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cretae, transverse oblongae; ovarium supra globose convexum, insigniter 
profunde lobatum et verticale et horizontale, stylis e basi segmentorum 
orientibus, globose subulatis, 0-3 cm. longis. 
South Africa. Locality uncertain, but probably from the neighbour- 
hood of Robertson. Flowered at the National Botanic Gardens, 
Kirstenbosch, October 1917 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15195). On the 
first day the flower opened about 4 p.m. and soon closed. The following 
two days it kept open all day, closing in the evening. Only one flower 
was produced. 
M. Frithii, L. Bolus, epapulosum glabrum, circa ad 6 cm. altum, ramosum, 
ramis decumbentibus, ad 9 cm. longis, 0-6 cm. diam., reliquis numerosis 
foliorum delapsorum onustis; folia paris cujusque subinaequilonga ad- 
scendentia vel folium brevius patenti-erectum vel patenti-incurvatum, 
basi connata, triquetra acuta apiculata vel acuminata, integra vel 
rarissimo marginibus dentatis, glauco-viridia, 2-5 — 4 cm. longa, 0-8 cm. 
lata; flores solitarii 5-meri, 2-5 cm. diam.; calyx turbinatus, segmentis 
inter se valde inaequalibus, duobus elongatis carinatis, 1-1 cm. longis, 
tribus ovato-oblongis membranaceo-marginatis, vix 0-6 cm. longis; 
petala circa 3-seriata linearia obtusa, basin versus gradatim attenuata, 
aurea, 0-6 — 1-2 cm. longa; stamina multiseriata cylindrico-collecta, 
apice recurva, flava, interioribus basi dense barbatis, 0-5 — 1 cm. longa; 
glandulae nectarii discretae integrae; ovarium supra planum vel 
levissime convexum, stylis filiformibus, stamina demum excedentibus, 
1 cm. longis. 
Aberdeen Road, F. Frith (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Grootfontein, V. S. Peers (id. No. - 2 -j^). 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch in 
1919. The flowers open late in the afternoon. 
M. Englishiae, L. Bolus (§ Yeruculata), glaberrimum, ramis prostratis elon- 
gatis, ad 50 cm. longis, ramulis erectis, dense foliatis, 0-3 cm. diam.; 
folia patentia vel saepius patenti-incurvata, basi connata, semiteretia 
obtusa, laevia nitentiaque vel interdum subpruinosa, ad 3-5 cm. longa, 
saepius 1-7 cm. longa, basi 0-7, medio 0-5 cm. lata; flores 4-meri, 3-nati 
vel abortione solitarii, pedunculati, pedunculis in calycem gradatim 
abeuntibus, more M. defoliati , saepius 1 — 1-6 cm. longis; calyx clavatus, 
segmentis basi pro 0-3 cm. coalitis, inter se valde inaequalibus, duobus 
ad 1 cm. longis, ceteris ad 0-5 cm. longis; petala connata pro tertiam 
partem longitudinis, linearia obtusa, basin versus angustata, integra 
vel inaequaliter dent-ata, albida, ad 0-2 cm. longa, 0-1 0-15 cm. lata, 
stamina multiseriata, tubo corollae adnata, exteriora radiate patentia, 
fere dimidium petalorum attingentia, ad 1-2 cm. longa, inter iora 
collecta, 0-4 cm. longa vel ultra, filamentis ebarbatis, antheris luteis, 
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