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Stamina 3-4 perfecta; staminodia parva 2. Flores Joeminei 1-2, 
basales, epala 3, pinnatipartita, setosa, ambitu orbicularia, 
demum 6 mm. longa lataque, laminae parte indivisa ovata, laciniis 
saepissime 13, lanceolatis, brevibus. Ovarinm pilosum. Capsula 
setosa, 3-cocca, 6 mm. longa. Semina globosa, 4 mm. diametro, 
brunneo-rubra sed pallide marmorata. 
RuopeEsta. Gwelo, Gardner, 34. 
1010. Gladiolus subaphyllus, V.Z. Br. [Iridaceae] ; affinis G. par- 
vulo, Schltr., sed elatior et subaphyllus cum floribus minoribus 
differt, 
Cormus 1-1°2 cm. diam., tunicis fibrosis vestitus, Planta juve- 
nélis unifoliata ; folium 9-12 cm. longum, 2°5-3 mm. latum, lineare, 
acutum, pilis patentibus laxe piloso-pubescens, marginibus incras- 
satis, Planta florifera subaphylla. Caulis 24-36 cm. altus, 
gracilis, glaber, apice 2~3-florus, vaginis duabus arcte investus cum 
vaginula 5-6 mm, longa arcte convoluta glabra infra inflorescentiam ; 
vagina inferior 2-3 em, longa, oblique truncata, glabra; vagina 
superior ad medium caulem attingens, 12-18 em, longa, laxe patente 
pubescens, sulcato-striata, apice in acumen appressum subulatum 
vel lineari-attenuatum compressum acutum liberum 3-6 mm, longum 
producta. racteae aequales, 9-11 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, 
oblongae vel elliptico-oblongae, subacutae. Perianthium infundic 
bulare, 2-2-2 cm. longum, subregulare, album, carneo-tinctum ; 
tubus 5-6 mm. longus ; segmenta subaequalia, 15-16 mm. longa, 
6 mm. lata, lanceolata, acuta. Stamina glabra. 
Nata. Zwartkop, at 1,200-1,525 m., Wood, 10153. 
VIII—INJURIES TO PLANTS DUE TO HAIL 
AND FRO | 
G. Masserr, 
the wounds formed being often attributed to frost, insects or 
fungi. Young trees, or the young branches of older trees suffer 
rom wounds, The injury being confined to one and the same side. 
of a branch, along with the more or less circular form of the isolated 
wounds, are factors chavacteristie of injury due to hail, When soft 
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