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flores solitarii longe pedunculati, pedunculis erectis subcompressis 
ebracteatis crassis basin versus attenuatis, 5-5-10 cm. longis, apice 
0*5-0"8 cm. diam. ; calyx gradatim in pedunculum attenuatus, segmentis 
6 erectis e basi lata lanceolatis crassis inter se perinsequalibus exterioribus 
2'7-4 cm. interioribus, 1*2 cm. longis ; petala 3-seriata linearia dilute rosea 
basin versus alba ad 2 cm. longa, 0-15 cm. lata ; glandes 6 distincti ; 
stamina staminodiaque oo ; ovarium supra convexum 0*8 cm. diam., stylis 
6 erectis subulatis carnosis 0*3 cm. longis. 
Hab. : Cape Colony, between Muis Kraal and Ladismith, fi. Nov., 
N. S. Fillans, 898! (in herb. Bolus). 
This has the ebracteate peduncle of the § Calamiformia, but the softer 
spreading leaves of the § Teretifolia. It is allied to M. calamiforme, Linn., 
and the little-known M. teretifolium, Haw., from both of which it is dis- 
tinguished by its short, soft, close grey pubescence, 6 cleft calyx and 
6 styles. 
From the former it also differs in having the leaves acute, soft, and 
spreading, the peduncle longer and much thicker, and longer and thicker 
calyx segments. 
M. MACROCALYX, Kensit, n. sp. 
M. foliis erecto-incurvis compresso-triquetris acutis miicronulatis ; 
calycis segmentis elongatis quam petala duplo-longiorihus vel liltra ; stylis 
5-6 minutis carnosis. 
Suffrutex glaberrimus glaucescens ; rami decumbentes ramulis erectis 
compressis foliosis ; folia subconnata erecto-incurva demum patentia 
compresso-triquetra acuta mucronulata angulis carinalibus minute serru- 
latis ad 5 cm. longa, 0*6 cm. crassa (ab angulo laterali ad angulum 
carinalem metiente) ; flores 3-nati pedunculati, pedunculis 1 cm. longis 
lateralibus ad apicem duabus bracteis foliaceis 3 cm. longis prseditis ; 
calyx turbinatus subcompressus, segmentis 5-6 inaequalibus lanceolatis 
longe acuminatis, longioribus carinatis, brevioribus basi fusco-mem- 
branaceo-marginatis, 1*5-2 cm. longis ; petala sub-3-seriata linearia albida 
0*7 cm. longa ; ovarium supra planum 0*7 cm. diam. ; styli 5-6 carnosi 
minuti vix 0*1 cm. longi ; capsula turbinata 5-6 angulata, 1 cm. diam. 
Hab. : Cape Colony, Skurf Kop, near Somerset West, N. S. Fillans, 
1423 ! (in herb. Bolus). 
M. LiTOEALE, Kensit, n. sp. 
M. ramie elongatis prostratis vel dijfusis non radicantihus ; foliis tri- 
quetris valde lateraliter compressis acutis glaucis ; fiorihus 3-natis, petalis 
albis ; stylis 5 subidatis carnosis. 
Herba diffusa glaberrima ; rami decumbentes compress! graciles elon- 
gati pallidi ad 35 cm. longi, internodiis 2-4*5 cm. longis ; folia subconnata 
