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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., Phisanti- 
fontein, fl. Feb., Dr John Muir, 3069. 
Described from one living plant of which the flowers were somewhat 
advanced. The bracts enclosing the peduncle appear to be supporting the 
calyx and suggested the name, suppositum. 
M. angulipes, L. Bolus. Humile velutinum, vel, ob pilos minutos adpressos 
albidos, fere lepidotum, glauco-viride, ramis decumbentibus, ad 0-6 cm. 
diam., ramulis floriferis erectis, saepius 4-foliatis; folia demum patentia, 
alterum paris altero majus, basi connata, vagina 0-7 — 0-9 cm. longa, 
saepissime alterum paris conspicue, alterum inconspicue, carinatum, 
carina excentrica, folium majus obtusum, obscure apiculatum, ad 2-6 cm. 
longum, alterum abrupte acutum, apice demum recurvatum, ad 2-3 cm. 
longum (sine vagina), basi ad 0-9 cm. lata diametroque; flores solitarii 
6-meri, ad 2-5 cm. diam., pedunculo angulato ebracteato, inferne sat gracili, 
superne gradatim incrassato in calycem, 2 — 2-4 cm. longo; calycis seg- 
menta lanceolata vel ovato-oblonga, duo anguste membranaceo-mar- 
ginata, 0-6 — 0-7 cm. longa; petala roseo-purpurea, basin versus albida, 
circa 1 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. lata; stamina collecta, vix ad 0-3 cm. diam., 
filamentis antherisque pallidis; discus e 6 glandulis discretis compositus; 
ovarium supra convexum, stigmatibus crassis subulatis brevibus. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., fl. Oct., 
Dr John Muir (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17695). 
M. C-ookii, L. Bolus. M. albido affine, sed foliis minus angulatis, maturis baud 
obliquis, pedunculis compressis brevioribus, ceterisque differt. 
Rami conferti, dense foliati; foha saepius 6, adscendentia, fere erecta, 
basi connata, vagina 0-5 — 0-6 cm. longa, sat turgide 3-quetra, supra plana, 
obtusa vel subacuta, apiculata laevia glauco-viridia, 3-5 — 8 cm. longa, 
0-9 cm. lata; pedunculi compressi, 4cm. longi, circa in medio bracteati; 
flores rite 3-nati, 3 — 4 horis postmeridiem expansi, 5 cm. diam. ; calycis 
tubus compressus turbinatus, segmentis 5, ovatis vel late ovatis, 0-6 — 
0-8 cm. longis, omnibus membranaceo-marginatis ; petala pluri-seriata 
linearia, inferne leviter angustata, acuta vel obtusa, ad 2-2 cm. longa, 0-1 — 
015cm. lata; stamina pluri-seriata subdiffusa, circa 1-1 cm. diam., filamen- 
tis dilute luteis, intimis parce barbatis, 0-4 — 0-8 cm. longis, antheris polli- 
neque aureis; discus inconspicuus, continuus vel irregulariter interruptus; 
ovarium supra convexum 10-lobum, stigmatibus lineari-filiformibus, 
0-8 — 1 cm. longis; capsula valde convexa, ad 1-1 cm. diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Barrydale and 15 miles West, 
Oct., Compton and Cook (National Botanic Gardens, No. -ff-). 
Flowered at Kirstenbosch May — June, 1924. 
M. maritimum, L. Bolus (§ Corniculata). Glabrum, ramis elongatis radicanti- 
bus, ramulis floriferis adscendentibus, saepe fere erectis, cum pedunculo 
