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NOYITATES AFRICANAE 
omnino herbaceae vel superne rubescentes, tenuissime crebro nervatae, 
2 — 3 cm. longae ; perianthii tubus leviter curvatus, apicem versus 
ampliatus, 2 — 2‘6 cm. longus, basi 0'15 cm., apice 0‘5 cm. diam. ; seg- 
mentis radiatim paten tibus, inter se subaequalibus, oblongo-lanceolatis, 
dilute carneis roseo-lineatis, exterioribus acutis apiculatis, interioribus 
obtusis, 2 — 3 cm. longis, 0'7 — 0’9 cm. latis ; antherae dimidium seg- 
menti vel ultra attingentes, lineares, 09 cm. longae ; ovarium sub- 
cylindricum, T2 cm. longum, stylo tereti, ramis elongatis, altero latere 
dense papillatis, distinctis vel spiraliter intertextis, partibus papillatis 
extus ; capsula cylindrica, basi apiceque leviter attenuata, 2'2 cm. 
longa, 0'4 cm. diam., seminibus alatis. 
Cape Province : Riversdale Div. ; Tygersfontein, beyond Schuld- 
padgat, Oct., J. Muir, 1087. 
Approaches A. capensis, Benth., but the corm is very different, the 
leaves fewer and thinner in texture, perianth tube shorter and the 
style branches elongate and spirally twisted. 
The following notes were communicated by the collector, Dr J. 
Muir — “ It grows in the shade of Relhania genistaefolia and Elytro- 
pappus rhinocerotis, the sunlight filtering through. When fresh the 
flower makes a perfectly regular (actinomorphic) star. The tube is 
curved and dilated in the extreme upper part. The perianth limb is 
not quite set at a right angle but nearly so. In flowers fading in the 
veld it is quite at a right angle, i.e. it seems to fall further back. The 
stamens are not equilateral when fresh, although more or less tangled 
up with the twisted style-branches when dried. The stamens are 
above the style-branches and curved.” 
Gladiolus leptosiphon, Bol. f. ( Irideae-Ixieae ). G. Mitirii, L. Bolus affinis, 
sed foliis angustioribus, perianthio cremeo, tubo graciliore, longiore, 
strictiore, segmentis angustioribus differt. 
Cormus ovatus, apicem versus attenuatus, tunicis fibrosis ; caulis 
erectus, subteres, gracilis, glaber, 28 — 38 - 5 cm. altus (sine spica), 
0'2 cm. diam. medio parte ; folia basalia 3, erecta, stricta, plana, 
glabra, angustissime linearia, marginibus subdilatatis, medio nervio 
prominente, 20 — 51 cm. longa, OT — 0T3 cm. lata, folia caulina 2, 
2-5 — 18 - 5 cm. longa; spica aequilateralis, simplex vel e bractea infima 
ramosa, axi stricto, terete, glabro, 4 — 155 cm. longa, 3 — 7 fl., floribus 
erectis ; spathae valva exterior lanceolata vel lin.-lanceolata, acuminata 
vel acuta, 2 — 3‘2 cm. longa, 0‘25 cm. lata, valva interior brevior; 
perianthii tubus erectus, strictus, gracillimus, nisi apicem versus 
genuflexus, infundibuliformis, 2‘9— 3‘6 cm. longus, OT — 0’075 cm. 
diam., segmentis cremeis, supremo cucullato, e medio erecto, late 
ovato-lanceolato, obtuso vel subacuto, 3 cm. longo, 0'9 cm. lato, la- 
