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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
scentes, caule brevi, sat robusto, ad 1 cm. longo, 0-3 cm. diam., ramis 
gracilibus confertis, demum elongatis, subdecumbentibus vel adscendenti- 
bus, internodiis folia aequantibus vel excedentibus ; folia adscendentia, 
fere erecta, apice interdum recxirvata, connata, vagina 0-1 cm. longa, 
semiteretia vel fere teretia, apicem versus subattenuata, vix acuta, 1 — 
2-5 cm. longa, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. diam. ; flores 1 — 3-nati, 5-meri, meridie ex- 
pansi, 1-5 cm. diam.; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se inaequalibus, 
0-4 — 0-6 cm. longis; petala 2 — 3-seriata alba lineari-spatbulata obtusa, ad 
0-7 cm. longa, ad 0-1 cm. lata; stamina conico-collecta, staminodiis fili- 
formibus circumdata, 0'2 cm. diam., filamentis albis, antheris luteis; 
discus e glandulis 5, transverse linearibus, compositus; ovarium supra 
levissime convexum, stigmatibus subrdatis, vix 0-15 cm. longis. 
Kalahari Region: Orange Free State; near Bloemfontein, Eagle’s Nest, 
on kopje under shade of trees, alt. 4700 ft., fl. Dec. 1918, G. Potts, 1667. 
“A delicate plant with shallow fibrous roots.” 
M. vinaceum, L. Bolus (§ Crassulina). Humile, ramis prostratis confertis 
gracillimis, junioribus rubescentibus, demum albidis, saepius ad 10 cm. 
longis, internodiis saepissime 1 — 2 cm. longis; folia adscendentia, fere 
erecta, basi brevissime connata, dorso rotundata vel inconspicue carinata, 
supra leviter canaliculata, acuta glabra, minute papillata, 1-8 — 2-5 cm. 
longa, ad 0-4 cm. lata, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. diam.; flores rite 3-nati, abortione 
saepius solitarii, 5 — 6-meri, meridie expansi, 1-5 cm. diam., pedunculo 
0-3 — 0-7 cm. longo; calyx globose turbinatus, segmentis inter se inaequali- 
bus, subulatis vel ovato-subulatis, 3 — 4 plusminusve membranaceo-margi- 
natis, longioribus ad 0-9 cm., brevioribus ad 0-5, longis; petala 2-seriata 
linearia obtusa, saepissime denticulata, vinacea, ad 0-7 cm. longa, vix 
ad 0-15 cm. lata; stamina subconferta, apice 0-2 cm. diam., staminodiis 
numerosis filiformibus, apice recurvatis, inferne roseo-purpureis, superne 
albidis, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. longis, circumdata, filamentis inferne roseo-pur- 
pureis, parce barbatis, ad 0-4 cm. longis, antheris demum albidis, polline 
luteo; discus continuus pentagonus crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum 
lobatum, stigmatibus subulatis setaceo-acuminatis, 0-3 cm. longis. 
Exact locality unknown. Bolus Herbarium, No. 17512. 
Flowered freely at Kirstenbosch during the autumn and winter, making 
a dense mat. As the buds open the petals are a rich ruby-red which soon 
changes to a ruby wine-colour. 
M. sinuosum, L. Bolus (§ Spinulifera). Perenne, e basi ramosum, ramis elongatis, 
prostratis, conspicue flexuosis vel rarius strictis, internodiis foliis saepius 
brevioribus, ramulis floriferis erectis brevibus; folia ramulorum alterna, 
semi-teretia, supra demum leviter canaliculata, obtusa, 1—2-5 cm. longa, 
ad 0-5 cm. diam. ; flores solitarii 5-meri, meridie expansi, ad 2-5 cm. diam., 
pedunculo 0-8 — 1-5 cm. longo; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se valde 
