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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
basales 2, 3 — 7 cm. longae; folium radicale 1, nervo medio marginibusque 
inconspicuis, nervis intermediis sat prominentibus, cum vagina 7 — 9 cm. 
longa, ad 20 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum, caulina 3, cum vagina 11 — 12 cm. 
longa, superiora distantia; spica simplex, sublaxe 2 — 6-fl., floribus 
suberectis; bracteae oblongae, obtusae vel subacutae, 2 — 1 cm. longae, 
bracteolis omnino vel fere ad apicem coalitis, bracteis brevioribus; 
perianthium “ orange-rott,” 3-7 — 5 cm. longum, faucibus 4 — 6 mm. diam., 
segmentis obtusis, 1-5 — 1-8 cm. longis, exterioribus 7 mm., interioribus 
9 mm., latis; stamina arcuata, baud ad dimidium segmentorum attin- 
gentia, antheris albidis; stylus stamina parum excedens. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Pondoland, in damp places, 
Aug. 1888, F. Bachmann, 355. 
Described from several dried specimens in the Berlin Herbarium. One 
of the corms bears the burnt off remains of 4 produced leaves, the longest 
of which is 21 cm. 
W. elimensis, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta 29 cm. alta; cormus non visus; 
folium infimum vaginiforme, duo cetera imperfecta, caulina 7, 3 producta 
ensiformia, nervo medio marginibusque vix magis prominentibus nervis 
intermediis, cum vagina 13 — -7 cm. longa, ad 0-8 cm. lata, cetera vagini- 
formia distantia, 5 — 1-2 cm. longa, internodiis ad 7 cm. longis; spica 
simplex, ad 6-5 cm. longa, 5 — 9-fib, floribus fere erectis; bracteae omnino 
herbaceae vel apice vero submembranaceae, ovato-oblongae, acuminatae 
vel rarissime superiores subobtusae, 1-4 — 1 cm. longae, bracteolis fere 
ad apicem coalitis, 0-9 — 0-7 cm. longis; perianthium ad 5 cm. longum, 
tubo ad 3-4 cm. longo, parte filiformi 1-3 cm. longa, faucibus ad 0-6 cm. 
diam., segmentis obovato-oblongis, exterioribus acutis, 0-6 cm. latis, 
interioribus obtusis, 0-8 cm. latis; stamina arcuata, fere ad apicem 
segmentorum attingentia, antheris 0-6 cm. longis; stylus staminibus 
parum brevior, ramis 0-5 cm., ramulis ca. 0-2 cm., longis; capsula non visa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Bredasdorp Div., hills near 
Elim, alt. 500 ft., Dec. 1896, R. Schlechter, 9642. 
Described from three dried specimens in Herb. Kew. 
W. Zeyheri, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta 55 cm. alta vel parum ultra; 
cormus non visus; folia radicalia 2, vaginiformia, 9 — 15 cm. longa, 
caulina 5, inferum productum, cum vagina 10 cm. longa, 39 cm. longum, 
ad 0-9 cm. latum, lineare, longe attenuatum, acutissime acuminatum, 
nervo medio marginibusque conspicue incrassatis, nervis intermediis 
crebris subprominentibus, folium proximum 15-5 cm. longum, lamina 
6 cm. longa, cetera vaginiformia, distantia, internodio ultimo ad 11 cm. 
longo; spica simplex, ad 17 cm. longa vel ultra, ad 14-fl., floribus fere 
erectis, demum subpatentibus ; bracteae omnino herbaceae, oblongo- 
ovatae, acuminatae, vel superiores acutae vel subobtusae, 1*8 — 1-1 cm. 
