may be found in quantities on the stony hills of the Magaliesberg round
Pretoria. The species was first described by Dr. S. Schönland in 1903
from specimens collected by Miss Alice Pegler near Rustenburg. The
peculiar lax arrangement of the leaves is very characteristic, and Miss
Pegler not inaptly compared its appearance to a loose cabbage.
In the description accompanying Plate 107 (_Aloe comosa_) we described
the method in which the flowers mature. _Aloe Peglerae_, as far as we
have observed, is an exception to this general rule, as the style is
exserted with the filaments and does not wait until the filaments are
withdrawn, and the perianth withers before protruding.
Our plate was prepared from specimens which flowered at the Division of
Botany, Pretoria.
DESCRIPTION:--_Plant_ almost acaulescent with a dense rosette of leaves.
_Leaves_ curved, about 28 cm. long, 5·5 cm. broad, below lanceolate,
ending in a short spine, almost flat on the upper surface, slightly
convex on the lower surface, faintly keeled and spiny on the back in the
uppermost third, with the margins spiny; the spines on lower portion of
leaf about 1 mm. long and about 5 mm. apart, becoming 5 mm. long and 1·5
cm. apart in the upper part of the leaf. _Peduncle_ solitary from the
middle of the leaf rosette, about 1·2 cm. in diameter and covered with
ovate long-acuminate erect membranous bracts. _Flower spike_ about 18
cm. long, up to 8 cm. in diameter; flowers at first reddish, becoming
greenish-white at maturity. _Outer perianth-segments_ 2·5 cm. long, 6
mm. broad, oblanceolate, with the apex slightly recurved, 3-nerved;
inner segments 2 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, oblong, 1-nerved. _Stamens_ at
length long exserted; filaments dark purple above, greenish below,
linear. _Ovary_ 5 mm. long, ellipsoid; style 4·2 cm. long, cylindric,
exserted with the stamens; stigma small (_National Herb. Pretoria_, No.
2846).
* * * * *
PLATE 149.--Fig. 1, upper portion of leaf; Fig. 2, flower; Fig. 3,
median longitudinal section of a flower.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _150._]
PLATE 150.
PSEUDOBAECKEA VIRGATA.
_Cape Province._
* * * * *
BRUNIACEAE.
PSEUDOBAECKIA, _Nied. in Engl. and Prantl. Naturl. Pflanzenfam._ vol. iii. 2a,
p. 136 (1891).
* * * * *
=Pseudobaeckia virgata=, _Nied. l. c._; _Dummer in Journ. Bot._ 1912,
Suppl. 2. _Brunia virgata_, Brogn.; _Fl. Cap._ vol. ii. p. 315.
* * * * *
ON Plate 92 we figured a member of the family _Bruniaceae, Brunia
Stokoei_, which differs from the genus _Pseudobaeckia_ in having the
sepals united beyond the ovary and the stamens shorter than the petals.
The species of _Pseudobaeckia_ were formerly placed under the genus
_Brunia_, until a separate genus was constituted for them in 1891.
The species figured is not a particularly striking one, but it is worthy
of illustration, as it belongs to a group only found in the
south-western area of the Cape Province.
The specimens from which our plate was prepared were collected by Mr. T.
P. Stokoe on the Hottentot Hollands Mountains, where it is found growing
in very damp places near Kogelberg. It also occurs in the mountains of
Swellendam. We are indebted to the Director of the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, for comparing the plant with the material in the Kew
Herbarium.
DESCRIPTION:--_Branches_ slender, arranged in a racemose manner above,
yellowish, the young branches densely woolly, at length becoming
glabrous. _Leaves_ adpressed, somewhat distant below, becoming more
crowded above, 3·5 to 6 mm. long, 1·5 mm. broad, lanceolate, with a long
black mucro at the apex, convex and glabrous beneath, concave and woolly
above. _Flowers_ sessile, solitary in the uppermost leaves of the
ultimate branchlets. _Bracts_ two, 1 mm. long, ·25 mm. broad, linear,
convex beneath, concave above, obtuse, glabrous. _Sepals_ 1·25 mm. long,
·5 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. _Petals_ 1 mm. long, slightly
over ·5 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse. _Filaments_ ·5 mm. long, linear;
anthers less than ·25 mm. long. _Ovary_ 2-celled, with a single red
pendulous ovule in each cell, sometimes only one ovule present; style ·5
mm. long, bifid at the apex (_National Herb. Pretoria_, No. 2578).
* * * * *
PLATE 150.--Fig. 1, tip of branch enlarged, showing flowers; Fig.
2, portion of branch enlarged; Fig. 3, single leaf showing under
surface; Fig. 4, longitudinal section through a flower; Fig. 5, a
single flower; Fig. 6, stamen; Fig. 7, bracteole; Fig. 8, bract.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _151._]
PLATE 151.
ALOE SCHLECHTERI.
_Cape Province, Namaqualand._
* * * * *
LILIACEAE. Tribe ALOINEAE.
ALOE, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 776.
* * * * *
=Aloe Schlechteri=, _Schonl. in Records Albany Mus._ vol. i. p. 45.
* * * * *
This somewhat rare _Aloe_ was first described by Dr. Schönland from
material collected by Max Schlechter at Pella, S.W. Africa. The Division
of Botany in 1921 received living specimens from Dr. W. Borchards of
Upington, and these subsequently flowered at Pretoria.
_Aloe Schlechteri_ is found growing on the bare veld. The short stems
are decumbent and the rosette of leaves almost at right angles to the
stems, giving the plant, when viewed from a little distance, an
acaulescent appearance. The plants are invariably found in groups, and
the individual plants are so arranged that the group forms a half-circle
or sometimes a complete circle on the ground. The inflorescence appears
to be always forked.
Our illustration was made from the specimens collected by Dr. Borchards.
DESCRIPTION:--_Stem_ short decumbent with a dense rosette of leaves.
_Leaves_ somewhat incurved, up to 24 cm. long, up to 4 cm. broad near
the base, lanceolate, acuminate, ending in a sharp spine, convex
beneath, flat or slightly convex above, with the margins covered with
prickles and a few prickles on the keel beneath near the apex; prickles
about 1·2 cm. apart, straight or slightly incurved. _Inflorescence_
branched into two arms; the common peduncle about 10 cm. long, bluntly
3-angled, naked; peduncle of arms up to lowermost flowers 9 cm. long,
covered with a few membranous ovate acuminate bracts; raceme 15 cm.
long, many-flowered. _Pedicels_ 8 mm. long, erect. _Youngest flowers_
tubular, erect, becoming later horizontal and at length pendulous and
then clavate. _Perianth-tube_ 1·8 cm. long, widening from the base
upwards; inner lobes 1·2 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, lanceolate, obtuse,
usually 5-nerved; outer lobes 1·6 cm. long, 8 mm. broad,
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, concave usually 3-nerved. _Stamens_ 3·5 cm.
long, at first included, at length exserted. _Ovary_ 8 mm. long,
3-angled; style 1·6 cm. long, terete; stigma minute (National Herb.
2845).
* * * * *
PLATE 151.--Fig. 1, flower; Fig. 2, median longitudinal section of
flower; Fig. 3, perianth-segments; Fig. 4, stamen; Fig. 5, style.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _152._]
PLATE 152.
MONTBRETIA CROCOSMAEFLORA.
_Transvaal._
* * * * *
IRIDACEAE. Tribe IXIEAE.
=Montbretia crocosmaeflora=, _Hort._; _Flor. Mag._ n.s. t. 472; _Fl. Cap._
vol. vi. p. 129.
* * * * *
This plant, commonly seen in South African gardens, is a hybrid between
_Tritonia Pottsii_ and _Crocosmia aurea_, and was described from plants
which flowered at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in August 1889. As the
plant has been described under the generic name of _Montbretia_ in the
_Flora Capensis_ we retain the combination here.
The plant blooms in Pretoria during the month of April, and furnishes a
good supply of cut flowers during a time when they are scarce. Our
illustration was made from specimens flowering at the Division of
Botany, Pretoria.
DESCRIPTION:--_Corm_ 2·5 cm. in diameter, almost spherical, sending out
lateral rhizomes. _Leaves_ arranged up the stem in a fan-like manner, 6
to 7 on each side, up to 30 cm. long, ·8 to 1 cm. broad, linear, acute,
equitant at the base, with the midrib prominent and the lateral veins
evident in fresh specimens, glabrous. _Peduncle_ up to 25 cm. long, 7-to
10-ribbed (almost narrowly winged), glabrous. _Inflorescence_ a lax
panicle of 3 to 4 spikes. _Spikes_ 4 to 5 cm. long, 4-to 6-flowered.
_Spathe-valves_ 8 mm. long, ovate, acuminate, brown, membranous.
_Perianth-tube_ 1·5 cm. long, 4 mm. in diameter above, gradually
narrowing below; lobes 2·8 cm. long, 9 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse,
somewhat unequal. _Stamens_ fixed in the upper portion of the
perianth-tube; filaments 2·2 mm. long, terete; anthers 8 mm. long,
linear, versatile. _Ovary_ 6 mm. long, ellipsoid; style 3 cm. long,
terete; style-branches 1 mm. long, bifid and papillose at the apex.
_Fruit_ 9 mm. in diameter, globose, obtusely 3-angled, several seeds in
each cell (National Herb. 2848).
* * * * *
PLATE 152.--Fig. 1, corm showing rhizomes; Fig. 2, median
longitudinal section of a flower; Fig. 3, spathe-valves; Fig. 4,
stamen; Fig. 5, upper part of style; Fig. 6, fruits.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _153._]
PLATE 153.
OXALIS LUPINIFOLIUS.
_Cape Province._
* * * * *
OXALIDACEAE.
OXALIS, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. i. p. 276.
* * * * *
=Oxalis lupinifolius=, _Jacq. Oxal._ t. 72; _Fl. Cap._ vol. i. p. 348.
* * * * *
This beautiful little _Oxalis_ belongs to a small group of about eight
species which are characterised by having the leaves digitately 5-to
19-foliate, and in some respects these species are more showy than many
of the others.
The genus as a whole is essentially characteristic of the south-western
portion of the Cape Province, but scattered species are found in various
parts of the Union. Species of _Oxalis_ are also abundant in South
America, where some of them form tall shrubs.
Heterostylism, _i. e._ the different relative lengths of the stamens and
styles, is found in the genus. In some flowers the styles exceed the
stamens, while in others the stamens are longer than the styles. This
arrangement of the sexual organs ensures that cross-pollination will
take place.
Our plate was prepared from specimens grown at the Division of Botany,
Pretoria, from corms presented by Dr. C. L. Leipoldt, who collected them
at Pakhuis in the Clanwilliam Division. According to Dr. Leipoldt the
corms are edible.
DESCRIPTION:--Internodes very short, so that the leaves appear more or
less in a rosette. _Leaves_ digitately 3-to 6-foliate; petioles 3 to 9
cm. long, 4 to 5 mm. broad, flattened glabrous; the shorter petioles
very distinctly winged; the longer petioles not so evidently winged;
leaflets up to 3·5 cm. long, 1·8 cm. broad, obovate, cuneate, rounded at
the apex, glabrous, punctate beneath. _Pedicels_ 1 to 6 cm. long,
terete, glabrous. _Bracts_ 2, 4 mm. long, linear. _Sepals_ 6 mm. long, 2
mm. broad, oblong, obtuse, with membranous margins, glabrous.
_Corolla-tube_ 7 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter above, campanulate; lobes
1·5 cm. long, 1 cm. broad, obovate. _Stamens_ unequal; longer stamens
6·5 mm. long, subterete, pubescent, with an appendage on the back;
shorter stamens 3·5 mm. long, similar to the longer, but without the
appendage; anthers oblong. _Ovary_ 1·5 mm. long, 1 mm. in diameter,
ellipsoid, glabrous; styles 1 mm. long; stigmas penicillate.
* * * * *
PLATE 153.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 2,
calyx; Fig. 3, androecium; Fig. 4, pistil of long-styled flower;
Fig. 5. pistil of short-styled flower.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _154._]
PLATE 154.
COTYLEDON WICKENSII.
_Transvaal._
* * * * *
CRASSULACEAE.
COTYLEDON, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. i. p. 658.
* * * * *
=Cotyledon Wickensii=, _Schonl. in Records Albany Museum_, vol. iii. p. 141.
* * * * *
The _Pillansii_ group of _Cotyledon_ as defined by Dr. Schönland
includes species with a suffructicose, mostly robust habit, with the
lobes of the corolla usually longer than the tube, glandular flowers,
and with a tuft of hairs at the base of the filaments where they join
the corolla. The species figured here was collected by Mr. J. Wickens
and Dr. I. B. Pole Evans, C.M.G., on stony kopjes at Smit’s Drift, in
the Pietersburg District of the northern Transvaal.
It is well adapted for rockeries, and flowers profusely during the
mid-winter months of June and July. The species has been established in
the rockeries of the Union Building gardens at Pretoria, and is doing
remarkably well.
Our plate was prepared from specimens growing at the Division of Botany,
Pretoria.
DESCRIPTION:--A tall herbaceous shrub up to 2 m. high. _Stems_ somewhat
fleshy, glabrous. _Leaves_ 8·5 to 11 cm. long, 2·5 cm. broad,
lanceolate, acute, or sometimes rounded, distinctly narrowed to the base
into a terete portion, flat above, slightly convex beneath, glabrous and
covered with a glaucous bloom. _Inflorescence_ cymose, 12-to 15-flowered
at the end of a naked peduncle. _Peduncle_ up to 30 cm. long, terete, 6
mm. in diameter. _Pedicels_ 1·5 to 3 cm. long, terete, densely covered
with glandular hairs, expanded and disc-like above. _Sepals_ 8 mm. long,
4 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, glandular-pubescent. _Petals_ persistent.
_Corolla-tube_ 2 mm. long, gibbous at the base between the petals,
glandular hispid; lobes 2 cm. long, 2 mm. broad, oblong-linear, with a
small blunt apiculus, glandular-hispid, especially on the margins.
_Stamens_ equal; filaments 2·2 cm. long, terete, with reflexed hairs at
the base; anthers ovate or almost orbicular. _Carpels_ a little shorter
than the stamens. _Glands_ at base of each carpel, 3 mm. long, 1·5 mm.
broad, oblong, truncate, projecting into the cavity at base of the
petals.
* * * * *
PLATE 154.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 2,
longitudinal section of flower with pistil removed; Fig. 3, carpels
showing glands at the base; Fig. 4, stamen; Fig. 5, cross-section
of leaf.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _155._]
PLATE 155.
ALOE PETRICOLA.
_Transvaal._
* * * * *
LILIACEAE. Tribe ALOINEAE.
ALOE, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 776.
* * * * *
=Aloe petricola=, _Pole Evans in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr._ vol. v. p. 707.
* * * * *
This _Aloe_ was first collected and photographed by Dr. Pole Evans at
Nelspruit in September 1905. In the Nelspruit Valley (Barberton
District) the plant is found chiefly on the granite outcrops, and in
similar localities at Eland’s Hoek and in the Kaap Valley, where it was
collected by Mr. Geo. Thorncroft. Like most of our Transvaal aloes, it
flowers in mid-winter (July), and the flowering period extends well into
August. _Aloe petricola_ is one of the stemless species, and the
bicoloured inflorescence makes it quite a striking plant in the rockery.
In the oldest flowers the filaments contract within the perianth, and
the style then becomes exserted.
Our plate was prepared from specimens which flowered at the Division of
Botany, Pretoria.
DESCRIPTION:--_Leaves_ 34 cm. long, 8 cm. broad at the base, lanceolate,
acuminate, ending in a short spine, concave on the upper surface, convex
on the lower, with spines along the margins and 1 to 3 spines on the
back near the apex; spines about ·2 mm. long and 1·5 cm. apart.
_Inflorescence_ forked; peduncle bearing the inflorescence about 20 cm.
long, 1·2 cm. in diameter, terete, bearing ovate acuminate membranous
bracts; flowers in a dense spike about 21 cm. long, 6 cm. in diameter,
all reflexed, at first red, later becoming greenish-white, with dark
green bands. _Floral bracts_ membranous, reflexed, 1·5 cm. long, 5 mm.
broad at the base, ovate, cuspidate, 5-nerved. _Outer perianth-segments_
2·5 cm. long, 6 mm. broad, lanceolate, obtuse, distinctly 3-nerved
(faintly 5-nerved); inner segments 2·3 cm. long, 9 mm. broad, somewhat
keeled, 3-nerved. _Filaments_ 2·5 cm. long, broadest in the middle and
tapering to the base and apex, dark purple above, greenish-white below;
anthers 3 mm. long with dark yellow pollen. _Ovary_ 5 mm. long,
cylindric; style 2 cm. long, cylindric; stigma minute.
* * * * *
PLATE 155.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 2,
bud; Fig. 3, perianth-segments; Fig. 4, stamen.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _156._]
PLATE 156.
CRASSULA PORTULACEA.
_Cape Province._
* * * * *
CRASSULACEAE.
CRASSULA, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. i. p. 657.
* * * * *
=Crassula portulacea=, _Lam. Dict._ ii. p. 172; _Fl. Cap._ vol. ii. p. 337.
* * * * *
This species of _Crassula_ is somewhat related to _C. falcata_, figured
on Plate 12, but differs in its more shrubby habit. It belongs to the
section _Latifoliae_ of the genus, which contains three species, all
succulent branching shrubs, with broad flat fleshy leaves.
_Crassula portulacea_ is a large much-branched shrub up to 10 to 12 ft.
high, and is found in the south-eastern parts of the Cape Province, in
the coastal districts from Montagu to Port Elizabeth.
Our plate was prepared from plants flowering in the rockeries at the
Division of Botany, Pretoria. Here it forms a small, more or less
compact shrub about 2 ft. high, and flowers very profusely. The flowers
appear during the winter months, and when in full bloom the plant makes
a very effective show on the rockery.
DESCRIPTION:--_Branches_ succulent. _Leaves_ up to 5 cm. long, 3 cm.
broad, obovate, rounded at the apex, produced into a short broad
petiole, articulated to the branches, glabrous. _Inflorescence_
terminal, in large lax cymose panicles. _Calyx_ campanulate, with very
short lobes. _Petals_ 1 cm. long, 2·5 mm. broad, oblong, with a small
apiculus at the apex. _Stamens_ 5, alternating with the petals;
filaments 5·5 mm. long, linear, tapering upwards; anthers more or less
crescent-shaped. _Hypogynous glands_ oblong, rounded above. _Carpels_ 5,
free; ovary ellipsoid; style 3 mm. long, terete; stigma small,
capitate.
* * * * *
PLATE 156.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of flower; Fig. 2,
a single carpel; Fig. 3, stamen; Fig. 4, hypogynous gland.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _157._]
PLATE 157.
EUPHORBIA COOPERI.
_Natal and Transvaal._
* * * * *
EUPHORBIACEAE. Tribe EUPHORBIEAE.
EUPHORBIA, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 258.
* * * * *
=Euphorbia Cooperi=, _N.E. Br. ex Berger, Sukk. Euphorb._ 83 and 84, Fig. 21;
_Fl. Cap._ vol. v. sect. 2, p. 368.
* * * * *
The genus _Euphorbia_ is represented in South Africa by one hundred and
eighty-three species, and we figure a representative of this genus for
the first time. The genus contains many species which are of economic
value as stock-food plants in the drier parts of the country, and among
these may be mentioned _E. esculenta_, Marl. (Vingerpol), _E.
brachiata_, E. Mey. (Soet or Blou Melkbos), _E. coerulescens_, Haw.
(Soet Noorsdoring), and several other species which are commonly known
as “Noorsdoring.”
The species figured here is one of the arborescent members of the
family, and is found in Natal and in the Rustenburg and Piet Potgieter’s
Rust Districts of the Transvaal. It is easily recognised by the
continuous horny margins on the stems.
The plant when cut exudes a copious milky juice, which is a skin
irritant, and which also causes a burning sensation in the throat if the
air is inhaled when standing in close proximity to a bleeding plant.
Our plate was prepared from a plant growing at the Division of Botany,
Pretoria.
DESCRIPTION:--A succulent leafless spiny tree, 10 to 15 ft. high; trunk
becoming naked and cylindric below, 15 to 20 cm. thick; branches
ascending, curved at their basal part, 5-to 6-angled, deeply constricted
into conic-ovate or somewhat heart-shaped segments 5 to 15 cm. long, and
4 to 7·5 cm. in diameter, with the small central solid part not more
than 2 to 2·5 cm. thick in the younger branches, glabrous; angles
wing-like, with triangular channels 2 to 4 cm. deep between them, their
margins with a continuous horny nearly even grey border. _Leaves_
rudimentary, scale-like, about 1 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, transverse,
apiculate; spines 3 to 8 mm. long, in pairs 6 to 18 mm. apart, widely
diverging, grey, with blackish tips; flowering-eyes 3 to 8 mm. above the
spine-pairs; cymes 1 to 3 from the same eye, sessile, each with 3
involucres, glabrous. _Bracts_ about 3 mm. long and 4 mm. broad,
rounded, concave, usually minutely denticulate; involucres all sessile
and the middle one male, lateral fertile, 5 to 6 mm. in diameter,
cup-shaped, glabrous, with 5 glands and 5 erect short transversely
rectangular fringed lobes; glands contiguous, 3 mm. in their greater
diameter, narrowly transverse oblong, very minutely rugulose on the
upper surface; capsule about 6 mm. long and 9 to 12 mm. in diameter,
exserted on a stout pedicel, curved to one side, deeply 3-lobed seen
from above, with laterally compressed lobes, glabrous, dark purple on
the apex and along the angles, having a somewhat fleshy calyx at its
base, with 3 deltoid-ovate acute lobes about 2 mm. long; cell-walls
about 0·5 mm. thick, woody. _Styles_ 2 mm. long, united for two-thirds
of their length, with spreading arms, bifid at the apex; seeds 3 mm. in
diameter, globose, with a raised line in a very slight furrow on one
side, and a small pit at one end, light grey.
* * * * *
PLATE 157.--Fig. 1, cross section of stem; Fig. 2, inflorescence;
Fig. 3, male flowers; Fig. 4, male flower with fringed lobe; Fig.
5, gynaecium of female flower.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _158._]
PLATE 158.
LACHENALIA PENDULA.
_Cape Province._
* * * * *
LILIACEAE. Tribe SCILLEAE.
LACHENALIA, _Jacq._; _Benth. et. Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 807.
* * * * *
=Lachenalia pendula=, _Ait. Hort. Kew._ vol. i. p. 461; edit. 2, vol.
ii. p. 288; _Fl. Cap._ vol. vi. p. 423.
* * * * *
This species of _Lachenalia_ was amongst some of the earliest of the
Cape introductions into the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, having been
sent by Masson in 1774. About the same time, or probably earlier, it was
introduced into the gardens of Holland, and was eventually imported into
England from Holland. In 1801 an excellent figure appeared in the
_Botanical Magazine_ (Plate 590).
_Lachenalia pendula_ is a robust species of the genus, and is easily
cultivated. It flowers freely under cultivation, and makes a very
effective display.
Our plate was prepared from specimens grown by Dr. I. B. Pole Evans,
C.M.G., from bulbs supplied by Lady Smartt.
DESCRIPTION:--_Bulb_ globose, 3·5 cm. in diameter, covered with thin
membranous white tunics. _Leaves_ 2, clasping the base of the stem, up
to 16 cm. long, up to 6 cm. broad below the middle, ovate, bluntly
apiculate. _Peduncle_ (including the flowers) up to 27 cm. long, 8 mm.
in diameter, terete. _Bracts_ small, broadly ovate, membranous.
_Pedicels_ 6 mm. long. _Flowers_ arising from small pockets on the
peduncle, first almost erect, then horizontal and at length pendulous.
_Perianth-tube_ slightly gibbous and oblique at the base; outer segments
3·3 cm. long, 7 mm. broad, oblong-linear, obtuse, with an outstanding
ridge on the back near the apex, of one only; inner segments longer than
the outer, 3·5 cm. long, 1 cm. broad near the apex, obovate-oblong,
almost truncate at the apex. _Stamens_ of two different lengths; the
longer equalling the inner perianth-segments; the shorter slightly
included; filaments terete, glabrous; anthers oblong. _Ovary_ 5 mm.
long, ellipsoid; style slightly exceeding the longer stamens, minutely
capitate at the apex.
* * * * *
PLATE 158.--Fig. 1, median longitudinal section of a flower; Fig.
2, part of outer perianth-segment showing transverse ridge; Fig. 3,
part of inner perianth-segment; Fig. 4, stamen; Fig. 5, upper
portion of style; Fig. 6, ovary; Fig. 7, portion of peduncle with
bracts and pockets from which the flowers arise.
F.P.S.A., 1924.
[Illustration: _159._]
PLATE 159.
CYRTANTHUS GALPINI.
_Transvaal._
* * * * *
AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE.
CYRTANTHUS, _Ait._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 729.
* * * * *
=Cyrtanthus Galpinii=, _Baker in Kew Bull._ 1892, p. 83; _Fl. Cap._
vol. vi. p. 227.
* * * * *