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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
obtusae, dimidio superiore membranaceo, 1-6 cm. longae, bracteolis 
fere ad apicem coalitis, parte libera 02 cm. longa, bracteis aequilongis; 
alabastrum acuminatum; periantbium laete roseum, tubo intus pur- 
pureo-vittato, ad 10 cm. longum, primo fere erecto, demum decurvato, 
parte filiformi 2-6 cm. longa, vix -02 cm. diam., parte cylindracea 3 cm. 
longa, ore 0-8 cm. diam., segmentis subdependentibus obtusis, 4-4 cm. 
longis, exterioribus oblongis, 1-2 cm. latis, interioribus crispulatis, 
1- 5 cm. latis; stamina arcuata, ad dimidium segmentorum attingentia, 
filamentis 2-5 cm. longis, antheris albidis, mox purpurascentibus, 1-1 cm. 
longis; stylum stamina parum excedens, ramis 0-5 cm. longis, stigma- 
tibus 0-25 cm. longis; capsula cylindrica, ad 2-5 cm. longa, saepius 
2 — 2-3 cm. longa, 0-8 — 1 cm. diam., seminibus 1 — 1-5 cm. longis, alis 
ad 0-8 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Piquetberg Div., mountains 
near Piquetberg, W. Versfeld (National Botanic Gardens, No. -fp-). 
Allied to W. rosea, Ker, but is easily distinguished by the much 
larger flowers, by the proportionately longer and narrower segments, 
the arcuate stamens, and by other characters. 
Described from several living specimens which have flowered freely 
at Kirstenbosch during November for the last five years. 
Watsonia Versfeldii, var. alba, Mathews and L. Bolus, floribus albis. 
Same locality and collector (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
W. bulbillifera, Mathews and L. Bolus, W. Merianae affinis sed caule elatiore 
robustioreque, foliis latioribus, inflorescentia laxiore, praecipueque 
foliis superioribus vaginantibus bracteisque bulbilliferis differt. 
Glaberrima stricta, ad 2-1 met., saepius circa 1-8 met. alta, caule 
0- 9 — 1-1 cm. diam.; cormus subplacentiformis, 7 cm. longus, 4 cm. 
diam., tunicis e fibris crassis compositis; folia radicalia 5 — 6, ensiformia, 
52 — 63 cm. longa, ad 6 cm. lata, caulina 3 — 5, vagina ad 23 cm. longa, 
parte libera ad 14 cm. longa, suprema ad 6 cm. longa; inflorescentia 
49-5 — 64 cm. longa, laxa, internodiis 3 — 4 cm. longis, ramosa, ramis 
parum divergentibus, inferioribus ad 53 cm., superioribus ad 8 cm. 
longis, paucis 1-fl. ramis superne additis; bracteae demum dimidio 
superiore membranaceae, 2-2 — 1-7 cm. longae; bracteolae omnino 
coalitae, bracteis aequilongae; perianthium erecto-patens rubro-testa- 
ceum, extus pallidius, margine saturata, tubo intus albo-vittato, 6*7 cm. 
longum, apice explanato 3-4 cm. diam., tubo inferne filiformi, fere erecto, 
1- 8 cm. longo, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. diam., superne cylindraceo patent!, ad 
2- 5 cm. longo, ore 1 cm. diam., segmentis vix patentibus concavis, 
2-4 cm. longis, exterioribus oblongis, 1-3 cm. latis, interioribus obovatis, 
basi subauriculatis, 1-4 cm. latis; stamina arcuata, filamentis 3-2 cm. 
longis, antheris exsertis atro-purpureis, 1 cm. longis, polline pallide 
