NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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• terminali 40-fL, ca. 50 cm. longa, ramis ad 16-fL, 21 cm. longis, floribus 
distiche et sat laxe dispositis, ab axi divergentibus ; bracteae rigidae 
adscendentes, superne membranaceae, ad 2 cm., saepius 0-7 — 1 cm., 
longae, bracteolis omnino coalitis, bracteis subaequilongis vel inferioribus 
brevioribus; perianthium roseo-purpureum, 5 — 6 cm. longum, tubo in 
medio genuflexo, tubi parte filiformi parti cylindricae subaequilonga vel 
parum breviore, segmentis 2 cm. longis, exterioribus 0-9 cm., interioribus 
1-1 cm., latis; stamina arcuata, ad apicem segmentorum attingentia, 
antberis purpureis, 9 mm. longis; stigmata ad apicem antherarum fere 
attingentia, 2 — 3 mm. longa; capsula apice fere truncata, basi styli 
persistente indurataque instructa, inferne parum angustata, ad 1-5 cm. 
longa, ad 6 cm. diam., seminibus 5 mm. longis. 
Exact locality unknown. Flowered freely in the National Botanic 
Gardens at Kirstenboscb from plants given by Miss M. Wilman, Curator 
of the McGregor Museum, Kimberley. (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18578.) 
A distinct species characterised by the short bracts, the cylindrical 
portion of the tube being at right angles to the filiform portion, and the 
very erect branches of the inflorescence. 
Watsonia longifolia, Mathews and L. Bolus. Plantae 1-40 met. altae vel ultra; 
cormus depresse globosus, tunicis in genere haud crassis; folia radicalia 4 
infimum longissimum, ad 1 met. longum, quartum 56 cm. longum, medio 
0-8 — 1-3 cm. lata, nervo medio prominente, nervis intermediis margini- 
busque inconspicuis, laete viridia, polita nitentiaque, caulina 8 vel rarius 
6 (2 superioribus ramos inflorescentiae emittentibus itaque “spathae” 
dictis), infimum 34 cm. longum, lamina vera 4 cm. longa, vagina arete 
adpressa, supremum 4-5 cm. longum, arete adpressum, internodiis fere 
omnino vestitis; inflorescentia saepius simplex, rarius breviter 2-ramosa, 
ad 62 cm. longa, ad 37-fl., floribus sat densis distichis, cum bracteis 
bracteolisque arete amplectentibus, ab axi divergentibus; bracteae haud 
axem amplectentes, oblongae vel lineari-oblongae, acuminatae vel 
superiores obtusae, herbaceae, apice membranaceae, 4-5 — 2 cm. longae, 
bracteolis 2-7 — 2 cm. longis, fere omnino coalitis; perianthium album, 
pallide carneum, roseo-corallinum, vel rubro-corallinum, ad 8-7 cm. 
longum, tubo curvato, ad 6 cm. longo, parte filiformi parti cylindricae 
aequilonga, segmentis exterioribus oblongis subacutis, 1-1 cm. latis, 
interioribus obovato-oblongis, ad 1*5 cm. latis, supremo ceteris parum 
latiore; stamina arcuata, ultra dimidium segmenti attingentia, antheris 
pallidis vel atro-purpureis, ad 1-2 cm. longis, 3 staminodiis minutis 
interdum visis; stigmata antheras attingentia vel parum ultra, ad 7 mm. 
longa; ovarium medio leviter constrictum, 3 — 5 mm. longum; capsula 
apice fere truncata, styli basi indurata onusta, inferne leviter angustata, 
ad 2 cm. longa, 8 mm. diam., seminibus 9 mm. longis. 
