300 cxxxvi. IRIDE^ (BAKEit). [Acida7ithera. 



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

 reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. Capsule clavate, 1 in. long. — 

 Handb. Irid. 188. 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa : Taita ; Maungu Mountain, 2000 ft., JbAw5^o» .' 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 3500 ft., 

 Volkeiis, 2131 \ 



7. A. Candida, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 404. Corm 

 globose, ], in. diam. ; tunics coarsely reticulated upwards. Produced 

 leaves l^ linear, rigid, about 1 ft. long. Stem stiffly erect, simple, 

 1-U ft. long, bearing 1 reduced leaf. Spathe l.ix, 2-4-flowered; outer 

 spathe-valve linear- lanceolate, green with a purplish base, 2-2J in. long. 

 Perianth white; tube slender, 3J-4 in. long; segments ovate, about 

 I in. long. Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. 



Wile land. British East Africa: Athi; Plains, at Lanjoro, Gregory. 



Xo specimen at Kew. 



'S. A. Gunnisi, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1898, 31. Corm globose, 

 above ^ in. diam. ; outer tunics pale brown, finely reticulated. Produced 

 leav^es generally :> from near the base of the stem, narrowly linear, as 

 long as the .stem, rigid, -^^-\ in. broad, with a prominent midrib. Stem 

 simple, rather compressed, 2^ ft. long, bearing several reduced leaves 

 upwards. Spathe lax, 3-4-flowered ; outer spathe-valves linear, l-|-2 in. 

 long, greenish tinged with red. Perianth white or faintly tinged witli 

 rose-purple ; tube 4-5 in. long; segments of the limb ovate, lij-l^ i^i- 

 long. Stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. 



Wile Ziand. Somaliland ; Waggar Mountains, alt. 0500 ft., Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 

 Daimoli Mountain, Gillet Sf Alymer. 



12. GLADIOLUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pi. iii. 700. 



Perianth-tube funnel-shaped, straight or curved ; segments more or 

 less unequal, the upper one of the outer row the lai-gest. Stamens 

 inserted at or near the throat of the perianth -tube, unilateral, parallel, 

 contiguous, arcuate ; filaments filiform ; anthers linear, basitixed. Ov\ary 

 oblong, 3 -celled ; ovules many, superposed : style long, filiform, arcuate ; 

 style-branches short, spreading, flattened and cuneate at the stigmatose 

 tip, entire. Capsule oblong, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose or 

 flattened and winged. — Rootstock a tunicated corm. Leaves linear or 

 ensiform, rarely subterete, distichous. Inflorescence spicate, simple or 

 branched ; spathe-valves usually lanceolate, green. Flowers very various 

 in size and colour. 



Species 150, the others South African, and spread through Central Europe and 

 tlie Mediterranean and Oriental regions. 



■'EuGLADiOLrs. Perianth-segments not unguiculate. 



f Leaves narrow. Flowers small. 

 Spikes not secund. 



Leaves with short free points . . . . 1. G. Melleri. 



