280 GE^US MVSTROPETALON HARV. ( liALA XOPHORACE.E j . 



had a more or less capitate and trilobed stigma. On plants with 

 open male flowers the female ])erianth and style are always 

 shrivelled up, and the stigma may appear, even after soaking in 

 boiling water. " not swollen." 



By excluding these five points from the statement of the charac- 

 ters as given by Harvey-Gibson one obtains the following reduced 

 table : — 



M. Polciiia 



inn. 



M. Sollxi. 



I 



I. 



'7 



thirds length of an- 

 terior. 



M. Tlioiuii. 



Male Flower — 



Anterior bract oblong. Spathulate. Spathulate. 



Posterior bracts, two- Spathulate, half Spathulate, quarter 



the length. ( /';/ my material 



half to tzvo- 

 thirds. ) 

 IJ. Female Flower — 



6. Anterior bract oblong. 



(Harvey shows it 

 rather broadly cane- 

 ate). 



7. Posterior bracts much Spathulate, equal Spathulate, shorter 



Spathulate (in Spathulate, lance- 

 fig.) olate. 



longer than anterior 



stage. 



to anterior (/» 

 stage). 



8. Perianth subglobose or Tubular, 

 ellipsoid. 



Perianth margin tri- 

 lobed. 



Markedly trifid. 



than anterior. 



btit not when in 



fruit. ) 



Subglobose or 

 c a m panulate 

 (or tubular, 

 two diam.) 



Multifid. 



TTL- 



12. 



To these characters we mav add from Harvev (" Flora 



Cap." in— 



Flower bright 

 carmine. 

 Bract orange. 



Male flowers dark 

 red or brownish ; an- 

 terior bract of nearly 

 equal breadth through 

 out. Bract orange. 



Note. — The words in italics are added here. 



It will be a convenience to the reader to have the results of 

 my observations arranged in a similar wa}". The material 

 examined consisted of — 



1. Fresh plants gathered at various times or sent by corre- 



spondents from various localities (Baths at Caledon ; 

 Steenbras Valley; Sir Lowry's Pass). 



2. Bolus's specimen, No. 7,465 (a medium-sized plant, but 



there is also a smaller one on the sheet). This was 

 distributed as M. Tlwinii. but renamed M. Polemanni 

 . at Kew. 



3. The co-type of Harvey-Gibson's specimens of M. Sollyi. 



