150 1RIpEX (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Auge! 
Coast ReGion: sandy places near Cape Town and Wynberg below 100 ft., 
Bolus, 4724! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm.,288! Worcester Div.; Dutoits 
Kloof, Drége, 8433b! Drakenstein Mountains, Drége, 8433a! and without precise 
locality, Cooper, 1667! Caledon Div., Zeyher, 3983! 
39. G. crassifolius (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 334); corm 
large, globose ; tunics of fine matted fibres ; leaves about 6 in a sub- 
basal distichous rosette, ensiform, rigid in texture, glabrous, with 
very thick stramineous ribs, sometimes 11-2 ft. long, }—{ in. broad ; 
stem simple, 2-3 ft. long including the inflorescence ; flowers bright 
red, very numerous, in a spike 3-1 ft. long; spathe-valves oblong- 
cuspidate or oblong-lanceolate, 4-1 in. long, sometimes brown down 
to the very base at the flowering time; perianth about an inch long; 
tube curved, funnel-shaped, } in. long; three upper segments obo- 
vate, obtuse, } in. broad, 3 in. long; three lower obovate, unguiculate, 
4 in. broad; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth- 
segments. Journ. Linn. Suc. xvi. 175; Handb. Irid. 215. 
Katanart ReGion; Transvaal; Pretoria Div.; Apies Poort, Rehmann, 
4031! Middleburg Div.; Botshabelo Mission station, Nelson, 143! Orange 
Free State; near Harrismith, Wood, 4825 ! and without precise locality, Cooper, 
3185! 3199! 
Eastern Reoron : Natal; Coast-land, Sutherland / near Tugela, 3000-4000 ft., 
Wood, 4407! Allison! Polela, Wood, 4713! near Camperdown, Wood, 3175! 
and without precise locality, Gerrard, 561! 595! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 
5000 ft., Tyson, 1350! Pondoland, Sutherland ! 
40. G. Elliotii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 70) ; corm not seen ; 
stem simple, about a foot long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves ; produced 
basal leaves about 4, rigid, ensiform, strongly ribbed, 6-9 in. long, 
4 in. broad ; spike dense, distichous, 4-5 in. long; outer spathe-valve 
oblong, $-1 in, long ; perianth-tube as long as the spathe; segments 
oblong, acute, subequal, claret-red, an inch long; stamens shorter 
than the perianth-segments. Handb. Irid. 215. 
Katanart Region: Transvaal; Middelburg Division, in marshy places by 
Steenkool Spruit, Elliot, 1557 ! 
41. G. Ludwigii (Pappe, ex Baker, Handb. Irid. 215); corm 
large, globose; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; leaves 
about 6 in a subbasal distichous rosette, rigid, ensiform, with thick, 
stramineous ribs, finely pilose, sometimes 2-3 ft. long, }-1 in. broad ; 
stem 2-3 ft. long including the inflorescence, finely pubescent ; 
spike distichous, often a foot long, with 20-30 flowers ; spathe-valve 
oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1} in. long, pubescent, scariose 
towards the edge and top ; flower plain pale yellow ; perianth-tube 
curved, funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; limb about as long as the tube; 
three upper segments oblong-spathulate, 44 in, broad ; three lower 
narrower, unguiculate; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. | 
Antholyza hirsuta, Klatt in Linnea xxxv. 379. G. sericeo-villosus, 
B Ludwigti, Baker in Journ. Linn.. Soc. xvi. 175. 
Van. 8, calvatus (Baker); leaf, stem, rachis of spike, and spathe-valves 
glabrous. G. ochroleucus, Bot. Mag. t. 6291, non Baker. 
