370 CXXXVI. IRIDEZ (BAKER). [ Gladiolus. 
31. G. brachyandrus, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6463. Corm very 
large, depresso-globose, with areolate brown tunics. Produced leaves 
basal, rigid, strongly veined, glabrous, with short ensiform free tips, 
2-3 in. long, }-? in. broad. Stem slender, terete, 1 ft. long, bearing 
1-2 reduced leaves. Spike lax, equilateral, 6-8 in. long; spathe-valves 
lanceolate, membranous, 1-14 in. long; flowers suberect. Perianth 
reddish-white, 2 in. long; tube short, broadly funnel-shaped, nearly 
straight; segments oblong, acute, subequal, twice as long as the tube, 
the upper not at all cucullate. Stamens half as long as the perianth- 
limb; anthers linear.—Handb. Irid. 214. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan ! 
Flowered at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in 1879. No specimen at Kew. 
32. G. benguellensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 268. 
Corm small, globose, on a long rhizome ; tunics brown-black, membranous. 
Produced leaves sub-basal, ensiform, rigid, glabrous, 6—9 in. long, 6-8 
lin. broad, with thickened stramineous ribs and edges. Stem 1 ft. or 
more long, bearing 1—2 reduced leaves. Spike lax, secund, 6—8-flowered, 
6-8 in. long; outer spathe-valves green, lanceolate, acuminate, 1-14 in. 
long in the lower flowers. Perianth bright red, spotted with orange- 
purple at the throat, 14-2 in. long; tube curved, 8-9 lin. long ; limb 
horizontal, rather longer than the tube; upper segments ovate, acute, 
not cucullate, $ in. broad; 3 lower lanceolate-spathulate, deflexed. 
Stamens rather shorter than the limb. Capsule oblong.—Handb. Irid. 
221; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 177. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Huilla; temperate region, in dry pastures among 
bushes near Lopollo, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 1540! 
33. G. decoratus, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333. Corm globose, 
l in. diam.; tunics reticulated in the upper half. Produced basal 
leaves 4—5, ensiform, glabrous, moderately firm, the longest 14-2 ft. 
long, $3 in. broad. Stem 2 ft. long, moderately stout, terete, bearing 
2-3 reduced leaves. Spike lax, secund, simple, reaching 1 ft. in 
length ; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, the lower outer 14-2 in. long. 
Perianth bright red, 3 in. long; tube curved, cylindrical, dilated at the 
apex, half as long as the limb; upper segments oblong, obtuse, not 
cucullate, 4 in. broad; 3 lower as long, but much narrower and 
distinctly unguiculate, marked on the disc with a large spathulate 
bright yellow spot. Stamens } in. shorter than the upper segments ; 
anthers large, linear. Capsule clavate-oblong, 14 in. long.—Handb. 
Irid. 222; N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 210. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Morambala Mountain, from the foot 
up to 2000 ft., Kirk ! Shire Valley, Waller ! 
Introduced into cultivation in 1887. 
34. G. sulphureus, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 350. 
Corm globose, 1 in. diam. Stem 1 ft. long, stout, bearing 3-4 sheath- 
ing leaves with short free erect rigid lanceolate tips not more than 2-3 
