Acidcmthera.] cxxxvi. iride^ (baker). 359 



lower flowers. Perianth-tube cylindrical, curved at the top, 5-G in. 

 long; limb 2 in. diam. ; segments ovate, cuspidate, subeqnal, white, all 

 furnished with an ovate or lanceolate dark purple spot at the base. 

 Staniens and style arcuate, much shorter than the periantii -segments. — 

 Bot. Mag. t. 739?). Gladiolus cequinoctialis, Herb, in Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 1842, Misc. 85. 



Vpper Gruluea. Sierra Leone : in crevices of bare gneiss rocks near the 

 summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, 3000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 3954 ! Donovan ! and without 

 precise locality, Don. 



Introduced into cultivation by Captain Donovan in 1893. 



3. A. gracilis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb.xv. 154. Corm small, globose. 

 Produced leaves '2-'S, narrowly linear, firm, erect, 3-4 in. long, J in. 

 broad. Stem simple, slender, under 1 ft. long, 1-2-flowered; outer 

 spathe- valve lanceolate, green, I5-IJ in. long. Perianth white, tinged 

 outside with red; tube slender, 2 in. long, scarcely dilated at the apex; 

 segments ovate, 1 in, long, not spotted at the throat. Stamens 

 and style reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. — A . zanziharica. 

 Baker, Handb. Irid. 188. 



Nile Xiand. British East Africa : near Mombasa, in heavy soil amongst grass 

 Hildehrandt, 2015! Ukamba, Scott- jElliot, 2351 ! 



4. A. unicolor, Hochst. in SchimiJ. PL Abyss, A^o. 2304. Corm 

 ovoid, J in. diam. ; tunics brown, strongly reticulated. Produced 

 leaves 3, suprabasal, superposed, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, 

 0-9 in. long, J in. broad. Stem slender, 1 ft. long, not angled, simple 

 or branched. Spikes very lax, 2-3-flowered ; outer spathe- valve green, 

 herbaceous, lanceolate, h in. long. Perianth white; tube slender, 

 2 J-3 in. long ; segments oblanceolate, J in. long, without any purple 

 spot at the base. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-limb. — 

 Baker, Handb. Irid. 188 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 175. Tritonia 

 Schimperi, Aschers. & Klatt in Linnsea, xxxiv. 697. 



irile Iband. Abyssinia: Tigre; near Goelleb on the Kiver Tacazze, in woods 

 and thickets, 4000 ft.. Schimper^ 2Z0^\ 



5. A. ukaxnbanensis, Baker. Corm small. Produced leaves 3 

 linear, erect, grass-like, glabrous, the lowest 7-8 in. long, \ in. broad 

 the others smaller. Stem slender, 1-1 J ft. long. Spike simple, lax 

 few-flowered ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower outer 2 in. long 

 Perianth-tube 3 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper third ; limb white 

 1 in. long, not spotted at the throat. Stamens shorter than the 

 perianth-limb. 



Wile DCand. British East Africa : Ukamba, on rocks, 5000-6000 ft., Scott- 

 Elliot, 6434 ! 



('». A. laxiflora. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 350 

 Corm globose, J in. diam.; tunics of matted fibres, reticulated upwards. 

 Produced leaves 3, suprabasal, linear, moderately firm, 3-() in. long, 

 \-\ in. broad. Perianth white; tube slender to the apex, 3-4 in. long ; 



