Gladiolus. | 1RIDEZ (Baker). 151 
KALAHARI Reeron: Var. 8, Transvaal; Mountain sides, Umvoti Creek, near 
Barberton, 3000 ft., Galpin, 925! Orange Free State, Cooper, 1198! 
EasteRN Region: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 160! 601! Polela, 4090-5000 ft., 
Wood, 4636! Maritzberg Road, 600 ft., Sanderson, 454! 530! Between Um- 
komanzi River and Umlanzi River, Drége, 4541b! and without precise locality, 
Pappe! Griqualand East; Enyembi Mountain near Clydesdale, 4590 ft,, 
MacOwan, Herb. Aust.-Afr., 1547! Tembuland; banks of rivers near Bazeia, 
200 ft., Baur, 144! 
42. G. sericeo-villosus (Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5427); corm 
large, globose ; leaves about 6 in a subbasal distichous rosette, ensi- 
form, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 13-2 ft. long, 4-1 in. broad; stem 
3—4 ft. long ineluding the inflorescence, clothed throughout with soft, 
crisped, white, spreading hairs; spike distichous, 20—30-flowered, 
with a flexuose, densely villose axis; outer spathe-valve oblong- 
lanceolate, villose, scariose in the upper half; flower bright yellow; 
perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 4—#in. long; limb rather longer 
than the tube; upper segments oblong-spathulate, } in. broad ; lower 
narrower, unguiculate ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. 
Baker, Handb. Irid. 215. 
Katanari ReGion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 1198! 
Eastern Recion: Griqualand East; Zuurberg Range, near Kokstad, 5000 
ft., Tyson, 216! 
Differs from G@. Ludwigii in vestiture alone. 
43. G. ochroleucus (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 182) corm 
middle-sized, globose; leaves 4—6 in a basal rosette, rigid, ensiform, 
strongly ribbed, the longest 9-12 in. long, about 3 in. broad; stem 
23-3 ft. long including the inflorescence ; flowers 8-12 in a lax secund 
spike 6-9 in. long ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 1-2 in. long ; 
flower plain creamy-yellow; perianth-tube curved, } in. long, broadly 
funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb an inch long ; 3 upper segments 
oblong-spathulate, 3 in. broad; 3 lower oblong-unguiculate, 3 in. 
broad ; uppermost hood-shaped, not reflexing; stamens reaching 
halfway up thelimb, Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 175; Handb. Triad. 216, 
non Bot. Mag. t. 6291. 
Eastern ReGion: Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 2000 ft., Baur, 94! 
44. G. Kirkii (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 524, non Handb. 
Trid. 222) ; corm depresso-globose, 1 in. diam., crowned with a ring 
of tibres; produced leaves 5-6, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, 
strongly ribbed, slightly glaucous, 1-13 ft. long, 3-¢ in. broad ; 
stem terete, 3 feet long including the inflorescence; spike ie 
secund, 4-1 ft. long; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the outer 1-1} 
in. long ; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, } in. long ; segments obovate, 
obtuse, distinctly cuspidate, pale pink, unspotted, an inch long; 
stamens shorter than the segments. 
Coast Region: King Williamstown Div. Described from cultivated plants 
sent by Sir John Kirk. 
Near G. Eckloni and crassifolius. I find I have used the specific name for two 
different species, 
45. G. Eckloni (Lehm. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, vi. 107); corm 
» globose; tunics of strong, matted, wiry fibres ; produced 
