164 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 
Van. 8, nemorosus (Baker); more robust than the type, with leaves 4-3 in. 
broad and much-branched stems 4-5 ft. long. Antholyza nemorosa, Klatt, 
Ergdnz.12, Schweiggera nemorosa, E. Meyer in herb. Drége. : 
Var. y, ramosus (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178); stems slender, 
branched ; leaves narrow linear, with 2-3 ribs; spikes laxer than in the type; 
perianth-segments with a smaller lamina. Antholyza ramosa, Klatt in Linnea 
xxxii, 784; Erganz. 13. Hebea ramosa, Eckl, Top. Vers. 43. 
Coast ReGion: summit of Table Mountain, Thunberg ! Worcester Div. ; 
Drakenstein Mts., near Bains Kloof, 1600 ft., Bolus, 4069! Dutoits Kloof, 
2000-3000 ft., Drége, 1680a! Caledon Div.; Baviaans Kloof and mountains near 
Genadendal, Burchell, 7848 ! 864! Nieuwe Kloof, Houw Hoek Mts., Burchell, 8113! 
Var. 8, between Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, below 1000 ft., Drége, 1579! 
Clanwilliam Div.; between Lange Vallei and Oliphants River, 1000-1500 ft., Drege! 
on the Witsenberg near Tulbagh, Burchell, 8276 ! Caledon Div. ; near Genadendal, 
Burchell, 7921! Var. y, Worcester Div., Cooper, 8314! Caledon Div. ; Ganse 
Kraul, Slang River, Burchell, 7559! Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 
7602 ! between Donker Hoek and Houw Hoek Mts., Burchell, 8012! George Div. ; 
on the Postberg near George, Burchell, 5949! 
Hybrid Gladioli. 
The following are the principal cultivated hybrid types which have 
originated from Cape species, to which Latin names have been given, 
viz. :— 
1. G. GANDAVENSIS, figured in Flore des Serres, tome 2, liv. 3, t. 1, in which 
the psittacinus element predominates, The flower is similar to that of psitta- 
cinus in size ahd shape, but the red is pure and bright, instead of being mixed 
with yellow in minute grains and streaks. G. brenchleyensis, Hort., is closely 
allied, Most likely they are both hybrids between psittacinus and cardinalis. 
2. G. GANDAVENSIS CITRINUS, Flore des Serres, t. 539. Flower like that of 
psittacinus in size and shape, but bright yellow. 
3. G. WILLMOREANUS, Flore des Serres, t. 639. Said to be a hybrid between 
oppositiflorus and gandavensis. Flower like psittacinus in size and shape, but 
white, with radiating lines of pink. 
4. G, Ramosus, figured in Paxton’s Mag. vi. p. 99. Said to be a hybrid 
between cardinalis and oppositiflorus. The flower resembles that of blandus, but 
is pink, with dark blotches at the base of the three lower segments. G. spofforth- 
tanus, raised by Dean Herbert by crossing cardinalis with blandus, is closely 
allied, These flower earlier and are more hardy than the gandavensis hybrids. 
5. G, PuDIBUNDDS, figured in Paxton’s Mag. ii. p. 197. A type near G, flori- 
bundus, Jacq., with erect, pinkish-white flowers, with obovate segments, with a 
faint blotch at the base of the three lower. 
6. G. CorvitiE1, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 155, raised from seeds of 
tristis var. concolor fertilized with the pollen of cardinalis. It has bright scarlet 
flowers with oblong acute segments, with a lanceolate blotch of bright yellow at 
the base of the three lower ones, G. insignis is closely allied. G. Colvillei albus 
(the bride) is a frequent form with white flowers. 
_ The following are rare hybrid Cape types to which Latin names 
have been given, viz. :— 
7. G. MITCHAMIENSIS, a hybrid between tristis and hirsutus, figured by Dean 
Herbert in Trans, Hort. Soc. vol, iv. t. 2, as G. tristi-hirsutus. 
vi ee a hybrid between tristis and blandus, figured in the same plate 
as the 
9. G, PRoPINQUUS, a hybrid between floribundus and blandus, very near the 
10, G. FRaGRaNS, a hybrid between recurvus and tristis. 
11 and 12, G. wayLockranus and G, pELICATUS, hybrids between recurvus 
and dlandus, 
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