GLADIOLUS. 



Subgenus II. Hebea, 



110. Q. Thojisoni Baker. — Leaves and lower part of the very 

 slender stem not seen. Flowers 6-12 in a secund spike, which is 

 dense in the upper half; spathe-valves brownish, cuspidate or 

 acuminate, lower |-i in. long. Perianth bright purple, with a 

 curved tube ^ in. long ; upper segment oblong-cuneate, obtuse, ^5 in. 

 broad ; side ones similar ; 3 lower oblanceolate-unguiculate. Sta- 

 mens little shorter than the upper segments. 



Hab. Mountains north of Lake Nyassa ; gathered by Mr. Joseph Thomson 

 in 1880. 



111. G. UNGuicuLATus Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178. G. 

 cochleatus Baker, non Sweet. — Corm globose, i in. diam. ; tunics of 

 fine parallel fibres. Leaves about 4, distantly superposed, with a 

 short free erect rigid linear blade. Stem very slender, 1-1^ ft. 

 long. Flowers 6-10 in a very lax subsecund spike ; outer spathe- 

 valves green, lanceolate, h-% in. long. Perianth purple, with a 

 curved narrowly funnel-shaped tube ^ in. long ; upper segment 

 oblong-cuneate, f in. long, J in. broad ; side ones shorter ; 3 lower 

 oblanceolate-unguiculate. Stamens i in. long. Capsule oblong- 

 clavate, i-f in. long. Seeds broadly winged. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, Morson ! Bongo and Djur, Scliweinfurth ! 



112. G. LUTEus Lam. Eucyc. ii. 725. — Leaves linear-setaceous, 

 graminoid, glabrous, overtopping the flowers. Stem scarcely a 

 foot long, simple or shortly forked. Flowers moderately numerous, 

 yellow ; tube curved ; limb irregular, about an inch long. 



Hab. Central Madagascar ; gathered by Commerson. Not re-found by any 

 of the recent collectors. 



113. G. sPATHULATus Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves firm, 

 linear, 1-1-|- ft. long. Stem a foot long. Flowers 4-5 in a very lax 

 spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valves green, oblong, an 

 inch long. Perianth red, with a slender curved tube i in. long ; 

 upper segment obovate-spathulate, 1;^ in. long, ^-| in. broad; 

 lateral rather shorter, obovate-cuneate ; 3 lower oblong-unguiculate, 

 purpliah brown. Stamens much shorter than the upper segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-eastern district, on the banks of the Nylstrome 

 river, Nelson 295 ! 



114. G. ALATUS Linn. Sp. Plant. 53 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 8 ; Ker 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 586. G. sjjeciusiis Thunb. G. papilionaceiis Licht. 

 Hebea fialeata Eckl. — Corm small, globose ; tunics membranous. 

 Produced leaves 3-4, crowded, linear, rigid, ^-1 ft. long. Stem 

 4-0 in. long. Flowers fev/, in a lax usually simple spike with a 

 flexuose rachis ; spathe-valves green, oblong-navicular, the lowest 

 1|- in. long. Perianth bright red, with a curved tube -i in. lojig ; 

 upper segment cucullate, obovate-cuneate, with a short claw 

 1:^-1^ in. long; lateral suborbieitlar, shorter; 3 lower deficxcd, 

 with a small obovate acute blade and long claw. Stamens nearly 

 as long as the upper segment. 



Yar. G. namaquexsis Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 592. G. vijuitaus 

 Thunb. G. yaleatus Andr. Bot. Piep. t. 122. — More robust, with 



