NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
rente (i.e. folia leviter calcarata), supra subplana, basin versus excavata 
pustulataque, lateribus convexulis, obtusa, obscure apiculata, laete 
viridia, minute punctata, saepius circa 2 cm. longa, 0-4 cm. lata, ad 
0-5 cm. diam. ; flores solitarii vel 2-nati, meridie expansi, 4-3 cm. diam.; 
pedunculi teretes politi, in calycem abrupte transeuntes, ad 7 cm. longi, 
infra medium 2-bracteati, bracteis ad 2-4 cm. longis; calyx crateriformis, 
segmentis 5, inter se fere aequalibus, oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, omnibus 
anguste membranaceo-marginatis, 0-9 cm. longis; petala subtriseriata 
lineari-spatbulata acuta, interiora irregulariter 2-dentata, pallide rosea, 
ad 2 cm. longa, 0-2 cm. lata; stamina subdiffusa, apice 0-6 cm. diam., 
filamentis rubro-aurantiacis, ad 0-6 cm. longis, interioribus basin versus 
parce barbatis, antheris aureis; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium 
supra levissime convexum, stigmatibus 10, anguste subulatis, longe 
attenuatis, ad 0-5 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: exact locality and collector not known; flowered in 
Miss Arbuthnot’s garden, July 1924 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17688). 
Described from one living specimen which had flowered for the first 
time. The name is in reference to the beautifully coloured stamens. 
M. argenteum, L. Bolus. Fruticulus glaberrimus, copiose ramosus, circa 
23 cm. altus, ramis late patentibus rigidis, ad 30 cm. longis, ad 0-3 cm. 
diam., internodiis 2 — 4 cm. longis, ramulis adscendentibus ; folia adscen- 
dentia, demum late patentia vel etiam subdecurvata, connata, vagina 
0-1 cm. longa, subacuta vel obtusa, carinata laevia glauco- viridia, ad 
2 cm., saepius 1 — 1-3 cm., longa, supra medium 0-3 — 0-4 cm., rarius ad 
0-5 cm., lata, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. diam. ; flores ternati vel bi-ternati, 5-meri, 
meridie expansi, 1-2 cm. diam., pedunculis in calycem sat abrupte abeunti- 
bus, 0-7 — 1-1 cm. longis, mediano saepius ebracteato; calyx turbinatus, 
tubo apice leviter constricto, segmentis inter se aequilongis lanceolatis vel 
ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, tribus angustissime membranaceo-marginatis, 
0-3 cm. longis; petala 2-seriata linearia, acuta vel acuminata, pallide 
rosea, marginibus saturatioribus, ad 0-5 cm. longa, vix ad 0-1 cm. lata; 
stamina conferta, filamentis pallidis, superne roseis, medio barbatis, 
antheris pollineque luteis; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra 
convexum, stigmatibus filiformi-subulatis, setaceo-acuminatis, vix ad 
0-2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clanwilliam Div., Graafwater, 
R. H. Compton (National Botanic Gardens, No. - 9 ^ 2 -). 
Described from living specimens which flowered freely at Kirstenbosch 
during June 1923. 
M. Arbuthnotiae, L. Bolus. Perenne humile glabrum gracillimum, ramis elon- 
gatis prostratis radicantibus, ramulis floriferis erectis, 6 — 8-foliatis, 
saepius 1 — 1-5 cm. longis; folia adscendentia, basi connata, vagina 0-1 cm. 
