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CorymhoscB, and comes near to M. iriopetala, but differs in size and 

 coating of corms, length of spathe-valves, which are withered at tip, 

 colour of flowers, and shape of perianth-lobes. From M. mini it 

 differs by length of leaf, stem and peduncle, colour of flower and 

 pollen, and cutting of style-crests. This is one of the plants called 

 by the Dutch colonists "Tulp" or "Tulip," which are so fre- 

 quently fatal to cattle ; its leaves appear in the early spring when 

 grass is not plentiful, and cattle — I believe especially those from a 

 district where the plant is not found — eat it with fatal results, 

 whole spans of oxen having been killed by it. Probably several 

 species of Moraa have the same properties, and are included in the 

 generic name "Tulp." 



Aloe Marshall! Wood & Evans, n. sp. Acaulescens, folia 

 jiroducta 20 vel plura, multifaria, erecta, linearia, basi mvtlto 

 dilatata, 1-2 poll, lata, basi gradatim coarctantia 1-2 poll., inde 

 angusto-linearia ad apicem acutum, parte dilatata basi cum maculis 

 minutis albis notatus, parte angusto-lineari, 2-3 lin. lata, non 

 alveata, vena media conspicua, margine parvis dentibus spinosis, 

 inferioribus confertis, superioribus restrictis, pedunculis simplicibus, 

 1-2 ped. longis, paucis bracteis ovatis cuspidatis scariosis. Flores 

 15-30 racemosi internodis ^-^ poll., pedicellis inferioribus ^-| poll, 

 longis. Bracteae oblongo-cuspidatse, paullo longiores pedicellis. 

 Perianthium cylindraceum, coccineum, prnsacutum, viride, tubo 

 longo lobis 3-5 lin. longis. Stamina cum stylo inclusa, perianthio 

 subfequantia. 



Habitat. — Natal. Rocky hill on the farm "Kelvin Grove," near 

 Glencoe, 4-5000 ped. alt. ; J. Medlei/ Wood, December, 1896. 



This plant seems to fall between A. Cooperi and A. mlcrocantha ; 

 from the former it differs in leaves which are not " tapering gradu- 

 ally to the point," in the length of the pedicels and bracts, colour of 

 flower, and length of perianth-tube. From the latter it differs in 

 texture and shape of leaves, number of empty bracts, looseness of 

 raceme, length of fertile bracts and perianth-tube. Of the latter 

 species, however, we have no specimen with which to compare it. 

 A plant well worth cultivation, having much the appearance when 

 in flower of the well-known Cyrtantlms anrjustifolius. 



Kniphofia multiflora Wood & Evans, n. sp. Folia lorata, 

 rigida, cum venis numerosis, margine tenuiter et irregulariter 

 serrulato, 3-4 ped. longa, ^-1 poll. lata. Pedunculi foliis sub- 

 sequantes. Racemus dense multiflorus, 12-15 poll, longus, sub- 

 spicatus, cum pedicellis brevibus. Bractcio lineares, pedicellis 

 longiores. Flores erecti, numerosissimi, 300-400 in racemo luteo. 

 Perianthium subcylindraceum, medio paullo constrictum, h-^ ^o\\. 

 longum, 2 lin. latum, segmentis brevissimis tarn latis quam longis. 

 Stamina cum stylo valde exserto. 



Habitat. — Natal. In a swamp, summit of Drakcnsberg Mts., 

 between Van Rcenen and Nelson's Kop, 5-GOOO ped. alt. ; J. Mcdleij 

 Wood, No. 5972, March, 1896. 



Differs from all the other Natal species of the genus known to us by 

 its quite erect flowers, also by its long, narrow, many-flowered raceme. 



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