NOVITATES AFEICANAE 
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circa 7 cm. longo; spathae obtusae, marginibus atro-brunneis, interdum 
membranaceis laceratisque, 0-6 cm. longae; bracteae membranaceae 
brunneae, saepius integrae, rarius apice breviter divisae ; perianthii tubus 
longe exsertus, cylindricus, 3-8 cm. longus, segmentis obovatis obtusis, 
saepius laete coeruleis, rarius dilute lilacinis, 1-8 cm. longis, 0*6 cm. latis; 
filamenta 0-6 cm. longa, antheris luteis, saepius 0-2 cm. longis; ovarium 
turbinatum, 0-3 cm. longum, 0-2 cm. diam., stylo gracili, 4 cm. longo, 
ramis circa 0-2 cm. longis; capsula obtuse angulata, 0-6 cm. longa, 0-5 cm. 
diametro, seminibus paucis, dilute brunneis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., near the mouth 
of the Pahniet River, fl. Jan. — Feb. 1924, T. P. Stokoe, 946. 
Allied to A. corymbosa, Benth., from which it may readily be dis- 
tinguished by the much larger flowers, with a relatively much longer 
tube. 
Watsonia vittata, Mathews & L. Bolus. Saepius 75 — 90 cm. alta; folia radi- 
calia 4, glauco-viridia, nervo medio marginibusque subprominentibus, 
nervis ceteris ineonspicuissimis, ad 40 cm. longa, 1-2 — 1-9 cm. lata, caulina 
2, ad 29 cm. longa, laminis 6 — 15 cm. longis; inflorescentia inferne ramosa, 
ramis 3, infima 9-fl., 25 cm. longa, superiores 6-fl., 12-5 cm. longae, axi 
principali circa 18-fl., floribus erecto-patentibus roseis, extus roseo-pur- 
pureis; spatha prima 7 cm. longa; bracteae herbaceae, apice vero mem- 
branaceae, politae ovato-oblongae obtusae, ad 2 cm. longae, bracteolis 
fere ad apicem coalitis, canaliculatis, bracteis aequilongis vel parum 
brevioribus; perianthii tubus gracilis, 2-9 cm. longus, faucibus circa 
0-6 cm. diam., segmentis basi albo-maculatis, vittatis, vitta lilacino- 
purpurea, exterioribus oblanceolato-oblongis, 2-1 cm. longis, 0-9 cm. latis, 
interioribus aequilongis obovato-oblongis, 1-2 cm. latis; stamina arcuata, 
ad dimidium segmentorum attingentia, vel parum ultra, filamentis pur- 
pureis, antheris purpurascentibus, 0-7 cm. longis; stylus demum apicem 
segmentorum attingens, ramis 0-5 cm. longis, ramulis 0-25 cm. longis. 
Exact locality and collector unknown. Bolus Herbarium, No. 17696. 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch during 
the latter part of November and early in December 1923. 
W. Ardernei, Mathews and L. Bolus. Saepius 1-2 — 1-5 cm. alta; folia radi- 
calia 4, inter se subaequilonga, ad 60 cm. longa, 2-8 cm. lata, caulina 6 — 7, 
infima 37-5 cm. longa, lamina 22-5 — -10 cm. longa, vaginis haud ventri- 
cosis; inflorescentia multo ramosa, ramis fere erectis, 8 — 60 cm. longis; 
bracteae herbaceae, apice membranaceae, ad 1-5 cm. longae, bracteolis 
aequilongis vel parum brevioribus; flores adscendentes vel patentes, albi; 
perianthii tubus 3-7 cm. longus, parte superiore infundibuliformi, quam 
pars inferior angustiore parum longiore, faucibus ad 1*7 cm. diam., 
segmentis ovalibus, exterioribus circa 2-5 cm. longis, 1-9 cm. latis, interiori- 
bus ad 3 cm. longis, fere ad 2-5 cm. latis; stamina equilateralia vel inter- 
