Plantae anno 1906 in ,Botanical Magazine“ denuo descriptae. 167 
XLVI. Plantae anno 1906 in „Botanical Magazine“ 
denuo descriptae.') 
13. Gladiolus carmineus C. H. Wright in Bot. Mag., 1906, tab. 8068. 
Ex affinitate G. ramosi Paxt., sed spathis longioribus antherisque 
luteis differt. 
Caulis erectus, circa 1'/, ped. altus, gracilis, basi vaginis ad 21]; poll. 
longis vestitus. Folia linearia, acuminata, post anthesin ad 8 poll. longa 
et 4 lin. lata, glabra, costa crassa. Spatha exterior elliptica, acuminata, 
2 poll. longa, interior similis, sed 1!/, poll. longa. Flores circa 3 poll. 
diam.; perianthii tubus anguste infundibuliformis, apice 6 lin, diam., extus 
pallidus; lobi ovati, acuminati, 9 lin. lati, carminei, duo interiores basi 
macula pallidiore sanguineo-marginata instructi. Antherae oblongae, 
curvatae, dilute luteae. Styli rami 3 lin. longi, lineares. 
South Africa: at Hermanus on the Southern coast, on the sand- 
Stone cliffs from 40 to 80 feet high which skirt the sea (Sir C. Aber- 
<rombie Smith 1903). — Fl. at Kew, Sept. 1905. 
14. Listrostachys hamata R. A. Rolfe, 1. c., tab. 8074. 
Inter species hujus generis hucusque cognitas labelli calcare apice 
hamato facile distinguenda. Herba epiphytica, robusta, cirea 1 ped. alta. 
Folia recurva, oblonga, oblique et inaequaliter biloba, coriacea, circa 6 poll. 
longa, 1!/, poll, lata, lobis obtusis. Scapi axillares arcuati, penduli, circa 
6 poll longi, multiflori. Bracteae late ovatae, obtusae, conduplicatae, 
nitidae, brunneae, 5—7 lin. longae. Pedicelli 1—1'/; poll. longi. Flores 
albi. Sepala recurva, lanceolato-linearia, acuminata, circa 1!/, poll. longa; 
lateralia apice breviter bidentata. Petala sepalis minora, circa 1!/, poll. 
longa. Labellum a basi triangulari longe aeuminatum, recurvum. circa 
1!/, poll. longum; calcar pendulum, arcuatum, validum, basi subinflatum, 
apice subito recurvum. hamatum, minute bidentatum, circa 1?/,—2 poll. 
longum, viride. Columna crassa, brevissima; rostellum subulatum, subob- 
tusum, columna duplo longius; anthera apiculata. 
Tropical West-Afrika, Lagos: (Mrs. W. T. Martin); fl. at Kew 1900. 
15. Deutzia Wilsoni J. F. Duthie. I. c., tab. 8083. 
Ex affinitate, D. discoloris Hemsl., sed foliis scabrioribus, pedicellis 
robustioribus, calycis lobis latioribus, et staminum alis angustioribus 
edentatis. 
Rami rubro-brunnei, cortice cito deciduo, Folia 3—4!/, poll. longa, 
1—1!/ lata, discoloria, oblongo-lanceolata vel elliptica, acuta vel breviter 
acuminata, basi rotundata vel cuneata, crebre calloso-serrulata, utrinque 
(subtus densissime) squamis minutis stellatis vestita, venis primariis 
subtus elevatis hispidulis, petiolo 2—4 lin. longo superne profunde sul- 
cato. Flores albi, 10 lin. diametro, laxiuscule paniculati; inflorescentiae 
1) cf. Spec. nov, 1905 in Rep, HI (1906), pp. 185 — 190. 
