70 NOVITATES CAPENSES, 
Stem up to 2} ft.; internodes about 1i in.; res about 8 lines long 
and 4 ines broad; racemes under 3 in.; pedicels about 6 lines lo ong. 
ct. 
re fruticetis sylvisque in regione Superiore montis Boschberg, 
Somerset East, ris 4-4500 ft., tior. Dec. Apr., Macowan 1968! In 
the bush close to the path, about 4000 ft., Boschberg, May, Scott 
Elliot 488 ! 
Mo. 
lanceolate, cigis, the outer short Perianth bright lilac; outer 
segments cblong-unguiculate, g in. lo ong, with a pale spot at the 
base of the blade; inner segments sacehoniteiee half as long as the 
outer. Stylo-crests rigs Capsule small, oblong-clavate 
Ha ansvaal; marshes at ae Chrissie, Scott Eliot 15921 
Habit of M. ici Ker in n Bot. Mag. t. 1. 
@& mMajubensis Baker, n. SeeaBecl leaves 8-4, rigid, 
linear, 3-4 in. long. Stem slender, obscurely ancipitous, 6-8 in. 
long, bearing 1-2 rudiment leaves. Panicle 1-2 in. ] com- 
4in with a and mem 
Perianth bright biae $ in. long. Capsule small, oleae 
obtusely angled, subsess 
Hab. atal; amon ‘re grass on the summit of Imguela Moun- 
tain, Majuba, Scott Elliot 16281! Allied to .4. compressa Buching. 
and A. schizolena Harvey. 
Gladiolus paludosus Baker, n. sp.—Corm not seen. Pro- 
~esgr9 eee leaves 4, rigid, linear, erect, glabrous, a foot long, 
qi Stem s simple, a foot long, bearing 2-8 reduced linear 
mace: Spike subsecund, dail dense, 4—10-flowered, 4—6 in. 
long; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 3-1 in. long. Perianth- 
tube } in. long; segments bright red-purple, obovate, subequal, 
in. long. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments. 
ab. Transvaal; marshy places near Lake Chrissie, Scott 
Elliot 15881 Near G. involutus Delar. (G. trimaculatus Lam 
Miller, Icon. 158, tab. 236, tig. 1. 
G. Elliotii Ba ker, n. sp.—Corm not seen. Produced basal 
leaves about 4, rigid, ensiform, strongly ribbed, “eg in. long, $ in 
broad. Stem simple, about a foot long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. 
Spike dense, distichous, 4—5 in. lon ng; outer ats tales oblong, 
3-1 in. | erianth-tube as long as the spathe; segments 
oblong, — or Pe — red, an inch long. Stamens shorter 
th rianth-segm 
mins mars. ake places at Middlesberg, Scott Elliot 
1557! ‘Near G. Ecklunt Lehm.; Bot. Mag. t. 6885 
G. (Homoexosscm) antholyzoides Babes n. sp.—Co orm not 
seen. Leaves 4, superposed, rigid, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 
the lowest re ft. — 4 in. : eek the second a er long, the 
uppermost much shorter. Stem sl iareingg Pe 
Spike lax, sieny dloweied, a foot Sonat ; outer nee lanceo- 
