species of Gladiolus, G. Melleri thrives well, and in facies 
affords an interesting contrast with most of them. 
Drscription.— Herb, erect, slender, rather stiff; corm 
depressed-globose, 3 in. across. Leaves few, linear, acute, 
rigid, strongly ribbed, about a foot long, over 3 in. wide, 
glabrous. Scape about 2 ft. high, slender, stiff; flowers 
about 1/ in. apart; valves of the spathe oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, flushed with red, outer 13 in. long, over 
4 in. wide, inner about 2 in. long. Perianth red; tube 
¢ in. long, narrow funnel-shaped, slightly curved ; limb 
oblique, longer than the tube, segments oblong-cuneate, 
obtuse or subacute, upper 1} in. long, 4 in. wide, lower 
1 in. long, over } in. wide. Stamens half the length of 
the perianth ; anthers oblong, yellow. Style longer than 
the stamens; stigmatic arms papillose, over } in. long. 
Capsule oblong, obtuse, # in. long, 1 in. wide. Seeds 
obovate, compressed, } in. long, } in. wide, with a 
membranous wing. 
Figs. 1 and 2, anthers; 3, style-arms :—all enlarged. 
