous, at first collected into a cylindric or slightly conical dense 

 bundle about G mm. long, finally some of the outer stamens separate from 

 the bundle and stand erect around it ; fihunents white ; anthers deep yellow. 

 Stylo none ; stigmas 10-11, about G mm. long, filiform^ pale yellowish. 



South Africa. Locality unknown, Simpson-IIayward ! 



Described from a living plant brought to Kew in 1910 by Mr. Gr. IL 

 Simpson- Hay ward, who collected this and other species during a cricketing 

 tour in South Africa. Allied to J/, sorormm^ N, E. Br., differing in having 

 more asccnciing, smidhM*, and dilferently coloured leaves, wdiich differ also in 

 tniusvorse section, and by its flowers being sessile. 



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M. soKOiiiL-^r, AT. K. Br. Planta nana, 7-10 cm. alta, basi ramosa, raniis 

 G-8 11^111- crassis. Ramuli 4-G-fo!iati. Folia 3-G^ cm. longa, 11-15 mm. 

 lata, basi 8-12 mm, crassa et prt>pe apicem 0-13 mm, crassa, late patula, vel 

 interiora adscendentin, supra plana vel levitor conciiva, dorso basi convexa, 

 super no obtuse carinata, obtusa, glabra hebetato-cinoreo-viridia^ ubiqne 

 puuctis atroviridibus dense conspcrsa. Pedunculus 2 cm. longus, basi 4 mm. 

 crassus, superne incrassatus, basi breviter bibractcatus viridis punctis magnis 

 prominulis parce conspersus. Calyx G-lobus ; lobi suba3quales, circa 10 mm. 

 longi et 5 mm. lati, ovatij obtusi vol dorso breviter apiculati, punctati. 



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