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inferioribus longe et tenuiter unguiculatis apice obscure apiculatis, mediano 
obovato, lateralibus brevioribus ellipsoideo-ovatis ; staminibus segmenta 
superiora haud zequantibus, antheris linearibus quam filamenta brevioribus. 
Hab. Melsetter, 6000 ft. ; Chirinda outskirts, 8700-4000 ft. : Mt. Pene. 
6500-7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 779. 
Folium (unum solum exstat) 25 mm. lat. Caulis florens ad 4 dm. long. ; 
spica ad 25 em. long. Spathæ valva exterior 1-1-2 em. long. Perianthium 
2:5-27 ст. long. ; tubus circa 8 mm. long., lobus superior circa 2 ст. long., 
lobi laterales superiores paullo breviores, et lobum inferiorem subzequantes, 
laterales inferiores circa 1:4 em. long. Stamina 1:6 em. long. ; ап Шеге 
1 em. long. 
Near (С. Oatesii, Rolfe, but distinguished at once by the colour of the 
flower and the blunt spathe-valves. 
AMARYLLIDACE A. 
Hypoxis ANGUSTIFOLIA, Lam. Fncyc. iii. 182. 
Lower Umswirizwi River, 1000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 771. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa. 
Н. vinuosa, Linn. f. Suppl. 198. 
Northern Melsetter, 5000-6000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 6215: Mt. Pene, 
6000-7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. and Oct. ; nn. 770, 6082, 6204 : near Chirinda, 
3800 ft. ; in fl. May, Oct. ; n. 332. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa. 
CYRTANTHUS RHODESIANUS, Rendle, sp. nov. 
Herba semipedalis e bulbo infra collum globoso orta, squamis bulbi 
papyraceis ; foliis ....; pedunculo sicco complanato ; floribus tribus late 
rubris umbellatis demum pendulis, spathæ valvis 2 lanceolatis læte rubris : 
pedicellis tenuibus; perianthii tubo elongato gracili superne sensim ampliato, 
segmentis tubo circa 4 brevioribus, anguste ovalibus tribus externis internis 
angustioribus ; staminibus biseriatis filamentis brevibus e perianthii fauce 
exsertis, antheris flavis oblongis; stylo perianthio subsequante, stigmate trifido. 
Hab. Chimanimani Mtis., 7000 ft.; in fl. Sept., Oct. ; п. 769. Common 
amongst short grass ; flowers bright red. 
Bulbus L:5-2 em. diametro. Pedunculus 10 cm. long. Spathæ valvis vix 
3 em. long.; flores 4—5 ст. long., pedicelli ad 1°5 сш. long. Perianthium 
3:5-45 em. long., fauce 4 mm. diam., segmenta circa 1 cm. long. ; filamenta 
3-3°5 em. long. ; antherze vix 2 mm. long. 
Near C. Welwitsch, Hiern, but a much smaller plant with no leaves in 
the flowering stage. The flowers are relatively larger, with shorter pedicels 
and a narrower tube. 
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