NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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connata, vagina 0-15 cm. longa, triquetra, carina marginibusque superne 
cartilagineo-ciliatis, obtusa apiculata, apiculo saepius recurvato, promi- 
nenter punctata, intus basi pustulata, ad 1 cm. longa, saepius 0-8 cm. 
longa, 0-35 cm. lata diametroque, axillis gemmiferis; flores solitarii 5-meri, 
meridie expansi, 1-5 cm. diam., pedunculo 0-4— 0-9 cm. longo; calyx tur- 
binatus, segmentis inter se subaequalibus, omnibus plus minusve mem- 
branaceo-marginatis, 0-4 cm. longis; petala 2 — 3-seriata linearia acuta 
roseo-purpurea, ad 0-8 cm. longa, fere ad 0-1 cm. lata; stamina conferta, 
0-2 cm. diam., filamentis purpureis, infra medium barbatis, ad 0-4 cm. 
longis, staminodiis circumdata, antberis pollineque albidis; discus annu- 
laris crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum 5-lobum, stigmatibus fili- 
formibus setaceo-acuminatis, 0-4 cm. longis. 
Orange Free State, Harrismith, V. A. Putterill (Grey University 
Herbarium, No. 1443). Basutoland, Butha Butha, H. Ashton (National 
Botanic Gardens, No. 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch during 
June 1924. 
M. Phillipsii, L. Bolus. Humile, partibus herbaceis velutinis, pilis minutis 
patentibus albidis; rami subelongati prostrati radicantes, ad 17 cm. longi, 
internodiis 1 — 3 cm. longis, ramulis floriferis erectis, dense 4-foliatis, 1— 
2 cm. longis; folia connata, vagina ad 0-6 cm. longa, turgide triquetra, 
subcymbiformia cano-viridia, 1-5 cm. longa, medio 0-8 cm., basi ad 1 cm., 
lata, ad 1 cm. diam. ; flores solitarii 5-meri, meridie expansi, 2-2 cm. diam., 
pedunculo ad 1 cm. longo, medio bracteato, bracteis calyci approximate, 
1 cm. longis; calyx turbinatus, lateraliter compressus, segmentis inter se 
subaequilongis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusis vel subacutis, 
tribus membranaceo-marginatis, ad 0-6 cm. longis; petala pluri-seriata, 
exteriora lineari-spathulata, obtusa vel bidentata, laete rosea, sat crassa, 
1 cm. longa, ad 0-2 cm. lata; stamina conico-collecta, staminodiis roseis 
petaloideis et filiformibus luteis circumdata, filamentis nudis luteis, cum 
staminodiis basi pallidis; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra 
concavum, stigmatibus subulatis acutis, sat crassis, saturate rubris, 
0-2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Giftberg, fl. Sept., E. P. Philips 
(Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition, 1911, No. 7664). Packhuisberg, 
among stones, fl. Aug., R. Schlechter, 10817. Van Rhynsdorp, Mrs Rood 
(National Botanic Gardens, No. iff-). 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch during 
July 1924. 
M. calcicolum, L. Bolus. Glabrum laevissimum, ramis elongatis decumbentibus, 
apicem versus adscendentibus, valde compressis, internodiis 1-5-3 cm. 
longis, ramulis floriferis saepius erectis, cum pedunculo 2 — 4-5 cm. longis; 
