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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
apicibus brunneo-membranaceis, 3 — 2 cm. longae; periantbium luteum 
immaculatum, tubo gracili, apicem versus leviter ampliato, 5 cm. longo, 
segmentis 3 cm. longis, obovafcis, ad basin gradatim angustatis, exteriori- 
bus inter se aequalibus, 1-2 — 1-3 cm. latis, interioribus inter se aequalibus, 
ad 1-5 cm. latis ; stamina saepius arcuata, rarius subequilateralia, adparum 
ultra medium segmentorum attingentia, filamentis luteis, ad 1-7 cm. longis, 
antheris cum polline pallidis, 0-8 cm. longis; stylum 6-5 cm. longum, 
staminibus aequilongum, ramis 0-4 cm. longis, ovario superne nervis 
piloso, aliter glabro, 0-5 cm. longo. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clan william Div., exact locality 
unknown, flowered in Mrs H. S. van Zijl’s garden at Claremont, near Cape 
Town, Aug. 1924, from corms collected by her in the previous year (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 17698). 
Described from several living specimens. 
Gladiolus Geardii, L. Bolus. Caulis 40 cm. altus; folia radicalia 5—6 ensi- 
formia, prominenter nervata, basin versus purpurascentia, ad 53 cm. 
longa, ad 3-2 cm. lata, caulina 3 — 4, 9 — 38 cm. longa; inflorescentia ra- 
mosa, ad 47 cm. longa; bracteae (spathae valvae exteriores) carinatae, 
praecipue inferiores, nervis primariis inter carinam marginemque 3 — 5, 
infima superne attenuata acuta, 9-5 cm. longa, 2-2 cm. lata, superiores 
obtusae, 7 — 5-5 cm. longae, bracteolis brevioribus, onmino coalitis, flori- 
bus laxissime dispositis, internodiis 8-5 — 4 cm. longis; perianthium pallide 
roseum faucibus rubens, 1-1 cm. diam., 9-5 cm. longum, tubo valde 
curvato, fere genuflexo, posteriore 4 cm., anteriore 4-5 cm., longo, seg- 
mento supremo porrecto, apicem versus erecto, oblongo-ovato cuspidato, 
cuspide 1*2 cm. longa, obscure undulato, ad 3-5 cm. lato, segmentis 
lateralibus patenti-recurvatis, interdum intus rubro-vittatis, ad 2-4 cm. 
latis, inferioribus obtusis vel subattenuatis, ad 1-7 cm. latis, rubenti- 
notatis, nota anguste lanceolata, acute acuminata, inferne unguiculata, 
ad 1 cm. infra apicem segmentorum attingens; stamina dimidium seg- 
mentorum vel ultra attingentia, antheris 1-4 cm. longis; ovarium 1-4 cm. 
longum, stigmatibus 1 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: ? South-Eastern Region; Willowmore Div., mountain- 
slopes on Mr C. Geard’s farm, Hadley, near Steytlerville, comm. Florence 
Paterson (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Described from a living specimen which flowered at Kirstenbosch during 
Jan. 1924. 
Cyrtanthus Stayneri, L. Bolus. Folia 4, haud flaccida, fere erecta, apicem 
versus leviter recurva, linearia, ad basin apicemque angustata, supra 
canaliculata, infra carinata, carina e tribus nervis subprominentibus com- 
posita, marginibus leviter incrassatis subrevolutis, 24-5 cm. longa, basi 
0-3 cm., medio 0-7 cm., apice 0-1 cm., lata; pedunculus purpurascens, 
conspicue nervosus, 23 cm. longus, basi fere 0-5 cm. diam. ; spathae valvae 
