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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
parte libera nulla vel ad 2 cm. longa; spica ad 16 cm. longa, ad 7-fl., floribus 
secundis erecto-patentibus ; bracteae saepe semi-amplexicaules obtusae, 
5 — 3-5 cm. longae, bracteolis 3 — 2-2 cm. longis; perianthium 6-8 — 7 cm. 
longum, tubo ad 6 mm. diam., segmentis late obovatis vel inferioribus 
late ovatis acutis, supremo ad 2-5 cm. longo, 1-5 cm. lato, lateralibus ad 
1-8, inferioribus 1-2 cm., longis; stamina ultra dimidium segmenti supremi 
attingentia vel in floribus superioribus bre viter exserta, antberis 1-1 cm. 
longis; stylus staminibus aequilongus vel parum brevior, rarius parum 
longior. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Humansdorp Div., near 
Humansdorp, fl. Sept. 1923, H. G. Fourcade, 2337. 
Intermediate between A. quadrangularis, Burm., and A. Gawleri, 
L. Bolus. In the former the lateral and lower perianth-segments are much 
smaller (3 — 5 mm. long), and the perianth-limb is comparatively in- 
conspicuous; and in the latter the bracts are proportionately shorter, the 
perianth larger and differently coloured, and the cylindrical portion of the 
tube is proportionately shorter and more ample. 
Antholyza Buckerveldii, L. Bolus. Glabra; folia producta 5 — 6, longe vagi- 
nantia, vaginis arete adpressis, crebre nervatis, laminis ad 56 cm. longis, 
ad 2-3 cm., saepius 1-5 cm., lata, folium supremum bracteiforme, 12 cm. 
longum; spica simplex, ad 60 cm. longa, ad 31-fh, floribus patentibus 
secundis; bracteae late patentes, lineares, acutae vel acuminatae, semi- 
amplexicaides, 9 — 3 cm. longae, bracteolis acuminatis, 6 — 2 cm. longis; 
perianthium viridi-luteum, 5-5 — 6-5 cm. longum, tubo apice 6 mm. diam., 
segmentis inter se valde inaequalibus, supremo oblongo-obovato, 2-2 cm. 
longo, 1-2 cm. lato, lateralibus ovatis acuminatis, 1-6 cm. longis, inferiori- 
bus ovatis acuminatis, prope medium purpureo-maculatis, 8 — 9 mm. 
longis; stamina fere ad apicem segmenti supremi attingentia, antheris 
1-1 cm. longis; stigmata stamina leviter superantia, ca. 6 mm. longa; 
capsula herbacea, 2-3 cm. longa, ca. 9 mm. diam., seminibus late alatis, 
1 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clanwilliam Div., mountains 
at Algeria, alt. 3000 ft., fl. Jan. 1926, M. H. Buckerveld (National Botanic 
Gardens, |f). 
Described from two dried specimens and sketches made from the living 
plant. A very distinct species. 
Acidanthera Fourcadei, L. Bolus (Iridaceae-Ixieae). Planta glabra, 16 — 36 
cm. alta; cormus globosus, 1-5 — 2 cm. diam., tunicis exterioribus e fibris 
sat tenuibus compositis, interioribus papyraceis brunneis; caulis teres 
politus; folia radicalia 3, sat rigida, anguste linearia, acuminata, ad 29 cm. 
longa, 0-5 — 1-5 mm. lata, marginibus subdilatatis, nervo medio ampliato, 
sulco intermedio utrinque angustissimo, vaginis crebre nervatis, folia 
