108 
NOVI TATES AFRICANAE 
Gladiolus magaliesmontanus, Bol. f. (§ Eugladiolus ), G. brachyUmbus, Baker 
(ex descriptione) affinis sed laminis foliorum vix evolutis, perianthii 
limbo dimidio tubi longiore et stylo saepe apicem segmenti summi 
bene superante differt. 
Cormus ignotus ; caulis erectus, substrictus, teres, glaber, 31 cm. 
longus (sine spica), 0-5 cm. diam. circa medium ; folia basalia 4, erecta, 
glabra, nervis subprominentibus, laminis vix evolutis, vel summa ad 
4-5 cm. longa, 0-55 cm. lata, vaginis 0-9 — 1-3 cm. latis, folium cauli- 
num unum, 11 cm. longum; spica subsecunda, simplex, axi substricto, 
subtereti, glabro, 22-5 cm. longa, 10 fl. ; spathae valvae lineari- 
oblongae, subacutae, exteriores (circa in media spica) 3-6 cm. longae, 
0- 9 cm. latae, interioribus parum brevioribus angustioribusque, valde 
minute bidentatis ; perianthii tubus curvatus vel substrictus, superne 
infimdibuliformis, 1-5 — 2-4 cm. longus, 0-3 cm. diam. circa medium, 
segmentis acutis, coccineis (in siccis), 3 superioribus late ellipticis 
T5 — 1-85 cm. longis, 0-9 cm. latis, 3 inferioribus lineari-oblongis, 1 — 
1- 25 cm. longis, 0-35 — 0-5 cm. latis (medio parum longiore); stamina 
apicem segmenti summi ± attingentia, antlieris linearibus, 0-9 — 1 cm. 
longis ; stylus apicem segmenti summi fere attingens vel bene superans, 
ramis circa 0-3 cm. longis. 
Transvaal : Kalahari Region ; Pretoria Div., Magaliesberg, near 
the Aapies River, alt. 5000 ft, fl. Nov. 1893, R. Schlechter, 3627. 
Allied to G. brachyUmbus, Baker (ex descr.) but differs in the leaf- 
blades being scarcely produced, in the perianth limb being longer than 
half the tube and in the style often well overtopping the uppermost 
segment. 
Described from a single dried specimen, the flowers of which are 
in poor condition. Cj 
There has evidently been some confusion with regard to this plant. 
It was distributed by Schlechter as Gladiolus sp. Another plant, 
however, bearing the same number has been described as Antholyza 
Schlechleri, Baker. 
7 V - C 
Gladiolus marginatus, Bol. f. (§ Hebea), spica densissima, spathae valvis 
rubido-purpureo-marginatis et perianthii segmentis superioribus macu- 
latis bene distinguitur. 
Cormus ignotus ; caidis suberectus, substrictus, teres, glaber, 
34 cm. longus (sine spica) ; folia basalia 3, suberecta, laminis lineari- 
bus, acutis, planis, basin versus quasi teretibus (ob nervum medium 
incrassatum) glabris, nervo medio marginibusque incrassatis, 15 — 
38 cm. longis, 0-2 cm. latis, folium caulinum unum, 8 cm. longum; 
spica secunda, simplex, densissima, axi substricto, srdrcomplanato, 
glabro, 18 cm. longa, 30 fl. ; spathae valvae submembranaceae, tenue 
