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Transvaal. On the other hand, Mr. Johnson’s specimen comes from 
and ii “ie latitude of Elim. The native name quoted ty 
Mr. Burtt Davy in the Transvaal Agricultural Journal is 
“*Matella,” or as spelt in his latest communication ‘“ Mawdawla” 
(Modjadjie natives). 
Musa Davyae is said to yield a fibre used by ~ natives, but as 
the fruit is not edible it would, in Mr. Burtt Davy’s opinion, not 
y to cultivate the species inde the fibre should prove to be 
particularly valuable. 
Musa Davyae, Stapf, affinis M. Ens J. F. Gmel., vel 
potius M. Buchananit, Bak. "ee epee notae, sed ab illa 
bracteis flores subtendentibus magis oblongis, floribus tantum 
circiter 15 cum unaquaque bractea minoribus, labio interiore 
(supero) profundius lobato, ab hac bracteis latioribus, labio exter- 
lore angustiore et seminibus haud atris differt. 
nervis lateralibus primariis 5-7 mm. vel in foliis saloon 1 em. 
distantibus. Inflorescentia integra haud visa ; pedunculus aeneus, 
glauco-pruinosus, basi a cm. crassus; bracteae flores sub- 
_tendentes ohlongae vel ovato-oblongae, obtusae, 27-30 cm. i mi 
11-12°5 cm. latae. Flores circiter 15 cum unaquaque bractea, 
albido-lutescentes. Receptaculum cylindricum vel anguste clavatum, 
2 em. longum, glauco-pruinosum. _Tegala externa 3 em. longa cum 
duobus internis lateralibus approximatis labium inferum formantia, 
e basi per 4 mm. connata, deinde per 6-7 mm. soluta, supra iterum 
fusa ita ut lamina linearis 2-2°5 mm. lata apice 3-dentata crassius- 
cula constituatur cui tepala interna tenuia 0°4 mm. lata crispo- 
undulata arcte adhaerent, dentibus 3-4 mm. longis; tepalum 
internum superum lobo intermedio e basi latiore subulato 3-5 mm. 
longo, lobis lateralibus rotundatis vel ovatis et tunc interdum 
-subacutis 2-3 mm. longis, totum 1°2 cm. longum. Stamina 
_ perfecta 5; filamenta ad 1°6 cm. longa; anthera’ 17-2 cm. 
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