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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
latis; stamina dimidium perianthii excedentia; stylus stamina parum 
excedentia, ramis fere 1 cm. longis, ramulis 0-4 cm. longis, in segmenta, 
0-1 cm. longa, bifidis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Georgetown, fl. Aug. 1847, 
Alex. Prior. 
Described from a single and imperfect specimen. The species is very 
distinct and different from any other known to me. 
W. Masoniae, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Sat gracilis, ca. 45 cm. alta; folia 12 
visa, caulina, ut videtur, 7, dense imbricata, linearia attenuata, nervo 
medio marginibusque saepius vix prominentibus, nervis intermediis crebris 
inconspicuis, 29 — 5 cm. longa, vaginis ad 17 cm. longis, laminis ad 22 cm. 
longis; spica 15cm. longa, 12-fh, floribus fere erectis, deindesubpatentibus; 
bracteae apicem versus discoloratae, aliter herbaceae, lineari-lanceolatae, 
inferiores longe attenuatae, 4-5 — 2 cm. longae, bracteolis saepius omnino 
coalitis obtusis, T8 — T2 cm. longis; perianthium laete rubrum, ad 6 cm. 
longum, tubo 3-8 cm. longo, parte filiformi 2 cm. longa, faucibus ad 
0- 7 cm. diam., segmentis oblongo-ellipticis, exterioribus subacutis, 0-7 cm. 
latis, interioribus 0-9 cm. latis; stamina arcuata, perianthium aequantia 
vel parum excedentia, antheris 0-9 cm. longis; stylus staminibus aequi- 
longus vel parum brevior, ramis ca. 0-7 cm., ramulis 0-4 cm., longis; 
capsula non visa. 
Exact locality unknown. Flowered in Hort. Cantab. July 24, 1914, 
from corms collected by Miss M. Mason. 
W. Westiae, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Folia caulina 4 visa, summum 11-5 cm. 
longum; spica 11cm. longa, 6-fL; bracteae rigidae, omnino herbaceae 
lanceolatae, longe attenuatae, 7-3 — 3-8 cm. longae, bracteolis 1-5 — 1 cm. 
longis; perianthium 8 cm. longum, tubo 4-5 cm. longo, parte filiformi 
1- 8 cm. longa, faucibus 1-1 cm. diam., segmentis ovato-oblongis, e dimidio 
vel parum supra angustatis, marginibus subundulatis, basi imbricatis, 
exterioribus 1 cm., interioribus 1-4 cm., basi latis; stamina parum ultra 
dimidium segmentorum attingentia; stylus staminibus parum brevior, 
ramis ca. 0-9 cm., ramulis ca. 0-4 cm., longis, in segmenta Ol cm. longa 
bifidis. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region; Port Elizabeth, Nov. 27, 1905, 
comm. Miss E. West. 
Described from one incomplete specimen in Herb. Kew. A very 
distinct species. 
W. Marlothii, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta 67 — 84 cm. alta vel ultra; 
cormus non visus; folia radicalia et subradicalia 3, nervo medio mar- 
ginibusque incrassatis, nervis intermediis crebris, sat conspicuis, cum 
vagina 11 — 20 cm. longa, ad 37 cm. longa, 1 — 1-5 cm. lata, folia caulina 
3 — 4, inferiora imbricata, vagina ad 25 cm. longa, internodiis superioribus 
