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summo obovato, 1-5 — 2 cm. longo, 1 — 1-4 cm. lato, lateralibus superi- 
oribus obovatis vel ellipticis, cum summo rubentibus, maculis lineisque 
saturioribus notatis, 1-4 — 1-8 cm. longis, 0-7 — 1 cm. latis, lateralibus 
nferioribus oblongo-obovatis 0-7 — 0-8 cm. longis, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. latis, 
cum infimo oblongo-elliptico, 1-1 — 1-2 cm. longo, aurantiacis; stamina 
saepius segmenti summi dimidium excedentia, antheris versatilibus, 
0'4 — 0‘5 cm. longis; stylus demum segmentum summum aequans. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Elim, alt. 250 ft., fl. July, 
F. Guthrie, 3827. Exhibited at the Caledon Wild Flower Show, Sept. 
1915 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 14954). 
Very closely allied to A. quadrangularis , Burm., but is distinguished 
bv having four produced leaves which are shorter and are not con- 
spicuously thickened on the margins. 
A. Sladeniana, Pole Evans ( Lihaceae-A loineae-Serrulatae) ; A. variegatae, L., 
affinis, sed inflorescentiis ramosis, floribus minoribus, tenuioribusque 
differt. 
Herba succulenta, acaulis. Folia imbricato-trifaria, lanceolata- 
acuta, supra concava, carinata, 7 — 9 cm. longa et 3 — 4 cm. lata, 
utrinque viridia maculisque albis oblongis confluentibus sub-fasciatim 
transverse variegata, marginibus carinaque cartilagineis, superne 
minute denticulatis. Pedunculus erectus, supra medium in ramos 
3 erecto-arcuatos subaequilongos divisus; racemi 12 — 20 cm. longi, 
sub-laxi; bracteae minutae, scariosae, deltoideo-acutae; pedicelli ca. 
15 mm. longi, erecto-patuli. Perianthium miniatum, 20 — 23 mm. 
longum, distincte decurvatum, supra ovarium paullum constrictum 
et deinde inflatum, segmenta ca. 4 mm. longa, tri-nervia; filamenta 
haud exserta. 
South-West Africa: Nauchas, on granite, Jan. 1916, H. H. W. 
Pearson (Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition, 1915-16, Keetmanshoop 
Ababies — Windhuk. No. 9000). “Leaves irregularly but distinctly 
tristichous; flowers dull pink.’ 
Allied to A. variegata, L., but easily distinguished by its tall 
branched inflorescence and smaller and more delicate flowers. 
Apicra rubriflora, L. Bolus ( Liliaceae-Aloineae ), perianthio rubro, et segmentis. 
exterioribus reduplicato-valvatis bene distinguitur. 
Herba erecta glabra rigida, ad 47 cm. alta, caule 7 cm. longo vel 
ultra, dense folioso; folia patentia, in 4 series disposita, ovato-triquetra 
pungenti-acuminata, supra concava, 2-5— 4 cm. longa; pedunculus 
3 4 foliis bracteiformibus distantibus onustus, ad 29 cm. longus; 
racemus subsecundus, sat densus, ad 12 cm. longus, floribus adscen- 
dentibus; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae, saepius 0-6 cm. longae, 
pedicellis aequilongis vel parum longioribus; perianthium laete rubrun* 
