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22. G. arenarius Baker. Flats, locally frequent ; 10-12. About 

 Claremont and Kenilworth ; Eetreat. We have not seen it on 

 mountains, as Baker records it. 



23. G. montanus Baker. Hill and mountain slopes ; frequent ; 

 12-4. Extends nearly to summit of Table Mountain. 



24. G. Watsonius Thunb. Mountain slopes, locally frequent ; 

 5-6. Steenberg Eocks ; lower slopes Lion's Head near Tamboer's 

 Kloof. We are convinced that there are two species combined under 

 Antholyza revoluta Burm., and though they are certainly not 

 generically distinct we have preferred to leave names as they are, 

 giving the leading characters which distinguish them. They appear 

 to connect the genera Gladiolus and Antholyza, and on the whole 

 both species are nearer the latter. The Steenberg plant, which we 

 believe to be Gladiolus Watsonius Thunb., has corm globose, 

 -| inch diameter with thin pale brown striate papery tunics ; stem 

 slender, glabrous, about 1 line in diameter ; three lowest leaf -sheaths 

 without laminae, the fourth with lamina |- to 1 line wide, 6 to 9 inches 

 long, two or three upper shorter, ribs 3 to 5 moderate ; rachis 

 flexuose ; flowers 1-3, rarely 4, bright rather pale red, tube of 

 perianth narrow cylindrical for about 8 lines, then gradually 

 expanded into a curved portion 8 to 10 lines long, 2 to 2|- lines 

 wide, segments distinctly acuminate, 10 to 12 lines long ; spathe 

 valves 12 to 16 lines long ; stamens nearly equalling lower perianth 

 segments. 



Figures of these species are not conclusive, as one of the most 

 distinctive characters, the corm, is never shown. 



Antholyza prsealta Delar. (in Eed. Lil. t. 387). Damp places 

 below rocks at about 1,500 feet, frequent ; 8-10. Distinguished 

 from the next species as follows : Leaves rigid ; stem 2 to 3 feet, 

 considerably overtopping leaves, inflorescence strictly distichous ; 

 lower portion of perianth tube gradually expanded into upper 

 portion. Flowers later, and at higher elevations. 



2. A. aethiopica Linn, (in Eed. Lil. t. 110, and Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 1159). Shady woods, common ; 5-7. Leaves flaccid, sheathing 

 stem up to inflorescence, which is distinctly but irregularly 

 unilateral ; stem 1\ to 2 feet ; lower portion of perianth tube 

 abruptly expanded into upper portion. 



3. A. Cunonia Linn. Sandy ground, chiefly near the shore, 

 occasional ; 9. Fish Hoek ; Hout Bay ; Simon's Town ; Paulsberg. 



4. A. revoluta Burm. Grassy fields and low hill slopes, locally 

 frequent ; 7-8. Several places below Prince of Wales' Blockhouse 

 on the Devil's Peak. See remarks under Gladiolus Watsonius. 

 The present species has corm 1 inch in diameter with chocolate- 

 brown tunics, sliced from below into rigid, horny, narrow subulate 

 laminae, which usually cover numerous bulbils ; stem stout and 

 rigid, about 2 lines in diameter, 1-|- to 2 feet high ; lowest one or 

 two sheaths without laminae, the third with lamina 18 to 30 inches 

 long, 1 to l-l lines wide, very strongly ribbed, one or two upper 

 leaves much shorter ; rachis straight and rigid ; flowers 5 to 6, 



