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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
saepissime rubro-notata, laevia politaque, internodiis aequilonga vel 
longiora, cum vagina 5 — 7 mm. longa, 1 — 1-4 cm. longa, 4 — 5 mm. lata; 
flores solitarii 5-meri, meridie expansi, ad 2 cm. diam., pedunculo bre- 
vissimo in bracteis incluso ; calyx turbinatus, lateraliter compressus, tubo 
apicem versus subalato, segmentis inter se subaequilongis sed tamen 
valde inaequalibus, 2 — 3 foliis simillimis, carina conspicue 2 — 3-denti- 
culata, ceteris lanceolatis acuminatis membranaceo-marginatis, 6 mm. 
longis ; petala numerosa, 3 — 4-seriata, lineari-spathulata integra, interiora 
obtusa, exteriora acuta, rosea, 0-4 — 1 cm. longa; stamina collecta, apice 
vix ad 3 mm. diam., staminodiis lineari-filiformibus circumdata, filamentis 
interioribus barbatis, 1-5 — 5 mm. longis, antheris pollineque luteis; 
discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra leviter convexum, in medio 
5-lobatum, stigmatibus subulatis acuminatis, 2 mm. longis vel ultra. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Montagu Div., near the 
Montagu Baths, fl. Oct. 1921, M. M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17170). 
Nearest M. uncinatum, L., but the plant is more dwarf, the leaves 
shorter, thicker, and broader and the teeth on the keel more obscure, the 
petals more numerous, and the stamens not definitely collected into a cone. 
Described from ample living material. 
M. crassum, L. Bolus (§ Uncinata). Robustum in sectione, omnibus partibus 
herbaceis brevissime molliterque albo-pubescentibus, pallide glauco- 
viridibus, pellucido-punctatis, punctis viridibus, ramis adscendentibus 
vel subdecumbentibus, ramulis fere erectis elongatis, ad 9 mm. diam., 
ramulis floriferis brevibus, saepe dense confertis, internodiis fere omnino 
vaginis vestitis ; folia sat turgida carinata, obscure apiculata, supra plana, 
carina saepius inconspicue 1-denticulata, cum vagina 1 — 2 cm. longa, 
1-6 — 2-9 cm. longa; flores 1 — 2-nati, 5-meri, meridie expansi, 2-2 cm. 
diam., pedunculo clavato, saepius 0-5 — 1 cm. longo ; calyx subcrateriformis, 
segmentis 4 — 5 mm. longis, tribus membranaceo-marginatis; petala 
1-seriata laxa linearia, supra medium leviter ampliata, acuta integra 
alba, 7 mm. longa, ca. 1 mm. lata; stamina conico-collecta, apice 3 mm., 
basi 8 mm., diam., staminodiis filiformibus circumdata, filamentis 
omnibus staminodiisque basi barbatis, albis, 3 — 5 mm. longis, antheris 
pallidis, polline luteo; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra valde 
convexum, obtuse 5-lobatum, stigmatibus anguste subulatis, longe 
acuminatis, 4 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; without precise locality, flowered in 
Municipal Gardens, Cape Town (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17172). 
Distinguished chiefly by the robust stems, short white pubescence on 
all the herbaceous parts of the plant, and by the white petals. 
Described from ample living material. Fruiting specimens in Herb. 
Kew, Pole Evans, 6914, collected 13 miles from Laingsburg on the 
