Gladiolus. | CXXXVI. IRIDE# (BAKER). 373 
tips. Spike very’ lax, subsecund, 4-8 in. long; spathe-valves green 
lanceolate, lower outer 4—3 in. long. Perianth 1-1} in. long, white, 
tinged with greenish-brown; upper segments obovate-unguiculate, 
obtuse; 3 lower as long or longer, with a small oblong blade and a 
long narrow claw. Stamens considerably shorter than the upper seg- 
ments; anthers linear, } in. long. Capsule clavate-oblong, $—} in. 
long.—Handb. Irid. 223. G. cochleatus, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333, 
not of Sweet. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Morson! 
Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1818! Bongo: South-west of 
the Tondy River. Schweinfurth, 4042! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson, 63 and 
65 of 1893 collection ! 
41. G. Oatesii, Rolfe in Oates, Matabeleland, edit. ii, 410. Corm 
very small, globose. Stem very slender, terete, 1-14 ft. long, bearing 
only 2-3 superposed sheathing leaves, with short linear free tips. Spike 
very lax, secund, 3-8 in. long; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 4—ł in. 
long. Perianth white tinged with greenish-brown, 1 in. long; tube 
slender, curved, } in. long; upper segments obovate-unguiculate, cuspi- 
date, cucullate, more than twice as long as the tube; 3 lower as long or 
longer, with a small oblong acute blade, much shorter than the narrow 
claw. Stamens nearly as long as the upper segments; anthers linear, 
as long as the filaments.—Baker, Handb. Irid. 226. 
Mozamb, Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buch- 
anan, 464! Scott-Elliot, 8550! Mount Mlanje, Whyte! Matabeleland, Oates / 
Very near the South African G. permeabilis, Delaroche. 
42. G. edulis, Burch. ex Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 169. Corm small, 
ovoid ; tunics of fine parallel strands of matted fibres. Produced 
leaves 3, firm, narrowly linear, the lower sometimes overtopping the 
stem. Flowers 8-15 in a lax simple or forked spike; outer spathe- 
valve oblong-lanceolate, green, }-3 in. long. Perianth pale lilac; tube 
nearly straight, ascending, 4 in. long; segments all furnished with a 
distinct cusp; upper obovate-unguiculate, ł in. long ; the others shorter, 
with a small rhomboid blade and long slender claw. Stamens half as 
long as the perianth.—Baker, Handb. Irid. 225; Schinz in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. iv. App. iii. 50. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Amboland; Grootfontein, Schinz, 
! 
Also in South Africa. 
13. ANTHOLYZA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. iii. 710. 
Perianth long, curved, cylindrical both in the lower and upper half, 
suddenly dilated at the middle; segments of the limb usually very un- 
equal. Stamens unilateral, contiguous, parallel, arcuate, inserted at the 
‘middle of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform; anthers lanceolate- 
sagittate. Ovary 3-celled; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; 
