two new Gladioli, within so short a period, and from localities 
inhabited by Europeans, shows how much there is still to be 
done in the way of introducing new plants from well-known 
and very accessible quarters of the globe. 
Descr. Roots not seen. Leaves numerous, six to twelve 
inches long, by one to one and a half broad, pale green, 
ensiform, acute, uni-costate. Scape or stem sixteen to 
eighteen inches high, stout, terete. Spike erect, 5- to 7- 
flowered ; flowers secund. Bracts large, two to three inches 
long, lanceolate, convolute, acuminate, erect, green, much 
exceeding the perianth-tube, half of which they enclose. 
Perianth about two inches long, and as broad across the tips 
of the segments, 2-lipped, three upper segments yellowish, 
closely striated with dull red purple, elliptic-obovate, shortly 
clawed, two outer wing-like, spreading, with acute recurved 
tips ; posterior one arched and hooded, projecting horizontally 
between the lateral; two lower segments much smaller, de- 
flexed, recurved or revolute, linear-oblong, bright green, 
spotted with purple. Stigmas three, linear, revolute.— 
1). H, 
Fig. 1, Tip of filament and anther; 2, tip of style and stigma :—both - 
magnified. 
