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M. forficatum, Thunb., “ Fl. Cap..” p. 422. 
> The specimen representing this 1s— 
M. acinaciforme, Linn. 
M. forficatum, Thunb., ` Prodr.,” p. 90 (1800), not of Linnaeus. 
It was collected on the Karroo. 
M. geniculiflorum, Thuab., ` Fl. Cap.” p. 414. 
The specimen of this is the true MW. genicuhiflorum, Linn., and is labelled § ‘ culta n 
horto gryphico.” It is identical with Bolus No. 9236, from near the Montagu Baths. 
M. glaucum, Thunb., ` Fl. Cap.,” p. 427. 
One sheet containing two EN The locality is not mentioned by Thunberg. 
The right-hand specimen may possibly be M. glaucum, Linn., but the flower is detached. 
The left-hand specimen is M. rosewm, Willd., `` Enum. Plant. Hort. Berol.,” p. 535 
(1809). 
M. hispidum, Thunb.. ` FI. Cap. p. 418. 
There are five sheets so named, marked a, 3, 7, 0, and &, of which Thunberg gives 
separate descriptions under letters a, 3, and 7, which presumably correspond with his 
sheets so lettered. He evidently regarded them as forms of one species. | 
Sheet a contains a good specimen of M. candens, Haw., ` Rev.,” p. 186 (1821). It 
is stated to grow on sandy plains, and is identical with Zeyher No. 2592, from near Port 
Elizabeth. 
Sheet 3 contains two branches of M. calycinum, Haw., ` Rev..” p. 187 (1821). It 
is the plant described by Thunberg under #, for which he gives no locality, but it is the 
same plant as Bolus No. 2020, from near Mitchell's Pass. 
Sheet 7 contains one poor specimen of M. micans, Linn. It may be the plant described 
by Thunberg under 7, but scarcely agrees with the description. The locality given for 7 
is Karroo between Olifants River and the Bokkeveld Mountains, in the Van Rhynsdorp 
Division. 
Sheet d is named ` M. hispidum (2). It is an undescribed species, unlocalized by 
Thunberg, but identical with a branch mixed with another species collected by Bolus near 
the Montagu Baths, and distributed under No. 6715, which 1 describe under the following 
hame : j 
M. praecultum. N.H.Br. 
An erect Pench bendes shrub, probably less than a toot high, the specimen seen 
being about 6 inches high, with the stoutest part of the stem less than 1 line thick. The 
young parts, including leaves and calyx, densely papillate, the old parts with a somewhat 
smooth greyish or brown bark. Internodes 3-6 lines long. Leaves opposite, 1— lines 
long, subglobose or nearly as thick as long, or shortly cylindric, very obtuse ; most of them 
have fallen from the specimens. Flowers very numerous, produced all along the main 
and lateral branches at nearly every node, solitary in the axil of each fallen leaf. Pedicel 
ascending, 3— lines long. ( 'alvx 5—lobed to the top of the ovary nbs subequal, nearly 
2 lines long, oblong, obtuse. Petals numerous, about 3 lines long Ak 1_1 line broad, obtuse. 
tapering downwards. Stamens numerous. Stigmas 5, spreading, 1 1 line long, slender, 
subulate, arising from a 5-lobed crown-like structure on the top of es ovary. Capsule 
14 line long and 2 lines broad, shortly and broadly obeonic, convex at the top, 5-valved. 
Sonder in ` Fl. Cap. p. 442, has referred M. hispidum (0) of Thunberg's Herbarium 
to M. brevifolinm, Ait., but that is a very different plant, with totally different and smaller 
flowers (see under M. capillare). The M. brevifolium, Sonder, is a mixture of three or more 
species. is 
Sheet s contains two branches of what | believe to be M. floribundum, Haw., “ Mise.,” 
p. 100 (1803). It is not localized, 
