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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
angustata, glauco-viridia laevia, minute papillosa, ad 2 cm., saepius 
1-7 cm., longa, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. lata, 0-3 cm. diam. ; flores rite 3-nati, saepe 
solitarii, 5-meri, meridie expansi, 1-9 — 2-3 cm. diam., pedunculis 0-5 — 
1- 5 cm. longis; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se fere aequilongis, 
2 parum brevioribus, lanceolatis acutis, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. longis, 4 mem- 
branaceo-marginatis ; petala dense 2-seriata, inter se subaequilonga, 
spathulata vel anguste spathulata, apice integra vel emarginata vel 
irregulariter denticulata, roseo-purpurea, obscure vittata, 0-7 — 1 cm. 
longa, 0-1 — 0-2 cm. lata; stamina conic.o-collecta, 0-1 — 0-2 cm. diam., 
staminodiis linearibus, saepe obtusis, superne purpureis, inferne albis, 
circumdata, filamentis inferue albis barbatis, 0-2 — 0-4 cm. longis, antberis 
albidis, polline pallide flavido; discus continuus denticulatus ; ovarium 
supra convexum, stigmatibus anguste subulatis, 0-25 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Montagu Div., near Montagu, 
alt. 800 ft., fl. Aug., M. M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17692). 
Described from several living specimens within a few days of their 
being collected. 
M. promontorii, L. Bolus. Erectum glabrum epapillosum, diffuse ramosum, 
saepius 15 cm., rarissime ad 30 cm., altum, ramis lignosis, sat grac-ilibus, 
ad 0-2 cm. diam. ; folia saepius falcato-erecta, interdum fere patentia, vix 
connata vel vagina ad 0-1 cm. longa, compresso-triquetra vel subturgide 
triquetra, supra medium dilatata, abrupte acuta, apiculata, apiculo inter- 
dum uncinato-recurvato, supra plana, laevia, 1—2-3 cm. longa, ad 0-2 cm. 
lata, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. diam.; flores 3-nati 5-meri, meridie expansi, P4 — - 
2- 3 cm. diam., pedunculis 0-5 — 1-5 cm. longis, medio ebracteato; calyx 
turbinatus, segmentis inter se subaequilongis, lanceolatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis, tribus membranaceo-marginatis, 0-4 cm. longis, 
vel in umbrosis ad 0-6 cm. longis; petala pluri-seriata linearia, saepius 
acuta, laete lutea, interdum apicem versus rubescentia, 0-2 — 0-6 cm., vel 
in umbrosis ad 1-1 cm., longa, ad 0-1 cm. lata; stamina diffusa, filamentis 
ebarbatis, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. longis, cum antheris pollineque luteis; discus in- 
conspicuus annularis denticulatus; ovarium supra convexum, stigmatibus 
subulatis, 0-1 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Cape Peninsula, hills near Glen- 
cairn and slopes above the sea at Cape Point, fl. Dec. and Jan., 7. Arbutlmot 
(Bolus Herbarium, No. 17486). 
A very distinct species which does not fit into any of the existing 
sections of this vast genus. The name is in reference to its being found on 
the actual promontory of the Cape of Good Hope. Described from living 
specimens. 
M. stenopetalum, L. Bolus (§ Scabrida). Fruticulus erectus glaber, 16 — 23 cm. 
altus ; folia adscendentia acutissima glauco-viridia, punctis vix prominent!- 
