GLADIOLUS 



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GLADIOLUS 



rose flowers on a stem. (Sw. Brit. 

 Fl. Gard. ii. 176; Paxt. Mag. Bot. 

 ii. 197.) 



G. punctatus. A little-known 

 species about 1^ ft. high, with narrow 

 leaves and large flowers greenish- 

 yellow within, the three upper 

 segments being striped in the centre 

 with purple. 



G. purpureo-auratus. A fine 

 species from Natal, with broad grey- 

 green leaves about 18 ins. long. The 

 pale sulphur-yellow flowers have a 

 large purple blotch on each of the 

 two lower segments; and over a 

 dozen blossoms appear in August on 

 stems 3 to 4 ft. high. This species is 

 remarkable for its small corms, only 

 about 1 in. through, sending out 

 runners 2 to 3 ins. long, at the end of 

 which new corms are developed, 

 instead of on the summit of the old 

 corms as in other species. It may be 

 noted that this species crossed with 

 the pollen of G. gandavensis produced 

 the first of the beautiful Lemoinei 

 hybrids. (Bot. Mag. t. 5944.) 



G. Quartinianus. A native of 

 Tropical Africa, having narrow, 

 stiffish, strongly-veined leaves, 1 ft. 

 or more long, and yellow flowers 

 suffused and spotted with scarlet, 

 borne in August on stems about 3 ft. 

 high (Bot. Mag. t. 6739). 



G. ramosus. A pretty hybrid 

 between G. cardinalus and G. flori- 

 bundus, with pointed leaves and 

 flowers varying in colour from deep 

 rose to red, and more or less flaked 

 and feathered with white, and borne 

 about July and August on slender 

 flexuose and often branched spikes 

 (Paxt. Mag. Bot. vi. 99). 



G. recurvus (G. ringens). This 

 species grows from Ii to 3 ft. high, 

 and has roundish, strongly-veined 

 leaves. The sweetly violet-scented 

 yellow flowers spotted with blue 

 appear in April and May, about half 



a dozen in a loose raceme. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 578; And. Bot. Rep. tt. 27, 

 227; Red. Lit. t. 123.) 



G. Saundersi. A beautiful species 

 with strongly nerved sword-like 

 leaves, 2 to 3 ft. long, and flower- 

 stems about the same height, bearing 

 in autumn spikes of six to twelve 

 flowers, each over 3 ins. across, and of 

 a beautiful crimson or pale scarlet 

 spotted with pink and white (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5873 ; Garden, July 1877). 



G. segetum. This species extends 

 from the Canary Islands along the 

 Mediterranean region to Persia and 

 Turkestan. Its corms are about 1 

 in. thick, the leaves are 1 to 1^ ft. 

 long, and the bright purple flowers 

 are borne in loose clusters. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 719.) 



G. trichonemifolius. This species 

 has stiff, roundish leaves, and stems 

 6 to 18 ins. high, bearing yellow 

 flowers with a purple blotch on the 

 three lower segments (Bot. Mag. t. 

 1483). 



G. tristis. A native of Natal, about 

 1 ft. high, bearing in July funnel- 

 shaped flowers 2 to 3 ins. deep, with 

 a yellow ground colour, the three 

 upper segments of the perianth being 

 minutely spotted with reddish-brown 

 on both surfaces, the three lower ones 

 spotted only on the outer half (Bot. 

 Mag. tt. 272, 1098; Ref. Bot. 23; 

 Red. Lil. t. 35). 



The plant known as svlphureus is 

 a pale yellow self-coloured form of 

 the type, with a graceful habit. The 

 variety concolor has pale yellow or 

 pure white flowers. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 1098.) 



G. villosus. This species has 

 stiffish linear leaves, with a long 

 hairy sheath, and bright-red lilac 

 flowers (Bot. Mag. t. 823.) 



G. watsonioides. A native of Kil- 

 manjaro, 2 to 3 ft. high, with stiffish, 

 erect, narrow leaves, and loose spikea 



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