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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
described as having “lanceolate petals” and no mention is made of the 
very distinctive stigma-crests. It seems advisable, therefore, to publish 
a fresh description of the excellent living material available. 
Hesperantha Metelerkampiae, L. Bolus. Planta 16 cm. alta, glabra; folia 
basalia 3, adscendentia vel subfalcato-recurvata, acuta, nervo medio 
inconspicuo, nervis primariis utrinque 3 — 4, ad 10 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, 
caulinum 1, longe vaginans, vagina ventricosa carinata, utrinque promi- 
nenter 2 — 3-nervata, 6 cm. longa, lamina 2-5 cm. longa, 2 — 3 mm. lata, 
ramum inflorescentiae emittens; spica laxe 3-fL, axi flexuoso, pedunculo 
5 cm. longo; bracteae per majorem partem membranaceae, 2 — 2-2 cm. 
longae, bracteolis eis fere aequilongis, fere ad apicem coalitis ; perianthium 
speciosum aureum atro-purpureumque, tubo vix 3 mm. longo, segmentis 
oblongo-obovatis, deltoideo-apiculatis, 3 cm. longis, exterioribus subtus 
omnino purpureo-brunneis, supra tertia parte superiore, nervo medio, 
basin versus, atro-purpureis, interioribus utrinque aureis, nota atro- 
purpurea, apice parva spathulata, basi obovata, ornatis; stamina exacte 
equilateralia, filamentis 3 mm. , antheris 1 -3 cm. , longis ; stylus 2 mm. longus, 
stigmatibus atro-purpureis, 8 mm. longis ; capsula fere matura 8 mm. longa. 
Cape Province: Central Region; near Nieuwhoudtville, Mrs F. W. 
Metelerkamp (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18555). Flowered in Mr Meteler- 
kamp’s garden at Tulbagh, August 1926. 
Described from one living specimen. 
Ixia Vanzijliae, L. Bolus (Irideae-Ixieae. Subgenus Eu-Ixia). Planta 30 cm. 
alta; folia basalia 3, erecta linearia, spiraliter torta, marginibus crispulatis, 
ad 8-5 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata, caulina 2, longe vaginantia, vaginis carinatis, 
carina inconspicue crispulata; perianthii tubus gracillimus purpurascens, 
1 cm. longus, segmentis duplo longioribus obovato-oblongis obtusis, exteri- 
oribus ad 1-1 cm., interioribus 1-5 cm., latis, omnibus paginis utrisque 
roseo-testaceis, basi vera purpureo-maculatis, macula parva; stamina ad 
dimidium segmentorum vix attingentia, filamentis inter se liberis purpureis, 
vix 3 mm. longis, antheris 7 mm. longis, polline aureo ; stylus ad dimidium 
antherarum attingens, stigmatibus 2-5 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; exact locality uncertain but 
said to be from the Clanwilliam Div. Flowered in Mrs H. S. van Zijl’s 
garden, Claremont, Aug.-Sept. 1926 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18537). 
Watsonia Wilmaniae, Mathews and L. Bolus. Plantae ad 1-40 met. altae; 
cormus depresse globosus; folia radicalia 6, leviter glauca, ad 50 cm. longa, 
ad 4 cm. lata, inferiora 2 — 2-5 cm. lata, nervo medio inferne prominente 
viridi, marginibus vix prominentibus, pallide luteis, folia caulina 4, 
internodiis longiora, infimum 45 cm. longum, vagina arcW adpressa, 
21 cm. longa, summum 11 cm. longum; spathae 4, arete adpressae, 8 — 2 
cm. longae; inflorescentia 4-ramosa, ramis insigniter fastigiatis, parte 
