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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
apiculo saepe recurvo, atro-purpureo, basin versus angustata, laete 
viridia, dilute viridi-punctata, marginibus carinaque saepe purpura- 
scentibus, 1 — 1-5 cm. longa, 0-5 cm. lata, 0-6 cm. diam. ; flores solitarii, 
5-meri, ad 2 cm. diam.; calyx subcrateriformis, segmentis inter se 
inaequalibus, ovatis vel lato ovatis, 0-3 — 5 cm. longis, tribus mem- 
branaceo-marginatis; petala 3-seriata lineari-spathulata obtusa roseo- 
purpurea, ad 0-7 cm. longa, 0-15 cm. lata; staminodia staminaque 
collecta, filamentis inferne albidis barbatis, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. longis, antheris 
luteis; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra concavum, apicem 
versus leviter convexum, stylis linearibus acuminatis, 0-4 cm. longis; 
capsula supra 1 cm. diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Ceres Div., hills near Ceres, 
J . W. Mathews (National Botanic Gardens, No. -If -) . Same locality, 
Una Malleson. 
Described from a specimen which flowered at Kirstenbosch, Sep- 
tember 1919. 
M. Muelleri, L. Bolus (§ Tumidula), glaberrimum, 50 cm. altum vel ultra, 
ramis strictis teretibus, cortice tenui cano vestitis, ad 1-3 cm. diam., 
internodiis 2-5 — 3 cm. longis, ramulis adscendentibus glauco-viri dibus, 
internodiis 1 — 6 cm. longis; folia patenti-erecta connata, vagina 0-4 — 
0-5 cm. longa, fere teretia, apicem versus gradatim attenuata, glauco- 
viridia, 3-5 — 5 cm. longa, medio 0-5 cm. lata, ad 0-6 cm. diam. ; flores 
tri-ternati 5-meri, 1 cm. diam., pedunculis gracilibus, apicem versus 
incrassatis, lateralibus bibracteatis, 2 — 2-5 cm. longis, terminalibus 
ebracteatis, 0-7 — 1-2 cm. longis; calyx subcrateriformis, segmentis inter 
se subaequilongis, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, 0-4 cm. longis, 
tribus membranaceo-marginatis; petala 1-seriata subspathulata obtusa 
saturate rosea, basin versus rubro-vittata pallidaque, 0-4 cm. longis; 
staminodia superne saturate rubra, inferne aurantiaca, cum staminibus 
collecta, dimidio infero barbata; stamina 0-3 — 0-4 cm. longa, filamentis 
barbatis, antheris pallidis, polline aureo; discus annularis dentato- 
crenulatus; ovarium supra conico-convexum, stylis lineari-subulatis 
acuminatis, 0-3 cm. longis. 
South-West Africa: Liideritzbucht, Muller (National Botanic 
Gardens, No. 
Described from living specimens grown at Kirstenbosch where the 
plants have hitherto not flowered. Last year in July, however, a cutting 
from one of the specimens flowered in Mr N. S. Pillans’ garden at 
Rosebank. 
M. bifoliatum, L. Bolus, caule subterraneo ramoso, ramis 2-5 — 3 cm. longis, 
ad 0-7 cm. diam., ramulis ultimis confertis binatis bifoliatis, omnino 
vaginatis; folia ad 3-5 cm. longa, connata, vagina 1-8 cm. longa, ore 
