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peduncles 3-4, very hairy with long white or yellowish hairs, 
2-3 in. long, inflorescence included, two-flowered ; bracts 
lanceolate, longer than the pedicels ; perianth pale yellow, 
densely hairy on the back ; stamens half as long as the 
perianth-segments or shorter ; ovary very hairy. 
Summit of Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 5000 ft., 
Galpin, 1059 ; Kopjes round Pretoria, flowering October, Miss 
Leendertz, 312 ; Irene, Miss Leendertz, 917. 
7. H. villosa, L. (F.C. VI., 184, No. 27.) The variety 
var. obliqua, Jacq., occurs at Barberton, 2900 ft., Thorncroft, 43. 
8. H. obtusci , Burch. (F.C. VI., 184, No. 28.) Saddle- 
back Range, near Barberton, 3200-4500 ft., Galpin, 412 ; 
Johannesburg, Galpin, 6073. 
9. H. acuminata , Baker. (F.C. VI., 186, No. 32.) Hout- 
boscli, Petersburg, Bolus, 11174. 
10. H. rigidula , Baker. Corm oblong ; leaves 5-6, very 
rigid, strongly ribbed, shortly pilose, 1-1^ ft. long, J-J in. 
wide ; peduncles 2-3, flattened, hairy, very long when the 
plant is in fruit ; flowers 3-8, racemose, pedicels very short ; 
bracts linear, ^-1 in. long ; perianth nearly J in. long, the 
segments densely pilose on the back ; filaments short ; capsule 
densely pilose, opening at the top. 
Flowering time, February and March. 
Wonderfontein, Nelson, 261 ; Davel, Burtt-Davy, 1657 ; 
Vlakfontein, Rogers in Transvaal Museum Herb., 2342. 
Var. pilosissima, Baker. Leaves, peduncles and perianth 
covered with denser, longer hairs. Flowering time, October, 
November and December ; used for ropes by the Kaffirs. 
Pretoria, Magaliesberg, Burke, 156; Kopjes round Pretoria, 
Miss Leendertz, 313 ; Barberton, Galpin, 1099 ; Warmbaths, 
Burtt-Davy, 2218 ; Zoutpansberg, Waterval-Boven. 
11. H. multi ceps, Buck. (F.C. VI., 187, No. 35.) Bar- 
berton, 4500 ft., Galpin, 1058. 
12. H. Galpini , Baker. (F.C. VI., 188, No. 40.) Saddle- 
back Range, near Barberton, 4000-5000 ft., Galpin, 1098. 
13. H. costata , Baker. Corm globose with many strong 
bristles ; leaves 5-10, oblong-lanceolate, rigid, closely ribbed, 
5-8 in. long at the flowering time, 1-14 in. wide at the 
middle, densely ciliated with long hairs on margins and midrib 
beneath, otherwise glabrous ; peduncles 1-4, as long or 
longer than the leaves, densely hairy ; flowers few in a raceme, 
bracts linear ; perianth-segments very hairy on the back ; 
filaments short ; ovary densely hairy. 
Flowering time, January. 
Oshoek, Wakkerstroom District, Devenish in Col. Herb., 54. 
