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slender, and the perianth-segments shorter. The plant which has been 
identified as W. humilis begins flowering at the end of August and is 
almost over by the end of September. The flowers of this are larger than 
those of W. stenosiphon and the perianth is a purplish-rose colour; the 
bracts are larger and the bracteoles usually overtop the bracts, as in 
W. Meriana, Miller. Bolus, 9859, collected at Hermanus in September 1901, 
appears to be a connecting link between W. humilis and W. stenosiphon. 
Bolus, 7427, from the slopes of the Genadendal Mountain, alt. 4500 ft., 
fl. January, is also an allied species; but the cauline leaves and bracts 
are acuminate, and it seems more advisable to see living specimens before 
making a satisfactory decision. 
W. Schlechteri, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta 66 cm. alta; cormus non 
visus ; folia basalia visa 3, linearia, longe attenuata, nervo medio margini- 
busque incrassatis, nervis intermediis crebris subprominentibus, infimum, 
cum vagina 15 cm. longa, 32 cm. longum, ad 0-9 cm. latum, proximum, 
cum vagina 16 cm. longa, 36 cm. longum, ad 0-6 cm. latum, tertium, cum 
vagina 19 cm. longa, 33 cm. longum, ad 0-5 cm. lata, folia caulina circa 5, 
superiora internodiis aequantia vel parum breviora, summum 3-5 cm. 
longum; spica simplex, ca. 13-fl., floribus erecto-patentibus ; bracteae 
omnino herbaceae, oblongo-lineares, inferiores attenuatae acuminatae, 
superiores acutae vel obtusae, 3-3 — 2 cm. longae, bracteolis primo 
omnino coalitis, demum ad apicem liberis, 1*8 — 1-5 cm. longis; perian- 
thium laete rubrum, 6 — 6-7 cm. longum, tubo ad ca. 4 cm. longo, parte 
filiformi T5 cm. longa, segmentis obovato-oblongis, exterioribus abrupte 
acutis. setaceo-apiculatis, ad 1 cm., interioribus ad 1*4 cm., latis; stamina 
arcuata, dimidium segmentorum excedentia, vel interdum exserta, 
antheris 0-9 cm. longis; styli rami ca. 0-6 cm. longi, ramulis 0-3 cm. longis; 
capsula non visa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Houw Hoek, alt. 
3200 ft., fl. Feb. 1896, R. Schlechter, 7349. 
Described from dried specimens in the Kew, and in the Berlin, Her- 
barium. Specimens collected by the Rev. F. A. Rogers, No. 10537, Groot 
Drakenstein, Paarl, Jan. 1914, by H. Bolus at Houw Hoek, Dec. 1894, 
and those bought in Cape Town and exhibited at the Cape Town Wild 
Flower Shows, Dec. — Jan. (Bolus Herbarium, Nos. 17652, 17653, 15210) 
are to be referred to this species. The dried material of W. Schlechteri and 
W. Pillansii is very similar, but living specimens look distinct, the former 
differing chiefly in having fewer and shorter radical leaves with the midrib 
and margins more prominently thickened, and longer stamens which are 
sometimes exserted. 
W. Bachmannii, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta gracilis 31 — 40 cm. alta; 
cormus ca. 2 cm. diarn., tunicis e fibris tenuibus compositis; vaginae 
