Gladiolus.] cxxxvi. lEiDEiE (baker). 367 



outer 2 in. long. Perianth yellowish (Grant), 2 J in. long; tube 1 in. 

 long, cylindrical in the lower half, curved ; segments oblanceolate-oblong; 

 the 3 upper not at all cucuUate, J in. broad ; the 3 lower as long, 

 similar. Stamens distinctly shorter than the upper segments ; anthers 

 linear, | in. long. — G. angicstus, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 154, 

 not of Linn. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : by hedges and watery places, 4000 ft., 

 Speke Sf Qrant I 



20. G. nyikensis, Bakefr in Kew Bulletin, 181)7, 283. Corm 

 small, globose. Stem slender, 1 ft. long, bearing 6-8 superposed, 

 narrowly linear, firm, erect leaves, the lowest 1 ft. long, \ in. broad. 

 Spike moderately lax, 3-6 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, purple, 

 1-1 J in. long. Perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, \ in. long; limb 

 creamy-white, veined with red, and tinged with pink ; uppei- segments 

 oblong, subacute, not cucullate, 1 J in. long ; lower not much smaller. 

 Stamens not reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. 



IMCozamb. Sist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6000- 

 7000 ft., Whyte ! between Mpata and Tanganyika Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte ! 



21. G. erectiflorus, Baker in Kew Bidletin, 1895, 293. Corm 

 medium-sized. Produced leaves 2-3, linear, rigid, glabrous, 1-1 J ft. 

 long, \ in. broad, with thickened stramineous midrib and edges. Stem 

 slender, terete, 1 ft. long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. Spike lax, 

 equilateral, 4-5 in. long ; flowers erect ; spathe-valves lanceolate, sub- 

 scariose, brownish, the lower 1-1 J in. long. Perianth 2-2 J in. long, 

 white, veined and flushed with bright purple ; tube slender, nearly 

 straight, 1 in. long ; upper segments oblanceolate-oblong, subobtuse, 

 not cucullate, lower narrower, with a long claw. Stamens nearly as long 

 as the upper segments. 



ncozaxnb. Dist. British Central Africa : Liendwe, south of Lake Tanganyika, 

 Carson^ 1 of 1894 collection ! 



22. G. caudatus. Baker in Kew Bulhtin, 1895, 74. Corm not 

 seen. Produced leaves 3-4, suprabasal, linear, erect, moderately firm, 

 the longest 1 ft. long, ^\ in. broad. Stem very slender, simple, terete, 

 1-lJ in. long including the spike. Spike lax, erect, few-flowered, not 

 secund ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, \-\\ in. long. Perianth 

 pink, 2-2|^ in. long ; tube scarcely curved, narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 under 1 in. long; segments of the limb oblong-lanceolate, caudate. 

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

 long. 



Mozamb. X>ist. British Central Afx-ica : Urungu ; Abercorn, Car.^on, 19 of 

 1893 collection ! 



Nearly allied to G. oligophlehius. 



23. G. oligophlehius. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 73. Corm 

 not seen. Produced leaves 4-5, linear, erect, moderately firm, 1-lJ ft. 

 long, \-\ in. broad ; veins and edges not thickened. Stem slender. 



