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uata, tenuiter nervata, marginibus haud conspicue incrassata, 0-70 
met. — 1-10 met. longa, ad 2-5 cm. lata; spica simplex, densa, ad 37 cm. 
longa; bracteae oblongae obtusissimae, 1-7 — 2-7 cm. longae, ad 1-2 cm. 
latae; bracteolae fere ad apicem connatae, acutae, 1-9 cm. longae; 
perianthium testaceum, ca. 7-3 cm. longum, tubo fere 5 cm. longo, basi 
0- 2 cm., apice 1 cm. diam., segmentis vix patentibus, ovalibus, ex- 
terioribus medio 1-1, interioribus 1-3 cm. latis; staminodia 3, 1-2 cm. 
longa, apice vera ab perianthio libera; stamina 6-5 cm. longa, filament- 
orum parte libera 3-9 cm. longa, antheris 1 cm. lpngis; stylus 5-3 cm. 
longus, ramis primariis 1 — 1-2 cm. longis, secundariis 0-5 — 0-6 cm. 
longis; capsula cylindracea, basin versus parum angustata, 2-3 cm. 
longa, apice 1 cm. diam. ; semina subtriangularia, oblique alata, pallide 
brunnea, 0-7 cm. longa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; George Div., Montagu Pass, 
N. S. Pillans (National Botanic Gardens, No. iff-). 
Allied to W . Meriana, Mill., but may be distinguished by the usually 
unbranched stem, denser spike, the sheathing base of the reduced 
leaves not being ventricose, the presence of staminodes, and by other 
characters. 
Described from many living specimenswhichfloweredintheNational 
Botanic Gardens. The colour of the perianth is a pale terra-cotta. 
Tritonia Mathewsiana, L. Bolus ( Irideae-Ixieae ), T. Pottsii affinis sed foliis 
latioribus, magis conspicue plicatis, ramis axis florentis curvatis, 
floribus secundis differt. 
Erecta glaberrima, 1-5 met. alta vel ultra; folia adscendentia vel 
fere erecta, plicata, radicalia ca. 4, caulina ca. 10, ensiformia, nervis 
primariis ca. 13, 35 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata; pedunculus ad 15 cm. longus, 
folio supremo reducto ad. 6 cm. vaginatus; spica ramosa, ramis divari- 
catis, axi florente flexuoso, satis denso, floribus secundis, demum axi 
perpendicularibus; bracteae oblongae acutae, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. longae 
juniores herbaceae; bracteolae fere ad apicem coalitae, acutae, bracteis 
aequilongae; perianthium rubro-aurantiacum, 3 — 3-5 cm. longum, tubo 
infundibuliformi, ad 1-8 cm. longo, basi 0-15 cm., apice 0-5 cm. diam., 
segmentis demum patentibus, ovato-oblongis obtusis, exterioribus 
1- 3 cm. longis, 0-5 cm. latis, interioribus 1-5 cm. longis, 0-6 cm. latis, 
supremo 1-7 cm. longo, 0-7 cm. lato; stamina plus minusve arcuata, 
filamentis 1-3 cm. longis, antheris 0-5 — 0-7 cm. longis; stylus 2-3 cm. 
longus, ramis 0-5 cm. longis; capsula subglobosa, obtuse triangu- 
laris, 0-8 cm. longa, seminibus pluribus subtriangularibus, 0-4 cm. 
longis. 
Transvaal: Graskop, Pilgrims’ Rest, Mrs H. M. Wood (National 
Botanic Gardens, No. 
