Gladiolus.} IRIDEZ (Baker). 161 
the filaments: Baker, Handb, Irid. 224. Hebea pulchella, Eckl. 
Herb. Gladiolus virescens B, Herb. Thunb. / 
South AFRIcA: without locality, Thunberg ! Bowie ! 
Coast Recion: Caledon Div.; near Appels Kraal, Zonder Kinde River, 
Zeyher, 3994! Humansdorp Div.; between Kabeljouw River and Gamtoos 
River, Drége, 8415! 
73. G. bicolor (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178) ; corm small, 
globose ; tunics membranous ; lower leaf the longest, subterete, firm in 
texture, a foot long ; 2-3 others superposed, with short, free points ; 
stem simple, 6-9 in. long including inflorescence ; flowers 2~3 in a 
very lax spike; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-navicular, an inch 
long; perianth dull yellow; tube 3 in, long ; upper segment arching, 
1-1} in, long, obovate, 4 in. broad, with a long claw; 2 side ones — 
much shorter, suborbicular ; 3 lowest deflexed, obovate cuspidate, 
4 in. broad, with very long claws; stamens reaching nearly to the 
tip of the upper segment; anthers 4 the length of the filament. 
Handb. Irid. 224. Hebea bicolor, Eckl. Top. Verz. 42. G. luteus, 
Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 694, ex parte, G..Templemannii, Klatt in 
Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 197. 
Coast RuGion: Caledon Div.; on the Zwartherg, near the Hot Springs, 
Templeman in Herb. MacOwan, 2608! Caledon, Zeyher ! Rogers ! 
74. G. arcuatus (Klatt, Erginz. 4); corm ovoid; tunics with 
rhomboid areole; produced leaves 2-3, narrow linear, firm in 
texture, 4-6 in. long, } lin, broad; stem 3 ft. long including 
inflorescence, simple; flowers 2-6 in a lax spike with a very 
flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 4—$ in. long; 
perianth pinkish, with a greenish tube } in. long; upper segment 
oblong-unguiculate, acute, arching, an inch long, } in. broad ; the 
other segments similar in shape, but rather shorter; stamens # the 
length of upper segment. Baker, Handb. Irid. 224. 
Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand ; near Koper Berg, 2000-8000 ft., 
Dréje, 2629c! Spektakel Mountain, near ’Naries, 3600 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, 
Herb, Norm. 700! and without precise locality, Morris in Herb. Bolus, 5795! 
75. G. formosus (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 692) ; corm ovoid ; tunics 
of thick, wiry, brown fibres ; leaves firm in texture, narrow linear or 
subterete, the lower a foot or more long ; stem 1-2} ft. long including 
inflorescence, simple or branched ; spikes lax, the end one 6-9 in. 
long; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, # in. long; flowers 
bright mauve- purple ; perianth-tube } in. long, funnel-shaped in the 
upper half; upper segment 1-1} in. long, cucullate, oblong-spathulate, 
acute, din, broad: 2 side ones similar in size and shape, but 
shorter; 3 lower deflexed, with a small obovate, cuspidate lamina and 
long claws; stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments, 
Baker, Handb. Irid. 225. Hebea formosa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 42. 
Coast Recrion : Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 192! 2163! 
76. G. edulis (Burch. ex Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 169); corm ovoid; tunics 
of parallel pai of fine matted fibres; produced leaves about 3, 
