NOVITATES AFRICAN AE 
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quasi totam laminam formantibus, vagina laminaque sat dense pubes- 
centes, pilis patentibus vel reflexis, brevissimis, folium mfimum ad 
23 cm. longum cum vagina 7-5 cm. longa, vix 0-15 cm. lata, secundum 
caulinum, 28 — 41 cm. longum cum vagina 24—34 cm. longa, tertium 
sine lamina, spatbiforme glabrum, 0-8— 1-5 cm. longum; rhachis flexuosa, 
floribus 2 vel saepius 3, laxe dispositis; spathae valva exterior oblonga 
obtusissima, crebre nervosa, glabra, 1-5 — 2-2 cm. longa, interior 1-3— 
1-9 cm. longa; perianthium dilute purpureo-lilacinum, faucibus aureis, 
segmentis inferioribus lateralibus medio purpurea macula, 0-4 cm. longa, 
notatis, infimo nota lanceolata lutea, purpura circumdata, ornato, tubo 
posteriore 1-5 cm., anteriore 1-3 cm., longo, segmentis exterioribus sub- 
acutis, lateralibus 2-2 cm. longis, M cm. latis, inlimo 0-6 cm. lato, 
interioribus subobtusis, supremo 1-2 cm. lato, lateralibus 0-7 cm. latis; 
stamina 1-9 cm. longa, parum ultra dimidium segmentorum attingentia; 
stylum cum ramis 3-3 cm. longum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Ceres Div., exact locality 
unknown. Exhibited at the Cape Town Wild Flower Show, Oct. 6th, 
1921. Comm. Miss Louise Guthrie (Bolus Herbarium, No. 14195). 
Gladiolus Blommesteinii, L. Bolus. Cormus ad 2-5 cm. longus, 1-7 cm. diam., 
tunicis rigidis crassis, similibus eis G. gracilis, vestitus, reliquis setaceis 
foliorum veterum coronatus; caulis gracillimus glaber, cum spica ad 
43cm. altus; vagina inferior 2-5 cm., superior 4-4 — 7cm., longa; folia 
producta 4, linearia, nervo mediano prominente, marginibus dilatatis, 
infimum ad 28 cm. longum, sine vagina 22 cm. longa, 0-15 cm. latum, 
secundum caulinum, lamina 7 cm., vagina 11cm., longa, lamina tertii 
quartique 5 — 2-5 cm. longa; flores 1 — 4, saepius solitarii, adscendentes ; 
spathae valva exterior crebre nervosa acuta, 2-3 — 3-2 cm. longa, interior 
obtusa 1-8 — 2-2 cm. longa; perianthium dilute lilacinum, segmentis 
inferioribus ultra dimidium luteis, lineis interruptis roseo-purpureis 
notatis, tubo posteriore 1-5 cm., anteriore 1-9 cm., longo, segmentis 
2— 3-5 cm. longis, 1—1-9 cm. latis; stamina 1-8 cm. longa, dimidium 
segmentorum attingentia, stylum ea parum excedens. 
Var. /3, major. Perianthium explanatum ad 6 cm. longum, pallidum, 
segmentis cuspidatis, angustioribus pro longitudine. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Elgin, fl. 
Sept., G. van Blommestein (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15202). Exhibited at 
the Caledon Wild Flower Show, Sept. (Bolus Herbarium, Nos. 14786, 
14790, 16912). Var. /3, Caledon Wild Flower Show, Sept. (id. 14791). 
Eucomis Pillansii, L. Guthrie, E. nanae affinis, sed foliis brevioribus, latius 
spathulatis, humi arete adpressis, pedunculo racemoque minoribus, 
differt. 
Bulbus circa 12-5 cm. longa, 7-5 cm. diam.; folia 7—8, obovato- 
