the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra including new species, biological notes, and a new infrageneric classification Author Manning, John C. Author Goldblatt, Peter text Adansonia 2001 3 23 1 59 108 journal article http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5180119 1639-4798 5180119 44. Romulea sanguinalis M.P. de Vos J. S. African Bot., Suppl. 9: 191 (1972) ; Fl. S. Africa 7(2), fasc. 2: 39 (1983). — Type : Burger s . n ., South Africa , Western Cape , Bokkeveld Mts. , Menzieskraal (holo-, NBG 30207 !) . Plants 15-35 cm high, stem reaching 4-8 cm above ground; corm with a broad, crescentshaped basal ridge, nearly bell-shaped. Leaves 3, basal and cauline, narrowly 4-grooved, c. 0.7 mm diam.; outer bracts with scarcely visible membranous margins, inner bracts with wide colorless or brown-speckled membranous margins. Flowers uniformly red, tepals oblanceolate-cuneate, 22-35 mm long; filaments c. 5 mm long, glabrous, anthers 8-10 mm long. Flowering: Aug. Evidently occurring on stony flats, Romulea sanguinalis is restricted to a small portion of the Bokkeveld plateau north of Botterkloof Pass in Northern Cape Province . Known from a single collection, R . sanguinalis is readily recognized by the uniformly red flower and corm with a broad, crescent-shaped basal ridge. The glabrous filaments are unusual.