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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
ovatis, 0-3 — 0-4 cm. longis, duobus membranaceo-marginatis; petala 
1 — 2-seriata lineari-spathnlata, acuta vel obtusa, roseo-purpurea, 0-5 — 
0-6 cm. longa, 0-15 cm. lata; staminodia staminaque collecta, filamentis 
roseo-purpureis, interne pallidioribus, parce, vel interioribus dense, 
barbatis, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longis, antheris luteis; discus annularis crenu- 
latus; ovarium supra convexum, stylis anguste subulatis acuminatis, 
0-3 cm. longis; capsula subpyriformis, ad 0-8 cm. diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Montagu Div., nr Montagu, 
Kensit and Caporn (National Botanic Gardens, No 1 . ^-) . Same locality, 
I. Arbuthnot (National Botanic Gardens, Gff-). 
Described from living specimens which have flowered at Kirsten - 
bosch during the winter months of 1914-1921. 
M. carolinense, L. Bolus, epapulosum glaberrimum, caule multo abbreviato, 
ramis ramulisque dense confertis, reliquis induratis foliorum vetusti- 
orum onustis, ramulis ultimis 4 — 6-foliatis; folia densa adscendentia 
connata, vagina circa 0-2 cm. longa, turgide triquetra, supra plana, 
acuta glauco-viridia, saturate viridi-punctata, ad 2-5 cm. longa, medio 
0- 6 cm. lata diametroque; flores solitarii 6-meri, ad 4 cm. diam., pedun- 
culis ad 1 cm. longis, ultra folia haud exsertis; calyx turbinatus, 
segmentis inter se inaequalibus oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, 0-7 — 
1- 2 cm. longis, 4 membranaceo-marginatis; petala multi-seriata alba, 
demum apicem versus discolorata, linearia acuta, 0-5 — 1-8 cm. longa, 
ad 0-15 cm. lata ; staminodia staminaque subdiffusa, filamentis ebarbatis 
albis, 03 — 0-6 cm. longis, antheris albidis, polline aureo; discus annu- 
laris crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum, stylis anguste subulatis, 
longissime setaceo-acuminatis, aurantiacis, 0-8 cm. longis, ultra stamina 
exsertis. 
Transvaal; Carolina, alt. ca. 5500 ft., F. A. Rogers, C. L. Leipoldt 
(National Botanic Gardens, Nos. J-ff-, 
Described from specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch in 
November 1918. The flowers open late in the afternoon. 
M. ventricosum, L. Bolus, epapulosum glaberrimum humile, ramis confertis, 
ad 4 — 5 cm. longis, reliquis induratis vaginantibus foliorum vetustioruin 
vestitis, ramulis ultimis 2 — 4-foliatis, axillis saepe ramuliferis, basi 
reliquis cinereis chartaceis foliorum vaginatis; folia adscendentia, ad 
9 cm. longa, saepissime 4 — 8 cm. longa, medio T3 — 1-7 cm. lata, 1— 
T3 cm. diam., basi connata, vagina ad T8 cm. longa, subturgide tri- 
quetra, supra medio plana vel levissime convexa, obtusa vel acuta, 
glauco-viridia vel glauca vel canescentia; flores solitarii 5-meri, ad 
5-4 cm. diam., pedunculis 3 — 3-5 cm. longis, supra medium bracteatis, 
vagina bractearum ventricosa; calyx clavatus, segmentis inter se 
inaequilongis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutis vel apiculatis, 1-3 — 1-8 cm. 
