1*5 cm. long; the outer up to 8 mm. broad, suboblong, sub- 

 acute, minutely apiculate ; the inner 1 cm. broad, oblong- 

 obovate. Stamens almost as long as the perianth lobes ; 

 anthers 9 mm. long. Ovary about 5 mm. long, subobconic ; 

 style 2-9 cm. long ; primary branches 9 mm. long ; stigmas 

 about 2 mm. long. Fruit 1 cm. long, obconic. 



Mrs. Bolus remarks, " Distinguished from the rest of the 

 section ' Eu-Watsonia ' by the more slender habit, the smaller 

 spathe-valves, the shorter perianth-tube and relatively long 

 segments." 



Plate 45. — Fig. 1, flower, perianth laid open ; Fig. 2, portion of fruiting 

 spike ; Fig. 3, capsule, dehisced, about natural size ; Fig. 4, seed x 2. 



F.P.S.A., 1922. 



