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NOYITATES AFRICANAE 
Described from a, living specimen which flowered in my garden in 
September 1921. 
M. Beswickii, L. Bolus, M. acutipetalo affine sed foliis glaucis, floribus 6-meris, 
petalis pallide roseis differt. 
Caudex subtuberosus, ramis abbreviatis, ramulis confertis, saepius 
6-folia tis ; folia paris cujusque fere aequilonga, adscendentia vel patentia, 
apice incurva basi connata, medio obtuse, apicem versus acute, tri- 
quetra, acuta glabra viridi-punctata, infima 2-5 cm. longa, basin versus 
1 cm. lata, cetera 3-3 cm. longa, basin versus 0-7 — 0-8 cm. lata; flores 
solitarii, fere sessiles, 3-5 cm. diam. ; calyx fere semi-globosus, segmentis 
inaequilongis triquetris acuminatis, duobus ad 1-5 cm. longis, ceteris 
lato membranaceo-marginatis, 1 — 1-2 cm. longis; petala numerosissima 
2 — 3-seriata, acuta vel obtusa, basi pallidiora vel alba, ad 1-4 cm. 
longa, 0-125 cm. lata; staminodia recurva numerosa, circa 3-seriata, 
exteriora 1 cm. longa; stamina conferta vel exteriora subrecurva, 
0-3 — 0-8 cm. longa, filamentis glabris, vel interioribus parce bar- 
batis, antheris luteis; discus annularis crenulatus, 0-1 cm. diam.; 
ovarium supra convexum, stylis lineari-subulatis acuminatis, 0-5 cm. 
longis. 
Kalahari Region: Transvaal; near Johannesburg, collector un- 
known (National Botanic Gardens, No. -^f). 
Allied to M. acutipetalum, N. E. Br., but differs in having the leaves 
glaucous and the two of each pair almost equal in length, by the 6-parted 
flowers, and the pale rose petals. 
Described from a living specimen which grew in Mr Beswick’s 
garden in Queenstown and which was given to the National Botanic 
Gardens where it flowered in Dec. 1921. 
M. velutinum, L. Bolus, caule crasso, multo abbreviato, ramulis brevissimis 
confertis 2 — 4-foliatis; folia cum pedunculo calyceque velutina, sat 
polymorpha, alterum paris altero longius vel multo longius, patentia 
vel adscendentia, basi connata, oblonga, supra subconcava, superne 
triquetra, valde compressa vel breviora leviter compressa, interdum 
apice carinata, breviora subdimidiata, glaucoviridia, 2 — 4-5 cm. longa, 
basi ad 1-8, medio ad 1-5 cm. lata, ad 1-4 cm. diam.; flores solitarii, 6- 
meri, 4 cm. diam., pedunculo crasso, cum calyce valde compresso, 2-3 
cm. longo, apice circa 1 cm. diam.; calyx subcrateriformis, segmentis 
inter se inaequalibus, oblongis vel linearibus, acutis vel apice carinatis, 
duobus dorsaliter carinatis, ad 1-9 cm. longis, ceteris 0-9 — 1-4 cm. 
longis, tribus membranaceo-marginatis; petala erecto-patentia 2-seriata 
lineari-spathulata obtusa, dilute rosea, saturate roseo-vittata, 1-8 — 
2 cm. longa, 0-2 cm. lata; stamina collecta, filamentis parce barbatis, 
pallidis, ad 0-7 cm. longis, antheris pallidis; glandulae nectariferae dis- 
