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Sutherland Rd., May 27, 1919, appear to be this species. The capsules 
are deeply and acutely 5-lobed and attain a diameter of 8 mm. 
M. griseum, L. Bolus (§ Uncinata). Diffuse ramosum glabrum, 30 cm. altum 
vel parum ultra, ramis rigidis, late patentibus, saepe 30 cm. longis, mox 
griseis induratisque, internodiis saepius 1 — 1-5 cm. longis, ramulis erectis, 
saepius 1-5 — 4cm. longis; folia, sine vagina, 2 — 4mm. longa, apice 
minute 2-denticulata, rarissime 1-denticulata, linea longitudinali vaginae 
impressa, 1 — 2 mm. longa; flores 5-meri, meridie expansi, 1-4 cm. diam., 
pedunculo perbrevi, in foliis supremis incluso; calyx clavato-turbinatus, 
segmentis inter se aequilongis oblongo-ovatis, infra apicem denticulatis, 
omnibus plus minusque membranaceo-marginatis, 0-3 cm. longis; petala 
1-seriata, anguste linearia, acuta vel obtusa, basin versus haud angustata, 
pallide rosea, 6 mm. longa, 0-5 mm. lata vel parum ultra; stamina conico- 
collecta, apice 2 mm. diam., staminodiis roseis, basin versus pallidis, 
petalis fere aequilongis, circumdata, filamentis apicem versus roseis, basi 
barbatis, ad 6 mm. longis, antheris pollineque luteis; discus annularis 
crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum 5-lobatum, stigmatibus subulatis 
setaceo-acuminatis, ad 3 mm. longis. 
Cape Province : origin uncertain but probably from the Montagu Div. 
(Bolus Herbarium, No. 17786). 
The following collections may be quoted under this species: Karroo 
Region; near Graaff Reinet, hillsides, alt. 3000 ft., fl. Nov. 1866, H. Bolus, 
542. (The flowers are larger than in the type.) Without precise locality, 
Zeyher, 703. (Capsules deeply and acutely 5-lobed, 6 — 7 mm. in diam.) 
Described from ample living material which flowered in the National 
Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, Dec. 1924. Differs from all the other 
species in this section by the very short leaves. These tend to wrinkle 
very quickly after they are picked; and on the plant they soon shrivel, 
and together with the bark become an ashy grey and harden, giving the 
plant the look of an Equisetum. The flowers are smaller than I have 
observed in any other species of this section. The name is in reference 
to the grey or grizzled appearance. 
M. griquense, L. Bolus (§ Uncinata). Diffuse ramosum, ad ca. 20 cm. altum, 
ramis 12 — 18 cm. longis, internodiis ad 3 cm. longis; folia adscendentia 
vel fere erecta, lamina superiorum saepe vaginae aequilonga, inferiorum 
vaginis longior, triquetra acuta apicrdata, carina conspicue 1-denticulata, 
interdum 1 — 2 dentibus inconspicuis additis, cum vagina ad 1 cm. longa, 
ad 3 cm. longa, 2 — 3 mm. lata diametroque; flores saepius solitarii 
5-meri, meridie expansi, 2-2 cm. diam., pedunculo saepius 2 — 2-5 cm., 
rarius ad 3 cm., longo, bracteis ad tubum calycis attingentibus ; calyx 
globoso-turbinatus, segmentis inter se subaequalibus oblongo-lanceolatis 
acuminatis, carina saepe 1-denticulata, omnibus plus minusque mem- 
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