Gladiolus.] cxxxvi. iride^e (baker). 363 



oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, J-| in. long in the lower flowers. 

 Perianth light rose-purple, I J in. long; tube curved, broadly funnel- 

 shaped, J in. long ; upper segments oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the 

 tube; 3 lower scarcely different. Stamens rather shorter than the 

 segments. Capsule obovoid-oblong, f in. long. — Handb. Irid. 211; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 177. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; grassy swamps near the Lopollo Brook, 

 fFelwitsch, 1536 ! 



4. G. tritonioides, JBaker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 74. Corm not 

 seen. Stem lJ-2 ft. long including the inflorescence, simple or forked 

 from the middle, terete, moderately stout, bearing only 2-;3-superposed 

 leaves with short rigid linear free points, the longest 3-4 in. long, J in. 

 broad. Spike secund, 6-8 in. long, very lax in the lower part ; upper 

 outer spathe-valves oblong; lower green, lanceolate, |-J in. long. 

 Perianth 1| in. long, apparently pink or pale lilac; tube curved, 

 narrowly funnel-shaped, ^ in. long; segments oblong, subequal, acute, 

 1 in. long, I in. broad. Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. 



nxozaml). Bist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 37 of 1893 

 collection ! 



0. G. gracillimus. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 74. Corm very 

 small, globose ; tunics of reticulated strong fibres. Stem very slender, 

 terete, 1-1 1 ft. long, bearing only 2 leaves above the middle with long 

 sheaths and rigid subulate free tips 2-8 in. long. Spike secund, few- 

 flowered, 2-3 in. long ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, rigid, J in. 

 long in the lower flowers. Perianth pale lilac, j-1 in. long; tube 

 curved, narrowly funnel-shaped, J in. long; upper segments oblong, 

 acute, twice as long as the tube ; lower as long, but rather narrower. 

 Stamens half as long as the limb ; anthers linear, \ in. long. 



XMCozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Urungu; Fwambo, Carson, 118 of 

 1893 collection ! 



6. G. aphanophyllus. Baker. Corm small, globose; tunics of 

 parallel fibres, reticulated upwards. Stem slender, terete, \-\ ft. long, 

 bearing above the middle only 2 sheathing leaves with very short erect 

 linear free tips. Spike lax, secund, 3 in. long; spathe-valves lanceo- 

 late, green or subscariose, the lower J in. long. Perianth white, 

 under 1 in. long ; tube slender, curved, \ in. long ; upper segments 

 oblong, obtuse, cucullate, twice as long as the tube ; 3 lower as long, 

 oblanceolate. Stamens nearly as long as the upper segments ; anthers 

 linear, as long as the filaments. 



nxozaml). Bist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Tanganyika Plateau, 

 Carson ! 



7. G. WTiytei, Baker. Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunica of 

 thick parallel strands. Produced root-leaves none. Stem slender, 

 terete, 1 ft. long ; sheaths several, with short free tips. Spike secund, 

 reaching a length of |-1 ft. ; bracts firm, the upper oblong, the lower 

 lanceolate-navicular, |-1 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, J in. long; 



