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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
2 — 2-5 cm. longum, 0-5 — 0-6 cm. diam., tubo cylindrico, apice leviter 
constricto decurvatoque, segmentis conniventibus ; stamina exteriora 
segmentis subaequilonga, interiora tubum vix excedentia; ovarium 
cylindricum 0-5 cm. longum, stylo (in flore unico dissecto) 1 cm. longo. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Swellendam Div., Bonnie 
Yale, Smith (National Botanic Gardens, No. T 2 T ). 
A very distinct species characterised by the red perianth and the 
reduplicate-valvate outer perianth-segments. Described from living 
specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch, April, 1918. (PL ii, D.) 
Agapanthus Walshii, L. Bolus (Liliaceae-Allieae), ab A. umbellato distinguitur 
perianthii tubo 2 — 3-plo longiore segmentis. 
Herba glabra, 60 — 70 cm. alta; folia saepe cum floribus non bene 
evoluta, linearia acuta subcoriacea, ad 19 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata; spatha 
non visa; umbellae ad 19-fl., floribus pendulis; perianthium 3 — 5-4 cm. 
longum, segmentis 1-4 — 1-5 cm. longis; capsula ignota. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., nr. Steen- 
bras Railway Station, alt. ca. 1800 ft., fl. Dec. — Jan., A. Walsh (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 15675). 
Described from several living specimens. Distinguished from 
A. umbellatus, L’Herit., by the perianth-tube being 2 — 3 times longer 
than the segments. (PL ii, c.) 
