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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
oblonga obtusa crassa, obscure sulcata, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longa; flores 3-nati, 
erecti vel patentes; pedicelli vix 0-2 cm. longi; bracteae 3, subapproxi- 
matae oblongae concavae, 0-1 cm. longae; sepala erecta scariosa ovata 
acuta carinata ciliata, 0-15 cm. longa; corolla subcrateriformis albida, 
vix 0-2 cm. longa, segmentis erectis rotundatis, tubo aequilongis; 
antherae inclusae, late ovatae, obtusae, 0-05 cm. longae, aristatae, 
aristis cella parum brevioribus, poro cellae dimidium aequante ; stigma 
longe exsertum capitatum; ovarium depresso-globosum hispidum. 
South-Western Region: Riversdale Div., Stille Bay, fl. May, 1 
J . Muir, 138; Hanglip, in Albertinia Duinen, fl. July, 1915, id. 2200; 
Zandhoogte, fl. May, 1909, id. 301 {Herb. Galpin, No. 5246). 
Allied to E. salax, Salisb., but differs in having broadly ovate 
anthers, long-exserted style, capitate stigma, and hispid ovary. 
Geissorhiza tulbaghensis, Bolus f., G. Bellendenii affinis sed caule pubescente, 
foliae vagina baud ventricosa, floribus solitariis perianthio superne 
albido, inferne sordide purpureo, differt. 
Herba gracilis, 7 — 25 cm. alta. Cormus ovatus, 0-8 — 1 cm. longus, 
0-5 — 0-6 cm. diam., tunicis e squamis planis imbricatis sature brunneis 
compositis; caulis saepissime flexuosus, rarius substrictus, teres, cos- 
tatus, brevissime denseque pubescens, pilis patentibus, 3-4-foliatus, foliis 
2 — 3 basalibus, sursum pedunculoideus, basi ad 0-2 cm. diam., pedun- 
culis solitariis vel binatis, 1 fl., 2-5 — 8 cm. longis; folia erecta, inter- 
dum arcuata, linearia, acuminata, nervo medio prominente, lateralibus J 
inconspicuis, glabra, ciliolata, basalibus ad orem vaginae in petiolum 
ad 4 cm. longum angustatis, 2 — 14-5 cm. longa, 0-1 — 0-35 cm. lata; 
spathae valva inferior oblongo-ovata, obtusa vel acuminata, tenuiter 
crebreque nervosa, basin versus herbacea, sursum membranacea, rubro- 
brunnea, 1 — 2 cm. longa, superiore 0-5— 1-3 cm. longa; perianthii tubus 
strictus, infundibuliformis, basin versus cylindricus, sordide purpureus, 
0-5 cm. longus, segmentis obovato-spathulatis, obtusis vel subacutis, 
albidis, basin versus sordide purpureis, 2 — 2-2 cm. longis, interioribus 
0-7 — lcm. latis, exterioribus 1 — 1-4 cm. latis; stamina unilateralia, 
dimidium vel f perianthii attingentia, filamentis purpureis, antheris 
versatilibus, linearibus, sature purpureis, 0-5 cm. longis; stylus demum 
stamina superans, ramis 0-4 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South Western Region; Tulbagh, near the 
village, alt. about 490 ft, fl. Oct., L. Bolus (Bolus Herbarium, 
No. 14851). 
Allied to G. Bellendenii, MacOwan, but differing in having the stem 
pubescent, the leaf-sheaths not ventricose, and solitary flowers with 
the perianth whitish above and dull-purplish below. 
This species together with G. Bellendenii and G. rochensis have 
