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inclusis; folia adscendentia connata, vagina ad 3 cm. longa, triquetra, 
medio supra concava, subspinose apiculata, carina infra apicem rigide 
1- denticulata, glauco-viridia, saturate viridi-punctata, parte libera 
0-8 — 1 cm. longa, medio ad 0-3 cm. lata; flores solitarii 5-meri, 1-8 — 
2 cm. diam., pedunculis gracilibus, basi 2-bracteatis, saepius 1-5 cm. 
longis, accrescentibus ad 2-5 cm. longis vel ultra, induratis vel sub- 
spinescentibus; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se subaequilongis, 
lanceolatis acutis, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. longis, 3 — 4 membranaceo-marginatis; 
petala 1 — 2-seriata lineari-spathulata acuta rosea, 0-7 — 0-8 cm. longa, 
vix 0-1 cm. lata; staminodia staminaque collecta, filamentis basi parce 
barbatis albidisque, superne roseis, ad 0-4 cm. longis, antheris luteis; 
glandulae nectariferae fere discretae, crenulatae ; ovarium supra globose 
convexum, profunde lobatum, stylis erectis, demum conspicue radianti- 
bus, lineari-subulatis, longe acuminatis, luteis, ad 0-45 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; Steytlerville, anno 1905, Eustace 
Pillans (Pillans, No. 1277; National Botanic Gardens, No. Beau- 
fort West, Oct. 1917, J . W. Mathews (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Upper Region; Steynsburg, H. de Villiers {id. No. Yif) . 
Described from living material which has flowered at Kirstenbosch 
for several years during October and November. 
M. viatorum, L. Bolus. Fruticulus epapulosus glaberrimus, 15 cm. altus vel 
ultra, ramosus, ramis ramulisque patentibus vel saepius adscendentibus, 
ultimis floriferis 4 — 9 cm. longis, 0-2 cm. diam.; folia adscendentia vel 
erecto-patentia, rarius recurva, connata, vagina 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longa, 
triquetra obtusa aristulata, 1 — 2 cm. longa, 0-4 cm. diam. ; flores 
solitarii, 2-3 cm. diam., pedunculis 3 — 4 cm. longis, medio vel supra 
2- bracteatis; calyx clavatus, segmentis 5 — 6, inter se subaequalibus, 
lanceolatis acutis, 0-6 — 0-7 cm. longis, duobus anguste membranaceo- 
marginatis; petala 2 — 3-seriata spathulata, obtusa vel acuta, rosea, 
1 cm. longa, apice 0-1 — 0-15 cm. lata; stamina erecto-patentia, 0-2— 
0-4 cm. longa, filamentis infra medium barbatis; discus annularis 
crenulatus; ovarium supra conico-convexum, 0-5 cm. diam., stylis 
5 — 6, erecto-patentibus lineari-subidatis setaceo-acuminatis, 0-45 cm. 
longis. 
Western Region: Namaqualand; between Bitterfontein and Stink- 
fontein, Dec. 1910, H. H. W. Pearson (Percy Sladen Memorial Expedi- 
tion, No. 5575). 
Described from living specimens which flowered in Mr N. S. Pillans’ 
garden, Rosebank, near Cape Town. 
M. solidum, L. Bolus, caule brevi, 2 cm. alto, 0-5 cm. diam., ramis decum- 
bentibus, apicem versus adscendentibus, rigidis, 15 — 20 cm. longis vel 
rarius ad 40 cm. longis, internodiis 1-5 — 2 cm. longis, reliquis induratis 
