NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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bus, 1 — 2 cm. longa, vix ad 0-2 cm. lata diametroque; flores rite 3-nati, 
5-meri, meridie expansi, pedunculis omnibus 2-bracteatis, 1 — 2-5 cm. 
longis ; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se subaequalibus, ovato-lanceo- 
latis, 0-3 cm. longis, tribus late membranaceo-marginatis, membrana 
brunnea; petala numerosissima pluriseriata lineari-spathulata, acuta vel 
inaequaliter dentata, marginibus mox revolutis, nunc purpurea vel dilute 
purpurea, nunc rosea vel pallide rosea, 0-4 — 1 cm. longa; stamina conico- 
collecta, staminodiis numerosis albidis, ad 0-5 cm. longis, circumdata, 
fdamentis albidis, basi barbatis, antheris pollineque flavidis ; discus annu- 
laris crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum, stigmatibus subulatis crassis, 
circa 0-1 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clanwilliam Div., Graafwater, 
V. Peers (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17830). 
Described from several living plants which flowered freely in the 
National Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, during September and October. 
Remarkable in the section for the numerous petals and the variety of 
shades of colour exhibited by them. These tend to roll their margins back 
soon after the flower opens and so appear narrower than they really are, 
thus giving a fluffy or tassel-like look to the flower. 
M. constrictum, L. Bolus. Fruticulus subrobustus compactus, ad 25 cm. altus, 
ramis adscendentibus, ramulis floriferis fere erectis, 5 — 7 cm. longis; folia 
demum patentia connata, vagina 0-3 cm. longa, 3-quetra, acuta vel rarius 
obtusa, supra plana, glauca, 1 — T5 cm. longa, adO-5 cm. lata diametroque ; 
flores ternati vel bi-ternati, meridie expansi, T5 — 2 cm. diam., pedunculis 
teretibus, sub calycem constrictis quasi articulatis, ad 2 cm. longis, parum 
infra medium bracteatis, post anthesin persistentibus, induratis vel inter- 
dum spinescentibus ; calycis tubus brevis subcrateriformis, segmentis 5, 
inter se fere aequalibus, ovato-oblongis obtusis, omnibus plus minusve 
anguste membranaceo-marginatis, 0-5 cm. longis; petala biseriata lineari- 
spathulata obtusa rosea, saturate roseo-vittata, ad 0-9 cm. longa, vix ad 
0-15 cm. lata; stamina conferta, fllamentis inf erne pallidis, superne pur- 
puxeis, interioribus barbatis, antheris pollineque pallidis ; discus annularis 
crenulatus; ovarium supra leviter convexum, stigmatibus 10, gracilibus 
lineari-subulatis acuminatis, circa 0-3 cm. longis. 
Locality and collector unknown. Bolus Herbarium, No. 17677. 
Flowered at Kirstenbosch during June 1924. 
M. delum, L. Bolus. Erectum glabrum, circa 11 cm. altum, caudice sub- 
tuberoso, 0-5 cm. diam. vel ultra, ramis adscendentibus, 7 — 9 cm. longis, 
inferne foliorum reliquis persistentibus subspinescentibus onustis; folia ad- 
scendentia vel patentia, basi connata, vagina circa 0-1 cm. longa, teretia 
obtusa, ad 2 cm. longa, saepius 1-5 cm. longa, 0-4 cm. diam.; flores rite 
3-nati, 5-meri, meridie expansi, 2 cm. diam., pedunculis 1 cm. longis vel 
