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Transvaal: Kalahari Region — Eastern Mountain Province; Lyden- 
burg Div., Pilgrim’s Rest, fl. Dec. 1914, F. A. Rogers, 14311. 
Allied to G. crassifoliiis, Baker, but differs in the fewer and shorter 
leaves, the much longer and broader spathe-valves and in being much 
fewer flowered. 
Described from a single dried specimen. 
Gladiolus vaginatus, Bol. f. (§ Eugladiolus), G. brevifolio, Jacq., affhiis sed 
saepissime elatiore habitu, vaginis valde longioribus, spathae valvis 
longioribus angustioribusque et perianthii colore differt. 
Cormus subrotundus, 1-2 cm. longus, 1-3 cm. diam., tunicis papy- 
raceo-membranaceis, fere integris, pallide brunneis ; caulis erectus, 
strictus, teres, glaber, 72- 1 10 cm. longus (sine spica) ; folia 3, basalia, 
laminis vix vel ad 1-6 cm. longis evolutis, 0-3 cm. latis, obtusis vel 
acutis, glabris, vaginis striatis, glabris, infimis 14 — 77 cm. longis, mediis 
54 — 89 cm. longis, summis 64 — 97 cm. longis ; spica aequilateralis vel 
secunda, axi substricto, vel flexuoso, tereti vel subcomplanato, glabro, 
6-5 — 11cm. longa, 5 — 9 fl. ; spathae valvae (circa in media spica) 
lineari-lanceolatae vel lineari-oblongae, acutae vel acuminatae, ex- 
teriores 1-7 — 2-6 cm. longae, 0-25 — 0-35'cm. latae, interiores parum 
breviores latioresc[ue ; perianthii tubus superne infundibuliformis, 
parum curvatus, 0-55 — 0-75 cm. longus, segmentis obtusis, griseo- 
caeruleis, 3 inferioribus linea. media purpurea percursis et basin versus 
satis minute purpureo-striatis, 3 superioribus ellipticis, subaequalibus, 
1-7 — 2-3 cm. longis, 0-8 — 1-1 cm. latis, 2 lateralibus inferioribus ellip- 
tico-oblongis, 1-25 — 1-8 cm. longis, 0-5 — 0-65 cm. latis, medio elliptico, 
’1-4 — 1-9 cm. longo, 0-7 — 0-8 cm. lato ; stamina stvlusque dimidium vel 
ultra segmentorum attingentia, antheris linearibus, 1 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale l)iv., Alber- 
tinia, fl. April, 1914, J. Muir, 1287. 
Allied to G. brevifolius Jacq., but differs in the usually taller habit, 
the much longer sheaths, the longer and narrower spathae-valves, 
and in the colour of the perianth. 
This well-marked species seems to be nearest G. brevifolius, Jacq., 
especially the form figured by Redout.e under the name G. Orobanche. 
The fully developed leaves are most probably produced aitei the 
flowering period as in G. brevifolius. A specimen (J. Muir, 1/8) col- 
lected at Stille Bay in the Riversdale Division in April, 1909, appears 
to be a starved form of this species. It attains a height of about 
40 cm., with a very slender stem, and is 1 — 2 flowered. 
Gladiolus brachyphyllus, Bob f. (§ Eugladiolus), G. brevifolio, Jacq., affinis sed 
robustiore elatioreque habitu, foliorum laminis longioribus lalion- 
busque et perianthii notationibus differt. 
A. B. H. IT. 
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