146 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 
5-6 in. long, } line broad, from near its base, and two rudimentary 
ones higher up, the lower with a short free point, the upper entirely 
sheathing ; flowers 2-3, bright lilac, laxly spicate, erect; outer 
spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, firm in texture, 1-14 in. long; 
perianth-tube erect, }-3 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped at the apex; 
segments subequal, oblong, twice as long as the tube; stamens 
suberect, reaching halfway up the limb; anthers } in. long; 
style-arms reaching to the tip of the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 
207. 
Coast Reaton: Cape Flats near Wynberg, in sandy places that are often 
inundated, under 100 ft., MacOwan, 2279, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 
279! 
This is upon the very edge of the genus in the direction of Geissorhiza. 
24, G. erectiflorus (Baker) ; corm small, globose, clothed with 
strong flattened strands; stem very slender, with one long, slender, 
subulate leaf from the middle and a small one higher up; flowers 
2-3, erect ; outer spathe-valve of the lowest rigid, 14 in. long; 
perianth-tube 4 in. long; segments oblong-spathulate, obtuse, 
13-1} in. long, apparently pale yellow; stamens shorter than the 
segments. 
we REGION : sandy places near Malmesbury, MacOwan, Herb. Austr. Afric. 
25. G. cochleatus (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard, ser. 2, t. 140); corm 
small, globose ; flowering-stem very slender, 4-14 ft. long, with 3-4 
superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths, the lower with a rigid 
terete blade overtopping the stem ; flowers 1-2 in a lax spike ; 
outer spathe-valve oblong, #-1 in. long; perianth-tube, curved, }—3 in. 
long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb pure white, 3-1 in. 
long ; upper segments oblong-spathulate, 4-4 in. broad’; lower shorter, 
unguiculate, with a purple spade-shaped mark at the throat ; stamens 
reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 208. 
Woaitzia hastulifera, Herb. Lubeck. fide Klatt, Ergiinz. 8. 
Coast Recion: Lion Mountain, Drége, 8447b! W. ter Div,; Dutoits 
Kloof, Drége, 1568! ae rh ate 
26. G. Rogersii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 208) ; flowering-stem slender, 
a fout long, with 3-4 superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths, the 
lower with a slender subterete blade overtopping the stem; flowers 
3 ina lax secund spike ; Spathe-valves green, oblong-lanceolate, } in. 
long; perianth bright red; tube curved, funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; 
three upper segments 3-% in. long, obovate or oblong-spathulate, 
3-4 in. broad ; three lower longer, oblong, 4 in. broad, distinctly 
unguiculate, without any distinct blotch on the throat ; stamens 
reaching halfway up the limb. 
Coast Rrcion: Cape Flats, Rogers ! 
A near ally of G. inflatus. 
27. G. Pappei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 208); corm small, globose ; 
atem slender, a foot long ; leaves 3, with glabrous sheaths and rigid, 
