180 HANDHOOK OF IKIDK.I?. 



Subgenus Acaste. Perianth-limb subrotate . Sp. 23-25. 



Subgenus Antholyzoides. Perianth ringent ; upper segments 

 lingulate-unguiculate, longer than the 

 lower Sp. 26-27. 



1. B. HYPOGffiA Burch. Trav. ii. 589.— Corm large, globose; 

 tunics of fine matted fibres. Leaves linear or subulate, pilose, 

 above a foot long. Spathes 1-3, dense ; peduncle very short ; outer 

 spathevjilve oblong-lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, 1^-2. in. 

 long. Perianth bright lilac ; tube cylindrical, 2-2^ in. long, 

 dilated at the top; segments oblong-spathulate, acute, 1^ in. long. 

 Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. ]3echuanaland, Griqualand and Transvaal. First gathered by 

 Burchell. 



2. B. Bainesii Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 335. —Corm globose, 

 1 in. diam. ; tunics of tine reticulated fibres. Leaves linear, 

 plicate, finely pilose, a foot long. Spikes 1-2, erect, very dense ; 

 peduncle very short ; outer spathe-valve brown, lanceolate, ob- 

 scurely pilose, lJ-2 in. long. Perianth dark lilac, slender, 2 in. 

 long ; segments oblong or oblong-lanceolate, as long as the tube. 

 Stamens less than half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Transvaal, Orange Free State and Griqualand. 



3. B. LiNEOLATA Klatt, Erganz. 13. — Corm small, globose; 

 tunics of matted fibres. Leaves long, narrow linear, subglabrous. 

 Stem nearly a foot long including the spike ; spathe-valves hairy at 

 the base. Perianth-tube twice as long as the spathe ; segments 

 pale violet, lineolate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Clanwilliam, Eclclon & Zeyher Irid. 132. 



4. B. SPATHACEA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 234. B. Eddoni 

 Klatt. Gladiolus spatluicens Linn. fil. Leaves linear, nearly a foot 

 long, plicate, pilose, oblique at the base. Stem a foot long, in- 

 cluding the 2-3 dense spikes; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 

 scariose, glabrous, f-1 in. long. Perianth pale lilac ; tube slender, 

 1^-2 in. long ; segments oblanceolate, ^ in. long. Stamens nearly 

 as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-westein district. Described from Thunberg's 

 specimens. 



5. B. TUBiFLORA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 233 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 847 and 1019. B. tubulom Ker. Gladiolus tubiflorus Linn. fil. ; 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 266. G. aiujustifoHus Lam. G. mucronatus Red. Lil. t. 

 142. Jxia tubulosa Burm. — Corm small, globose ; tunics mem- 

 branous. Leaves linear, plicate, finely pilose, i-1 ft. long. Spikes 

 1-2, shorter than the leaves, moderately dense, secund, 2-3 in. 

 long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, firm, densely villose, l|^-2 in. long. 

 Perianth reddish ; tube slender, an inch longer than the spathe ; 

 segments subequal, oblanceolate, under an inch long. Stamens 

 shorter than the segments. 



