NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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radicalia vel subradicalia acuta, nervis inconspicuis, in siccis autem 
subprominentibus, saepius 5 mm. lata, infimum 9 — 10 cm. longum, 
lamina vix 1 cm. longa, tria sequentia 18 — 30 cm. longa, lamina 6 — 12 cm. 
longa, quintum ad 42 cm. longum, fere omnino vaginans, vagina laxa 
carinata; inflorescentia 18 — 22 cm. longa, saepius 4-ramosa, parte ter- 
minali 6 — 9-fl., ramis 4 — 6-fl. ; spatbae (e quibusrami orti sunt) profunde 
irregulariterque divisae, segmentis longe setaceoque acuminatis, saepius 
2 — 2-5 cm. longae ; bracteae argyreo-niveae, late obovato-cuneatae vel 
subflabellatae, fere truncatae, dentato-laceratae, 1 — 2 cm. longae, brac- 
teolis aequilongae; periantbium dilute roseum, 2 — 2-4 cm. longum, tubo 
4 — 5 mm. longo, segmentis oblongo-ovabbus obtusis, basi albido-maculatis, 
exterioribus ad 9 mm., interioribus ad 8 mm., latis; stamina 1-4 cm. longa, 
antberis 5 mm. longis ; stigmata ad apicem staminum attingentia, ca. 
2 mm. longa, ovario vix ad 2 mm. longo. 
South-Eastern Region: Natal (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18503). 
Described from living specimens wbicb have flowered freely at Kirsten- 
boscb during Sept, and Oct. The silvery-white bracts, which broaden 
upwards and often cover half the perianth or more, serve to distinguish 
this species from the rest in the genus. 
Tritonia Masonorum, L. Bolus. Planta 40 — 60 cm. alta, in genere robusta ; 
cormus ignotus; caulis teres politus; vaginae basales 2, 6 — 9 cm. longae; 
folia radicalia 3, infimum 14-5 cm. longum, lamina 2 cm. longa, cetera 
43 — 60 cm. longa, ad 5 cm. lata, plicata, longe acuminata, nervis pri- 
mariis 6 — 12, sat prominentibus, caulina 5, inferiora dense imbricata, 
superiora distantia, infimum, cum vagina 12 cm. longa, 28 cm. longum, 
supremum 1 cm. longum ; spica simplex unilateralis, floribus ad 23, saepe 
in pares approximatis ; bracteae oblongae obtusae integrae, breviter api- 
culatae, 8 — 4 mm. longae, bracteolis fere ad apicem coalitis, apiculatis; 
periantbium saepius 4 — 5 cm., rarius 3 cm., longum, tubo gracili, superne 
infundibuliformi, 1-8 — 2-5 cm. longo, apice 0-8 — 1 cm. diam., parte 
filiformi partem infundibuliformem excedente, segmentis obtusis, ex- 
terioribus oblongis, 5 — 6 mm. latis, interioribus oblongo-ovalibus, 7 — 9 
mm. latis; stamina demum exserta, antheris 9 mm. longis; stylus perian- 
thium superans, stigmatibus ca. 5 mm. longis, ovario 4 mm. longo. 
Cape Province : South-Eastern Region ; Tembuland, Engcobo Mountain, 
alt. 4500 ft., fl. Jan. 20, 1896, H. Bolus, 10313; steep bank overhanging 
a little waterfall near Satana Nek in the mountains between Engcobo 
and Zidungeni, fl. Jan. 19, 1911, Miss M. H. Mason and Mr E. Mason. 
Nearest T. Pottsii, Baker, but readily distinguished by the unilateral 
spike, larger flowers, proportionately longer and narrow segments, and 
the longer stamens. Miss Mason records the colour of the flowers as 
being scarlet-orange. 
