Acidanthera.] 1RIDES (Baker), 131 
above the neck ; stem a foot long, with 2-3 reduced: sheathing leaves ; 
basal leaves 2, linear, grass-like, 8-9 in. long, }-2 in. broad; flowers 
2, in a lax spike ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, acute, 2 in, long ; 
perianth-tube 3 in. long; segments of the limb oblanceolate-spathu- 
late, {-1 in. long, 4 in. broad, white with a tinge of purple; stamens 
reaching halfway up the limb; anthers lanceolate, 3 in. long. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 160; Handb. Irid. 186. 
Coast Regron : plains between Swellendam and Gauritz River, Bowie ! in the 
British Museum Herbarium, 
3. A. platypetala (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 339); corm 
globose, #’ in. diam. ; tunics of parallel wiry fibres; stems slender, 
terete, simple, 1~1} ft. long; leaves usually 3, distant, superposed, 
firm in texture, subterete, strongly ribbed, the lowest a foot long, the 
upper much shorter; flowers 1-2 in a lax secund spike; outer 
spathe-valve lanceolate, green, moderately firm, 1-1} in. long; 
perianth-tube curved, 2~3 in. long, funnel-shaped at the apex ; limb 
an inch long, yellowish-white, flushed with dull purple; segments 
obovate, +-3 in. broad; stamens reaching halfway up the limb; 
capsule oblong, an inch long; seeds large, thin, discoid. Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xvi. 160; Handb. Irid. 186. Gladiolus longicollis, 
Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 182. 
Coast Reeion: Uitenhage Div.; Galgebosch, Zeyher ! 
Karanart Recion: Transvaal; Sabie River, Mudd! Saddleback Range, 
near Barberton, 83000-5000 ft., Galpin, 530! Lake Chrissie, Eldiot, 1603! 
Eastern Reoion: Natal; Attercliffe,; Sanderson, 265! Inanda, Wood, 232! 
243! near Durban, Wood, 108! without precise locality, Sanderson, 16! 
Gerrard, 547! Mrs. K, Saunders! Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 3000-4000 ft., 
Baur, 505! 
4. A. forsythiana (Baker, Handb. Irid. 186); corm not seen; 
stem 1 ft. including inflorescence ; stem-leaves 3, superposed, linear, 
grass-like, 4 in. broad; flowers 4, arranged in a lax erect spike; 
outer spathe-valve lanceolate, herbaceous, 1}—2 in. long; perianth- 
tube 3—2 in. longer than the spathe ; segments of the limb oblong- 
unguiculate, erect, whitish, 1 in. long; stamens and style reaching 
halfway up the perianth-limb. : 
: wi locality. A imen is in the herbarium of Mr. 
hike or dial Cbaietn Gaius. Saeclisant by Mr. Bentham in 1835; anda 
second in Herb. Bolus, gathered by Dr. Bachmann, probably near Hopetield, 
Malmesbury Division. 
5. A. flexuosa (Baker in “Berl. Monat. xix. 15); corm not seen ; 
stem about a foot long including the inflorescence, slender, simple, 
terete ; leaves about 3, distant, superposed, narrow linear, the lowest 
3 ft. long ; flowers 3-4, in a moderately dense, erect spike; outer 
spathe-valve green, lanceolate, acute, 1-1} in. long; perianth with a 
slender tube 14-2 in. long; segments of the limb oblanceolate, 
nearly white, an inch long; stamens inserted at the throat of the 
perianth-tube, more than half as long as the segments; anthers 
lanceolate, } in. long. Handb. Irid. 186. Gladiolus flexuosus, Thunb. 
