GLADIOLUS. 20S 



3, subterete, firm, strongly ribbed, l-l^ ft. long. Stem blender, 

 terete, 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 'A-6 in a very lax sccund spike ; 

 spatlie-valves green, lanceolate ; outer 2-3 in. long. Perianth 

 2^-3 in. long ; tube curved ; segments subequal, oblong-cuspidate, 

 very falcate, as long as the tube, ^-f in. long, tinged with purplish 

 brown, especially at the keel. Stamens half as long as the seg- 

 ments. Capsule oblong, li in. long. Seeds broadly winged. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; common in the south-western provinces. Mr. G. Maw 

 found a quantity, looking as if wild, near Gijon in the Asturias. Scarcely more 

 than a subspecies of G. tristis. 



17. G. TRISTIS Linn. Sp. Plant, i. 53 ; Bot. Mag. t. 272 ; Red. 

 Lil. t. 35 ; Jacq. Ic. t. 243. G: spiralis Pers. — Corm globose, 

 ^-f in. diam. ; tunics of strong, parallel fibres. Leaves 3, sub- 

 terete, strongly 3-5-ribbed, 1-1-|- ft. long. Stem slender, terete, 

 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 3-4 in a very lax secund spike, fragrant ; 

 spathe-valves green, lanceolate ; outer 1^-2 in. long. Perianth 

 2-2f in. long ; tube curved, longer than the oblong, acute, yellowish 

 white, nearly equal, falcate segments. Stamens more than half as 

 long as the segments. Capsule oblong, an inch long. Seeds 

 broadly wmged. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. G. concolor Salisb. Parad. 

 t. 8 (Jacq. Ic. t. 245; Bot. Mag. t. lOUS), is a variety with almost concolorous 

 white or pale yellow flowers. 



18. G. REcuRvus Linn. Mant. 28 ; Bot. Mag. t. 578. G. piinc- 

 tatus Jacq. Ic. t. 247. G. carinatus Ait. G. rinqens Andr. Bot. 

 Rep. t. 27 and 227; Red. Lil. t. 123. G. od'orus Salisb. G. 

 violaceus Pers. G. Breynianus Ker. G. inaculatus Sweet. — Corm 

 globose, f-1 in. diam. ; tunics of wiry, parallel fibres. Leaves 3, 

 firm, subterete, strongly ribljed, \-l ft. long. Stem slender, terete, 

 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 2-6 in a very lax secund spike, very fragrant ; 

 spathe-valves green, lanceolate, l-|-2 in. long. Perianth with a 

 curved tube 1^-2 in. long ; segments oblong, about an inch long, 

 acute, subequal, falcate, much flushed and minutely spotted with 

 blackish lilac. Stamens more than half as long as the segments. 

 Capsule oblong, 1-1 J in. long. Seeds broadly winged. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces, ascending to 4800 ft. on the 



Boschberg. 



19. G. HASTATUS Thunb. Fl. Cap. ii. 185. G. Thiinbcnjii Eckl. 

 G. spilanthus Klatt. — Corm globose, i-f in. diam. ; tunics of matted, 

 parallel fibres, reticulated upwards. Leaves 3, superposed, sub- 

 terete, firm, strongly ribbed, the lower ^-1 ft. long. Stem slender, 

 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 2-4 in a very lax secund spike ; spathe- 

 valves green, lanceolate, the outer 1-1^ in. long. Perianth pink, 

 with a curved tube 1-1^ in. long, and obloug-cuneate segments of 

 about the same length; the upper ^ in. broad; the other rather 

 smaller. Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



20. G. GRACILIS Jacq. Ic. t. 246 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 562; Red. 

 Lil. t. 425. G. Icivis and eknu/atus Thunb. G. ptcrophyHus Pers. 

 G. setif alius Eckl. G. spilanthus Sprang. — Corm globose, ^ in. 



