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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
parum ultra, intermedio ebracteato, interdum spinescente; calycis tubus 
subglobosus, segmentis inter se inaequalibus, 0-5 — 1 cm. longis, duobus 
membranaceo-marginatis ; petala 2 — 3-seriata, anguste linearia acuta pur- 
pureo-rosea, 0-5 — 0-9 cm. longa, minus quam 0-1 cm. lata; stamina pluri- 
seriata conico-collecta, ad 0-5 cm. longa, staminodiis filiformibus numerosis, 
superne laete luteis, circumdata, filamentis, antheris pollineque laete 
luteis; discus e 5 foveolis compositus; receptaculum pro 0-25 cm. ultra 
ovarium productum, parte producta petala, staminodia staminaque 
ferente; ovarium convexum, stigmatibus angustissime subulatis acumi- 
natis, circa 0-25 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Upper Region; Nieuwoudtville, E. B. Watermeyer 
(National Botanic Gardens, No. Western Region; Van Rhynsdorp, 
id. (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Flowered at Kirstenboscb during May and June 1924. The name, 
delum (not bidden) is given because the yellow staminodes are visible 
almost as soon as tbe petals show. 
M. planum, L. Bolus. Humile glabrum, ramis elongatis decumbentibus gracili- 
bus, 10 — 12 cm. longis, ad 0-2 cm. diam., internodiis saepius 1 — 2 cm. 
longis, inter valla inter ramulos floriferos abbreviates formantibus; folia 
adscendentia vel patentia, conferta, axillis gemmiferis, basi vix connata, 
3-quetra obtusa, supra plana, punctata, punctis sat prominentibus, sordide 
viridia, ad 1-2 cm. longa, 0-5 — 0-6 cm. lata diametroque; flores rite 3-nati, 
meridie expansi, 2-5 cm. diam., pedunculis 0-8 — 1 cm. longis, lateralibus 
medio bracteatis ; calycis tubus depresse globosus, segmentis 5, in alabastro 
incumbentibus ita ut alabastrum planum videatur, inter se subaequalibus, 
ovato-oblongis obtusis, 0-5 cm. longis, duobus late membranaceo-margi- 
natis; petala 1 — 2-seriata spathulata, obtusa vel subacuta, laete rosea, 
basin versus albescentia, ad 1 cm. longa, 0-15 cm. lata vel parum ultra; 
stamina conico-collecta, apice 0-3 cm. diam., staminodiis paucis, superne 
laete flavis, circumdata, filamentis pallide luteis, superne aureis, basi 
barbatis, 0-2 — 0-5 cm. longis, antheris pollineque aureis; discus annularis 
crenulatus; ovarium convexum, stigmatibus 10, subulatis acuminatis, fere 
ad 0-2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Van Rhynsdorp, E. B. Watermeyer 
(National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Flowered at Kirstenbosch, March — June 1924. The name, planum, was 
suggested by the flatness of the calyx. 
M. Gift'enii, L. Bolus (§ Aspericaulia). Erectum, caule basi lignoso nodosoque, 
ad 0-7 cm. diam., ramis adscendentibus asperis, ad 0-3 cm. diam., ramulis 
fere erectis, ultimis gracilibus lignosis, cum pedunculo ad 2 cm. longis; 
folia mox fere patentia, connata, vagina ad 0-2 cm. longa, dorso rotundata, 
supra plana, saepe superne dilatata, obtusissima, papillis prominentibus 
