Gladiolus. | CXXXVI. IRIDEZ (BAKER). 369 
long, 4-4 in. broad, with a thick stramineous midrib and edges. Stem 
moderately stout, terete, 14 ft. long, bearing 1 reduced leaf, Spike lax, 
few-flowered ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower 2 in. long. 
Perianth bright yellow, 3-34 in. long; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 
curved at the apex ; upper segments cucullate, suborbicular, cuspidate, 
1 in. broad, as long as the tube; lower smaller. Stamens shorter 
than the upper segments.—Handb. Irid. 214; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 176. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro; last zone of 
vegetation below the perpetual snow, New ! Volkens,975! 
May be an extreme form of G. quartinianus. 
28. G. splendidus, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 406. Pro- 
duced stem-leaves 4, rigid, linear, with thickened stramineous midrib 
and edges, the lowest 2 ft. long, 4 in. broad. Stem robust, 3-4 ft. long 
including the spike. Spike simple, lax, secund, above 1 ft. long, 7—8- 
flowered ` spathe-valves lanceolate, 3 in. long in the lower flowers. 
Perianth bright crimson, above 4 in. long ; tube funnel-shaped, curved, 
under 2 in. long; dorsal segment suborbicular, 24 in. long, 20 lin. 
broad ; lateral rather narrower and shorter; 3 lower much smaller. 
Stamens 1 in. shorter than the upper segment ; anthers linear, above 
3 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, above Morang, 
ascending to 10,000 ft., Taylor. 
29. G. multiflorus, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 269. 
Corm globose, 1-14 in. diam.; tunics of fine crisped matted fibres. 
Produced leaves 4—5, ensiform, glabrous, moderately firm, the lower 
9-12 in. long, 3 in. broad. Stem moderately stout, terete, 1-14 in. 
long, with 1-2 reduced sheathing leaves. Spike simple, dense, sub- 
secund, 1 ft. long; spathe-valves rigid, lanceolate, imbricate, the lower 
lin. long. Perianth bright purple, 1} in. long; tube curved, slender 
dilated at the apex, half as long as the limb; upper segments oblong, 
obtuse ; lower as long, but narrower and unguiculate. Stamens nearly 
as long as the perianth-limb.—Handb. Irid. 221; Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. 
Trop. Afr. 177. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; temperate region, in woods at Monino, 
Welwitsch, 1538! 
30. G. spicatus, Klatt in Linnea, xxxv. 377, Corm medium- 
sized. Produced basal leaves 4—5, ensiform, moderately firm, 1-14 ft. 
long, 4-3 in. broad. Stem 2 ft. long, moderately stout, terete, bearing 
2-3 reduced sheathing leaves. Spike dense, secund, 8-9 in. long; 
spathe-valves lanceolate, rigid, greenish-brown, the lower 1 in. long. 
Perianth bright red-purple, 1} in. long; tube curved, narrowly funnel- 
shaped, 4 in. long; upper segments oblong, obtuse, nearly twice as long 
as the tube, } in. broad; lower as long, obovate-unguiculate. Stamens 
distinctly shorter than the limb; anthers linear, } in. long.—Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 221. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe; near Jeba on the Kworra, Barter! 
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