Gladiolus.) 1RIDEX (Baker). 147 
linear, free tips, the lower 2 ft. long ; flowers 2-3 in a lax spike; 
spathe-valves green, lanceolate, lower outer 1} in. long:;. perianth 
pink ; tube slender, slightly curved, ascending, as long as the spate ; 
limb as long as the tube ; segments oblong, subacute, 3-4 in. broad at 
the middle; stamens less than half as long as the segments. 
Coast Rearon : summit of Table Mountain, Pappe! 
Intermediate between G. inflatus and gracilis, 
28. G. inflatus (Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. 1, i. 181); corm small, 
globose ; tunics of fine fibres; produced leaves 3, superposed, with 
long glabrous sheaths and narrow linear or subterete rigid blades, the 
lower overtopping the stem ; flowers 1-4, pink ; spathe-valves green, 
long-pointed, the lowest 14-2 in. long; perianth bright pink ; tube 
curved, {-1 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1-1} in. 
long ; three upper segments obovate or broad oblong, 3—# in. broad ; 
three lower oblong-spathulate, rather longer ; stamens reaching half- 
way upthe limb. Ker, Gen. Ivid. 138. G. ornatus, Klatt in Trans. 
South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 198. G. ringens, Eckl. non Red. 
G. bullatus, Thunb. herb. 
SourH Argica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Reaion: sand dunes near Cape Town, 50 ft., Bolus, 3741! Cape Flats 
at Doorn Hoogte, Zeyher, 1629! near Rondebosch, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. 
Norm., 285! Worcester Div., Cooper, 3193! Swellendam Div.; Tradouw Mts., 
Drége ! near Groot Vadersbosch and Voormans Bosch, Zeyher, 3984! 
%9. G. spathaceus (Pappe, ex Baker, Handb, Irid. 208) ; corm small, 
globose ; tunies of thick wiry strands ; stem very slender, 1-1} ft. long; 
leaves 3, with glabrous sheaths and short, slender, subterete tips ; 
flowers generally solitary, horizontal ; spathe-valves green, lancevlate- 
acuminate, 13-2 in. long; perianth pink ; tube eurved, 3 in. long ; 
limb ventricose, above an inch long; upper segments obovate, $ in. 
broad ; three lower longer, oblong ; stamens more than half as long as 
the upper segments. gr oe 
: ivision; on the Zwartberg near t prings, 
sion ft, Sper aen Tea Bok Norm. 2821 Pappe! MacOwan, 2167 ! 
Klein River Berg and Zwartberg, Zeyher, 3985 ! Keklon and Zeyher, 148 ! 
30. G. involutus (Delaroche, Deser. 28, t. 3); corm globose ; 
tunics with matted, brown, linear fibres ; flowering-stem 1} ft. long, 
with 3 superposed leaves with long, free, subterete points of firm rigid 
texture, the lower one equalling or overtopping the stem ; sheaths 
long, glabrous ; flowers bright pink, 4-8 in a lax secund ee : 
outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 1-1} in. long ; perianth-tube mue 
curved, } in. long; limb 1 in. long; three upper segments obovate, 
obtuse, $-$ in. broad ; three lower oblong-unguiculate, with spade- 
shaped purple blotches at the throat ; stamens halt the length of the 
limb. Ker, Gen, Inid. 142; Baker, Handb. Irid. 209. G. bimaculatus, 
Lam. Encye. ii. 727 (Miller Ic. 158, ¢. 236, fig. 1). G. suaveolens, 
her. : 
nei Recion: Knysna Div.; between Groene Vallei and Zwart Vallei, 
* Burchell, 6631! 5683! 
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