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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
attenuata, saepissime apice uncinato-recurvata, rarissime supra medium 
latiora, viridia laevissima, internodiis aequilonga vel breviora, 1-5 — 3 cm. 
longa, basi 0-3 — 0-5 cm. lata diametroque; flores 5-meri, per diem noc- 
temque expausi, 3-5 — 4, vel rarius ad 4-5 cm. diam., pedimculo 1-2 — 3 cm. 
lougo; calyx globoso-turbiuatus acute 5-angulatus, angulis alatis, tubo 
1 — 1-2 cm. lougo, apice 0-8 — 1 cm. diam., segmeutis inter se inaequalibus 
acuminatis acute carinatis, 0-7 — 1-1 cm. longis; petala laxe disposita, 
1 — 2-seriata, paucis brevibus additis, linearia, ad basin longe attenuata, 
obtusa vel breviter 2-dentata, roseo-purpurea, basin versus saturate pur- 
purea, interdum inconspicue vittata, extima 1-6 — 2-1 cm. longa, ad 
0-2 cm. lata; staminodia numerosa, apice recurvata, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longa, 
exteriora obtusa, saturate purpurea, interiora intro versa, lineari-fili- 
formia acuminata pallida; stamina ad stigmata incumbentia (more sec- 
tionis), filamentis, antheris, pollineque albidis; receptaculum ultra 
ovarium productum, more sectionis; stigmata subulata, brevissima, 
0-1 cm. longa. 
Cape Province: South- Western Region; Riversdale Div., Garcia’s Pass, 
alt. 1600 ft., fl. Oct., H. Bolus, 11290. Slopes of foot-bills of Langeberg 
at Glen, fl. Dec., J . Muir, 3001. 
M. triticiforme, L. Bolus. Fruticulus erectus rigidus glaberrimus, 30 cm. altus 
vel ultra, ramis ad 0-4 cm. diam., ramulis ultimis saepius 4 — 6-foliatis, 
0-5 — 1 cm. longis, induratis persistentibusque, foliis delapsis; folia con- 
nata, vagina fere 0-2 cm. longa, turgide 3-quetra obtusa, interdum obscure 
apiculata, punctata, 0-4 — 0-8 cm., saepius 0-6 cm., longa, ad 0-25 cm. lata 
diametroque; flores solitarii 5-meri, meridie expansi, ad 1-2 cm. diam., 
pedunculo 0-6 — 0-7 cm. longo, medio bracteato, bracteis calyci subten- 
dentibus; calyx turbinatus, segmentis leviter inaequalibus oblongo- 
lanceolatis, tribus anguste membranaceo-marginatis, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longis; 
petala sat pauca, 2-seriata, linearia subacuta rosea, inferne pallidiora, 
0-3 — 0-5 cm. longa, vix ad 0-1 cm. lata; stamina collecta, apicem versus 
subpatentia, staminodiis paucis filiformibus circumdata, filamentis dilute 
roseis, basin versus barbatis, fere ad 0-3 cm. longis, antheris polli- 
neque pallidis; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum 
5-lobum, 0-2 cm. diam., stigmatibus anguste subulatis setaceo-acuminatis, 
fere 0-25 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: exact locality uncertain, fl. Oct., C. F. Juritz, 119. 
Described from living specimens which flowered in Dr C. F. Juritz’s 
garden at Three Anchor Bay, near Cape Town. 
M. Putterillii, L. Bolus. Fruticulus sat humilis, ramis subrigidis, adscendentibus 
vel subdecumbentibus, elongatis, 18 cm. longis vel ultra, junioribus prae- 
cipue compressis subalatisque, internodiis 0-5 — 2-5 cm. longis; folia ad- 
scendentia, demum patentia, rarius adscendenti-recurvata, basi breviter 
