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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Cape Province : without exact locality, Ecklon, 938. 
Described from two dried specimens — one in the Herbarium at Vienna 
( Ecklon , 938) and the other in the Berlin Herbarium, bearing Ecklon’s 
name but without a number. The species is very similar to W. rosea, Ker, 
in vegetative characters, but differs in the shape of the perianth-tube and 
in the narrower perianth-segments. 
W. Rogersii, L. Bolus (Neuberia). Planta 73 cm. alta; cormus non visus; 
folium vaginans unicum visum 14-5 — 17 cm. longum, folium radicale 
productum 1, cum vagina 11 — 18 cm. longa, 60 — 66 cm. longum, ad 1 cm. 
latum, nervo medio marginibusque sat prominentibus, nervis intermediis 
inconspicuis ; folia caulina 6 — 7, infimum, cum vagina 16 cm. longa, 
63 cm. longum, secundum, cum vagina 11 cm. longa, 20 — 22 cm. longum, 
cetera vaginiformia, obtusa, inferiora imbricata, 14*5 — 1*5 cm. longa; 
spica 14 — 15 cm. longa, 8 — 10-fl. ; bracteae oblongae obtusae vel superiores 
acutae, obscure carinatae, 2 — 1-4 cm. longae, bracteolis omnino coalitis, 
bracteis parum brevioribus vel superioribus eas aequantibus ; perianthium 
roseum, 3-5 — 4-3 cm. longum, tubo infundibuliformi, faucibus 0-5 — 
0-7 cm. diam., segmentis 1-5 — 2 cm. longis, exterioribus 0-8 — 1 cm., 
interioribus 1 — 1-2 cm., latis; stamina ad dimidium segmentorum 
attingentia vel parum ultra ; stylus stamina parum excedens, stigmatibus 
interdum ad apicem segmentorum fere attingentibus, ramis 4 mm., 
ramulis 2 mm., longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Steenbraas, 
Nov. 1919, F. A. Rogers, 17841. Cape Div., Table Mountain, Nov. 1919, 
id., 17875. 
Described from two dried specimens. The affinity is with W. maculata, 
Klatt, which, however, differs in being less robust, having shorter leaves, 
and acute cauline leaves and bracts. R. Sclilechter, 9492, from Onrust 
River, in the Caledon Div., appears to be a connecting link. 
W. Wilmsii, L. Bolus (Neuberia). Planta 66 cm. alta vel ultra; cormus non 
visus; folium radicale unicum visum, cum vagina, 51-7 cm. longum, 
lamina 32-7 cm. longa, ad 1-4 cm. lata, caulina 5, ensiformia imbricata, 
cum vaginis, ad 45 cm. longis, 1-7 cm. latis, marginibus conspicue 
incrassatis, nervo medio prominente, intermediis sat conspicuis; spica 
simplex, 32 cm. longa, 35-fL, floribus erecto-patentibus ; bracteae versus 
apicem marginesque membranaceae, saepe sublaceratae, ovato-oblongae, 
inferiores angustatae acuminatae, superiores obtusae, 3-7 — 2-1 cm. 
longae, bracteolis fere ad apicem coalitis, 2-5 — 1-8 cm. longis; perianthium 
6 cm. longum, tubo 4 cm. longo, parte filiformi 2-4 cm. longa, parte 
superiore infundibuliformi, faucibus 0-8 — 1 cm. diam., segmentis acutis 
apiculatis, exterioribus 0-6 cm., interioribus 0-9 cm., latis; stamina 
arcuata, cum stylo ad dimidium segmentorum vel ultra attingentia, 
