DESCRIPTION:--_Bulb_ globose, tunicated, about 7 cm. in diameter. _Leaves_ about 26 cm. long, about 1 cm. broad, linear. _Peduncle_ 17 cm. long, terete. _Inflorescence_ a cylindric raceme, 17 cm. long. _Pedicels_ ascending; the lower 1 cm. long. _Bracts_ small, oblong, subacuminate, membranous, spurred at the base, deciduous. _Perianth_ 1 cm. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, white with a brown keel. _Stamens_ shorter than the perianth-segments. _Ovary_ 4 mm. long, obtusely trigonous; style 3·5 mm. long. (National Herb. Pretoria, No. 2647.) PLATE 138.--Fig. 1, surface view of flower; Fig. 2, perianth-segment with stamen; Fig. 3, pistil; Fig. 4, bract. F.P.S.A., 1924. [Illustration: _139._] PLATE 139. NERINE FLEXUOSA var. SANDERSONI. _Transvaal._ * * * * * AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE. * * * * * NERINE, _Herb._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. iii. p. 728. =Nerine flexuosa=, _Herb. App. 19_; _Fl. Cap_. vol. vi. p. 211. * * * * * Our Plate represents a variety of _Nerine flexuosa_ found in the Transvaal, which is distinguished from the type in having a more robust inflorescence. It very much resembles _N. lucida_, figured on Plate 134, but the peduncle is much longer and not so stout. Very little is known about this variety. It is recorded in the _Flora Capensis_ as collected by Sanderson in the Transvaal, and does not appear to have been found again by any recent collector. When planted in a mass it makes a very effective display as soon as the flowers appear. The plants from which this Plate was prepared were grown at the Division of Botany, Pretoria, but no information is available as to where the bulbs originally came from. DESCRIPTION:--_Bulb_ globose, 7 cm. in diameter. _Leaves_ about 7, 30 cm. long, 2·7 cm. broad, strap-shaped, usually twisted. _Umbel_ about 25-flowered. _Peduncle_ up to 40 cm. long, elliptic in cross-section. _Pedicels_ up to 7 cm. long, slender. _Spathe-valves_ 4 cm. long, ovate, acuminate. _Perianth-segments_ about 4 cm. long, crisped in the upper half. _Stamens_ declinate; filaments almost as long as the perianth-segments. _Ovary_ globose, obtusely 3-angled; style declinate, as long as the filaments; stigma simple. PLATE 139.--Fig. 1, bulb; Fig. 2, leaf; Fig. 3, cross-section of peduncle; Fig. 4, median longitudinal section of a flower; Fig. 5, upper portion of perianth-segment, showing tuft of papillose hairs. F.P.S.A., 1924. [Illustration: _140._] PLATE 140. CEROPEGIA AMPLIATA. _Cape Province, Natal._ * * * * * ASCLEPIADACEAE. Tribe CEROPEGIEAE. CEROPEGIA, _Linn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant_. vol. ii. p. 779. * * * * * =Ceropegia ampliata=, _E. Mey. Comm. 194_; _Fl. Cap_. vol. iv. sect. i. p. 817. * * * * *