162 1RIpEZ (Baker) [ Gladiolus. 
narrow linear, firm in texture, the lowest sometimes overtopping the 
stem ; stems slender, 1-2 ft. long including the inflorescence, simple 
or branched ; flowers 8-15 in a lax distichous spike ; outer spathe- 
valve oblong-lanceolate, acute, subscariose,.j—}# in. long; perianth 
pale lilac or whitish; tube funnel-shaped, } in. long; segments all 
with a very distinct cusp; upper obovate-unguiculate, # in. long; 2 
side ones oblong, with a long claw; 3 lower lanceolate, with a long 
claw; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb; capsule 
membranous, oblong, $-? in. long. Baker, Handb. frid. 225. 
G. permeabilis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178, ex parte. 
Coast Rzaion : stony mountains around King Williamstown, MacOwan and 
Bolus, Herb. Norm., 840! Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, Cooper, 3195! 
8196! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1809 ! 
CrenTRAL Reeion: Graaff Reinet Div. ; on the Sneeuw Bergen, 4000-5000 ft., 
Drége, 8417b! and hills near Graaff Reinet, 2500-4000 ft., Bolus, 408! near 
Somerset East, 2500 ft., MacOwan, 1891! 
Katanart Reeion: Bechuanaland; Pellat Plains, Burchell, 2240! Basuto- 
land, Cooper, 3317! Orange Free State; Nelsons Kop, Cooper, 877! 
Differs from G@. permeabdilis by its remarkably cuspidate perianth-segments. 
77. G. Scullyi (Baker, Handb. Irid. 224); whole plant 1-13 ft. 
long ; corm 1-1} in, diam.; tunics thick, lacerated from the base and 
apex ; stem a few inches long; produced leaves 6-8, firm, linear, 
strongly ribbed, 4 in. broad, the lower 8-9 in. long; inflorescence a 
panicle of 3—4 lax spikes 3-4 in. long, with a flexuose axis; outer 
spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower an inch long; perianth 
reddish, about an inch long; segments obovate-unguiculate, the upper 
Zin. broad. 
Westekn Recion: Little Namaqualand, Scully, 158! 
Near G. edulis 
78, G. Dregei (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 693) ; corm ovoid, 3 in. 
diam. ; tunics brown, with rhomboid areole; produced leaves 3-4, 
narrow linear, firm in texture, 4—6 in. long, 3, in. broad; stem 6~9 in. 
long including the inflorescence, simple; flowers 6-9 in a very lax 
spike ; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, } in. long ; perianth- 
tube j in. long; top segment } in. long, arching hemispherically, with 
a small obovate lamina and a very long distinct claw; the other 
segments shorter, obovate, distinctly unguiculate; stamens reachi 
ra to the tip of the perianth-segment. Baker, Handb. Irid. 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand; i between 
Kloof and Lily Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, ol rege ee 
_79. @. permeabilis (Delaroche, Deser. 27, t. 2) ; corm ovoid, 3 in. 
diam. ; tunics of parallel fibres ; produced leaves 3-4, firm in texture, 
natrow linear or subterete, }—1 ft. long; stems slender, 1-2 ft. long, 
inflorescence included, simple or forked; flowers 6-12 in a lax 
distichous spike; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, greenish, }—1 in. 
long ; perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; limb with a 
pink or lilac tinge; upper segment obovate, indistinctly euspidate, 
