Gladiolus. } IRIDEH (Baker). 189 
Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2162! Cape 
Div.; Chapman Bay, MacGillivray, 484! Table Mountain, 500 ft., MacOwan 
and Bolus, Herb. Norm.,809! Caledon Div. ; Zwartberg, near the Hot Springs, 
MacOwan, 2607! and Palmiet R. Valley, near Grabouw, 700 ft., Bolus, 4023 ! 
Worcester Div.; Cooper, 1630! 1688! 3191! Swellendam Div.; mountain 
ridges along the lower part of Zonder Hinde R., Zeyher, 1630! 8978! Riverse 
dale Div. ; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6723! George Div.; near George, 
Burchell, 5824! 6056! between George and Malgat R., Burchell, 6087! and by 
Malgat R., Burchell, 6116! 
2. G. tristis (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, i. 53, ex parte) ; corm globose, 
1 in. diam.; tunics of fine parallel strands of matted fibres; stems 
slender, simple, 1-2 ft. long; leaves 8, superposed, terete, with 3-5 
much-raised, stramineous ribs, the lower 1-13 ft. long; flowers 3—4 in 
a very lax secund spike, fragrant; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 
13-2 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, 14-2 in. long, funnel-shaped 
in the upper third; limb yellowish-white, slightly flushed on the 
keel of the segments with purplish-black ; segments oblong-spathu- 
late, acute, 21 in, broad; stamens more than half as long as the 
perianth-limb; capsule oblong, membranous, an inch Jong. Thunb. 
Diss. No. 8, ex parte; Curt. in Bot. Mag. t. 272; Jacq. Ic. t. 248; 
Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1098; Gen, Irid. 136; Baker. Handb. Irid. 
203. G. spiralis, Pers. Syn. i. 43; Red, Lil. t. 35. 
Var. B, G. concolor (Salisb. Parad. t. 8); flowers almost concolorous, and a 
purer white than in the type. G, tristis, Jacq. Ic. t, 245. 
Sourna Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Villette! Burchell! 
Coast Region: Paarl Mountains, 900 ft., Bolus, 5569! Uitenhage Div.; at 
the foot of Van Stadens Berg, below 1000 ft., Drége, 8481b ! 
3. G. recurvus (Linn. Mant, 28); corm globose, $-1 in. diam.; 
‘tunics of parallel wiry fibres ; stems slender, simple, 1-2 ft. long ; 
leaves 3, firm in texture, terete, strongly ribbed, the lowest about 
a foot long; flowers very fragrant, 2-6, in a very lax secund spike ; 
outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 13-2 in. long; perianth-tube 
curved, 14—2 in. long, clavate in the upper third; limb 1~1} in. 
long, yellowish-white, much flushed with dark lilac; segments 
oblong, acute, 4 in. broad ; stamens reaching more than halfway up 
the limb; capsule oblong, membranous, 1-1} in. long. Ker in Bot. 
Mag. t. 578, non Thunb. ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 203. G. punctatus, 
Jacq. Ic. t. 247. G. tristis, var. punctatus, Thunb. Diss. No. 8. 
G. carinatus, Ait, Hort. Kew.i.64. G.ringens, Andr. Bot. Rep. tt. 27 
and 227 ; Red. Lil. t. 123. G. odorus, Salisb. Prodr.40. G. violaceus, 
Pers. Syn.i.43. Watsonia recurva, Pers. Syn. i. 43. G. breynianus, 
Ker, Gen. Irid. 135. G. maculatus, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 1, 397; 
Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 708. . 
Coast Rea@ton: near Cape Town, Bolus, 4591! Thunberg! Niven! Cape 
Flats, near Diep River, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 286! Camps Bay, 
MacOwan, 2558! Devils Mountain, 500 ft., Bolus, 4023! Lion Mountain, 
200-500 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 283! MacOQwan, 2564! foot 
of Table Mountain, Pappe / between Cape Town and Simons Bay; Burchell, 
8559! Stellenbosch, Zeyher! Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 2500-4800 ft., 
MacOwan, 321! Albany Div.; mountain slopes around Grahamstown, 2000- 
2500 ft., Galpin, 196! 
