Gladiolus. 215 



lanceolate, erect, 1-1 1 in. long. Perianth briglit red; tube arcuate, 

 1|- in. long ; upper segments obovate, permanently connivent, as 

 long as the tube ; 3 lower much smaller, acute, spreading, red at 

 the tip, below it yellow, graiued with minute spots of red. Stamens 

 shorter than the upper segments. 



Hab. Transvaal ; gathered in 1887 by Mr. E. W. Acllam. Described from 

 plants flowered by Max Leiclitlin in 1889. 



74. G. Elliotii Baker. — Corm not seen. Basal leaves 4, rigid, 

 ensiform, erect, strongly ribbed, 6-9 in. long, ^ in. broad. Stem 

 about a foot long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. Spike dense, dis- 

 tichous, 4-5 in. long; outer spathe-valves oblong, f-1 in. long. 

 Perianth claret-red ; tube f in, long ; segments oblong, acute, sub- 

 equal, an inch long. Stamens shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Transvaal ; marshy places near Middleburg, Scott-Elliot 1557 1 



75. G. cRAssiFOLius Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 334. — Corm 

 middle-sized, globose ; tunics of wiry parallel fibres. Leaves 5-6, 

 crowded, ensiform, very rigid, with thick stramineous ribs, ^-| in. 

 broad, sometimes 1^-2 ft. long. Stem 1-2 ft. long. Flowers very 

 numerous, forming a secund spike, often a foot or more long ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, lower outer |-1 in. long. Perianth red, 

 with a curved tube ^ in. long ; limb twice as long as the tube ; 

 upper segments obovate, 3 lower oblong-unguiculate. Stamens 

 reaching nearly to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Natal, Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Bechuanaland. 



76. G. SERicEo-viLLosus Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5427. — Corm 

 large, globose ; tunics of parallel fibres. Produced leaves 5-6, 

 crowded, ensiform, glabrous, strongly ribbed, sometimes 1^-2 ft. 

 long. Stem 2-3 ft. long, clothed throughout with crisped spreading 

 white hairs. Flowers 20-30 in a long spike ; outer spathe-valves 

 oblong-lanceolate, villose, scariose in the upper half. Perianth 

 bright yellow, with a curved tube ^-f in, long; limb rather longer 

 than the tube ; upper segments oblong-spathulate, -J— |- in. broad ; 

 lower narrower, oblong-UDguiculate. Stamens half as long as the 

 segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony; east central re'-;ion, Cooper \ Introduced into culti- 

 vation in 1804:. 



77. G, LuDWiGii Pappe, Antliohjrji hinuta Klatt. — Corm large, 

 globose ; tunics of matted parallel fibres. Produced leaves 5-6, 

 crowded, ensiform, rigid, finely pilose, sometimes 2-3 ft, long, 

 FloAvers 20-30 in a long spike ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, 

 pubescent, scariose towards the edge and tip, the lower outer 

 1-1^ in. long. Perianth pale yellow, with a curved tube J in, long; 

 upper segments as long as the tube, oblong-spathulate, |— ^ in. 

 broad; 3 lower oblong-unguiculate. Stamens half as long as tlie 

 limb. 



Var. CALVATUS Baker. G. ochrolcucus Bot. Mng. t. 6921. — 

 Leaves and spathe-valves glabrous. 



Hab. Natal, Orange Free State, and Kafl'raria. Scarcely more than a 

 variety of G. sericeo-villoaun. 



