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oblongo-lanceolatae, fere 3 cm. longae (tempore florente) ; fiores 5 evoluti, 
pedicellis 1 — 1*9 cm. longis; perianthium curvatum, sordide rubrum, 6- 
vittatum, vittis sordide viridibus, 2-8 — 3-1 cm. longum, tubo superne 
gradatim ampliato, basi circa 02 cm., apice 0-6 — 0-7 cm., diam., segmentis 
valde recurvatis vel subrevolutis, late ovatis, obtusis, exterioribus apiculo, 
e brevibus setis composito, onustis, 0-5 cm. longis, 0-45 cm. latis, interiori- 
bus parum brevioribus angustioribusque; stamina inferiora 0-5 cm. infra 
fauces, superiora 0-1 cm., inserta, antheris ad 0-25 cm. longis, filamentis 
subaequilongis vel brevioribus; stylus demum ad fauces attingens vel 
parum ultra. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Keiskama Hoek, F. J. Stayner 
(National Botanic Gardens, No. iff 3 -). 
Described from a living specimen which flowered at Kirstenbosch, 
Nov. 1923. 
Eriospermum graminifolium, A. Duthie (Liliaceae-Asphodeleae). Tuber par- 
vum, transverse subpyriforme, intus albidum, 0-8 — 2 cm. diametro, axi 
e parte dilatata lateraliter oriente; folium unicum hysteranthum, lamina 
hneari, crebre venosa, glabra subcoriacea, 3-5 — 13 cm. longa, 0-15 — 
0-3 cm. lata, in petiolum gracilem angustata, inferne reliquis fibrosis 
foliorum delapsorum vestitum, 4 — 9 cm. longum; racemus 1 — 5-5 cm. 
longus, 1 — 10-fL, floribus distichis, bracteis minutis, pedicellis inferiori- 
bus 0-5 — 3 cm. longis; perianthii segmenta rubro- vel viridi-carinata, 
0-4 — 0-55 cm. longa, interiora latiora et textura tenuiore quam oblonga 
exteriora; stamina perianthio breviora, filamentis lanceolatis; ovarium 
globosum, circa 1 mm. longum, stylo subaequilongum; capsula 0-5 — 
0- 6 cm. longa, ultra perianthium marcidum protrusa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Stellenbosch Div., flats near 
Stellenbosch, locally frequent, fl. April, A. V. Duthie (Stellenbosch Uni- 
versity Herbarium, No. 1359). 
E. fasciculatum, A. Duthie. Tuber transverse pyriforme, vetera rarius lobata, 
intus albidum vel dilute roseum, multis longis fibrosis radicibus onustum, 
axi e parte dilatata lateraliter oriente, 0*5 — 4-5 cm. longum, 0-5 — 2 cm. 
diametro; folium unicum hysteranthum, lamina cordato-orbiculari 2— 
5 mm. lata, supra fascicula onusta e 8 — 36 processibus teretibus setaceo- 
acuminatis, 0-4 — 1-5 cm. longis, composita; pedunculus gracilis, 9 — 19 cm. 
longus; racemus cylindricus vel plus minusve distichus, 1 — 5 cm. longus, 
3 — 13-fl.; bracteae minutae deltoideae; pedicelli inferiores 0-2 — T2 cm. 
longi; perianthii segmenta alba, brunneo- vel viridi-carinata, exteriora 
plus minusve patentia, oblonga vel anguste elliptica, 4 — 5 mm. longa, 
1 — 1-5 mm. lata, interiora conniventia, obovata, 3 — 4 mm. longa, 1-5 — 
2 mm.; stamina perianthio breviora, filamentis lanceolatis; stylus dimidio 
longior quam ovarium globosum viride, 1 mm. longum; capsula 5 — fl mm. 
longa, 4 mm. diametro, pilis seminum candidis. 
