362 cxxxvi. 1RIDE.E (baker). [Gladiolus. 



Leaves short ....... 34. G. sv.Jphvreus. 



Leaves long. 



Leaves \-^ in. broad ..... 35. G. qnartinianus. 



Leaves 1-1:^ in, broad. 



Stamens rather shorter than the upper segments 36. G. Bneftneri. 

 Stamens a third the length of the upper seg- 

 ments ....... 37. G. Johnstoni. 



- **Hebea. Perianth-segments all distinctly ungui- 

 culate. 



Spatlie-valves oblong-cuspidate 38. 6?. Thomsoni. 



Spathe-valves acute. 



Leaves with only short free tips. 



Stem flexuose ....... 39. G.flexuosKs. 



Stem not flexuose. 



Perianth-segments obtuse . .... 40. G.vnguiculatus. 



Perianth-segments cuspidate . . . . 41. C Oateaii. 



Leaves long ........ 42. G. edvliff. 



1. G. Melleri, Baker in Jomm. Bot. 1876, 384. Corm medium- 

 sized, globose. Produced leaf rigid, linear, strongly ribbed, 1 ft. long, 

 I in. broad. Stem terete, moderately stout, bearing several reduced 

 leaves with short free linear points. Spikes very lax, not secund, 6—12- 

 flowered ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1 J in. long. 

 Perianth red, 18-21 lin. long, suberect; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 shorter than the limb ; upper segments oblong-cuneate, obtuse, 1 in. 

 long ; 8 lower as broad, but rather shorter, also obtuse. Stamens dis- 

 tinctly shorter than the upper segments. Capsule clavate-oblong» 

 |-1 in. long. — Handb. Irid. 212. 



Mozamb. X>lsta Portuguese East Africa : Makua ; Namuli Hills, 'Last ! 

 British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, Meller ! Waller! at the foot 

 of jVlpimbe Hill, 3000 ft., KirJc ! Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! Shibisa (Chikwawa) to 

 Tshinmuze, 2000-4000 ft.. Kirk! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1333! 

 Matabeleland, Oates ! 



2. G. Buchanani, Baker, Handh. Irid, 212. Corm small, globose. 

 Produced leaves 3-4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm, 1-1 J ft. long, 

 \-\ in. broad. Stem moderately stout, terete, 1^ ft. long, bearing 2 

 reduced leaves. Spike lax, equilateral, 3-4 in. long; flowers erecto- 

 patent ;" spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, subscariose, the lower 1 in. long. 

 Perianth pale red, 1 in. long ; tube funnel-shaped, nearly straight ; 

 upper segments oblong, obtuse, as long as the tube; lower smaller. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the upper segments ; anthers linear, J in. 

 long. 



BKozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; on the top of Mount 

 Direndi, near Blantyre, 5000 ft., Buchanan, 140 ! 



3. G. laxiflorus. Baker in Trans. Linn, Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 268. 

 Corm globose, |^-J in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 

 linear, rigid, glabrous, falcate, 6-15 in. long, |-J in. broad, with thickened 

 stramineous midrib and edges. Stem 1 ft. long, simple or forked. 

 Spikes very lax, few-flowered, not secund ; outer spathe-valve greeu^ 



