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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
patentia, spathulata, supra excavata, apice rotundata, crassa, laete 
viridia, demum lutescentia, 1 — 1-5 cm. longa, apice ad 0-5 cm. lata, 
saepissime alternatim disposita; flores solitarii, ultimos ramulos ter- 
minantes, 5-meri, 1*5 cm. diam., pedunculis ab calyce vix distinctis, 
0-5 — 1 cm. longis; calyx lineari-clavatus, segmentis inter se valde in- 
aequalibus, duobus foliaceis, ad 0-7 cm. longis, ceteris minoribus, 0-3 — 
0- 4 cm. longis, tribus late membranaceo-marginatis ; petala pauciora 
1- seriata linearia obtusa, saturate lutea, 0-6 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. lata; 
stamina pauciora diffusa, filamentis ebarbatis pallidis, ad 0-4 cm. longis, 
antheris pallidis; discus non visus; ovarium supra conico-convexum, 
stylis subulatis luteis, 0-1 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Upper Region; near Beaufort West, J. W. Mathews 
(National Botanic Gardens, No. -ff-). 
Described from specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch in October 
1917. 
M. integrum, L. Bolus (§ Uncinata). Fruticulus glaberrimus rigidus, 20 — 30 
cm. altus, caule basi ad 1-3 cm. diam.; rami ramulique adscendentes 
vel erecti, 6 — 15 cm. longi, 0-2 cm. diam. vel juniores ad 0-4 cm. diam.; 
folia adscendentia uncinato-recurva connata, vagina saepius 0-5 cm. 
longa, medio fere semi-teretia, apicem versus triquetra, supra plana, 
glauco-viridia, marginibus cum carina integra rubescentibus, parte 
libera 0-5 — 0-8 cm. longa, medio 0-3 cm. lata; flores solitarii, ad 1-8 cm. 
diam., pedunculis brevissimis inclusis; calyx turbinatus, segmentis 5, 
inter se inaequilongis, lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, 0-5 — 0-8 cm. longis, 
duobus carinatis, tribus membranaceo-marginatis; petala multiseriata 
spathulata, obtusa vel acuta, basin versus papillata, saturate roseo- 
purpurea, 0-4 — 0-7 cm. longa, ad 0-15 cm. lata; staminodia staminaque 
rigide conferta modo sectionis “Bracteata,” staminodiis exterioribus 
tereti bus, apice recurvis, inferne papillatis, purpureis,interioribusalbidis, 
filamentis barbatis, antheris luteis; discus hand visus; ovarium supra 
concavum, stylis 8 subulatis minutis, vix 0-1 cm. longis; capsula leviter 
convexa, 8-sulcata, ad 1 cm. diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Robertson Div., Ashton, fl. 
Nov. 1921, F. A. Rogers (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17175). 
Described from ample living material sent by the Venerable F. A. 
Rogers. 
M. dependens, L. Bolus, glaberrimum, ramis elongatis decumbentibus, teretibus 
vel junioribus tetragonis, ad 0-3 cm. diam., internodiis 1 — 5-5 cm. longis; 
folia patentia vel recurvata, basi connata leviterque gibbosa, medio 
teretia vel fere teretia, acuta, minute papillosa, nitentia, obscure albo- 
punctata, laete viridia, subtranslucentia, saepius 3-5 — 5-5 cm. longa, 
0-3 — 0*4 cm. diam. ; flores 3-nati vel abortione 1 — 2-nati, ad 6 cm. diam., 
