166 rripgz (Baker). [Antholyza. 
1. A. quadrangularis (Burm. Prod. Cap. 1); corm large, globose, 
stoloniferous ; stem slender, terete, simple, 2-3 ft. long ; leaves like 
those of Gladiolus tristis, superposed, narrow linear ; flowers 2-4 in 
a very lax spike; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, herbaceous, 15-2 in. 
long ; perianth variegated, bright red and yellow ; tube curved, 2 in. 
long, cylindrical in the upper half, not saccate ; upper segment red, 
lingulate, } in. long, the others much smaller, greenish, oblong or 
lanceolate, spreading ; anthers purple, lanceolate, reaching to the tip 
of the upper segment. Baker, Handb. Irid. 231. Gladiolus quad- 
rangularis, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 567; Gen. Irid. 131. Petamenes 
quadrangularis, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 324. Anisanthus 
quadrangularis, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 727. Gladiolus abbreviatus, 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 166. Antholyza abbreviata, Pers. Syn. i. 42. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
2. A. caffra (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 232) ; corm large, 
globose ; tunics brown, breaking up into fine bristles ; stem slender, 
terete, simple, 13—2 ft. long, with 2-3 much-reduced linear leaves ; 
leaves several, basal, narrow linear, firm in texture, 1 ft. long, green ; 
flowers 12-20, arranged in a lax spike 4-6 in. long, bright red; 
spathe-valves brown, lanceolate, 3-3 in. long; perianth-tube 1—]{ in. 
long, cylindrical in the upper half ; upper segment lingulate-spathu- 
late, $-1 in. long; the others much smaller, spreading, oblanceolate 
or lanceolate ; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment ; 
anthers lanceolate, }- in. long; capsule large, inflated; seeds 
triquetrous, narrowly winged. Ker, Gen. Irid. 156; Baker, Handb. 
Irid. 230. Anisanthus splendens, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. ii. 
t, 84; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 727. Gladiolus splendens, Herb. in 
Bot. Reg. 1848, Misc. 46. 
Coast REGION: mountains near George, in damp places, 1000-2000 ft., Drége, 
8494b! Burchell, 6010! Uitenhage, Harvey, 306! Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg 
Range, Drége, 3494d ! Albany Div.; near Riebeek, Burchell, 3487 Grahai 
town, MacOwan, 15! : ‘ sees ae ne 
——— Popes : eae Cooper, 3209 ! 
is is in Herb. Thun as a variety of A. wthiopica. Plant’s hybrid Antsanth, 
4 ‘ : : : : 
Suara’ n Bot. erp - am is a hybrid between this and a hybrid Gladiolus 
3. A. intermedia (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180); corm 
not seen; stem terete, simple, about as long as the leaves; basal 
leaves 6-10, linear, 6-9 in. long, moderately firm in texture, }—} in. 
broad at the middle, with 3 prominent ribs ; flowers many, a! 
in a moderately dense equilateral spike 4-5 in. long; spathe-valves 
lanceolate, red-tinted, about $ in. long, the inner one rather the 
largest ; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, cylindrical in the upper 
half ; segments all bright red, lingulate-unguiculate, black on the 
claw, the upper one an inch long, the others considerably shorter ; 
— peeriat nearly to the tip of the upper segment. Handb. 
ri , 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; in rock 
MacOwan, 2070! ™ y ground at Van Stadens Hooghte, 
Comes in between A, ethiopica and A. caffra. 
