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gradatim minoribus. Flores erecto-patentes c. 5 mm. longi, petalis 
oblongis, exterioribus pallide viridibus marginibus albidis, interioribus 
albidis stria longitudinale pallide 
viridi ornatis. Stamina quam 
petala ^ breviora filamentis late 
ovatis antheris minutis late ova- 
tis. Ovarium subgiobosum stylo 
subulato brevior. Capsula ignota. 
Port Elizabeth — Mr. I. L. 
Drege. Flowers in March ; the 
leaf being produced about April. 
There has hitherto been only 
one species of Eriospermuni de- 
scribed in v^hich the leaf bears a 
single compound process at the 
base of the lamina, namely, E. 
paradoxum, Gawl., which seems 
to be only known from Jacquin's 
figure, and certainly our species 
comes very close to it, but in 
E. 'paradoxum the filaments are 
linear, while in our species they 
are broadly ovate ; further, the 
ultimate branches of the foliar 
process are much finer in E. paradoxum, though in our species they 
are also sometimes finer than shown on fig. 1. 
Fig. 1. — Ertospermum Dregei, Schonl. 
nat. size.) 
Albuca (§ Eu-Albuca) patersoni^, Schonl., n. sp. 
Glaberrima ; bulbus globosus vel depresso-globosus 4-5 cm. diam., 
tunicis exterioribis albidis Isevissimis apice fibrillosis. Folia 3-5 linearia 
canaliculato-conniventia, itaque subteretia, ad 25 cm. longa. Pedunculus 
teres ebracteatus 8-12 cm. longus. Eacemus subcorymbosus pauciflorus, 
bracteis lanceolatis cuspidatis c. 10 mm. longis, pedicellis incurvis in- 
ferioribus c. 15 mm. longis superioribus gradatim minoribus. Flores 
erecti, petalis exterioribus c. 23 mm. longis albidis cum stria utrinque 
media rubescenti, interioribus c. 19 mm. longis albidis cum stria utrinque 
media viridi. Stamina exteriora antheris minutissimis et sterilibus ; 
caeterum ut in subgenere. 
Eedhouse, near Port Elizabeth — Mrs. T. V. Paterson (No. 460), 
February, 1909. 
This species is allied to A. altissima, Dryand., but is easily dis- 
tinguished by its very narrow leaves, the edges of which are turned 
