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is slightly concave, and minutely ciliate; white with.a broad green band in centre, 

 reaching halfway down from apex; oblong 4-6 lines wide, in centre; 3 inner ones 

 erect, conniving, cucullate at apex, thickened and bilobed, nearly equalling the 

 outer segments in length, and exceeding them in breadth ; white with a broad 

 green band in upper half. Stamens 6, all fertile, inserted under the ovary, the 

 three opposite the outer segments o* the perianth, erect, with small anthers, the 

 three opposite to inner segments, divergent, and with larger anthers, and longer 

 filaments; filaments of outer stamens subulate, concave, erect, of inner ones 

 expanded at base, then suddenly folded inwards until the edges meet, and then 

 opening out to apex ; anthers 2 celled, introrse, versatile, the three opposite inner 

 perianth segments confined by the cucijlate apex of the segment. Style triangular 

 with rounded -angles, angles dark green, interspaces yellow ; equalling with stigma 

 the longer stamens. Stigma conical, 6 angled, ciliate on angles, yellow. Ovary 

 3 angled, angles rounded ; seated on a trigonous stipes ; base of ovary prolonged at 

 angles into 3 bifid processes, the edges of which are continued upwards between 

 the cells to near the apex of ovary. Ovules many, superposed, 2 series in each 

 cell. Capsule 3 lobed. Seeds many, compressed, black. 



Habitat: NATAL: Rocky bush near the river Urnhloti, altitude 1200 feet. 

 J. M. Wood, No. 750. One of the finest of the Natal Albucas, only perhapp 

 excelled by A. Nelsoni, N.E.B , to which the present plant is very nearly related. 

 It is not by any means common. 



Drawn and described from plants in Botanic Gardens, Durban, which were 

 brought from the locality where the species was first found. The flowery are 

 banded with green, not reddish- brow a as described in the Flora Capensis, though 

 they assume the reddish tint when dry. 



Fig. 1, Scapes with flowers and seed vessels, and portion of leaf, natural size; 



2, Section of flower, showing stamen confined by cucullate apex of perianth lobe ; 



3, Ovary, style, and scigma; 4. Outer stamens, front and side view; 5, Inner 

 stamens, front and side view ; 6 Outer perianth lobes ; 7, Inner perianth lobes ; 

 8, Transverse and perpendicular sections of ovary, all variously enlarged ; 9 

 Whole plant much reduced. 



PLATE 9. 



LOTONONIS GRANMFOtU, Bolus. 



Natural Order LEOUMINOS^J. 



A procumbent herb. Stems often several from the same root, pilose, sometimes 



branching. Leaves trifoliolafce, somewhat reflexed, pilose, especially oil the under 



surface ; 1 to 2 inches long, including petiole; petiole 6 to 9 lines long, pilose like 



the stem ; leaflets obovate, acute, mucronate, pilose on both surfaces, but especially 



on veins beneath; terminal cne 1 to If inches long, 6 to 12 lines wide, lateral ones 



;tle shorter and narrower. Flowers in terminal 8 to 15 flowered racemes, the 



raceme with peduncle 3 to 4 inches long, the flowers including pedicels, 8 to 10 



long, pedicel I to 1 lines long ; bracts 3, subulate, minute, linear central 



e as long as calyx tube, two lateral ones shorter. Calyx obconical, silky. 5 cleft, 



lines long segments acuminate, sub-equal in length, upper narrower, tube 



11 u g i ' r lla P a P ilionace ous ; standard elliptical, narrowed to base, 



us at back, 7 to 8 lines long; wings sub-spathulate, equalling standard, keel 



near-Ianceolate sub-acute, straight, shorter than wings. Stamens 10, diadelphoiis, 



y-l, connate for half their length, anthers similar Style curved. Stigma minute. 



Lnrary linear, pubescent. 



