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linae, nervis mediis prominentibus, exterioribus parum breviores; 
perianthii tubus dimidio superiore infundibuliformis, substrictus, 1-1 — 
1-75 cm. longus, segmentis oblongis, obtusis, roseo- vel atro-purpureis 
(in siccis), 0-8 — 1-2 cm. longis, 0-45 — 0-55 cm. latis, summo elliptico, 
circa 0-85 cm. lato, infimo 0-9 cm. longo, 0-4 cm. lato, inferioribus basi 
callosis, calio infimo multo majore, erecto, fiavido; stamina apicem 
segmentorum fere attingentia, antheris versatilibus, linearibus, 0-5 — 
0-7 cm. longis; stylus parum brevior staminibus, ramis circa 0-3 cm. 
longis. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Komgha Div., grassy hills 
near Impetu between Komgha and Kei Mouth, alt. 500 ft., fl. Jan. 1891, 
H. G. Flanagan, 55. Kentani Div., flats near Kentani, alt. 1000 ft., 
fl. summer, 1903, Alice Pegler, 392. 
Allied to T. Nelsonii, Baker, but differs in the entirely membranous 
longer spathe-valves, the perianth-segments shorter than the tube, the 
uppermost segments being distinctly broader than the others. 
Watsonia albertiniensis, Glover, W. aletroidi affinis, sed perianthii faucibus in- 
fujidibuliformibus, segmentis multo latioribus patentioribusque differt. 
Herba glabra, 47 — 63 cm. alta; cormus circa 2-5 cm. diam.; caulis 
subteres, simplex vel ramosus ; folia basalia 3 — 5, erecta linearia, acuta 
vel acuminata, 14 — 22 cm. longa, 1 — 1-5 cm. lata, caulina 2 — 3; rami 
floriferi 1 — 4; spica terminalis subsecunda, 19 — 30 cm. longa, 14 — 21-fh, 
floribus erecto-patentibus ; spathae valvae exteriores obovatae, acutae 
vel acuminatae, apicem versus membranaceae, ad 2-3 cm. longae, 1-7 
cm. lataeque, interiores ad 2 cm. longae ; perianthium terra-cotta, tubo 
inferne gracili, circa 2-3 cm. longo, faucibus infundibuliformibus, 1 — 1-3 
cm. longis, segmentis patentibus ovatis acutis, 1 — 1-2 cm. longis, 0-8 — 1 
cm. latis; stamina 3, rudimentis 3 additis, faucum basi afAxa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; between Riversdale and 
Albertinia, N. S. Pillans, 1246; near Albertinia, fl. Oct., J. Muir. 
Allied to W. aletroides, Ker, from which it may be distinguished by 
the funnel-shaped throat of the perianth and the broader and more 
spreading segments. 
