Antholyza.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 169 
saccate at the base of the cylindrical upper part; upper segment 
lingulate, an inch long; lateral oblong-lanceolate, much shorter ; 
lower very small; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the upper 
segment; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 4 in. long. Handb. Irid. 
231. Anisanthus saccatus, Klatt in Linnwa xxxv. 300. 
Westzen Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; Karoo-like heights near Holle River, 
under 100 ft., Drége, 2646! 
10, A. revoluta (Burm. Prodr. Cap. 1) ; corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; 
tunics thick, cancellate; stem slender, terete, simple, 1-14 ft. long, 
with 2-3 reduced leaves with long glabrous sheaths; produced leaf - 
one, linear-subulate, 1 ft. long, firm in texture; flowers 2-4 ina 
very lax secund spike, bright red; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 
herbaceous, 1-2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 14-2 in. long, 
cylindrical in the upper half; upper segments oblong, $-1 in. long ; 
lower smaller, lanceolate, faleate; stamens much shorter than the 
perianth-segments; anthers } in. long; style-arms short, cuneate. 
Gladiolus Watsonius, Thunb. Diss. No. 10; Prodr. 8; Fl. Cap. i. 
173; Jaeg. Ic. t. 2338; Bot. Mag. t. 450; Red. Lil. t, 369. G. 
precoz, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 38. G. recurvus, Houtt. Handl. xii. 49, 
t. 79, fig. 1, non Linn. Watsonia revoluta and precox, Pers. Syn. 
i. 42. Homoglossum revolutum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 161. 
H. precoz, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 325, 
Var. 8, Gawleri (Baker); segments of the limb larger, variegated red and 
yellow over the lower half of the face. Homoglossum revolutum, var. Gawleri, 
Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 161. Gladiolus Gawleri, Klatt, Ergiins, 7. 
Coast Region: Lion Mountain, Thunberg! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. 
Norm., 289 ! MacOwan, 2302! near Cape Town, 50 ft., Bolus, 3729 ; Malmesbury 
Div. ; between Kikenboom and Riebeeks Castle, Drége, 8448b! Albany Div. ; 
mountain sides of Broekhuzens Poort, near Grahamstown, 2000-2500 ft.; Galpin, 
66! 
Western RxGion; Little Namaqualand ; hills along the Hartebeest River, 
. ft., Zeyher, 3976! 
11. A. Merianella (Linn. Syst. Veg. edit. 13, 77) ; corm globose, 
lin diam.; stem slender, terete, simple, 1-1} ft. long ; leaves 3-4, 
superposed, all with short, narrow linear, strongly-ribbed free 
points and long hairy sheaths; flowers 3-6 in a very lax secund 
spike, pale pink ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, herbaceous, $13 in. 
long; perianth with a curved tube 18-21 lin. long, cylindrical in the 
upper half ; segments broad, oblong, subequal, obtuse, 3-2 in. long; 
stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments ; anthers 
lanceolate, 4 in, long; style-branches very slender. Gladiolus 
Merianellus, Thunb. Diss. 11; Prodr. 7; Fl. Cap. i. 172; Ker, 
Gen. Irid. 133 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 227. Homoglossum Meria- 
nella, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 161. Gladiolus hirsutus, var. 
Merianellus, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 727. Watsonia humilis, Pers. 
Syn. i. 42, non Miller. W. pilosa, Klatt in Trans. South Afric. 
Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 200. ie ge Ae 
: : wi ity, Oldenburg! Masson! Harvey, 
ig ere: pint ga the Cape Foran, 800-1000 ft., Thunberg ! 
