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Literature review<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten found on clay or granitic soils in renosterveld (MANNING & GOLDBLATT,<br />
2001). On the 7 th <strong>of</strong> September 2006 R. cruciata was observed in renosterveld<br />
outside Malmesbury by a group from Naturetrek (PONTING, 2006). MANNING &<br />
GOLDBLATT (2001) place this species in the subgenus Spatalanthus.<br />
2.2.6 Romulea diversiformis<br />
The flowers are buttercup-yellow and unscented (DE VOS, 1983; MANNING &<br />
GOLDBLATT, 1997; MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 2001). Tepals are obovate with the<br />
inner tepals broader than the outer tepals (MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 1997;<br />
MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 2001). The fruiting peduncles are bent (MANNING &<br />
GOLDBLATT, 2001). Bracts are green to greenish (DE VOS, 1983). The outer bracts<br />
have narrow white membranous margins and apices while the inner bracts have<br />
wider membranous margins. R. diversiformis flowers (1 or more flower per plant)<br />
from August to September (DE VOS, 1972; MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 1997). These<br />
plants are 80 to 200 mm in height and are classed as stemless geophytes. It has 6 to<br />
10 filiform leaves which are all basal (DE VOS, 1983; MANNING & GOLDBLATT,<br />
2001).<br />
The plants occur in moist or waterlogged dolerite and clay in the Western Karoo and<br />
Roggeveld <strong>of</strong> South Africa (MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 1997; MANNING &<br />
GOLDBLATT, 2001). MANNING & GOLDBLATT (2001) place this species in the<br />
subgenus Spatalanthus.<br />
2.2.7 Romulea flava<br />
Flowers are white or yellow and rarely flowers are also blue, blue-violet or pinkish<br />
(DE VOS, 1983; MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 1996; MANNING & GOLDBLATT,<br />
2001). The flowers have a yellow cup (MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 1996; MANNING<br />
& GOLDBLATT, 2001). The white flowers <strong>of</strong> R. flava are usually scented (MANNING<br />
& GOLDBLATT, 2001). The tepals are oblanceolate and the outer tepals are<br />
uniformly green on the abaxial side. The fruiting peduncles are recurved and later<br />
erect (MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 2001). Outer bracts have narrow or inconspicuous<br />
membranous margins while inner bracts are submembranous or membranous and<br />
are <strong>of</strong>ten brown streaked (DE VOS, 1983; MANNING & GOLDBLATT, 2001). These<br />
plants flower from June to September and each plant generally has 1 to 4 flowers<br />
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