Gladiolus. ] rripsx (Baker). 153 
KAtadanI ReGton: Transvaal ; plains near Rustenburg, 3500 ft., McLea in 
Herb. Bolus, 3094! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5776! Lomatie Valley, near Barberton, 
4000 ft., Ga/pin, 1193! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Orange Free 
State, Cooper, 995! 3188! 
KastERN ReGIon: Natal; near Durban, Sanderson, 867! Inanda, Wood, 
442! Clairmont, Wood, 1729! in a swamp by the Mooi River, Wood, 3441! 
without precise locality, Gerrard, 647 ! ! 
48. G. Rehmanni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 216); corm not seen; 
produced subbasal leaves about 4, linear, rigid, glabrous, with thick 
stramineous ribs, 13~2 ft, long, j-3 in. broad; stem 2 ft. long 
including the inflorescence, with about 4 reduced linear leaves; 
spike lax, secund, } ft. long; outer spathe-valve very large, oblong- 
lanceolate, firm in texture, 14-23 in, long; perianth bright red ; 
tube curved, an inch long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 
tin. long ; 3 upper segments obovate-spathulate, § in. broad; 3 lower 
Oblong, an in. broad, distinctly unguiculate ; stamens not reaching 
halfway up the limb. 
KatawaRrt Rea@ion: Transvaal; Boschveld between Elands River and 
Klippan, Rehmann, 5096 ! 
Intermediate between G@. Eckloni and Papilio. 
49. G. hirsutus (Jacq. Ic. t. 250); corm middle-sized, globose; 
leaves 4-6, short, ensiform, rigid in texture, very strongly ribbed, 
both blade and sheath finely hairy ; stems simple, hairy, 1-2 ft. long 
including the spike ; flowers 3-6 in a very lax spike ; outer spathe- 
valve lanceolate, 13-2 in. long; perianth bright red; tube curved, 
14 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in-the upper half; segments as 
long as the tube, obovate, obscurely pointed, the a a about 2 in., 
the others 3 in. broad; stamens reaching more than halfway up the 
limb. Red. Lil. t. 273; Ker, Gen. Irid. 132 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 
217. G. hirsutus, var. roseus, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 574. G. roseus, 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t, 11. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! Burchell ! 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div. ; Groene Kldof, 300-500 ft., Zeyher! Bolus, 
4342! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 585! 
G. similis, Eckl. Top. Vera. 40, is said to differ by its smaller, paler, less- 
spotted flowers. 
50. G. salmoneus (Baker, Handb. Irid. 217) ; corm not seen ; 
stem a foot long; stem-leaves 6-8, rigid, linear, acuminate, finely 
pubescent, with strong raised ribs, 1-14 ft, long, 4 in. broad ; spike 
moderately dense, distichous, a foot long; outer spathe-valves 
lanceolate, 13-3 in. long ; perianth-tube slender, curved, 2 in. long ; 
segments obovate, obtuse, salmon-red, 18-21 lines long; stamens 
half as long as the perianth-segments. 
Eastern ReGion : Griqualand East; mountain slopes around Kokstad, 4800 
ft., Tyson, 1180! 
Near G, hirsutus and opposttiflorus, 
51. G. scaphochlamys (Baker, Handb. Irid. 217); produced sub- 
basal leaves 8-4, ensiform, firm and rigid in texture, | ft. long, 4} in. 
