142 IRIDEX (Baker). [Gladiolus. 
topping the stem; flowers 1-3, erect ; spathe-valves green, lanceo+ 
late, the outer 1-2 in. long; perianth yellow; tube nearly straight, 
81’ in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments oblong, 
acute, subequal, —1 in. long, }~4 in. broad, the three lower blotched 
with purple at the throat ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. 
Gen. Irid. 137; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 707; Baker, Handb. 
Trid. 204. G. citrinus, Klatt, Ergdnz. 6. Ixia spathacea, Soland. 
MSS.! G. tenellus, Thunb. herb., ex parte ! 
South Arrica: Without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Oldenberg ! 
Coast Bzaion: Piquetberg Range, 1000-4000 ft., Zeyher, 1625! Tulbagh 
Div,; Witsenberg Flats, Pappe! Cape Div.; near Tygerberg, Harvey! 
Paarl Diy. ; between Paarl and Paarde Berg,. Drége, 8457 ! 
10. G. vomerculus (Ker, Gen. Irid. 142) ; corm globose, 4 in. 
diam. ; tunics of fine, parallel strands of matted fibres; lower 
sheaths more or less conspicuously mottled with purple; stem 
simple, 1-12 ft, long ; produced leaves 3-4, linear, }-} in. broad, 
strongly ribbed, firm in texture, the lowest about a foot long ; 
flowers 2-8, in a lax spike; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 1}—2 in. 
long; perianth lilac, with a curved tube 2-1 in. long; segments 
oblong, acute, 1-14 in. long, the three lower with a spade-shaped 
yellow blotch at the throat; stamens reaching halfway up the 
limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 205. G. hastatus, Ker in Bot. Mag. 
. ety ; Klatt in Linnea xxxii, 712, non Thunb. G. tigrinus, 
Coasr Rucron: Eastern declivity of Table Mountain, Ecklon, 158. 
Caledon Div.; grassy places near the Zonder Hinde River, Zeyher ! 
11. G. strictus (Jacq. Ic. t. 260); corm globose, with thick tunics 
of parallel rigid strands ; stem about a foot long; leaves 3, super- 
posed, long-sheathing, glabrous, with free linear points not more than 
2-3 in. long; flowers 2-3, yellowish, with purple dots and stripes, 
erect; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 1-14 in. long; perianth- 
tube nearly straight, an inch long, broadly funnel-shaped in the 
upper half; segments acute, as long as the tube, the upper oblong, 
: in. broad, the others narrower; stamens reaching halfway up 
the limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 205. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
Known only from the figure cited. 
12. @. pubescens (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333); corm not 
seen; stem slender, terete, 1-14 ft. long; leaves about 3, super- 
posed, with long, hairy, strongly ribbed sheaths of firm texture and 
scarcely any free points; flowers 3-6, in a lax secund spike; 
spathe-valves green; outer oblong-lanceolate, very acute, }—{ in. 
long ; perianth pale pink, an fash load the oblong acute segments 
as long as the tube, j~} in. broad at the middle ; stamens reaching 
pany oA we the perianth-limb, Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 173 ; Handb, 
