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Watsonia vivipara, Mathews and L. Bolus. Plantae 1 met. altae vel parum 
ultra; cormus depresse globosus; caulis ad 8 mm. diam. ; folia radicalia 4, 
adscendentia vel fere erecta, acuminata, nervo medio prominente, nervis 
ceteris marginibusque inconspicuis, leviter glauca, ad 60 cm. longa, 5 cm. 
lata, caulina 3 — 4, infimum 46 cm. longum, vagina vera 16 cm. longa, 
secundum 31 cm. longum, vagina sat ventricosa, 18 cm. longa, tertium 
quartumque vaginiformia, axillis bulbilliferis, bulbillis cum floribus con- 
temporaneis, 18 — 9 cm. longa, internodiis superioribus breviter exsertis; 
inflorescentia 40 — 60 cm. longa, 4 — 5-ramosa, parte terminali 7 — 1 1-fi., ad 
28 — 35 cm. longa, spatha ad 4-5 cm. longa, ramis saepius 3 — 4-fL, interdum 
ramo secundo vel etiam tertio quasi ex eadem bulbillifera spatha oriente ; 
bracteae acutae vel acuminatae, 2 — 1-4 cm. longae, bracteolis omnino 
coalitis, acuminatis, 2-5 — 2 cm. longis; perianthium erecto-patens rubrum, 
6 — 7-2 cm. longum, tubi parte filiformi parti cylindricae aequilonga, 
segmentis linearibus acutis, inferne parum angustatis, marginibus subun- 
dulatis, ad 2-5 cm. longis, ad 7 mm. latis; stamina arcuata, segmentis sub- 
aequilonga, antheris 1-2 cm. longis; stylus perianthium parum excedens, 
ramis 4 mm. longis, ramulis stigmatiferis 2 mm. longis; capsula acuta, 
2*5 cm. longa, 7 mm. diam., seminibus utrinque alatis, 1 cm. longis; 
bulbillae maturae ca. 2 cm. longae, basi 9 mm. diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Robertson Div., near Montagu, 
Compton and Cook (National Botanic Gardens, No. —§§— ) - 
Described from several living specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch 
during October, 1925 and 1926. The name alludes to the “bulbils” which 
while still on the parent plant put forth a green leaf, projecting for up to 
1 cm. beyond the basal sheath of the “bulbil,” suggesting the idea that 
this leaf may be functioning in order to permit the “ bulbils ” to start growth 
without a preliminary resting-stage. Except for the axils of the radical 
leaves and the bracts on the terminal part of the inflorescence, the remain- 
ing axils may bear dense clusters of bulbils, the former up to 2 cm. in diam. 
In the large number of bulbils produced this species resembles W. 
bulbillifera, Mathews and L. Bolus, but this difference must be noted: the 
development of the bulbils is concurrent with the development of the 
flowers in W. vivipara, whereas in the former their development starts 
when the flowering is nearly, if not quite, over. 
Antholyza Fourcadei, L. Bolus (Iridaceae-Ixieae. Subgenus Eu-Antholyza). 
Planta glaberrima, ad P07 met. alta; cormus globosus ad 1-8 cm. diam., 
tunicis e fibris tenuibus compositis; vaginae basales 2 — -3, ad 6 cm. longae; 
folia producta 3, infimum spicam superans, vagina arete adpressa, crebre 
prominenterque nervata, 25 cm. longa vel ultra, lamina 2 — 4 mm. lata, 
nervo medio marginibusque prominentibus, folium secundum longe 
vaginans, parte libera ad 8-5 cm. longa, folium tertium ad 6 cm. longum, 
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