362 CXXXVI. IRIDEZ (BAKER). [ Gladiolus: 
Leaves short . GE 2 ` . 34. G. sulphureus. 
Leaves long. 
Leaves 4—2 in. broad : 5 : - . 35. G. quartinianus, 
Leaves 1-1} in. broad, 
Stamens rather shorter than the upper segments 36. G. Buettneri. 
Stamens a third the length of the upper seg- 
ments . se : S . 87. Œ. Johnstoni. 
**HEBEA, Perianth-segments all distinctly ungui- 
culate. 
Spathe-valves oblong-cuspidate . é : - . 88, OG Thomsoni, 
Spathe-valves acute. 
Leaves with only short free tips. 
Stem flexuose . : . : x i . 39. G. flexuosus. 
Stem not flexuose. 
Perianth-segments obtuse . : : : . 40. G. unguiculatus. 
Perianth-segments cuspidate . : : . 41. G. Oatesii. 
Leaves long . d 4 i ` A > . 42. G. edulis. 
1. G. Melleri, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 334. Corm medium- 
sized, globose. Produced leaf rigid, linear, strongly ribbed, 1 ft. long, 
jin! broad. Stem terete, moderately stout, bearing several reduced 
leaves with short free linear points. Spikes very lax, not secund, 6—12- 
flowered ` outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, acuminate, 1—14 in. long. 
Perianth red, 18—21 lin. long, suberect ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 
shorter than the limb; upper segments oblong-cuneate, obtuse, 1 1n. 
long; 3 lower as broad, but rather shorter, also obtuse. Stamens dis- 
tinctly shorter than the upper segments. Capsule clavate-oblong, 
3-1 in. long.—Handb. Irid. 212. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Makua; Namuli Hills, Last? 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Manganja Hills, Meller! Waller! at the foot 
of Mpimbe Hill, 3000 ft., Kirk! Mount Mlanje, Whyte! Shibisa (Chikwawa) to 
Tshinmuze, 2000-4000 ft., Kirk! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1333! 
Matabeleland, Oates ! 
2. G. Buchanani, Baker, Handb. Irid. 212. Corm small, globose. 
Produced leaves 3-4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm, 1-14 ft. long, 
4-4 in. broad. Stem moderately stout, terete, 14 ft. long, bearing 2 
reduced leaves. Spike lax, equilateral, 3—4 in. long; flowers erecto- 
patent; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, subscariose, the lower 1 in. long. 
Perianth pale red, 1 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, nearly straight ; 
upper segments oblong, obtuse, as long as the tube; lower smaller. 
cray nearly as long as the upper segments; anthers linear, 3 in. 
ong. 
Mozamb. Dist, British Central Africa: Nyasaland; on the top of Mount 
Direndi, near Blantyre, 5000 ft., Buchanan, 140! . 
3. G. laxiflorus, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 268. 
Corm globose, A 3 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 
linear, rigid, glabrous, falcate, 6—15 in. long, }—4 in. broad, with thickened 
stramineous midrib and edges, Stem 1 ft. long, simple or forked. 
Spikes very lax, few-flowered, not secund ; outer spathe-valve green, 
