NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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ad 7 cm. altis; folia saepius fere erecta, teretia vel subteretia, basin 
apicemque versus attenuata, acuta apiculata, interdum omnino rube- 
scentia, connata, vagina subtumida, 0-3 — 0-4 cm. longa; 3-5 — 6 cm. longa, 
0-3 — 0-6 cm. diam. ; flores saepius solitarii meridie expansi, 3-5 — 4 cm. 
diam. ; pedunculi teretes, in calycem abrupte transeuntes, 2-5 — 3-5 cm. 
longi, prope basin bracteati, bracteis ad 2 cm. longis; calyx globoso- 
turbinatus, segmentis 5, inter se inaequalibus, acutis, tribus late mem- 
branaceo-marginatis, 0-4 — 0-7 cm. longis; petala 2 — 3-seriata, obtusa vel 
acuta, saepe interiora irregulariter 2-dentata, linearia, inferne parum 
attenuata, 0-7 — 1-7 cm. longa, ad 02 cm. lata; stamina mox diffusa, 
exteriora patentia, 0-5 cm., demum 0-9 cm., diam., filamentis albis, in- 
terioribus barbatis, antheris pollineque aureis; discus annularis crenu- 
latus; ovarium supra convexum, stigmatibus 10, subulatis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., Still Bay, in 
sand near the sea, fl. June, Dr John Muir, 3095. 
Described from several hving specimens within a few days of their 
being collected. 
M. albertiniense, L. Bolus (§ Corniculata). Glabrum, ramis reptantibus elon- 
gatis angulatis, 30 cm. longis vel ultra, internodiis 1 — 2-5 cm. longis, 
ramulis floriferis dense 4-foliatis, axillis gemmiferis; folia fere erecta, 
demum patentia, leviter connata, vagina 0-1 — 0-2 cm. longa, teretia vel 
semi-teretia, rarius inconspicue carinata, abrupte acuta, basin versus 
gradatim angustata, viridia laevia, 1 — 2-5 cm. longa, saepius medio 0-2 — 
0-3 cm., rarius ad 0-4 cm. diam.; flores saepius solitarii, interdum 2-nati, 
meridie expansi, ad 4-2 cm. diam., pedunculis patentibus, apicem versus 
adscendentibus vel erectis, teretibus, 2 — 2-5 cm. longis, infra medium 
bracteatis, bracteis 0-7 — 1 cm. longis; calyx subglobosus, segmentis 5, in 
alabastro subaequilongis, cum aetate duobus longioribus, lanceolatis vel 
ovatis acutis, 0-4 — 0-6 cm. longis, tribus late membranaceo-marginatis; 
petala 2 — 3-seriata, paucis intimis multo brevioribus, ceteris inter se sub- 
aequilongis, linearia acuta aurea, ad 2cm. longa, 0-1 — 0-2 cm. lata; stamina 
diffusa, extima fere patentia, ad 1 cm. diam., filamentis aureis, ad 0-3 cm. 
longis, interioribus parce barbatis, antheris pollineque aureis; ovarium 
convexum, profunde 10-lobatum, lobis valde compressis, superne quasi 
alatis, apice truncatis, stigmatibus lanceolatis acutis, circa 0-15 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., near Alber- 
tinia (Oude Tuin), in sand, fl. June — Aug., Dr J. Muir, 919. 
Described from hving specimens within a few days of their being 
collected. 
M. pentagonum, L. Bolus (§ Bracteata). Erectum virgatum glabrum, 15 — 
35 cm. altum, simplex vel ramis 3 — 4 prope basin orientibus, strictis com- 
pressis, ad 30 cm. longis; folia adscendentia, fere erecta, lineari-lanceolata 
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