Gladiolus. | CXXXVI, IRIDEZ (BAKER). 367 
outer 2 in. long. Perianth yellowish (Grant), 24 in. long; tube 1 in. 
long, cylindrical in the lower half, curved ; segments oblanceolate-oblong; 
the 3 upper not at all cucullate, E in. broad; the 3 lower as long, 
similar. Stamens distinctly shorter than the upper segments ; anthers 
linear, 4 in. long.—G. angustus, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 154, 
not of Linn. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: by hedges and watery places, 4000 ft., 
Speke & Grant ! 
20. G. nyikensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 283. Corm 
small, globose. Stem slender, 1 ft. long, bearing 6-8 superposed, 
narrowly linear, firm, erect leaves, the lowest 1 ft. long, } in. broad. 
Spike moderately lax, 3-6 in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, purple, 
1-1} in. long. Perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, } in. long; limb 
creamy-white, veined with red, and tinged with pink; upper segments 
oblong, subacute, not cucullate, 14 in. long; lower not much smaller. 
Stamens not reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 
7000 ft., Whyte ! between Mpata and Tanganyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte ! 
21. G. erectiflorus, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 293. Corm 
medium-sized. Produced leaves 2-3, linear, rigid, glabrous, 1-1} ft. 
long, } in. broad, with thickened stramineous midrib and edges. Stem 
slender, terete, 1 ft. long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. Spike lax, 
equilateral, 4-5 in. long ; flowers erect ` spathe-valves lanceolate, sub- 
scariose, brownish, the lower 1-14 in. long. Perianth 2-2} in. long, 
white, veined and flushed with bright purple; tube slender, nearly 
straight, 1 in. long; upper segments oblanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, 
not cucullate, lower narrower, with a long claw. Stamens nearly as long 
as the upper segments. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Liendwe, south of Lake Tanganyika, 
Carson, 1 of 1894 collection ! 
22. G., caudatus, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 74. Corm not 
seen. Produced leaves 3—4, suprabasal, linear, erect, moderately firm, 
the longest 1 ft. long, 4—4 in. broad. Stem very slender, simple, terete, 
1-1} in. long including the spike. Spike lax, erect, few-flowered, not 
secund; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 1-1} in. long. Perianth 
pink, 2-21 in. long; tube scarcely curved, narrowly funnel-shaped, 
under 1 in. long; segments of the limb oblong-lanceolate, caudate. 
Stamens more than half as long as the limb; anthers linear, $ in. 
long. 
Mozamb. Dist. 
1893 collection ! 
Nearly allied to G. oligophlebius. 
British Central Africa: Urungu ; Abercorn, Carson, 19 of 
23. G. oligophlebius, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 73. Corm 
not seen. Produced leaves 4—5, linear, erect, moderately firm, 1-14 ft. 
long, }-} in. broad ; veins and edges not thickened. Stem slender, 
