NOVITATES AFRICAN AE 
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Fruticulus humilis ramosus, ramis subcompressis pubescentibus, 
demum glabris , folia subfalcata recurvo'-mucronulata, canna com- 
pressa dilatataque, roarginibus integris ciliolatis, ad 1'8 cm. longa, 
0 5 07 cm. lata, 0'6 — 0‘8 cm. diam.; flores 3-nati vel solitarii, breviter 
pedunculati, pedunculo foliis supremis aequilongo vel breviore, 1'5 cm. 
diam.; calyx obtuse 5-angularis, segmentis subaequilongis, exterioribus 
crassis carinatis obtusis, duobus interioribus late membranaceo-margi- 
natis, 0 - 5 cm. longis ; petala 3 — 4-seriata, acuta vel obtusa, albida, 
apicem versus pallide rosea, exteriora 07 cm. longa, 07 cm. lata, 
interiora multo angustiora ; filamenta albida, antheris luteis ; glandulae 
disci distantes atro-virides ; ovarium supra convexum, conspicue 
5-lobum ; styli erecti ovati, 07 cm. longis. 
Cape Province : South-Eastern Region; Uitenhage Div. ; Schoen- 
maker’s Kop, nr Port Elizabeth, fl. July, Florence Paterson, 2288. 
Flowered in the National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, Oct. 1915, 
NO. ^136, 
Epapillose caulescent, leaves 3-quetrous, connate at the very base, 
compressed pubescent, flowers 5-merous, calyx segments subequal in 
length, petals whitish, stamens collected, styles thick and short. 
M. Fredei'ici, L. Bolus. Epapillosum caulescens, foliis basi cormatis, semi- 
teretibus, abrupte acutis, subfalcatis laevibus, calycis segmentis 
subaequalibus, petalis purpureis, staminibus confertis, stylis lineari- 
subulatis acuminatis. 
Fruticulus ramosus glaberrimus, ramis patentibus, ramulis ad- 
scendentibus vel erect is, fere teretibus vel junioribus compressis, 
internodiis 3 — 4%5 cm. longis ; folia subglauca, ad 2 cm. longa, 0'3 cm. 
diam. lataque; flores 3-nati vel abortione solitarii, P3 — 17 cm. diam., 
pedunculis omnibus bracteatis, 1 — 2 cm. longis; calyx turbinatus, 
segmentis subaequalibus lanceolatis vel lanceolato-ovatis acutis, tribus 
anguste membranaceo-marginatis, 0'3 — 0'4 cm. longis ; petala biseriata, 
fere aequilonga, lineari-spathulata subobtusa, ad 07 cm. longa; fila- 
menta basin versus albidis, superne purpureis, antheris albidis ; discus 
annularis crenatus ; ovarium convexum, stylis 0'2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Hex River Valley, Orchard 
Siding, fl. Aug., F. A. Rogers, 16417. 
Epapillose caulescent, leaves connate at base, semi-terete, suddenly 
acute, subfalcate smooth, calyx-segments subequal, petals purple, 
stamens collected, styles linear-subulate acuminate. 
Polystachya Hollandii, L. Bolus ( Orchideae-Vandeae-Cymbidieae ). Glabra, 
pseudobulbis nullis, caulibus 1-foliatis, foliis anguste linearibus 
attenuatis mucronatis; pedunculis 2 — 3-fl., floribus 0 - 6 cm. longis, 
labello 3-lobato, lobis obtusissimis. 
