=Gladiolus Pritzelii=, _Diels in Engl. Bot. Jahrb._ vol. xliv. p. 118. * * * * * This graceful little _Gladiolus_ was first found by Diels at Hantams Berg, Calvinia District, and described by him in 1909, and in September 1921 the plant was again collected by Dr. R. Marloth in the same locality. It belongs to the same group in the genus as _G. spathaceus_ (the Caledon Bluebell), and _G. involutus_ (the George Bluebell), having the same bell-shaped flowers. In the original description the plant is said to be one-flowered, but in the specimens received from Dr. Marloth the spikes were 2-4-flowered. Specimens are preserved in the National Herbarium, Pretoria (Herb. No. 1459). DESCRIPTION:--_Corm_ globose, 2 cm. long, 2·2 cm. in diameter, with fibrous tunics produced into a short neck. _Leaves_ two to each plant; the lower about 5 cm. long, spathaceous, clasping the stem, minutely pubescent and with hyaline margins; the upper 26-43 cm. long, free for 14-24 cm. above, linear, acute, with two prominent ribs above and beneath. _Spikes_ 2-4-flowered. _Outer spathe valve_ membranous, 3 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, lanceolate, many-veined, with membranous margins, glabrous; inner valve 2 cm. long, hyaline-membranous. _Perianth-tube_ 7 mm. long, curved, cylindric below, becoming campanulate above. _Posterior-lobes_ 1·5 cm. long, 1 cm. broad, obovate, subacuminate, obtuse; anterior lobe 2·3 cm. long, 1·3 cm. broad, obovate, rounded above, hooded; side lobes 1·5 cm. long, 1·3 cm. broad, obovate, shortly and bluntly acuminate. _Anthers_ projecting beyond the junction with the filament. _Ovary_ 3 mm. long, ellipsoid; style terete; stigmas spathulate, 2-lobed. * * * * * PLATE 68.--Fig. 1, front view of flower; Fig. 2, perianth laid open; Fig. 3, upper part of style, showing stigmas; Fig. 4, anthers. F.P.S.A., 1922. [Illustration: _69._ S Gower del.] PLATE 69. GAZANIA PAVONIA. _Cape Province._ * * * * * COMPOSITAE. Tribe ARCTOTIDEAE. GAZANIA, _Gaertn._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. ii. p. 459. * * * * * =Gazania Pavonia=, _R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew._ 2, vol. v. p. 140; _Fl. Cap._ vol. iii. p. 476. * * * * *