Synnotia. ] IRIDEZ (Baker), 135 
~{ in, long, green at the base, brown and subscariose upwards, deeply 
lacerated ; perianth-tube cylindrical, 2 in. long, dilated into a broad 
funnel at the top; limb 3-1 in. long, yellow, more or less flushed 
with violet; stamens reaching halfway up the upper segment. 
Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 750; Baker, Handb. Irid.198. Gladiolus 
bicolor, Thunb. Diss. No. 16, t. 2, fig.1; Prodr. 8; Fl. Cap. i. 197; 
Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 25 ; Ic. t. 240. Sparazis bicolor, Ker in Konig 
and Sims’ Ann. i. 225. S. galeata, Sweet, loc. cit. Gladiolus 
galeatus,. Jacq. Ie. t. 258. 
Vaz. 8, Roxburghii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 198); bulb tunics of fine threads; 
flower all lilac-purple. 
SoutH Arxica: without locality. Var. 8, Rowburgh! 
Coast Reeron : Lion Mountain, 800 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 
798! Paarl Mts., Drége, 8347! Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, Thunberg! 
Ecklon and Zeyher, 239! 
2. S. variegata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 150); corm ovoid, 
3 in, diam. ; tunics coarsely honeyeombed ; leaves just like those of 
S. bicolor ; flowers 3-6, arranged in very lax, simple, erect spikes; 
spathe just like that of S. bicolor; perianth dark violet; tube 
cylindrical, 1}-14 in. long, dilated suddenly into a broad funnel at 
the top; limb an inch long; upper segment 4 in. broad; lower 
shorter and narrower, flushed with yellow; stamens reaching half- 
way up the limb; anthers oblong, 4 in. long. Klatt in Linnea 
xxxii. 750; Baker, Handb. Irid. 198. Sparaxis luteo-violacea, 
Eckl. Top. Verz.27. S. Wattii, Harv. MSS. 
Soutn Argica: without locality, Thom ! 
Coast REGION : Clanwilliam Div. ; Mader, 186 ! MacOwan, 2138! 
XXX. GLADIOLUS, Linn. 
_ Perianth with a curved funnel-shaped tube ; segments of the limb 
usually oblong, obtuse or acute, unequal, the three lower smaller than 
the three upper. Stamens unilateral, arcuate, contiguous, inserted 
below the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments long, filiform ; 
anthers lanceolate, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled; ovules numerous, 
superposed ; style filiform; branches short, simple, cuneate at the 
tip. Capsule obovoid, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds discoid and 
winged in the Cape species. : 
Rootstock a tunicated corm; leaves terete, linear or ensiform; flowers com- 
paratively large, very various in colour, often maculate, arranged in lax spikes ; 
spathe-valves usually large; lanceolate, herbaceous. 
DisrRr1s. Species about 140, many Tropical African, a few European, Mediter- 
ranean and Oriental. 
Subgenus I. EvciaproLus. Spathe-valves large, green, lanceolate; perianth- 
segments not distinctly unguiculate. 
A. Leaves terete or linear : 
Perianth-segments acute : 
~ Perianth-tube 1}-2 in. long : 
Leaves subterete : 
Perianth-egments long and gradually 
pointed... ~ (1) grandis, 
