Gladiolus.] -rripEx (Baker). 149 
35. G. Niveni (Baker, Handb. [rid. 210); corm small, globose ; 
stem slender, a foot long; produced leaves 2, narrow linear, glabrous, 
the lower 3 ft. long; flowers 3-4 in a lax spike with a flexuose 
rachis ; outer spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the Jower an inch long ; 
perianth bright lilac ; tube curved, } in. long; segments an inch 
long, the five lower undulated and reflexed, the upper obovate, 
obtuse, lateral oblong, acute; three lower oblong-lanceolate, tinged 
with yellow below the tip; stamensshort, G. ringens, var. undulatus, 
Andr, Bot, Rep, t. 275. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Niven! 
Introduced into cultivation by Niven in the year 1800, 
36. G. punctatus (Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 44, non Jacq.) ; 
corm not seen; stem 2 ft. long including the inflorescence, mottled 
with purple towards the base, with 3-4 superposed leaves with free, 
linear blades, 3-1 ft. long, $ in. broad, glabrous, strongly ribbed ; 
flowers 6-10 in a lax secund spike, 4 ft. long; spathe-valves lanceo- 
late, 1-1} in. long; perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 4 in. long ; 
limb an inch long; upper segments obovate, obtuse, nearly 3 in, 
broad ; lower narrower, oblong-unguiculate ; stamens reaching half. 
way up the perianth-limb. Baker, Handb, Irid. 209. 
Coast Region: Paard Island, near Cape Town, Thunberg ! 
37. G. brachyscyphus (Baker, Handb. Irid. 210) ; corm not 
seen ; stem 14-2 ft. long, with 2-3 reduced leaves ; produced leaves 
about 4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm, $ ft. long, }-} in. broad; 
flowers 2—6 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valva 
lanceolate-navicular, an inch long; perianth bright lilac ; tube much 
curved, 4 in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse, 1-1} in. long, the three 
lower shorter than the upper; stamens reaching to the tip of the 
lower segments, 
Eastern Recion: Griqualand East; damp grassy places near Kokstad, 
5000 ft., Tyson, 1427 ! 
38. G. villosus (Ker, Gen. Irid. 133) ; corm globose ; cunics of 
strong, matted, wiry fibres; flowering-stem simple, 1-2 ft. long; 
sheaths conspicuously hairy, the lowest without any blade; the two 
upper with a produced linear blade of thick, rigid texture, 3~1 ft. 
long ; flowers 3-4 in a lax secund spike, bright red or lilac ; outer 
spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, green, 3-1 in. long; perianth with a 
curved tube, $-1 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half ; 
limb as long as the tube; segments obscurely cuspidate ; upper obo- 
vate, 4-4 in. broad; lower oblong, unguiculate ; stamens reaching 
halfway up the limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 210. G. hirsutus, var., 
Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 823. @. villosiusculus, Soland, MSS. G. 
laccatus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult, 45, excl. syn. (. pilosus, 
Eckl. Top. Verz. 38; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 709. G. puniceus, 
Lam, Encye. ii. 727% G@. Lamarcki, Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 
445, 
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