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5. M. Wettsteinii, Bei'ger, I. c, p. 285. 



Flowered in Mr. N. S. Pillans' garden, Eosebank, near Cape Town, 



7785. 



6. M, nanum, Schltr., in Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xxvii., p. 128. 

 Namaqualand : Barren slopes north of Daunabis, 6063. 



7. M. bilobum, Marloth, in Trans. S.A. Phil. Soc, xviii. (1907), 

 p. 44, t. V., fig. 2. 



Namaqualand : Plains between Stinkfontein and Chubiesis, 6203. 

 Flowered in Mr. N. S. Pillans' garden, Eosebank, near Cape Town. 



8. M. gracilistylum, sp. now, ad M. bilobo, Marloth, affine, sed 

 floribus 4meris pedunculatis, pedunculo 2bracteato, petalis roseis, 

 facile distinguitur. 



Acaulescens, omnino glabrum, 3*5-4 cm. altum ; folia ad dimidium 

 vel ultra connata, lateraliter compressa, oblique 3quetra, obtusa 

 glauca, - 5-0 - 7 cm. lata, 0-7-l'l cm. diam. ; flores 4meri pedunculati, 

 pedunculo tereti, infra medium 2bracteato, 0-5-0-6 cm. longo ; 

 calycis tubum ultra ovarium productum, exsertum hyalinum, 

 segmentis inter se subaequalibus linearibus, acutis vel subobtusis, 

 0'2-0-3 cm. longis ; petala ultra medium in tubum connata, 

 2seriata linearia subacuta, 0-8-1 cm. longa ; stamina 4-5seriata, 

 extima in corollae fauce manifesta ; ovarium inclusum suboblongum, 

 supra concavis, glandulis viridibus conspicuis, stylis erectis 

 gracillimis capillaceis, - 7-0 - 9 cm. longis. 



Namaqualand : Summit of hill 1^ miles South of Stinkfontein, 

 5572. 



Acaulescent, quite glabrous, 3-5-4 cm. high ; leaves connate for 

 half their length or more, laterally compressed, obliquely 3quetrous, 

 obtuse, glaucous, 0-5-0-7 cm. wide, 0-7-1-1 cm. in diam. ; flowers 

 4merous pedunculate, the peduncle terete, 2bracteate below the 

 middle, - 5-0'6 cm. long; calyx-tube produced beyond the ovary, 

 exserted hyaline, the segments almost equal, linear, acute or some- 

 what obtuse, 0-2-0-3 cm. long; petals connate beyond the middle 

 into a tube, 2seriate linear somewhat acute, 0-8-1 cm. long ; 

 stamens 4-5seriate, the outermost just visible in the throat of 

 the corolla ; ovary enclosed within the leaves, suboblong, the glands 

 green, conspicuous, the styles erect, very slender, capillaceous, 

 0-7-0-9 cm. long. 



Allied to M. bilobum, Marloth, but readily distinguished by the 



