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4-5—7 cm. longis; inflorescentia 3 — 5-ramosa, parte terminali ad 25 cm. 
longa, dense 20 — 24-fl., floribus suberectis vel erecto-patentibus ; bracteae 
oblongo-ovatae, setaceo-acuminatae vel acutae, 1-6 — 0-9 cm. longae, 
bracteolis primum coalitis, mox ad medium divisis, bracteis parum 
brevioribus vel eis aequilongis; periantbium 4 — 4-8 cm. longum, seg- 
mentis ad 1-5 cm. longis, 0-4 — 0-7 cm. latis; stamina arcuata, ad apicem 
perianthii attingentia vel exserta ; stylus demum stamina excedens, bene 
exsertus, ramis ad 6 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; ? Prince Albert Div., Zwarte- 
bergen, in grassy places, alt. P200 met., Nov. 1898, R. Marloth, 2484. 
Zwartberg Pass above Oudtshoorn, J. W. Mathews (National Botanic 
Gardens, No. B., fl. Oct. 1915). Oudtshoorn Div., exhibited at the 
Cape Town Wild Flower Show (Bolus Herbarium, No. 13748). 
Described from several dried specimens. Allied to W. angusta, Ker, in 
having narrow perianth-segments, but readily distinguished by the 
leaves with thickened midrib and margins and crowded intermediate 
nerves, and by the denser inflorescence. 
W. distans, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta ad 32 cm. alta; cormus non 
visus; folia radicalia 2 visa, imperfecta, ad 0-3 cm. lata, caulina 5 — 6, 
cum vaginis 20 — 1 cm. longa, laminis ad 13 cm. longis, 0-4 — 0-6 cm. latis, 
internodiis ad 6 cm. longis, nervo medio marginibusque vix prominentibus ; 
spica 5 — 9 cm. longa, sat laxe 3 — 6-fl. ; bracteae saepissime omnino 
herbaceae ovatae, inferiores acutae, superiores obtusae, 1-3 — 0-8 cm. 
longae; perianthium (e siccis) roseo-purpureum, ad 4 cm. longum, tubo 
ad 2-3 cm. longo, parte filiformi 0-8 cm. longa, faucibus ad 0-5 cm. diam., 
segmentis obtusis, exterioribus 0-6 cm., interioribus ad 0-8 cm. latis; 
stamina dimidium segmentorum parum excedentia, antheris ca. 0-6 cm. 
longis; stylus stamina aequans vel parum excedens, ramulis vix ad 
0-2 cm. longis; capsula non visa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Hottentots’ Holland Moun- 
tains, alt. 1000 — 3000 ft., Zeyher, 4028. French Hoek, alt. 3600 ft., fl. 
Nov. 1896, R. Schlechter, 9303. 
Allied to W. vittata, Mathews and L. Bolus. 
W. occulta, L. Bolus (Eu-Watsonia). Planta 55 cm. alta; cormus ignotus; 
vaginae basales 10 — 15 cm. longae; folium radicale productum unicum, 
cum vagina 14 cm. longa, 35 cm. longum, 9 mm. latum, nervo medio 
marginibusque incrassatis, nervis intermediis sat prominentibus, caulina 
4, 31 — 11 cm. longa, ad 1 cm. lata, supremi lamina ca. 2 cm. longa, 
vaginae marginibus coalitis ; pedunculus in vagina supremi folii 
inclusus; inflorescentia 16-5 cm. longa, ca. 6-fl., floribus fere erectis, 
bracteis fere occulta; bracteae herbaceae, 5-5 — 4 cm. longae dimidio 
inferiore oblongo-cuneiformes, dimidio superiore subtriangulares acu- 
