140 1R1DEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 
Eastern Recion: Griqualand East; Zuurberg Range, near Kokstad, 4800 ft., 
Tyson, 1874! i 
4. G. angustus (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, i. 53); corm globose ; 
tunics membranous; stems simple, 2-3 ft. long; leaves 3-4, linear, 
flat, firm in texture, 1-2 ft. long, }-} in. broad ; flowers 2-6, in a very 
lax spike; spathe-valves green, oblong-lanceolate, acute, the outer 
1}-3 in. long ; flowers white, with a tube 13-2 in. long, funnel- 
shaped in the upper third; limb 1-13 in. long; segments oblong, 
acute, the upper concolorous, 4—-? in. broad, the three lower 
narrower, with a bright purple, spade-shaped mark on the middle ; 
stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Hort. Cliff. 20, t. 6; Jacq. 
Ic. t. 252; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 602; Andr. Bot. Rep, t. 589 ; Red. 
Lil. t. 344 ; Baker, Handb. Irid, 204. G. trimaculatus, Lam. Encye. 
ii. 727; TU. i. 116, #. 32, fig. 3. G. cordatus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 
185. G. macowanianus, Klatt in Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. 
iii. pt. 2, 199. 
-Sovrn A¥FrRica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Rreion: Table Mountain, 1400 ft., Bolus, 2824! grassy places near 
Hout Bay, 500 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 284! MacOwan, 2605 
(2065 ew Klatt). Stellenbosch Div.; mountains near Somerset West, MacOwan, 
5. G. cuspidatus (Jacq. Ic. t. 257) ; corm globose ; tunics of fine, 
parallel strands of matted fibres; stems simple, 2-3 ft. long; 
leaves 3-4, linear, rigid in texture, glabrous, the lowest 1}-2 ft. 
long, about } in. broad ; flowers 4—8, in a lax secund spike; spathe- 
valves green, lanceolate, outer 2-8 in. long ; perianth white or pale 
pink ; tube slightly curved, 2-3 in. long, clavate in the upper third ; 
segments oblong, 14 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, narrowed into a long, 
wavy point, the three lower with a spade-shaped purple blotch ; 
stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 582; 
Gen. Irid. 139 ; Andy. Bot. Rep. t. 219; Red. Lil. t. 1386; Baker, 
Handb. Irid, 205. G. undulatus, Linn. Mant. 27; Thunb. Fl. Cap. 
i. 206, ex parte. G. affinis, Pers. Syn, i. 45. 
Var. 8, G. ventricosus (Lam. Encye. ii, 727); flowers pink; point of the 
segments shorter and less wavy. G. cuspidatus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 147; Red. 
Til, t. 36. G. carneus, Jacg. Ic. t. 255; Ker in Bot. . t 591, non 
Delaroche. See eas ne : 
Bite 7, ensifolius (Baker); whole plant under a foot long; leaves short, rigid, 
Sovrn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Burchell! 
Coast Rxcion : Rondebosch and between Constantia and Steen Bergen, under 
1000 ft., Drége! Sand-dunes near Cape Town, Zeyher, 1631! Paarl Mountains, 
below 100 ft., Drége! Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb, MacOwan, 2163! 
Worcester Div., Cooper, 1617! 1680! Stellenbosch Div.; near Somerset 
West,.MacOwan, 2691! Var. Caledon Div.; H H d Hottentots 
Holland Mountains, Pappe ! % ouw Hoek, and Ho 
6. @. hastatus (Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 181); corm globose, 3-1 in. 
diam. ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; stems slender, 
simple, 1-2 ft. long ; leaves 3, superposed, subterete, firm in texture, 
strongly ribbed; flowers 2-4, in a very lax secund spike; outer 
spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 1-14 in. long ; flowers pink ; perianth- 
