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NOYITATES AFRICANAE 
versus purpureo-striatis, summo obovato vel fere subrotundo, valde 
obtuso, 2 — 2-7 cm. longo, 1-4 — 2-5 cm. lato, lateralibus rotundo-obo- 
vatis vel late ellipticis, valde obtusis vel subacutis, 1-7- — 2-1 cm. longis, 
1-3 — 1-9 cm. latis, 2 lateralibus iuferioribus oblongo- vel obovato- 
spathulatis, 1-7 — 2-4 cm. longis, 0-75 — lcm. latis, medio rotundo- 
obovato vel late elliptico, obtuso vel subacuto, 1-4 — 1-9 cm. longo, 
1 — 1-2 cm. lato; stamina stvlusque 1/2 vel 3/4 segment! summi 
attingentia, antheris linearibus, 0-65 — 1-05 cm. longis. — G. involutus, 
Baker, in FI. Cap. vi, 147, non de la Roche. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., near 
Albertinia, fl. Sept. 1913, J. Muir, 872; Riversdale, — Versfeld. 
Flowered in National Botanic Gardens, Sept. 1915, No. (Bolus 
Herb. No. 14807). Kuvsna Div., Groene Yallei, western end, fl. 
Aug. 1814, Burchell, 5631, 5683. Humansdorp Div., Assegai Bosch, 
alt. 900 — 1000 ft, fi. Aug. 1912, F. A. Rogers, 2879. Mossel Bay Div., 
Robinson Pass, fl. Oct. 1905, Beatrice Hops (in Herb. Bolus, 10056) ; 
same locality, alt. circa 2500 ft, fl. Dec. 1905, H. Bolus, 14950. Karroo 
Region: Prince Albert Div., summit of Zwartberg Pass, alt. circa 
5400 ft, fl. Dec. 1905, H. Bolus, 12353. 
With 2 — 3 produced leaves, with the spike up to 16 flowered and 
with the perianth blue, in other respects like the type. 
This variety of G. Bolusii has been confused with G. involutus, de la 
Roche, a very different plant. G. Muirii, L. Bolus, has been indenti- 
fied quite definitely with Miller’s figure of G. involutus, and must 
therefore be regarded as synonymoixs with that species. 
Gladiolus inclusus, Bol. f. (§ Eugladiolus), G. crassifolio, Baker, affinis sed foliis 
paucioribus brevioribusque, spathae valvis multo longioribus latiori- 
busque et floribus multo paucioribus differt. 
Cormus ignotus; caulis suberectus, teres, glaber, 30 cm. longus 
(sine spica) ; folia basalia 3, erecta, stricta, linearia, acuta, plana, 
glabra, crebre nervosa, medio nervo prominente, 10 — 19 cm. longa, 
0-5 — 0-6 cm. lata; folia caulina 3, infimo infra caulis medium oriente; 
spica secunda, simplex, axi stricto, tereti, glabro, 12 cm. longo, 7 fl. ; 
spathae valvae submembra.naceae, subventricosae, crebre nervosae, 
exteriores oblongae, acuminatae, circa 3-6 cm. longae, 1 cm. latae, in- 
teriores lineari-oblongae, acutae, circa 2-4 cm. longae, 0-65 cm. latae; 
perianthii tubus infundibuliformis, curvatus, 1 cm. longus, segmentis 
oblongo-spathulatis, obtusis, 3 superioribus 1-45 cm. longis, 0-55 cm. 
latis, lateralibus iuferioribus 1-2 cm. longis, 0-4 cm. latis, medio parum 
longiore ; stamina circa tertium segmentorum attingentia, antheris 
linearibus, 0-65 cm. longis; stylus circa dimidium segmentorum 
attingens. 
