‘Tas. 6291. 
GLADIOLUS ocurotevevs. 
Native of the Transvaal territory and Kaffraria. 
Nat. Ord. Intpackam.—Tribe GLapIoLex. 
Genus Graprotus, Linn. (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe, vol, xvi., inedit). 
GuiapioLus ochroleucus; bulbo ovoideo tunicis membranaceo-fibrosis,  foliis 
basalibus 4-6 linearibus pedalibus acuminatis rigide coriaceis glabris 
marginibus et cost’ incrassatis ‘stramineis, caule foliis breviore foliis 1-2. 
reductis vaginato, racemo semipedali 10-15 floro inferne laxo, spathe valvis 
6-12 lin. longis viridibus acutis margine membranaceis, exteriore oblongo- 
lanceolata, interiore lanceolata, perianthii sulphurei sesquipollicaris tubo 
curvato cylindrico segmentis oblongis unguiculatis obtusis tubo duplo 
longioribus, tribus inferioribus decurvatis angustioribus, staminibus perian- 
thio distincte brevioribus, antheris ligulatis mucronatis, stylo profunde 
trifurcato. 
G. ochroleucus, Baker in Trimen Journ., 1876, p. 182. 
3 This new Gladiolus belongs to a group of which we now 
< know upwards of a dozen species, all of which are compara- 
tively recent discoveries, marked in the subgenus Ewgladiolus 
by flat leaves and flowers, much smaller than in the great 
ensiform-leaved kinds, such as psittacinus, cardinalis, and 
Coopert. The species of this group which have been already 
figured in the Botanical Magazine, are G. sericeo-villosus, 
tab. 5427, G@. Papilio, tab. 5565 and G. purpureo-auratus, 
tab. 5944; the present plant was discovered by the 
Rey. R. Baur, in Transkeian Kaffraria, and was first 
a sent to the Kew harbarium by our indefatigable cor- 
- respondent, Mr. McOwan in 1874. . Mr. Baur describes 
it as growing in grassy places at an elevation of 
two thousand feet above sea-level, and flowering in March. 
We owe the introduction of it in a living state to Mr. 
Bull, who imported it from the Transvaal territory and 
flowered it last autumn. 
Derscr. Bulb ovoid, under an inch in diameter, the mem- 
branous tunics rather splitting up into fibres. Basal leaves 
four to six, produced in a distichous rosette, linear, reaching 
a length of twelve to fifteen inches, and a breadth of half an 
APRIL Ist, 1877, : 
