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Carneus, B. M. t. 591 [Baker regards this as a synonym of var. ventricosus Lam. 



of G. ctispidatus Jacq.]. 

 Cuspidatus, B. M. t. 582. 

 Blandus, B. M. t. 625, 645, 648. 

 Angustus, B. M. t. 602. 

 Undulatus, B. M. t. 647. 

 Floribundus, B. M. t. 610. 

 Milleri, B. M. t. 632. 

 Cardinalis, B. M. t. 135. 



Bvzantinus, B. M. tab. nondum evulgata (347). 

 Communis, B. M. t. 86. 

 Segetum, B. M. t. 719. 



For many years Ker added to the knowledge of Iridaceae through his 

 contributions to Curtis s Boianical Magazine. Later he joined Sydenham 

 Edwards in establishing the Botanical Register. He pubHshed separately 

 at Brussels in 1827 a paper entitled Genera Iridearmn, in which he gives 

 a synoptic list of a little over three hundred species classified in thirty 

 genera. Under Gladiolus he recognizes the following in addition to those 

 named above: speciosus Thunb.; merianellus Thunb.; villosus Ker; aphyllus 

 Ker; brevijolius Jacq.; laevis Thunb.; Breynianus Ker; suaveolens Ker; 

 elongatus Thunb.; trichonemifolius Ker; inflatus Thunb.; recurvtis Linn.; 

 trimaculatus Lam.; vomerculus Ker; involutus De la Roche; edulis Ker; 

 imhricatus Linn.; lutens Lam. Altogether he gives a synoptic list of 

 forty-six species of Gladiolus, with a list of eight additional names of 

 species doubtfully placed. With the publication of this paper the labors 

 of this botanist on the order appear to have ceased. 



After the death of Dean Herbert in 1847 there was no recognized 

 authority on the Iridaceae for about thirty years. Dr. F. W. Klatt, 

 of Hamburg, between 1863 and 1895 pubhshed several papers which 

 collectively give a fairly good synopsis of the order. 



In 1878 John Gilbert Baker pubhshed his Systema Iridacearum in the 

 Journal of the Linnean Society, in which he classified about seven hundred 

 species in sixty-five genera. His Handbook of the Iridece appeared in 1892, 

 and in this are fully described nine hundred and tw^enty-six species 

 belonging to fifty-seven genera. The following generic description and 

 Hst of subgenera of Gladiolus are taken from the latter work. No key 

 is given to the one hundred and thirty-two species described, but the 

 number of species included under each subgenus is given. 



Gladiolus Linn. 

 Perianth-tuhe usually funnel-shaped; segments of the limb more or less unequal 

 in shape and direction, oblong, spathulate or unguiculate, the upper of the outer row 

 generally the largest. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, contiguous 

 and arching; filaments short, free; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled; ovules 

 many, superposed; style long, arcuate; stigmas cuneate, entire. Capsule oblong, loculi- 

 cidally 3-celled. Seeds globose or discoid, sometimes distinctly winged. — Rootstock 

 a tunicated corm. Produced leaves distichous, superposed on the stem, generally linear 

 or ensiform. hiflorescence snicate; flowers i to a spathe, sessile; spathe-valves linear 

 or lanceolate. Flowers very various in size and colour. 



