360 CXXXVI. IRIDEH (BAKER). | Acidanthera. 
segments oblong, white, 1 in. long, not spotted at the throat. Stamens 
reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. Capsule clavate, 1 in. long.— 
Handb. Irid. 188. 
Wile Land. British East Atrica: Taita; Maungu Mountain, 2000 ft., Johnston ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 3500 ft., 
Volkens, 2131 ! 
7. A. candida, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 404. Corm 
globose, Ä in. diam.; tunics coarsely reticulated upwards. Produced 
leaves 2, linear, rigid, about 1 ft. long. Stem stiffly erect, simple, 
1-14 ft. long, bearing 1 reduced leaf. Spathe lax, 2—4-flowered ; outer 
spathe-valve linear-lanceolate, green with a purplish base, 2-24 in. long. 
Perianth white; tube slender, 34-4 in. long; segments ovate, about 
l in. long. Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: AthifPlains, at Lanjoro, Gregory. 
No specimen at Kew. 
8. A. Gunnisi, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1898, 31. Corm globose, 
above } in. diam. ; outer tunics pale brown, finely reticulated. Produced 
leaves generally 3 from near the base of the stem, narrowly linear, as 
long as the stem, rigid, AL in. broad, with a prominent midrib. Stem 
simple, rather compressed, 24 ft. long, bearing several reduced leaves 
upwards. Spathe lax, 3-4-flowered ; outer spathe-valves linear, 14-2 in. 
long, greenish tinged with red. Perianth white or faintly tinged with 
rose-purple ; tube 4-5 in. long; segments of the limb ovate, 13-1} in. 
long. Stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. 
Wile Land. Somaliland; Waggar Mountains, alt. 6500 ft., Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 
Daimoli Mountain, Gillet 4 Alymer. 
12. GLADIOLUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 709. 
Perianth-tube funnel-shaped, straight or curved ; segments more or 
less unequal, the upper one of the outer row the largest. Stamens 
inserted at or near the throat of the perianth-tube, unilateral, parallel, 
contiguous, arcuate ; filaments filiform ; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary 
oblong, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ` style long, filiform, arcuate ; 
style-branches short, spreading, flattened and cuneate at the stigmatose 
tip, entire. Capsule oblong, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose or 
flattened and winged.—Rootstock a tunicated corm. Leaves linear or 
ensiform, rarely subterete, distichous. Inflorescence spicate, simple or 
branched ; spathe-valves usually lanceolate, green. Flowers very various 
in size and colour. 
Species 150, the others South African, and spread through Central Europe and 
the Mediterranean and Oriental regions. 
*EUGLADIOLUS. Perianth-segments not unguiculate. 
tLeaves narrow. Flowers small, 
Spikes not secund. : 
Leaves with short free points . . i . 1. G. Melleri. 
