Gludiolus.} -IRIDEZ (Baker). 141 
tube curved, 1-1} in. long; limb 1-1} in. long, with oblong, acute 
segments > in. broad at the middle; stamens reaching halfway up 
the limb. G. Thunbergii, Eckl. Top. Verz. 837; Baker in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xvi. 173; Baker, Handb. Irid. 203. 
Sourn Arkrioa: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Region: Table Mountain, Burchell, 8414! Bolus, 3883! Devils 
Mountain, Burchell, 8506! Simons Bay, Wright, 251! Riversdale Div.; on 
the Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7069 ! 
7. G. gracilis (Jacq. Ic. t. 246); corm globose, 4 in. diam. ; 
tunics of strong, matted fibres; stems very slender, simple, 1-2 ft. 
long; leaves about 3, superposed, long-sheathing, subterete, rigid in 
texture, the lowest sometimes a foot or more long ; flowers up to 5-6 
in a lax secund spike, scentless ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceo- 
late, an inch long; perianth pale lilac-blue ; tube curved, under an 
inch long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1-12 in. long; the 
upper segments oblong, shortly cuspidate, 4-3 in. broad, the three 
lower narrower, longer, distinctly unguiculate ; stamens reaching 
halfway up the limb. Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 182; Ker in Bot. Mag. 
t. 562; Red. Lil. t.425; Ker, Gen. Irid. 138; Baker, Handb. Irid. 
203. G. levis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 178; Ker, Gen. Irid, 135. 
G. elongatus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 180; Ker, Gen. Irid. 136. 
G. pterophyllus, Pers. Syn. i. 43. G. setifolius, Eckl. Top. Verz. 37. 
G. spilanthus, Spreng. in herb. Zeyher. 
Sour AFrica: without locality, Thunberg! Sparrmann! Sieber, 133! 
Coast Recion: Devils Mountain, Bolus, 4024! sides of Table Mountain near 
Camps Bay, 100 ft., MacOwan, 2275! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 281! 
mountains near Simons Town, Pappe! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, 1000- 
3000 ft., Zeyher, 3986! Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens Berg, Pappe ! 
8. G. tenellus (Jacq. Ic. t. 248); corm globose, } in. diam. ; 
tunics of strong, parallel strands of matted fibres ; stem simple, very 
slender, 1-14 ft. long; produced leaves about 3, long-sheathing, 
subterete, the lowest sometimes as long as the stem; flowers 2-5, 
in a very lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 
1-14 in. long; perianth-tube curved, about an inch long, funnel- 
shaped at the top; segments oblong, subacute, an inch long, {4 in. 
broad, yellowish-white, tinged with lilac, and the lower ones much 
spotted at the throat; stamens reaching more than halfway up the 
limb. Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 179; Schneev. Ic. t. 40; Ker, Gen. Irid, 
137; Baker, Handb. Irid. 204. G. tristis, vars. humilis and luteus, 
Thunb. Diss, No. 8. 
Sourn Arrioa: without locality, Thunberg! Villette! Cooper, 220! 
Coast KeGion: at the foot of Devils Mountain, near Mowbray, 300 ft., 
Bolus, 4890! Cape Flats at Doornhoogde, Zeyher, 1628! Clanwilliam Div. ; 
between Berg Vallei and Lange Vallei, Drége! 
9. G. trichonemifolius (Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 1483); corm 
globose, 4-3 in. diam.; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres ; 
stem very slender, terete, 4~14 ft. long ; leaves usually 3, superposed, 
lung-sheathing, slender, terete, rigid in texture, the lower often over- 
