NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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longa, triquetra, supra plana, acuta, punctata, punctis subprominentibus, 
glauco-viridia, ad 0-8 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. lata diametroque; flores solitarii 
5-meri, meridie expansi, 1-4 — 1-6 cm. diam. ; pedunculi 0-6 — 1-2 cm. 
longi, prope basin 2-bracteati; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se sub- 
aequalibus lanceolatis acutis, omnibus plus minusve membranaceo-margi- 
natis, 0-4 cm. longis; petala 1-seriata lineari-spatbulata obtusa, apicem 
versus roseo-purpurea, interne pallidiora, 0-7 cm. longa, parum excedentia 
0-1 cm. lata; stamina conico-collecta, apice 0-15 cm. diam., staminodiis 
acuminatis, apicibus patentibus, circumdata, filamentis cum staminodiis 
dense barbatis, superne purpureis, interne albis, antheris pollineque aureis ; 
discus annularis denticulatus ; ovarium supra convexum, stigmatibus fili- 
formibus setaceo-acuminatis, 0-45 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; exact locality unknown, 
I. Arbuthnot (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17397). 
Described from living specimens which flowered in Miss Arbuthnot’s 
garden during August. 
M. karrooicum, L. Bolus. Erectum rigidum robustum glabrum, ad 30 cm. 
altum, ramis ramulisque saepius fere erectis; folia adscendentia, saepe 
fere patentia, apice uncinato-recurvata apiculata, dorso rotundata, supra 
leviter convexa, superne angustata, glauca viridi-punctata, lamina 
0-8 — 2-1 cm. longa, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. lata diametroque, internodiis omnino 
vaginatis, vaginis clavatis, lamina longioribus, apice 0-8 — 1-1 cm. diam.; 
flores solitarii 5-meri, meridie expansi, ad 5 cm. diam., pedunculo 2 — 
4-5 cm. longo, medio bracteato; calyx clavatus, segmentis inter se in- 
aequalibus, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, acute acuminatis, 1- — 1-4 cm. 
longis, 2 membranaceo-marginatis ; petala 2 — 3-seriata lineari-spatkulata, 
obtusa vel 2-dentata, roseo-purpurea, purpureo-vittata ad supra medium, 
ad 2-2 cm. longa, 0-2 cm., vel fere ad 0-3 cm., lata; paucis intimis 0-6 cm. 
longis; stamina mox diffusa, apice 0-7 cm. diam., primo staminodiis 
acuminatis recurvatis, 0-6 cm. longis, circumdata, filamentis purpureis 
barbatis, 0-5 — 0-7 cm. longis, antheris pollineque pallidis; discus annularis 
crenulatus ; ovarium supra valde convexum vel semi-globosum, lobatum, 
stigmatibus anguste subulatis, longe acuminatis, luteis, 0-6 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; dry plains near Matjesfontein, alt. 
3000 ft., fl. Sept., H. Bolus, 13454. Whitehill, R. H. Cmnpton (National 
Botanic Gardens, No. 
M. montaguense, L. Bolus. Glabrum, sat rigidum, laxe ramosum, ramis diffusis 
vel subdecumbentibus, teretibus lignosis, cortice griseo-brunneo, ad 30 cm. 
longis, ad 0-5 cm. diam. ; folia fere erecta, saepius falcata vel subfalcata, 
demum patentia, basi connata, vagina 0-1 cm. longa, leviter tumida, 
superne turgide triquetra, carina obscura, inferne semi-teretia, supra 
plana vel leviter convexula, ad apicem attenuata, supra basin veram 
