158 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 
64. G. psittacinus (Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 3032) ; corm very large, 
depresso-globose ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres ; pro- 
duced leaves about 4, ensiform, rigid in texture, 1-2 ft. long, 1-2 in. 
broad; stem 3-4 ft. long including the inflorescence ; spike very 
lax, reaching a foot or more in length ; spathe-valves green, oblong- 
lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, 14-2 in. long, sub- 
cylindrical in the upper half; limb about equalling the tube ; upper 
segments obovate, dark crimson, hooded, 3-1 in. broad; lower 
segments much smaller, reflexing at the top, red and yellow mixed ; 
stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the segments; anthers 4 in. long ; 
filaments about 13 in. long; capsule large, oblong. Bot. Reg. t. 
1442; Reich, Exot. t. 116; Baker, Handb, Irid. 220. G. natalensis, 
Reinw. ex Hook. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3084 ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard, 
ser. 2, t. 281; Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 1756. Watsonia natalensis, Eckl. 
Top. Verz. 34, 
Var. B, G. Cooperi (Baker in Bot. Mag. t.6202) ; perianth-tube 25-3 in. long; 
segments more acute. 
Crentrat Recion: Albert Div., Cooper, 689! Aliwal North Div.; on the 
Witte Bergen, 4500-5000 ft., Drége, 3502! Var. 8, Somerset Div., Bowker ! 
Katanari Region: Var. 6, Transvaal; Lomatie Valley near Barberton, 
4000 ft., Galpin, 1192! Orange Free State; Riet River, Burke, 87! 
Eastern Region: Natal, Cooper, 3189! Buchanan! Var. B, Gueinzius ! 
Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 3000 ft., Baur, 461 ! 
65. G. Leichtlini (Baker, Handb. Irid. 214); corm large, globose ; 
leafy stem, terete, 2 ft. long; produced leaves 4, ensiform, bright 
green, moderately firm, a foot long, under an inch broad ; flowers 
6-8 in a moderately dense, secund spike 4 ft. long; spathe- 
valves lanceolate, erect, 1-14 in. long; perianth bright red ; 
tube arcuate, 1d in. long; upper segments obovate, permanently 
connivent, as long as the tube; 3 lower much smaller, acute, 
spreading, red at the tip, yellow below it, grained with minute spots 
of red ; stamens shorter than the upper segments, 
Katanari ReGion: Transvaal, Adlam ! 
Described from plants flowered by Max Leichtlin in 1889, 
66. G. Tysoni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 220); corm small, globose ; 
produced leaves about 4, crowded, ensiform, rigidly coriaceous, 
glabrous, strongly ribbed, very oblique at the base, the outer 6—9 in. 
long, 14 in. broad at the middle; peduncle about a foot long, with 
several lanceolate bract-leaves ; flowers bright red, 4—6 in a very lax 
spike; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, lower 2 in, long ; perianth 4 in. 
long, with a limb about as long as the curved, narrowly funnel-shaped 
pes upper segment oblong, very convex, } in. broad; lower much 
smaller. 
: seaerene Reaion: Griqualand East; near Fort Donald, 5000 ft., Tyson, 
67. G. Saundersii (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5878) ; corm large, 
depresso-globose ; produced leaves 4-6, ensiform, rigid in texture, 
strongly ribbed, 1-2 ft. long, 3-1 in. broad; stem 2-3 ft. long 
