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the group Cardinales while G. Davisoniae is quite differently coloured 
from those in that group, and the perianth is considerably smaller. 
It will probably be best placed in the Blandi group. 
Gladiolus Symons®., Bob f. (§ Ex gladiolus), forma segmentorum, tubo sub- 
genuflexo angustoque et antherarum longitudine distinguitur. 
Cormus ignotus ; caulis substrictus, teres, glaber, 23 — 32 cm. 
longus (sine spica) ; folia subbasalia 2, erecta, linearia, acuminata, 
substricta, plana, glabra, lam in is 10 — 1 1 cm. longis vel ultra (parte 
superiore infimarum deficiente), 0-2 cm. latis; folium caulinum 1, 
3-8 — 7-1 cm. longum ; spica secunda, simplex, axi valde flexuoso, 
tereti, glabro, 1-5 — 5-2 cm. longa, 2 — 4 fl. ; spathae valvae lineares vel 
oblongo-lineares, acutae, crebre nervosae, interiores bidentatae, denti- 
bus setaceis, 1-6 — 1-8 cm. longae, 0-35 cm. latae, exteriores 1-7 — 2-8 cm. 
longae, 0-45 cm. latae; perianthii tubus superne infundibuliformis, 
parum curvatus, apicem versus subgenuflexus, 0-75 — 1-3 cm. longus, 
0-1 cm. diam., segmentis acutis, roseis, summo oblongo-ovato, 2-25 cm. 
longo, 1-25 cm. lato, lateralibus superioribus oblongo-lanceolatis 
2-2 cm. longis, 1 -05 cm. latis, lateralibus inferioribus oblongo-lanceo- 
latis, 1-95 cm. longis, 1cm. latis, medio lanceolato 2-1 cm. longo, 
0-7 cm. lato; stamina et stylus (evolutus) circa dimidium segmen- 
torum attingentia, antheris linearibus, 0-95 cm. lougis. 
Natal : Kalahari Region — Eastern Mountain Province ; Bushman’s 
Peak, alt, 9500 ft, fl. Jan. 1915, B. E. Symons, 336. 
Distinguished by the shape of the perianth segments, the some- 
what genuflexed and narrow tube and by the length of the 
‘ anthers. 
Described from two dried specimens. Not closely allied to any 
species known to me. In general aspect it recalls G. biflorus, Klatt., 
while the perianth resembles that of G. parmdus, Schltr., from which 
species, however, it is in other respects quite distinct. It is interesting 
as being one of the very few narrow-leaved species in the § Eugladiolus 
recorded from the South-Eastern, the Kalahari or the Eastern Moun- 
tain Province Region. 
Gladiolus eulophioides, Bob f. (§ Ev gladiolus), G. Guthriei, Bob b, aftinis sed 
omnino glaber, spathae valvis circuitu diverse conformatis, floribus 
nutantibus et segmento summo subacuto differt. 
Cormus vagina basalique ignoti; caulis erectus, substrictus, teies, 
glaber, 52cm. longus (sine spica); folia basalia 2, laminis erectis, 
linearibus, acutis, planis, rigidis, nervis subprominentibus, glabiis, 
inferiore 7 cm. longa, 0-55 cm. lata, superiore 3-2 cm. longa, 0-4 cm. 
lata ; folium caulinum unum, lamina 3-3 cm. longa ; spica laxn, 
aequilateralis, simplex, axi substricto, tereti, glabro, 17-3 cm. longa, 
6 fl., floribus nutantibus; spathae valvae oblongae, subacutae, ex 
