148 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 
$1. G. hyalinus (Jacq. Ic. t. 242) ; corm globose, } in. diam. ; stem 
a foot long, simple, with 3 superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths 
and short, free, linear blades ; flowers 2, ascending, bright yellow with 
red dots; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, 1-14 in. long; perianth-tube 
14 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segment 
oblong, obscurely cuspidate, 4 in. broad, the others narrower ; 
stamens reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. Ker, Gen, Irid, 
137; Baker, Handb. Irid. 209. G. strictus, Jacg. Collect. iv. 170; 
Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 704, 
SoutH AFRica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure and description. 
32, G. vittatus (Hornem. Hort. Hafn. ii. 950) ; corm globose ; 
stem about a foot long ; leaves 3-4, superposed, linear, the lower with 
free blades 6—9 in. long, 4-3 in. broad; flowers 3-6 in a lax spike, 
suberect, pink; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long; 
perianth-tube slightly curved, about an inch long ; limb rather longer 
than the tube ; segments oblong-spathulate, subobtuse, the top one 
the longest, the three lower with red or lilac central blotches ; stamens 
reaching halfway up the limb. Baker, Handd. Irid. 210. G. fas- 
ciatus, Roem. et Schult.Syst. Veg. i.429. G.angustus, Thunb. herb. ! 
G. undulatus, Schneev. Ic. t. 19. G. undulatus, var., Ker in Bot. 
Mag. t. 538; Gen. Irid. 143. G.vinulus, Klatt in Proc. South Afric. — 
Phit. Soe. iii. pt. 2, 199. 
Sovrn Arrica: inthe Karoo, Thunberg! Cape Flats near Wynberg, Mac- 
Owan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 287! MacOwan, 5651! 
33. G. striatus (Jacq. Collect. v. 28); corm globose ; tunics with 
thick wiry strands ; flowering-stem simple, 1 ft. long; leaves many, 
long, glabrous, sheaths with free, linear points, 6 in. long; flowers 
- 2-8, yellowish and pale violet streaked with red; spathe-valves 
lanceolate, { in. long; perianth-tube broadly funnel-shaped, ? in. 
long ; upper segment the largest, oblong-spathulate, 4 in. broad, the 
others narrower, reflexing; anthers violet, just protruded from the 
throat of the tube. Baker, Handb. Irid. 209. Tritonia striata, Ker 
in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228; Gen. Irid. 117. Antholyza striata, 
Klatt, Erganz. 12. 
Sourn AFrRica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s description. 
34. G@. paludosus (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 70); corm not 
seen ; stem simple, a foot long, bearing 2-3 reduced linear leaves; 
produced basal leaves 4, rigid, linear, erect, a foot long, } in. broad ; 
spike subsecund, moderately dense, 4-10-flowered, 4-6 in. long; 
outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 2-1 in. long; perianth-tube 4 in. 
long; segments bright red-purple, obovate, subequal, ? in. long; 
stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments. Handb. Irid. 209. 
rape Region: Transvaal; marshy places near Lake Chrissie, Elliot, 
