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longa, 1 — 6 cm. lata, folio infimo vaginiformi purpurascente, ad 14 cm. 
longo ; pedunculus 5 — 6 cm. longus ; spica simplex vel ramosa, disticlia, 
multiflora, ad 46 cm. longa, ramis ad 26 cm. longis; bracteae herbaceae 
ovato-oblongae setaceo-acuminatae, crebro nervosae, tenuiter pilosae, 
1-5 — 4-5 cm. longae, bracteolis fere ad apicem coalitis, parte libera 
setaceo-acuminata, ad 0-4 cm. longa, 1 — 3-2 cm. longis; perianthium ad 
7-5 cm. longum, tubo ad 2-5 cm. longo, inferne 0-2 cm., apice 0-7 cm. 
diam., segmentis ovato-oblongis obtusis, marginibus undulatis, roseis, 
inferioribus vittatis, vitta angustissima carminea, supremo 2 cm. lato, 
lateralibus 2-5, inferioribus interioribus 1-6, exteriore 2-1 cm. latis; 
filamenta 2 cm. longa, antheris 1-3 cm. longis; stylus 5 cm. longus, 
ramis 0-8 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Tembuland, T. E. Blackwell 
(R. Marloth, 7793). 
Allied to G. salmoneus, Baker, but differs in having thicker and 
broader leaves, the perianth rose-pink, and by the much shorter perianth- 
tube. 
Described from living specimens which flowered in February in 
Dr R. Marloth’s garden and in Mr N. S. Pillans’ garden. Flowered also 
in the National Botanic Gardens, March 1921. 
Strumaria Watermeyeri, L. Bolus ( Amaryllideae- Amarijlleae ), foliis 2, hyster- 
anthiis, basi in vagina infundibuliformi truncata haud inclusis, fila- 
mentis inter se liberis, perianthii segmentis planis distinguitur. 
Bulbus ovoideus, in collum breve productus, 2-3 cm. longus, 1-6 cm. 
diam. ; folia 2, hysteranthia linearia subacuta, basin versus quasi in 
petiolum angustata, apicem versus marginibusque papillata, 4-5 — 
5-5 cm. longa, ad 1-2 cm. lata; pedunculus ca. 7-fl., floribus roseis, 
9 — 11 cm. longus, basi 0-3, apice 0-2 cm. diam.; spatha 2-foliata, foliis 
oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, ad 2-5 cm. longis; pedicelli adscen- 
dentes vel patentes, 1-7 — 2-7 cm. longi; perianthii tubus brevissimus, 
0-15 cm. longus, segmentis erectis, a medio vel supra recurvis, linearibus 
obtusis, basin versus gradatim attenuatis, 1-5 cm. longis, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. 
latis, exterioribus apice cucullatis, papillatis; stamina interiora seg- 
mentorum apicem fere attingentia, exteriora breviora, filamentis 0-6 — 
0-8 cm. longis, antheris 0-2 cm. longis; ovarium demum globose ob- 
ovoideum, loculis ca. 3-ovulatis; semina pyriformia, laete viridia, 
lucida, 0-7 cm. longa. 
Cape Province: Upper Region; Calvinia Div., Nieuwoudtville, 
E. B. Watermeyer (National Botanic Gardens, No. - 9 T 9 ^). Flowered two 
or three times at Kirstenbosch in April. 
The following characteristics, viz. the two hysteranthous leaves, not 
enclosed in a truncate funnel-shaped tube at the base, the filaments 
