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longae, bracteolis coalitis vel ad apicem verum liberis, acutis, 1-9 — 0-9 cm. 
longis; perianthium 5 cm. longum vel ultra, tubo 3-5 cm. longo, parte 
filiformi parum breviore quam cylindrica, faucibus ad 0-5 cm. diam., 
segmentis obtusis, 0-6 — 0-8 cm. latis; stamina arcuata, cum stylo perian- 
thium fere aequantia vel excedentia; styli ramuli ad 0-3 cm. longi; 
capsula non visa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon, ZeyJier. 
Described from two dried specimens in Herb. Kew, referred in Flor. 
Cap. vi, 103 to W. strictiflora, Ker. 
Incomplete specimens in Herb. Bolus and S.A. Museum, obtained from 
the Wild Flower Show, Cape Town, Oct. 1914 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 
13764), are probably this species. 
W. Baurii, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta ad 38 cm. alta; cormus non visus; 
folia radicalia, ut videtur, 3, imperfecta, caulina 7, 5 producta imbricata 
lineari-ensiformia, nervo medio marginibusque prominentibus, 17 — 6 cm. 
longa, vaginis ad 8 cm. longis, 0-5 — 0-6 cm. lata, superiora vaginiformia, 
5 — 4 cm. longa; spica simplex, ad 11 cm. longa, sat dense 7 — 9-fh, floribus 
erecto-patentibus ; bracteae amplectentes, medio ad 1-8 cm. latae, 
subrhomboideae, longe setaceoque acuminatae, herbaceae, margine 
angusto membranaceo, 3-2 — 2-2 cm. longae, bracteolis fere ad apicem 
coalitis, 2-3 — 1-8 cm. longis; perianthium (ex siccis roseum) ad 7-2 cm. 
longum, tubo 5-2 cm. longo, parte filiformi ad 2-3 cm. longa, faucibus 
0-6 cm. diam., segmentis oblongo-ellipticis obtusis, exterioribus 0-6 cm., 
interioribus 0-7 cm., latis; stamina arcuata, cum stylo dimidium seg- 
mentorum attingentia vel parum ultra, antheris ca. 0-9 cm. longis; styli 
rami ca. 0-6 cm., ramuli 0-3 cm., ovarium 0-4 cm., longi; capsula non visa. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Transkei, Baziya Mountain, 
alt. 4000 ft., fl. Oct., R. Baur, 499. 
Nearest W. gladioloides, Schltr., but: 1, flowers smaller; 2, perianth- 
segments broader ; 3, bracts broader at base and more suddenly acuminate ; 
4, style and stamens included. 
Described from two dried specimens in Herb. Kew. These are referred, 
in the Flora Capensis vi, 102, to W . humilis, Miller. 
W. Priori, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Exemplum unicum visum imperfectum, 
32 cm. altum, foliis caulinis 6, dense imbricatis, inferiora imperfecta, 
marginibus prominentibus, nervis intermediis subprominentibus, ad 1-1 
cm. lata, folium summum 10 cm. longum; spica simplex, 23 cm. longa, in 
alabastro dense 14-fL, flore unico evoluto erecto; bracteae 9 — 2 cm. 
longae, lanceolato-lineares, longe attenuatae, acuminatae vel superiores 
acutae, omnino herbaceae vel marginibus membranaceis, bracteolis multo 
brevioribus; perianthium 6 cm. longum, tubo 3-8 cm. longo, faucibus 
0-7 cm. diam., segmentis obtusis, exterioribus 1 cm., interioribus 1-2 cm., 
