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NOVITATES AFRTCANAE 
Cormus non visus ; caulis erectus, strictus vel subflexuosus, teres, 
glaber, 45 — 61 cm. longus (sine spica) ad 0-5 cm. diam. ; folia sub- 
basalia 3 — 4, lami'nis vix, vel superioribus ad 7-8 cm., productis, erecta, 
linearia, acuta, plana, glabra, ad 0-4 cm. lata ; folia caulina 1 — 2, ad 
11-5 cm. longa, 0-3 cm. lata; spica aequilateralis, simplex, axi stricto 
vel flexuoso, subtereti, glabro, 11 — 26 cm. longa, 6 — 10 fl. ; spatbae 
valvae oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae vel acuminatae, submembranaceae, 
crebre nervosae, apicem versus lilacinae, interiores acutae vel setaceo- 
acuminatae, saepe bidentatae, dentibus setaceis, aequantes vel parum 
excedentes exteriores, illis (circa in media spica) 1-6 — 2-1 cm. longis, 
0-45 — 0-6 cm. latis ; perianthii tubus curvatus, superne infundibuli- 
formis, rubens (in siccis), 1-6 — 1-9 cm. longus, segmentis oblongis vel 
elliptico-oblongis, obtusis, vel subacutis, basin versus attenuates, non- 
nunquam minute apiculatis, roseis, basi vero macula sature rubente 
notatis, 3 inferioribus linea media rubente percursis, superioribus 
lateralibus 2-3 — 2-8 cm. longis, 0-9 — 1-1 cm. latis, summo parum 
longiore, inferioribus lateralibus 2-1 cm. longis, 0-75 cm. latis, medio 
parum longiore latioreque ; stamina circa dimidium segmentorum 
attingentia, antlieris linearibus, 0-8 cm. longis ; stylus (evolutus) circa 
dimidium segmentorum attingens. 
Transvaal : South-Eastern Region ; on the Selati Railway between 
Komati Poort and the Letaba River, alt. 1000 — 2000 ft, fl. June, 
1912, F. A. Rogers, 11807. 
Allied to G. brevifolius Jacq., but differs in the more robust and 
taller habit, in the longer and broader leaf-blades and in the markings 
of the perianth. 
Described from several dried specimens. The fully developed 
leaves are probably produced after the flowering period. 
Gladiolus varius, Bob f. (§ Eit gladiolus), spathae valvis longissimis, angustis 
setaceo-acuminatisque et perianthii tubo longissimo, gracillimo, fere 
stricto (typice quam limbus duplo longiore) bene distinguitur. 
Cormus ignotus ; caulis erectus, substrictus, teres, glaber, 2 foliis 
non productis basi vero donatis, 49 cm. longus (sine spica) ; folia 
basalia 5, suberecta, stricta, linearia, plana, glabra, crebre nervosa, 
medio nervo valde prominente, 38 cm. longa vel ultra (superiore parte 
fere omnium foliorum deficiente), 0-35 — 0-85 cm. lata ; folia caulina 2, 
inferiore ad 23 cm. longo ; spica aequilateralis vel subsecunda, simplex, 
axi subflexuoso, tereti vel ± lateraliter compresso, glabro, 15 — 22 cm. 
longa, 9 — 10 fl., floribus suberectis ; spathae valvae lineares vel 
lineari-oblongae, acutae vel setaceo-acuminatae, submembranaceae 
crebre nervosae, nonnunquam brunneae, exteriores (circa in media 
spica) 5-5 cm. longae, 0-7 cm. latae, interiores nonnunquam bidentatae, 
