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longis, lamulis floriferis erectis, 2 — 4 cm. altis; folia adscendentia vel 
subfalcata, basi vix connata, turgide triquetra vel fere semi-teretia, 
supra leviter concava, acuta, basin versus parum angustata, glauco- 
viridia, 1 2-5 cm. longa, ad 0-3 cm. lata diametroque; flores solitarii 
5-meri, 3 3-5 cm. diam., pedunculis 0‘6 — 2 cm. longis; calyx clavatus, 
segmentis ovatis vel lanceolatis, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. longis, tribus late mem- 
branaceo-marginatis; petala 2 — 3-seriata spathulata, acuta vel obtusa, 
rosea, basin versus roseo-purpurea, ad 1-8 cm. longa, ad 0-25 cm. lata; 
staminodia apice recurva, superne roseo-purpurea; stamina conico- 
collecta, filamentis inferne pallidis barbatis, superne luteis, ad 0-4 cm. 
longis, antherisaureis ; discus annularis, inaequa liter grossequecrenulata : 
ovarium supra leviter concavum, stylis lineari-subulatis acuminatis, 
0-4 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Darling, Sep. 1917, W. 
Peacock and L. Bolus (National Botanic Gardens, No. Near 
Tulbagh, Sep. 1917, W. Peacock and L. Bolus {id. No. J-ff 1 ). Rivers- 
dale, J . La Grange (id. No. 
Described from living specimens which flowered freely at Kirsten- 
boscli during September and October for several years. 
M. cinctum, L. Bolus, epapulosum glaberrimum, ramis decumbentibus elon- 
gatis, 20 cm. longis vel ultra, internodiis 1 — 2 cm. longis, ramulos 
floriferos 2 — 6 cm. longos emittentibus; folia adscendentia, apice un- 
cinato-recurva, triquetra, supra medio plana, acuta, marginibus 
carinaque saepius minute serrulatis, glauco-viridia, apicem versus 
rufescentia, ad 2 cm. longa, 0-5 cm. lata, 0-6 cm. diam.; flores saepissime 
solitarii, 5-meri, 2 — 2-2 cm. diam., pedunculis gracilibus 0-7 — 1-2 cm. 
longis (partem ultra folia suprema vel bracteas exsertam metiente); 
calyx subcrateriformis, segmentis inter se subaequilongis, oblongis, 
abrupte apiculato- vel setaceo-acuminatis, tribus membranaceo-mar- 
ginatis, 0-4 cm. longis ; petala 1-seriata spathulata obtusa rosea, margini- 
bus purpureo-cincta, 0-9 — 1 cm. longa, vix ad 0-2 cm. lata; staminodia 
staminaque collecta, filamentis omnibus barbatis roseo-purpureis, 0-2 — - 
0- 4 cm. longis, antheris pallidis; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium 
supra elliptico-convexum, stylis crassis, late subulatis, acuminatis 
luteis, 0-2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; near Riversdale, N. S. 
Pillans, 2016 (National Botanic Gardens, No. - 4 j®f). 
Described from specimens which flowered freely at Kirstenbosch 
during August and September. 
M. excavatum, L. Bolus, papillosum, papillis oblongis nitentibus, ramosum, 
ramis adscendentibus, ad 20 cm. longis, ad 0-5 cm. diam., internodiis 
1 — 1-4 cm. longis, vel senioribus ad 3 cm. longis; folia adscendentia vel 
