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pedunculis omnibus bracteatis saepius 3 — 4-5 cm. longis, bracteis 1 
2-4 cm. longis; calyx turbinatus, pellucide punctatus, segmentis inter 
se valde inaequalibus acutis, 0-5— 1-2 cm. longis, tribus ampliate mem- 
branaceo-marginatis; petala pluri-seriata linearia, basi immo angustata, 
saepissime inaequaliter dentata, lilacina, exteriora ad 2-5 cm. longa, 
0-2 cm. lata, interiora 0-8 — 1-1 cm. longa, vix 0-1 cm. lata; staminodia 
staminaque collecta, filamentis albis, omnibus basi barbatis, 0-2 — 0-4 
cm. longis, antheris minutis albidis, polline luteo; discus annularis 
crenulatus atro-viridis; ovarium supra planum vel demurn leviter con- 
vexum, 5-lobum, 0-6 cm. diam., stylis late subulatis setaceo-acuminatis, 
0-2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Robertson Div., hanging 
over damp cliffs in Cogman’s Kloof and in the Cave, near Montagu 
Baths, fl. Oct. 1921, M. M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17156). 
A very beautiful plant whose mauve or lilac petals are rare in the 
genus. 
M. uniflorum, L. Bolus, epapulosum glaberrimum ramosum, ramis elongatis, 
decumbentibus vel adscendentibus, saepe inter frutices scandentibus, 
tetragonis, ad 40 cm. longis, ad 0-4 cm. diam., internodiis saepius 3 — 
4- 5 cm. longis; folia patenti-incurva vel patentia vel decurva, apicem 
versus incurva, basi connata leviterque gibbosa, teretia obtusa, laete 
viridia, 2 — 2-8 cm. longa, medio 0-3 — 0-4 cm. diam.; fiores solitarii 
5- meri, 2 — 2-4 cm. diam., pedunculis ebracteatis gracilibus, 0-7 — 3-3 cm. 
longis; calyx turbinatus, apice tubi subconstrictus, segmentis inter se 
inaequilongis, ovato-oblongis, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. longis, tribus membranaceo- 
marginatis; petala 2 — 3-seriata lineari-spathulata acuta roseo-purpurea, 
0-7 — 1-1 cm. longa, ad 0-2 cm. lata; staminodia staminaque collecta, 
filamentis 0-3 — 0-4 cm. longis, interioribus dense barbatis; discus 
annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum, stylis subulatis, longe 
caudato-acuminatis, 0-5 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; Beaufort West Div., Klipbank, 
May 1921, F. A. Rogers (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17066). 
Described from ample living material sent by the V enerable F. A. 
Rogers. 
The main axis of each shoot terminates in a slender peduncle, and 
from the axil of each of the last pair of leaves normally arises a robust 
branch which carries on the growth. I cannot recall any previously 
described species with exactly this method of flowering. 
R. Schlechter, 11334, from Concordia, Little Namaqualand, Sep- 
tember 19, 1897, appears to be this species. 
M. induratum, L. Bolus (§ Uncinata). Humile, caule prostrato ligido, 0 5 cm. 
diam., ramis confertis, ramulis ultimis 4-foliatis, internodiis him issimis 
