Gladiolus. ] IRIDEZ (Baker). 157 
minutely cuspidate, 2 in. long, above an inch broad; 3 lower rather 
narrower and shorter, with a pale keel through the lower half; 
stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb. Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 176; Handb. Irid. 219. 
Coast Reeion: George Div, ; mountains near Oakhurst, Dumbleton ! 
A near ally of G. cardinalis. 
61. G. cruentus (Moore in Gard. Chron. 1868, 1138); corm large, 
globose ; stem 2-3 ft. long ; produced leaves about 4, ensiform, dark 
glaucous green, 13-2 ft. long, }-1 in. broad; spike rather dense, 
distichous, 6-10-flowered ; bracts very large, lanceolate, the lower 
sometimes 3-6 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube 14-2 in. long, 
nearly straight, funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segments 
concolorous, obovate-spathulate, obseurely cuspidate, 2-23 in, long, 
1j-1} in. broad ; 3 lower about 1} in. long, 1 in. broad, with a large 
white blotch at the throat with small red spots; anthers lanceolate, 
reaching halfway up the limb. Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5810; 
Baker, Handb. Irid, 219. 
Eastern ReGion: Natal, Hort. Bull. 
A near ally of G. cardinalis, 
_ 62. G. dracocephalus (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5884); corm 
large, depresso-globose ; stem simple, about 2 ft. long; produced 
leaves ensiform, 1-14 ft. long, $-1 in. broad, moderately firm in 
texture; flowers few, arranged in a very lax secund spike; outer 
spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long; perianth-tube much- 
curved, greenish, 14-2 in. long; limb 1} in. long, yellowish-green, 
minutely grained and spotted with dull purple; upper segments 
obovate, permanently hooded, #-1 in. broad; lower lanceolate, 
reflexing ; stamens reaching near to the top of the segments; anthers 
Tanceolate, less than half as long as the filaments. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 176; Handb. Irid. 220. 
Eastern Recion: Natal, at the foot of the Drakensberg, Cooper, 3593! upper 
part of Tugela River, Allison ! : 
Also flowered at Kew, Aug. 1887, from bulbs sent by Mr. Adlam. 
63. G. platyphyllus (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1893, xiv. 456); corm 
large, globose; stem 1} ft. long, bearing 4-5 leaves with long- 
sheathing bases ; leaves broadly ensiform, firm, green, the lowest a 
foot long above the sheathing base, 2 in. broad at the middle; spike 
lax, secund, 3-1 ft. long; outer spathe-valve oblong-navicular, green, 
14-2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 1} in. long, 3 in. diam. at the 
throat; limb with fine red lines on a yellow ground; 3 upper 
segments oblong, acute, §-{ in. broad, standing forward, convex ; 
3 lower much smaller, oblanceolate, reflexing; stamens 3 in. shorter 
than the upper segments. 
Eastern Rucion : Natal; Inanda, Wood, 422! Bothas Hill, 2000 ft., Wood, 
"4819! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1532! Transkei, Hort. Leichélin / 
