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Var. FoRSTERi Baker. — Lower leaves with a broad half-deltoid 

 blade developed only on the outer side of the midrib. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



22. B. DisTicHA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 233 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. G26. GhtiUohis plicatHs Jacq. Ic. t. 237. — Scarcely more than a 

 variety of B. plicatn, from which it differs by its perianth-tube dis- 

 tinctly exserted from the spathe. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces and Namaqualand. 



Subgenus II. Acaste. 



23. B. iMACRANTHA Macowan in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 394. — 

 — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics of matted fibres. Leaves 4-5, lance- 

 olate, hairy, petioled, 2-3 in. long. Peduncle a span long, simple 

 or forked ; flowers 3-4 in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong- 

 lanceolate, l-lf in. long, brown at the tip, hairy. Perianth-tube 

 ^ in. long; segments obovate, sulphur-yellow, tinged with purple 

 at the base, 1^ in. long. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Malmesbury, Blacowan ! 



24. B. sTRicTA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 234 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 621 and 637. B. villosa Ker ; Bot. Mag. t. 583. B. purpuren 

 Ker. Gladiolus strictns Ait. ; Red. Lil. t. 90. G. plicatiis Linn, ex 

 parte. G. nermHus Lam. G. puniceiis Vahl. Lvia villosa Ait. I. 

 pnmcea Jacq. Ic. t. 287. /. flahelliformia Salisb. 7. purpurea Jacq. 

 Ic. t. 286. — Corm small, globose, with a long neck and tunics of 

 fine matted fibres. Basal leaves ensiform, hairy, 4-6 in. long. 

 Spikes 1-3, overtopping the leaves, moderately dense, many- 

 flowered ; spathe-valves oblong, firm, very hairy, ^-\ in. long. 

 Pez'ianth very variable in colour, usually lilac or red ; tube as long 

 as the spathe ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, ^-1 in. long. Sta- 

 mens half as long as the limb. 



Var. B. RUBRO-cYANEA Ker. Jxia rubro-ei/ama Jacq. Ic. t. 285 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 410. B. rubro-C(trulea Reich. Exot. t. 30. — Perianth- 

 limb lilac, with a bright red throat. 



Var. B. oBTUSiFOLiA Ker. I.via villosa Jacq. Ic. t. 284. — Dwarfer 

 than the type, with a few larger pale lilac flowers with a more 

 funnel-shaped tube. 



Var. B. suLPHUREA Ker ; Bot. Mag. t. 1053. Gladiolus siil- 

 phureus Jacq. Ic. t. 239. G. plicatus Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 268. — 

 Flowers milk-white or sulphur-yellow. 



Var. B. ANGiisTiFOLiA Sweet (Bot. Mag. t. 637). — Leaves 

 narrow linear. 



Var. B. REFLEXA Eckl. — Flowers smaller than in the type, the 

 lower deflexed. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. Besides the above I cannot 

 separate definitely as species B. undulato-venosa, parvijlora, quadripartita and 

 viultijiora Klatt, Erganz. 16 — 17. 



25. B. SECUNDA Ker, Gen. Ind. 154. Gladiolus secumlus Thunb. 

 Act. Soc. Hafn. ii. t. 4. — Corm not seen. Leaves linear, petioled, 

 densely hairy, 5-6 in. long. Stem forked, a foot long; spikes 



