136 : IRIDEX (Baker), 
Perianth-segments shortly pointed : 
Perianth pale or slightly 
flushed with dark lilac 
Perianth dark lilac , ne 
Leaves linear : 
Segments witha short cusp... 
Segments with a long cusp 
Perianth-tube about an inch long : 
Leaves subterete : 
Flowers horizontal : 
Flowers pink ... xe sen 
Flowers blue-lilac_ ... eee 
Flowers yellowish 
Flowers suberect ... aes 
Leaves linear : 
Flowers lilac “ee 
Flowers yellowish 
Whole flower not above an inch long : : 
Leaf with scarcely any free point ... 
Leaf slender, subterete 
Leaf linear, long ae 
Perianth-segments obtuse or obscurely cuspidate : 
one eee 
Stem-leaves with only very short, free points: 
Sheaths glabrous : 
Flowers pink or lilac: 
Perianth-tube half as i as 
the segments men 
Perianth-tube as long as the 
segments ... 
Perianth-tube longer than the 
segments ... 
green ase white with a 
red keel .. 
Sheaths pilose .., wee 
Stem-leaves with long, free points : ¢ 
Leaves subulate or very narrow : 
Flowers erect or suberect : 
ane ts shorter than hong a 
ents equalling the tu 
—— rather longer than 
Segments 2-3 times the 
length of the tube: 
wers bright lilac... 
Flowers pale yellow... 
Flowers horizontal with a curved 
tube : 
Flowers 1-4 ina spike : 
Upper segments 4-} in. 
broad : 
Flowers white... 
Flowers bright red 
¥ Flowers pink 
pper segments. in. 
broad : rt 
Corm-tunics « of wiry 
strands ns us 
Flowers many in a spike .,, 
(29) 
[ Gladiolus. 
(2) tristis. 
(3) recurvus. 
(4) angustus. 
(5) cuspidatus. 
(6) hastatus. 
(7) gracilis. 
(8) tenellus. 
(9) trichonemifolius. 
(10) vomerculus, 
(11) strictus. 
(12) pubescens. 
(13) Lambda. 
(14) rachidifiorus. 
(15) miecrophyllus, 
(16) brevifolius. 
(17) tabularis. 
(18) inandensis. 
(19) Woodii. 
(20) tenuis. 
(21) debilis. 
(22) Bolusii. 
(28) biflorus. 
(24) erectiflorus. 
(28) inflatus. 
spathaceus. 
(30) involutus. 
