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branaceo-marginatis, ad 6 mm. longis; petala anguste linearia rosea, 
0- 8 — 1 cm. longa, 0-5 mm. lata vel parum ultra; stamina conico-collecta, 
apice vix 2 mm. diam., staminodiis apice recurvatis circumdata, filamentis 
pallidis, interioribus barbatis, ad 4 mm. longis, antheris pollineque aureis; 
ovarium supra convexum, demum profunde 5-lobatum, stigmatibus 
anguste subulatis setaceo-acuminatis, 3 mm. longis, capsula immatura ad 
1 cm. diam. 
Cape Province: Kalahari Region; Kimberley Div., flowered in the 
Public Gardens, Kimberley, Oct. 1924, comm. Miss M. Wilman (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 17888). 
M. canonotatum, L. Bolus (§ Uncinata). Gracile in sectione, ad ca. 17 cm. 
altum, ramis patentibus, ramulis adscendentibus, ad 15 cm. longis, inter- 
nodiis 2 cm. longis; folia adscendentia 3-quetra acuta, carina saepius 
2-denticulata, rarius 3 — 5-denticulata, glauco-viridia, punctis vix pro- 
minentibus, cum vagina ad 5 mm. longa, 1-7 — 2-2 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata 
diametroque, vagina basi nota alba triangulari ornata ; flores solitarii vel 
rarius 2-nati, 5-meri, meridie expansi, 1-5 cm. diam., pedunculo ad 
1- 5 cm. longo, medio 2-bracteato, bracteis fere ad segmenta calycis 
attingentibus ; calyx subglobosus, segmentis inter se subaequilongis 
lanceolatis acutis, omnibus anguste membranaceo-marginatis, ad 5 mm. 
longis; petala 2 — 3-seriata linearia subobtusa rosea, ad 7 mm. longa, vix 
ad 1 mm. lata; stamina subconferta, staminodiis paucis circumdata, 
filamentis pallidis, ad 3 mm. longis, interioribus barbatis, antheris 
pollineque luteis; discus prominens annularis, irregulariter crenulatus; 
ovarium supra profunde 5-lobatum, stigmatibus lineari-subulatis setaceo- 
acuminatis, 3 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: Kalahari Region; Griqualand West, Kimberley Div., 
fid. in the Public Gardens, Kimberley, Oct. 1924, comm. Miss M. Wilman 
(Bolus Herbarium, No. 18501). 
Described from ample living material sent by Miss Wilman. The name 
refers to the conspicuous white mark, triangular in shape, on each side 
of the sheath at the base. Closely allied to M. griquense, L. Bolus, but 
more slender, with usually more teeth on the carina of the leaf, and with 
the well-defined white area on the leaf-sheath. Neither species has the 
unpleasant smell of M. uncinellum and M. vulvaria. 
M. inclusum, L. Bolus. Rigidum foliosum, 8 — 10 cm. altum, crebre ramosum, 
ramis decumbentibus, cum ramulis foliis vetustioribus induratis dense 
onustis, ramulis dense 2 — 4-foliatis, axillis gemmiferis; folia demum 
patentia, vagina 2 — 3 mm. longa, turgida, superne carinata, supra fere 
plana, apice obtusa vel subtruncata, apiculata, pellucido-punctata, obscure 
tenuiterque lepidota, glauco-viridia, 6 — 9 mm. longa, 4 — 5 mm. lata dia- 
metroque; flores solitarii, meridie expansi, 1-8 — 2-5 cm. diam.; pedunculi 
