ANTHOLYZA, 281 



the upper segment. Capsule large, inflated. Seeds triquetrous, 



narrowly -winged. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; eastern provinces from Albany northward to Natal, 

 Plant's " Mule Anisan'th," figured Bot. Eeg. lH-42, t. 53, is a hybrid between 

 this and Gladiolus cardinalis crossed with tristis. 



7. A. QUADRANGULARis Burm. Fl. Cap. A. ahbreviata Pers. 

 Gladiolus quadranriuhiris Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 567. O. abbreviatm 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 166. Petamenes quadrangularis Salisb. — Corm 

 large, globose, stoloniferous. Stem slender, terete, 2-3 ft. long, 

 bearing 2-3 superposed narrow linear leaves, like those of Gladiolus 

 tristis. Flowers 2-4 in a very lax spike ; outer spathe-valve 

 lanceolate, green, 1^-2 in. long. Perianth variegated bright red 

 and yellow ; tube 2 in. long ; upper segment lingulate, red, f in. 

 long ; the others much smaller, spreading, oblong or lanceolate, 

 greenish. Stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment ; 

 anthers purple. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces, rare. 



8. A. CuNONiA Linn. Sp. Plant, i. 54 ; Miller, Ic. t. 113 ; Eed. 

 Lil. t. 12. Cunonia Anthohjzn Miller. Gladiolus Cunonia Ker. 

 Aiiisaiithns Cunonia Sweet. — Corm small, globose ; tunics mem- 

 branous. Leaves about 4, linear, moderately firm, ^-1 ft. long. 

 Stem simple, 1-1|- ffc. long, with several reduced leaves with short 

 free linear tips. Spike very lax, 4-6-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, green, f in. long. Perianth bright red ; tube an inch 

 long, faintly saccate at the middle ; upper segment obovate-ungui- 

 culate, an inch long ; lateral much shorter, obovate, adnate to the 

 claw of the upper one. Stamens reaching to the tip of the upper 

 segment. Capsule oblong, membranous, |^-f in. long. Seeds 

 discoid, with a broad wing. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



9. A. SAccATA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180. Anisanthus 

 saccatus Klatt. — Corm ovoid, small ; tunics brown, membranous. 

 Lower leaves narrow linear, moderately firm, bright green, a foot 

 long, with three strong ribs. Stems 2-3 ft. long, simple or 

 branched, with several superposed leaves with free linear tips. 

 Flowers 4-10 in laxsecund spikes ; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 

 f-1 in. long. Perianth red; tube 1-1 i in. long, conspicuously 

 saccate at the middle ; upper segment lingulate, an inch long ; 

 lateral oblong-lanceolate, much shorter ; lower very small. Stamens 

 reaching nearly to the tip of the upper segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; karoo north of the Olifant's Eiver, Drege 2646 ! 



10. A. ABYssiNicA Brong. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 306. — Corm 

 globose, 1 in." diam. ; tunics brown, fibrous. Lower leaves 3-4, 

 linear, green, moderately firm, a foot long. Stem 1-2 ft. long, 

 bearing 3-4 reduced linear leaves. -Spike simple, few-flowered; 

 outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, li-2 in. long. Perianth-tube 

 curved, an inch long ; upper segment oblong, bright red, as long 

 as the tube ; lateral oblong acute, ^ in. long ; lower minute. 

 Stamens shorter than the upper segment. 



Hab. Mountains of Abyssinia. 



