Gladiolus. | CXXXVI. IRIDEZ (BAKER). 371 
in. long, under } in. broad. Spike very lax, not secund, 5-6 in. long ; 
spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower 14 in. long. Perianth bright 
yellow, 23-3 in. long; tube ascending, slightly curved, narrowly 
funnel-shaped, 14 in. long; segments oblong or obovate, upper cucul- 
late, as long as the tube ; the 3 lower smaller. Stamens shorter than 
ve upper segments.—Handb. Irid. 213; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
v 176; 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., John- 
ston ! 
35. G. quartinianus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 306. Corm 
globose, 1-14 in. diam. ; tunics of fine parallel strands of matted fibres. 
Produced leaves 3-4, linear or ensiform, rigid, the lower 1-1} ft. long, 
3—} in. broad. Stems robust, 2-3 ft. long. Spikes very lax, 4-1 ft. 
long, 6-9-flowered ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower outer 
1}-2 in. long. Perianth 3-34 in. long, varying from blood-red to pale 
yellow; tube curved, narrowly funnel-shaped, 14 in. long, }—} in. diam. 
at the throat; upper segments conspicuously cucullate, broad, oblong, 
subobtuse, 14-2 in. long, 3-1 in. broad; lower much smaller and 
deflexed. Stamens nearly as long as the upper segments; anthers 
linear, 4—2 in. long. Capsule clavate-oblong, above 1 in. long. Seeds 
broadly winged.—Bot. Mag. t. 6739; Handb. Irid. 213 ; Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 175; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 86. 
G. kilimandscharicus, Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 175. G. 
primulinus, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 122 (flowers plain 
primrose yellow); @. angolensis, G. andongensis and G. Welwitschit, 
Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 268-69. G. saltatorum, Baker 
in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxix. 155. G. taylorianus, Rendle in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xxx. 405. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; in fields around Adowa, Quartin-Dillon, 
Shire: in moist places, Quartin-Dillon; and without precise locality, Parkyns ! 
British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1972! Niamniam: Nganye, 
Schweinfurth, 3938! Gumango Hill, Schweinfurth, 3880! Uganda: in grassy 
jungle, Wilson, 39! Ankole and Buddu, Scott-Elliot, 7513! Ruwenzori: Yeria, 
Scott-Elliot, 7768! Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson! Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 6481! near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 2013! Nyika country near Mom- 
basa, Wakefield ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Stanley Pool, Callewaert! Angola: Bembe, 
Monteiro ! Golungo Alto and Pungo Andongo, in grassy places, Welwitsch, 1527! 
15278! 1530! Pungo Andongo: on the higher rocks at the fort, 2400-3800 ft., 
Welwitsch, 1529! Huilla: on wooded hills around Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1541! 
meadows in woods between Lopollo and Lake Ivantalla, Welwitsch, 1535! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen, Kirk ! German East Africa: 
Kilimanjaro, 7000 ft., Johnston, 3! 179! Volkens, 339! Usambara ; Kwa Mshuza 
(Handei), Holst, 9060! Usagara Mountains : cultivated specimen, Last ! Karagwe, 
5000 ft., Speke & Grant, 473! Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; between 
Mazaro and the River Pangaze, Kirk, 219! Luabo River, Kirk! British Central 
Africa : Urungu; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nutt! Nyasaland; Masuka Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Zomba, 
Whyte! River Mandala, Scott ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 847! 1405! 
