DESCRIPTION:--_Roots_ tuberous, sometimes up to 50 cm. in diameter. _Stems_ striate. _Leaves_ 8 to 14 cm. long, digitately 3-to 5-lobed; the middle lobe pinnatisect; the side lobes again lobed on one side only or pinnatilobed, more rarely almost entire; the mid-rib prominent above and beneath, and with two prominent glands on the upper side at base of the lamina, and with glands beneath at the base of each leaf-segment, glabrous; petiole 1·3 to 1·7 cm. long, 6 to 7 mm. broad, flat above, convex beneath, glabrous. _Calyx-tube_ 1·5 cm. long, campanulate, 1 cm. in diameter above, narrowing to 1·5 mm. in diameter at the base, glabrous; lobes 7 cm. long, 5·5 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, glabrous; two lobes with entire, the other three with lacerated margins. _Petals_ 9 mm. long, 2·5 mm. broad at the widest part, obovate, acuminate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, with shortly ciliated margins, 3-nerved. _Filaments_ united at the base, 4 mm. long, linear, broadening at the base; anthers 6·5 mm. long, 1·5 mm. broad, linear, falcate when seen in side view. _Glands_ at base of filaments ·5 mm. long, more or less quadrate. _Style_ 1 mm. long, bilobed at the apex. _Corona_ represented by a fimbriated rim. _Fruit_ fleshy, 3·5 cm. long, 2·5 cm. in diameter. _Female flower_ not seen. (National Herb. Pretoria, No. 2639.) PLATE 113.--Fig. 1, tuberous root × ½; 2, portion of petiole and bases of leaf-lobes showing glands; 3, flower laid open showing entire and fimbriated sepals; 4, petal; 5, stamens side view; 6, stamen front view; 7, fruit; 8, longitudinal section of fruit showing seeds. F.P.S.A., 1923. [Illustration: _114._ S. Gower del.] PLATE 114. WACHENDORFIA PANICULATA. _Cape Province._ HAEMODORACEAE. Tribe EUHAEMODOREAE. WACHENDORFIA, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 673. =Wachendorfia paniculata=, _Linn. Sp. Plant._ 59; _Fl. Cap._ vol. vi. p. 2. This plant is popularly known as “rooi knol,” because of the deep red colour of the tubers when cut, and it is also known as “Spinnekop blom,” as the colour and marking of the perianth resemble that of some spiders. The latter name is also applied to _Ferraria undulata_ (see Plate 66 for an illustration of a species of the genus). The species was known in England at least as early as 1767, as there is a record of its introduction into Kew Gardens in that year. The dull brown colour of the flowers, which is rare among South African plants, does not make the plant a very ornamental object in gardens, but as the plant is interesting botanically it should have a place in any collection of the native flora. The family _Haemodoraceae_ contains about 120 species, found principally in Australia, but species are also known in North and South America and in Asia. In South Africa the family is represented by less than 50 species, the largest genus being _Sansevieria_. The genus _Wachendorfia_ is known by only two species.