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terior, perianthii tubo longo, segmentis angustis et antherarum con- 
nective insigne producto bene distinguitur. 
Cormus subglobosus vel rotundus, tunicis fibrosis, illis cormorum 
juniorum tenuibus crebrisque, vetustiorum rigidis, crassis, insigne 
crebrisque, 2-3 — 5-8 cm. longus, 2-4 — 5-8 cm. diam. ; caulis sub- 
strictus vel fiexuosus, teres, glaber, 15 — 52 cm. longus (sine spica) vel 
ultra, ad dimidium longitudinis vel minus in solo absconditus, basi 
foliorum numerosorum vestigiis fibrosis, ad 44 cm. longis circumdatus; 
folia juvenillima synantha, post anthesin bene evoluta ; folia basalia 
1 — 3, erecta, stricta, linearia, acuminata, plana, glabra, nervis pri- 
mariis 3 — 4, subincrassatis, 14 — 32 cm. longa, 0-45 — 0-8 cm. lata; 
folia caulina 2 — 4, infima ad 5-5 cm. longa, summa valde reducta, 
rosea (siccis) ; spica aequilateralis, simplex, axi subflexuoso, teret.i, 
glabro, 1-3 — 7-3 cm. longa, 3 — 5 fi., floribus suberectis ; spathae valvae 
acutae vel acuminatae, rubido-roseae, exteriores lanceolatae vel lineari- 
oblongae, interioribus breviores, illis prope medium spicae 2-6 — 3-4 cm. 
longis, 0-5 — 0-65 cm. latis, interiores lineari-oblongae, 3 — 4-3 cm. 
longae, 0-4 — 0-8 cm. latae; perianthii tubus ± curvatus, gracilis, 
2- 4 — 6-3 cm. longus, segmentis lineari-oblongis, obtusis, nonnunquam 
minute apiculatis, ad basin gradatim attenuatis, subundulatis, tenuis- 
sime venosis, pallide roseis, 3 inferioribus media saturiore rosea linea 
notatis, 3 superioribus subaequalibus, 1-85 — 3-15 cm. longis, 0-4 — 
0-55 cm. latis, summo parum longiore latioreque, 3 inferioribus sub- 
aequalibus, basi per quintum connatis labium efformantibus, 1-7 — * 
2-5 cm. longis, 0-4 — 0-6 cm. latis; stamina dimidium segmentorum 
attingentia, antheris linearibus, 0-8- 1 cm. longis, connectivo ad 
0-25 cm. extra cellulas producto; stylus (evolutus) fere ad apicem 
segmentorum vel minus attingens. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region; Mossel Bay Div., Lange- 
berg, fl. April, June, 1914, J. Muir, 1310; Vrijers Berg, alt. 1500 ft, 
fl. May, 1915, J. Muir, 2016. 
Easily distinguished by the large corm of the older plants, by the 
linear leaves narrowed towards the base and apex, fully developed 
after the flowering period, by the outer spathe-valve being conspicu- 
ously shorter than the inner, by the long perianth-tube, the nariow 
segments, and by the remarkably produced connective of the 
anthers. 
This species is remarkable in having the outer spathe- valves con- 
spicuously shorter than the inner and in the produced connective of 
the anthers, two characters which I have not observed in any othei 
species of the genus. Dr Muir remarks that the flowers appeal in 
April before the leaves, these being fully developed in June. 
