156 : IRIDEX (Baker). . [ Gladiolus. 
in the other Cardinales, 14 ft. long, }—} in. broad ; flowers 6-10 in a 
lax distichous spike, all suberect ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 
lower 13-2 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube straight, 2 in. 
long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper third or quarter ; segments 
oblong, acute, subequal, 1} in. long, 3 in. broad ; stamens reaching 
halfway up the limb. G. secundus, Soland. in Herb. Banks/ 
CrntraL ReGion: Somerset Div.; on the Zuurberg and Bosch Berg, 
MacOwan, 236! Aliwal North Div. ; on the Witte Bergen, Cooper, 3600! 
Differs from the other Cardinales by the segments being subequal and shorter 
than the tube. 
58. G. Adlami (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1889, v. 233); stem 1-1} ft. 
long; leaves ensiform, 1-1} ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, 
with distant, strong, unequal, stramineous ribs; flowers 5-6, aggregated 
in a moderately dense, equilateral, simple, erect spike; outer spathe- 
valve oblong-lanceolate, brown, 13-2 in. long; perianth greenish- 
yellow; tube erect, nearly straight, narrowly funnel-shaped, an inch 
long ; segments oblong, acute; upper slightly arcuate, as long as the 
tube, granulated all over with minute red dots; five others smaller, 
minutely cuspidate, the inner plain greenish-yellow, the two others 
granulated with red towards the tip; stamens and style a little 
longer than the perianth ; filaments white ; anthers linear, } in. long, 
granulated with red. Handb. Irid. 219. 
KatanArRiI Reeion: Transvaal, Adlam ! 
= ae from a plant grown in the Cambridge botanic garden by Mr. R. I. 
iy . 
_ 89, G. cardinalis (Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 135); corm large, globose ; 
stem 3-4 ft. long; produced leaves 4-6, ensiform, rather thin in 
texture, glaucous green, reaching 2 ft. or more in length, ?—1 in. 
broad; flowers 12-20 in a spike 3-1 ft. long, all more or less 
ascending; spathe-valves green, thin in texture, lanceolate, acute, 
1}-3 in. long ; perianth bright scarlet ; tube nearly straight, 1} in. 
long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segments oblong- 
spathulate, acute, concolorous, 2 in. long, #-1 in. broad ; 3 lower 
shorter and narrower, conspicuously mottled with white at the throat ; 
stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb; anthers lanceolate, 
2 the length of the filaments. Schmeev. Ic, t. 27; Red. Lil. t. 112; 
Ker, Gen. Irid. 143; Baker, Handb. Irid.219. G. speciosus, Eckl. 
Top. Verz. 41, non Thunb. 
SoutH AFaica: without locality, Masson! 
Coast Region: Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, Drége / 
60. G. splendens (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333); corm not 
seen ; stem about 2 ft. long; produced leaves ensiform, not very 
rigid in texture, 1-1} ft. long, 3 ia. broad; flowers 4-6 in a lax 
distichous spike, all ascending ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 
1}-2 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube nearly straight, 13 in, 
long, funnel-shaped in the upper third; upper segments obovate, 
