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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Described from two dried specimens. A painting made by Miss Mason 
from the living plant is among the collection of her paintings now hanging 
in Museum IV in the Royal Gardens, Kew. Here the leaves are shown 
to be considerably wider than in the specimens quoted. 
T. Taylorae, L. Bolus (subgenus Montbretia). Planta 14 — 23 cm. alta vel 
ultra; cormus ovatus, ad 2-5 cm. longus, ad 2 cm. diam., tunicis e fibris 
tenuibus cancellatis compositis ; folia radicalia subradicaliaque 4 — 5, longe 
vaginantia, caule omnino vestito, laminis saepe subfalcatis, longe attenu- 
ate vel sat abrupte acuminatis, nervis primariis saepius 7 — 9, cum nervo 
medio marginibusque vix conspicuis, ad 6 cm. longis, 2 — 9 mm. latis, 
caulinum 1, vel deficiens; spathae valvae ramuin inflorescentiae in- 
cludentes longe acuminatae, infimae 1-5 — 3 cm. longae; spica equilateralis 
2 — 3-ramosa, pedunculis 3 — 9-5 cm. longis, parte terminali laxe 4 — 6-fl., 
floribirs fere erectis; bracteae quadrato-oblongae obtusae, brevissime 
mucronatae, aliter integrae, vel lobis lateralibus minute denticulatis, 
1 — 0-5 cm., rarissime ad 1-3 cm., longae, bracteolis fere ad apicem coalitis, 
brevissime setaceo-apiculatis; perianthium pallide lilacinum, saturate 
venosum, ad 5-5 cm. longum, tubo gracillimo filiformi, superne infundi- 
buliformi, 2-5 — 3-5 cm. longo, apice 3 mm. diam., segmentis obovato- 
oblongis obtusis, exterioribus 5 mm., interioribus ad 9 mm., latis, pro- 
cessibus semi-orbicidaribus luteis; stamina dimidium segmentorum 
parum superantia, antheris 5 mm. longis; stylus vix ad apicem staminum 
attingens, stigmatibus ca. 4 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Oudtshoorn Div., dry hills at 
Bank Hoogte, near Oudtshoorn, fl. Oct. 1905, Anne Taylor, 251 (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 12347). 
Described from several dried specimens. The “calli” on the lower 
perianth-segments are not equally obvious on all the flowers in the dried 
state, and in some tend to disappear. 
T. Watermeyeri, L. Bolus (subgenus Montbretia). Planta 22-5 cm. alta; 
cormus ignotus ; folia radicalia 4, lamina lineari-acuminata, apicem versus 
spiraliter torta, marginibus crispulato-undulatis, ad 6-5 cm. longa, 
3 — 5 mm. lata, caulinum 1, radicalibus simillimum; spica simplex, laxe 
4— fL, pedunculo ca. 11 cm. longo; bracteae quadrato-oblongae, 7 — 5 mm. 
longae, bracteolis fere ad apicem coalitis, setaceo-apiculatis, bracteis 
subaequilongis ; perianthium croceum, 2-5 — 3 cm. longum, tubo basi 
filiformi, superne sat abrupte infundibuliformi, apice 3 — 4 mm. diam., 
limbo aequilongo, segmentis oblongo-obovatis obtusis, supremo subgaleato, 
ad 8 mm. lato, lateralibus patentibus, inferioribus subporrectis, ad 6 mm. 
latis, processibus magnis spathulatis luteis; stamina arcuata, dimidium 
segmentorum superantia, antheris saturate cyaneis, ca. 4 mm. longis ; 
stylus ad apicem staminum attingens vel parum ultra. 
