the same group in the genus as _C. Meyeri_ (Plate 30), which is
characterised by the tips of the petals being connate and forming a
cage-like top to the flower. _Ceropegia ampliata_ is one of the five
South African species collected by Drège, all of which were described by
E. Meyer.
The plant is a twiner or scrambler, devoid of leaves at the flowering
period. The flowers are pale green with a purple band within the
corolla-tube, which is visible through the wall of the tube. It is not
such a striking plant as some of the species we have previously figured,
but the purple band on a background of green gives the individual flower
a very pleasing effect.
Our Plate was prepared from a living plant lent by Mr. W. Haygarth to
the late Dr. J. Medley Wood.
DESCRIPTION:--_Stem_ succulent, twining or scrambling, leafless at the
time of flowering, glabrous. _Leaves_ only seen at the young tips of the
stems, soon deciduous, minute, 2 to 2·5 mm. long, lanceolate, acute,
glabrous. _Flowers_ 2 to 4 together at the nodes, successively
developed; pedicels 0·6 to 1·3 cm. long, glabrous. _Sepals_ 2 to 3 mm.
long, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. _Corolla-tube_ in dried specimens
2·5 to 5 cm. long, 0·8 to 1·2 cm. in diameter, cylindric and slightly or
not at all inflated at the base, but on the living plant, according to a
drawing, 5 cm. long, globosely and somewhat lobulate-inflated and about
2·5 cm. in diameter at the base, cylindric and 1·3 cm. in diameter
above, not dilated at the apex, pale green, with a narrow purple
transverse band at the top of the inflation inside, glabrous outside,
covered inside with long simple hairs, longer and more matted at the
purple band and above than in the lower part; lobes 0·8 to 1·2 cm. long,
5 to 6 mm. broad at the base, lanceolate from a deltoid base, acute,
erectly connivent and connate at the tips, replicate or with reflexed
margins, glabrous on both sides and not ciliate, green, spotted with
darker green, becoming olive-brown when dried, probably with a velvety
sheen on the inner surface; outer corona cup-shaped, equally 10-toothed;
teeth about 1 mm. long, narrowly deltoid, acute, hairy on the inner
surface; inner corona-lobes 4 to 5 mm. long, very slenderly filiform,
connivent-erect, dorsally-connected by vertical plates to the outer
corona at the base. (_Flora Capensis._)
* * * * *
PLATE 140.--Fig. 1, corolla laid open; Fig. 2, outer and inner corona,
showing the pollinia; Fig. 3, pollinia.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _141._]
PLATE 141.
RICHARDIA MELANOLEUCA.
_Natal._
* * * * *
AROIDEAE. Tribe PHILODENDREAE.
RICHARDIA, _Kunth_; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant_. vol. iii. p. 982.
* * * * *
=Richardia melanoleuca=, _Hook. f. in Bot. Mag_. t. 5765; _Fl. Cap_. vol. vi.
p. 38.
* * * * *
ON Plate 10 we figured a species of _Richardia_ (_R. angustifolia_)
found in the Transvaal and Basutoland, and on comparing that plate with
the present one, illustrating a Natal species, the most striking
difference noticed is the different colour of the spathes. In both
species the spathes are blotched at the base, but the leaves of _R.
melanoleuca_ are usually covered with translucent spots due to the loss
of chlorophyll (for further details see Saxton in _Trans. Roy. Soc. S.
Afr._ vol. iii. p. 136).
The species is fairly common in parts of Natal, and is often found
cultivated in local gardens. It was introduced into England and flowered
there in 1868.
Our plate was prepared from specimens collected at Krantz Kloof, near
Durban.
DESCRIPTION:--Root tuberous. _Petiole_ of leaf 15 to 35 cm. long,
furrowed on the inner surface, with soft bristles on the lower parts;
blade 10 to 25 cm. long, 12 to 20 cm. broad across the basal lobes,
cordate, deltoid or ovate-deltoid, acute, with a subulate point, hastate
or sagittate at the base, green, shining, glabrous, covered with
numerous translucent spots. _Spathe_ 5 to 8 cm. long, obliquely
subtruncate at the mouth; spadix shortly stipitate, cylindric. _Ovary_
sessile; stigma sessile or subsessile. _Anthers_ numerous. _Staminodes_
none.
* * * * *
PLATE 141.--Fig. 1, ovary; Fig. 2, cross-section through fruit;
Fig. 3, spadix with spathe removed.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _142._]
PLATE 142.
URGINEA MACROCENTRA.
_Cape Province, Natal._
* * * * *
LILIACEAE. Tribe SCILLEAE.
URGINEA, _Steinh._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 810.
* * * * *
=Urginea macrocentra=, _Baker in Gard. Chron._ 1887, vol. i. p. 702;
_Fl. Cap._ vol. vi. p. 466.
* * * * *
THIS plant, commonly known as the “Natal Slangkop,” owing to the
resemblance of the young inflorescence to a snake’s head, has been
recorded from the Umvoti District along the coast of Natal, and also
from the Transkei. The inflorescence makes its appearance in early
spring, and is then eaten by stock, when other herbage is scarce, with
fatal results (for an account of symptoms due to “slangkop” poisoning
see Bulletin No. 7 of 1922, Dept. Agric. Union S. Africa). During the
spring months, especially if the rains are later than usual, losses of
stock in parts where this “slangkop” occurs are of almost annual
occurrence.
The late Dr. Wood stated that he did not think _U. macrocentra_ was
specifically distinct from _U. lilacina_. He carefully compared his
specimens of the latter-named plant with the former, and could detect no
difference, and suggested that the specimens described by Baker as _U.
lilacina_ were merely _U. macrocentra_ which had lost the conspicuous
spurs, these being very early deciduous.
Our plate was prepared from specimens collected near Merebank outside
Durban, and cultivated at the Natal Herbarium.
DESCRIPTION:--_Bulb_ large, globose, 4 to 6 cm. in diameter. _Leaf_
single, 30 to 60 cm. long, 1 mm. in diameter, terete, purple-red at the
base. _Peduncle_ 70 to 90 cm. long, 7 mm. in diameter, terete.
_Inflorescence_ a dense cylindric raceme 8 to 15 cm. long and 2 to 3 cm.
in diameter. _Bracts_ with a long reflexed spur; spur 2 to 3 cm. long, 4
mm. broad at the base, convolute, bifid. _Perianth-segments_ 6 mm.
long, oblong-lanceolate. _Stamens_ shorter than the perianth-segments.
_Ovary_ sessile; style short.
* * * * *
PLATE 142.--Fig. 1, single flower; Fig. 2, part of inflorescence
axis showing pedicel and bract with the spur removed; Fig. 3, spur;
Fig. 4, stamen; Fig. 5, cross-section of ovary.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _143_]
PLATE 143.
CEROPEGIA SANDERSONI.
_Natal, Zululand._
* * * * *
ASCLEPIADACEAE. Tribe CEROPEGIEAE.
CEROPEGIA, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. ii. p. 779.
* * * * *
=Ceropegia Sandersoni=, _Decne ex Hook. f. in Bot. Mag._ t. 5792; _Fl. Cap._
vol. iv. sect. i. p. 815.
* * * * *
ON Plate 39 we figured a species of _Ceropegia (C. Rendalii)_, which is
one of a group of four species characterised by the corolla-lobes being
united into an umbrella-like canopy supported by 5 short stalks. The
species on the accompanying plate is another of this group, and should
be compared with _C. Rendalii_ and _C. tristis_ (Plate 44).
The original description and plate appeared in the _Botanical Magazine_
in 1869, and were based on specimens sent to Kew by Mr. Sanderson in
1868, and which subsequently flowered there. The plant lends itself very
well to cultivation in the green-house, and is an object of beauty and
curiosity when in flower. It does not appear to have been extensively
collected, and may not be very common. In its native habitat it flowers
during the month of February.
As far as we are aware, there is no local name for the plant, and we
would therefore suggest “Sanderson’s Canopy Flower” as an appropriate
name. According to Gerrard the stems and leaves are eaten by the Kaffirs
and have an agreeable, sauce-like flavour.
Our plate was prepared from living specimens collected by Mr. W. J.
Haygarth at Entumeni, Zululand.
DESCRIPTION:--“Roots tuberous similar to those of a Dahlia” (Gerrard);
stem twining, 3 to 4 mm. thick, fleshy, glabrous, slightly rough to the
touch; leaves fleshy, glabrous; petiole 2 to 6 mm. long, stout; blade
1·5 to 4·5 cm. long, 1·5 to 2·5 cm. broad, ovate-lanceolate to broadly
cordate-ovate, acute or shortly cuspidate-acute, light green; cymes
with 2 to 4 flowers, developed singly, glabrous; peduncles 4 to 10 mm.
long, 3 to 4 mm. thick; pedicels 6 to 10 mm. long, nearly or quite 3 mm.
thick, becoming stouter in fruit; sepals 6 to 7 mm. long, 2 mm. broad,
narrowly oblong, acute, longitudinally folded, glabrous; corolla-tube
curved, 3 to 4 mm. long, with an oblong inflation 6 mm. in diameter at
the base, narrowed above and enlarged to 1·5 cm. or 2 cm. in diameter at
the funnel-shaped mouth, glabrous with the exception of a few hairs at
the very base inside; striped with green and white on the upper part
outside and within, light green on the inflation outside, dull
greyish-or purplish-green within, with numerous ribs, which abruptly
terminate at the base of the purple contracted part; lobes united into a
flattish 5-keeled umbrella-like canopy 3 to 4 cm. in diameter, supported
on 5 short claws, with 5 broad obtuse slightly bifid marginal
much-arched lobes, ciliate with vibratile white hairs, its centre
distinctly depressed, with a 6-pointed tubercle above and a 5-ribbed
projection beneath, yellowish-green, spotted with light green above and
with brighter green underneath, with the ribbed projection beneath and
some spots around it blackish-purple; outer corona 1 mm. long,
cup-shaped, not pentagonal, truncate, entire, whitish, with the margin
and at its junction with the inner corona-lobes purple-brown, ciliate
with white hairs; inner corona-lobes 3 mm. long, incumbent on the backs
of the anthers, with erect filiform tips, recurved at the apex, dorsally
connected to the outer corona at the base, glabrous, white; follicles
horizontally diverging, 7 to 14 cm. long, 6·5 to 7 mm. thick, terete,
tapering from about the middle to a slightly dilated umbonate apex about
4 mm. in diameter, irregularly rugose and tuberculate, glabrous, green,
stained with dull purplish. (_Flora Capensis._)
* * * * *
PLATE 143.--Fig. 1, outer corona lobe; Fig. 2, inner corona lobes;
Fig. 3, pollinia.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _144._]
PLATE 144.
ANOIGANTHUS BREVIFLORUS.
_Cape Province, Natal, Swaziland._
* * * * *
AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE.
ANOIGANTHUS, _Baker_; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 722.
* * * * *
=Anoiganthus breviflorus=, _Baker in Journ. Bot._ 1878, p. 76; _Fl. Cap._
vol. vi. p. 193.
* * * * *
IN 1889 a good coloured plate of this plant was reproduced in the
_Botanical Magazine_. The plate was prepared from plants sent to Kew by
the late Dr. Medley Wood, and which flowered freely there in the open.
_Anoiganthus breviflorus_ is readily distinguished from species of
_Cyrtanthus_ (species of which we figured in earlier plates) by having
basifixed, not versatile anthers. It is a fairly widely distributed
species, being found as far south as Somerset East, and spreading
northward through the eastern parts of the Cape Province into Natal,
Zululand, Basutoland, Swaziland and to Broken Hill, N.W. Rhodesia. The
same yellow colour of the flowers is found in species of _Cyrtanthus_,
but specimens with white flowers have been recorded.
The species does quite well in cultivation, and in its native habitat
thrives in swampy and marshy ground.
Our plate was prepared from plants collected near Springfield (Durban),
Natal.
[There appears to be a second and quite distinct species (_A. luteus_
Baker) of this interesting little genus, though Baker in the _Flora
Capensis_ treated it as a variety. That it is distinct enough to be
regarded as a species was very strongly supported by the late Dr. J.
Medley Wood. According to him _A. breviflorus_ grows in swampy ground,
commencing at about 1500 ft. above sea level, and is found upwards to
4000 ft. He observed it occasionally to 4 ft. in height, but the average
was 2 to 3 ft. On the other hand, _A. luteus_ appears on grassy hills
and plains from just above sea level to 2000 ft., but never in swamps.
During the flowering stage it is rarely more than about 1 ft. high, but
afterwards, in fruit, the scape lengthens considerably and often attains
2 ft. in length. These observations by Dr. Wood are confirmed by a
critical examination of the specimens at Kew. The flowers and leaves
appear to be always contemporaneous in _A. breviflorus_, but in _A.
luteus_ the flowers appear first and the leaves are very small. Further
notes by Natal botanists would be welcome.--J. H.]
DESCRIPTION:--_Bulb_ ovoid, white, 2 to 3 cm. in diameter, with a short
neck and brown membranous tunics. _Leaves_ 3 to 4, contemporary with the
flowers, 4 to 30 cm. long, 7 to 14 mm. broad, strap-shaped, obtuse,
strongly-nerved, glabrous. _Peduncle_ 8 to 20 cm. long, about 4 mm. in
diameter, slender, erect. _Spathe-valves_ 4 to 5 cm. long, 4 mm. broad
at the base lanceolate. _Pedicels_ 2 to 4 cm. long, erect.
_Inflorescence_ a 2-to 10-flowered umbel. _Perianth-tube_ 5 mm. long;
lobes 15 mm. long, lanceolate, acute. _Stamens_ included, in 2 series;
anthers basifixed. _Ovary_ glabrous; style slender; stigmas 3,
overtopping the stamens.
* * * * *
PLATE 144.--Fig. 1, perianth laid open; Fig. 2, stamens; Fig. 3,
cross-section of ovary; Fig. 4, style-branches.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _145._]
PLATE 145.
BURCHELLIA BUBALINA.
_Cape Province, Natal, Transvaal._
* * * * *
RUBIACEAE. Tribe GARDENIEAE.
BURCHELLIA, _R. Br._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. ii. p. 85.
* * * * *
=Burchellia bubalina=, _Sims Bot. Mag._ t. 2339 (1822). _Lonicera
bubalina_, _Linn. f. Suppl. 146_ (1781). _Burchellia capensis_, _R. Br.
in Ker. Bot. Reg._ t. 466 (1820); _Fl. Cap._ vol. iii. p. 2.
* * * * *
_Burchellia bubalina_ is known locally as “Buffels-hoorn” (not
“Buffelsdoorn”), on account of the horn-like calyx lobes, which persist
on the fruit. The bright-red flowers give rise to the name “Wild
pomegranate,” or “Wilde granaat.” There are also various native names
for the plant.
The single species of this genus is endemic to South Africa, and has a
wide distribution. In the south-west it is known as far as Swellendam,
whence it ranges through the forests to Natal and the Transvaal. Mr.
Galpin has recorded the plant from the summit of Saddleback Mountain, at
4500 to 5000 ft., where it occurs as a shrub 8 ft. high. It is somewhat
variable, the corolla differing much in size, and the length and
hairiness of the style fluctuates, perhaps due to sexual differences.
The calyx lobes are either 5 or 6 on the same plant.
No less than six different names have been applied to this species. Of
these we have, with some reluctance, adopted the oldest, _B. bubalina_,
Sims, using the specific name first applied by the younger Linnaeus in
1781 under the genus _Lonicera_ for specimens collected by Sparmann. A
better known name is _B. capensis_.
DESCRIPTION:--A small tree reaching 3·6 to 4·2 m. high. _Leaves_
opposite, petiolate; petioles up to 1·2 cm. long, thick, pubescent;
lamina up to 10·5 cm. long and 5·5 cm. broad, broadly ovate, entire,
rounded or subcordate at the base, with revolute margins and the veins
conspicuous above and very prominent beneath, dark green and glabrous
above, pubescent on all the veins beneath. _Stipules_ semicircular from
a broad base, ending in a linear cusp which almost equals the basal
portion in length and is minutely pilose. _Inflorescence_ terminal,
many-flowered. _Calyx-tube_ 6 mm. long, campanulate; lobes 5 to 6, 1 to
2 cm. long, linear, pubescent. _Corolla-tube_ 2 cm. long, inflated,
puberulous without, glabrous within, with a ring of white hairs near the
base; lobes 5 mm. long, triangular. _Stamens_ 5, inserted on the upper
half of the corolla-tube; filaments very short; anthers with the
connective slightly produced. _Ovary_ inferior, 2-celled, many-ovuled;
style filiform, exserted; stigma clavate. _Fruit_ a subglobose berry,
crowned with the persistent calyx-lobes.
* * * * *
PLATE 145.--Fig. 1, calyx; Fig. 2, corolla laid open; Fig. 3,
showing pistil in calyx; Fig. 4, anther; Fig. 5, cross-section of
ovary; Fig. 6, stipule.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _146._]
PLATE 146.
PELARGONIUM PULVERULENTUM.
_Cape Province, Natal._
* * * * *
GERANIACEAE. Tribe PELARGONIEAE.
PELARGONIUM, _L’Herit._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. i. p. 273.
* * * * *
=Pelargonium pulverulentum=, _Colv. in Sw. Ger._ t. 218; _Fl. Cap._ vol. i.
p. 272.
* * * * *
THIS species of _Pelargonium_, according to the late Dr. J. Medley Wood,
was first found in Natal in 1878, and was not met with again until 1914,
when it was found on the south coast near the sea. It had previously
been recorded from the eastern districts of the Cape Province by Ecklon
and Zeyher, Drège and Burke. The species belongs to the section
_Polyactium_ of the genus, and should be compared with _Pelargonium
crassicaule_, which we figured on Plate 52.
The white powdery pubescence, mentioned by Sweet as covering the young
leaves, has not been noticed in the Natal plants.
Our illustration was made and the description drawn up from specimens
collected at Merebank, Natal.
DESCRIPTION:--_Stem_ short, thick, woody. _Leaves_ petioled; petioles
3·1 to 7·5 cm. long, hispid; lamina 6·5 to 8·1 cm. long and broad,
cordate, obtuse, somewhat lobed, with the lobes rounded and irregularly
and sharply serrate, 5-veined at the base, glabrous above, hispid with
minute short hairs beneath, more thickly on the margins; stipules
broadly ovate, acute, ciliate. _Inflorescence_ an umbel of 6 to 12
flowers. _Peduncle_ up to 20 cm. long, hispid. _Bracts_ 3 to 4·5 cm.
long, oblong, acute, hispid, ciliate. _Sepals_ 5, oblong-lanceolate,
acute, densely and minutely hispid, shorter than the petals. _Petals_ 5,
rather unequal, 1 to 1·2 cm. long, obovate, yellowish-white with a
purple blotch. _Stamens_ 10, monadelphous, unequal; 6 stamens fertile;
the remainder without anthers, of these 3 are short and subulate and 1
broad and acute. _Stigmas_ 5, filiform. Fruit not seen.
* * * * *
PLATE 146.--Fig. 1, calyx; Fig. 2, longitudinal section of the
flower showing the monadelphous stamens; Fig. 3, petals; Fig. 4,
stamens; Fig. 5, pistil; Fig. 6, cross-section through the ovary.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _147._]
PLATE 147.
THUNBERGIA NATALENSIS.
_Transvaal, Cape Province, and Natal._
* * * * *
ACANTHACEAE. Tribe THUNBERGIEAE.
THUNBERGIA, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. ii. p. 1072.
* * * * *
=Thunbergia natalensis=, _Hook. Bot. Mag._ t. 5082; _Fl. Cap._ vol. v.
sect. i. p. 4.
* * * * *
_Thunbergia natalensis_ was described and figured in 1858 from plants
cultivated by Messrs. Veitch of Chelsea, from seed received from South
Africa. A year later Harvey gave a picture of the species in his
_Thesaurus Capensis_ (Plate 38). The _Flora Capensis_ does not mention
the peculiar stalked glandular hairs found on the funnel-shaped part of
the style, though Hooker accurately figured these, neither does Harvey
show them in his figure nor mention them in his description, although he
was acquainted with the drawing in the _Botanical Magazine_.
The plant is a small shrub bearing large blue flowers with a bright
yellow throat, and is confined to the eastern parts of the Cape
Province, Natal, and the spurs of the Drakensbergen in the Transvaal.
Notwithstanding its showy nature, it escaped the notice of the old
collectors in Natal and the Transkei.
The species is worth the attention of horticulturists, and should find
greater favour among growers who cultivate our native plants.
DESCRIPTION:--A shrub 20 to 50 cm. high. _Branches_ glabrous or thinly
hairy. _Leaves_ 4 to 9 cm. long, 4 to 7 cm. broad, decussate, oblong or
elliptic, acute, cordate or sub-hastate at the base, subentire or
sinuate-toothed, slightly scabrous on both surfaces, with the veins
prominent beneath; petiole 3 to 6 mm. long. _Inflorescence_ axillary
1-to 3-flowered; bracteoles 2, 1 to 2·5 cm. long, 1 to 1·3 cm. broad,
lanceolate, acute, prominently 3-veined; peduncle 2 to 4 cm. long,
glabrous. _Calyx-tube_ 2 mm. long; lobes ovate. _Corolla_
salver-shaped; tube 2 to 3·5 cm. long, curved, much inflated from near
the base, sparsely pubescent; lobes 1 to 1·3 cm. long, ovate. _Stamens_
inserted on the corolla-tube; filaments filiform, thickened towards the
base; anther-cells bearded, one cell in each of the two larger anthers
spurred at the base. _Style_ funnel-shaped above, and produced in short
triangular lobes, with stalked glandular-hairs on the funnel-shaped part
and bearded on the lower surface of the lobes. _Capsule_ 3 cm. long,
densely and minutely hairy or glabrous.
* * * * *
PLATE 147.--Fig. 1, showing ovary situated on the disc; Fig. 2,
stamen; Fig. 3, portion of style, showing funnel-shaped upper
portion covered with stalked glandular hairs; Fig. 4, fruit.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _148._]
PLATE 148.
THUNBERGIA ALATA.
_Natal._
* * * * *
ACANTHACEAE. Tribe THUNBERGIEAE.
THUNBERGIA, _Linn. fil._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. ii. p. 1072.
* * * * *
=Thunbergia alata=, _Boj. ex Sims in Bot. Mag._ t. 2591; _Fl. Cap._ vol. v.
sect. i. p. 10.
* * * * *
_Thunbergia alata_ is a native of tropical Africa and Natal, but has
been introduced into many warm parts of the world as an ornamental
creeper, and it is often called “Black-eyed Susan.” It was first
described and figured in 1825 from plants raised in England from seed
collected in Mauritius.
In its natural habitat the species is found as a creeper in woods, and
the bright-orange corolla with a dark maroon throat gives the flower a
singularly beautiful effect. The plant grows readily under cultivation,
and makes a fine trellis creeper, but in colder countries it requires
the protection of a glass-house.
The petioles of the mature leaves, as will be seen from the plate, are
distinctly winged, but in the younger leaves they are almost terete. The
stamens, as is usually the case in the family _Acanthaceae_, are
appendaged in some way, and exhibit two forms in this species. All the
anthers are tailed, but the anther of the shorter stamen, instead of
having two tails, is only tailed at the base of one pollen-sac, the
other pollen-sac bearing a bunch of radiating glandular hairs.
Our plate was prepared from plants grown by Dr. I. B. Pole Evans,
C.M.G., at Irene, near Pretoria.
DESCRIPTION:--A climber. _Branches_ terete, hirsute. _Leaves_ opposite,
petioled; petiole 2 to 5 cm. long, at first terete, with a shallow
groove on the upper side, at length expanded and winged, hirsute; lamina
2·2 to 6·5 cm. long, 2 to 5·5 cm. broad, ovate, subobtuse, lobed at the
base, hirsute above and beneath, with the veins depressed above,
prominent beneath. _Flowers_ solitary, axillary. _Pedicel_ up to 6 cm.
long, terete, hirsute. _Bracts_ two, 2·2 cm. long, 1·2 cm. broad, ovate,
obtuse, distinctly keeled, hirsute, connate on one side. _Calyx_ with
many narrow linear lobes, covered with stalked glands. _Corolla-tube_ 2
cm. long, cylindric below, and then more or less suddenly widened into a
tube 6 mm. in diameter above, glabrous without and with a ring of
deflexed glandular hairs at the insertion of the stamens; limb more or
less oblique, with the lobes 1·5 cm. long, 1·4 cm. broad, obovate, and
with the margin concave at the apex. _Stamens_ unequal; anthers very
distinctly tailed and covered on the face with long glandular hairs; the
shorter anther with only 1 tail and with a tuft of glandular hairs on
the other pollen sac. _Style-lobes_ unequal; the shorter in the form of
a concave saucer; the upper deeply channelled (_National Herb.
Pretoria_, No. 2847).
* * * * *
PLATE 148.--Fig. 1, young leaf with terete petiole; Fig. 2, median
longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 3, calyx; Fig. 4, larger
stamens; Fig. 5, smaller stamen; Fig. 6, style.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _149._]
PLATE 149.
ALOE PEGLERAE.
_Transvaal._
* * * * *
LILIACEAE. Tribe ALOINEAE.
ALOE, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 776.
=Aloe Peglerae=, _Schonl. in Records Albany Mus._ vol. i. p. 120.
* * * * *