368 cxxxvi. iRiDE;*! (baker). [Gladiolus. 



terete, simple, including the spike about as long as the leaves. Spike 

 very lax, not secund, few-flowered, 4-6 in. long; flowers suberect ; outer 

 spathe-valves firm, green, lanceolate, lJ-2 in. long in the lower flowers. 

 Perianth pale-pink, 8-4 in. long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, scarcely 

 at all curved, 1 in. long ; segments of the limb subequal, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 2-2J- in. long, acute, | in. broad at the middle. Stamens 

 half as long as the perianth-limj? ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. 



Mozaznb* Bist. German East Africa : between Lake Tanganyika and Lake 

 Rukwa, 6000 it., Nutt ! British Central Africa : Urungu ; Abercorn, Ca/rson, 25 

 of 1893 collection ! Fwambo, 5250 ft., NuU ! Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Scott- 

 Elliot, 8673 ! 



24. G. pauciflorus, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 350. 

 Corm medium-sized. Produced leaves 3-4, suprabasal, moderately firm, 

 linear, glabrous, the lower 1 ft. long, J in. broad. Stem moderately 

 stout, terete, 2-3 ft. long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. Spike lax, few- 

 flowered, not secund, 6-8 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, the 

 lower outer 1^ in. long. Perianth pale yellow, 3 in. long ; tube narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, curved, 18-21 liu. long ; segments oblong, subacute, 

 1^ in. long, the upper 3 J in. broad, not cucullate, the lower narrower. 

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

 long.— Handb. Irid. 206. 



Moxaml). Bist. German East Africa: Lower slopes of Mount Kiliraanjaro, 



2000-3000 ft., Johnston ! 



25. G. luteolus, Klatt in Peters, Keise Mossamh. Bot. 515. Corm 

 under h in. diam. Leaves linear, the longest 2-2J ft. long, J in. broad, 

 those above and below it much reduced. Stem including inflorescence 

 3 ft. long. Spike distichous, with alternate flowers; spathe-valves 

 linear, equal, 1 in. long. Perianth yellowish ; tube curved, 1| in. long; 

 segments ovate, acute, the upper 1 in. long, the 3 lower smaller. 



lVIozainb< Bist. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; in woods near 

 Boror, Peters. 



26. G. comeus, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 155, t. 100. Corm 

 globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics brown, membranous. Produced leaves 3, 

 linear, rigid, suprabasal, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, \-\ in. broad. Stem 

 moderately stout, terete, 2 ft. long. Spike simple, few-flowered, very 

 lax ; rhachis veiy flexuose ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lowest 

 outer 3-4 in. long. Perianth 2-2\ in. long, transparent, horn-coloured 

 {Grant) \ tube curved, narrowly funnel-shaped, 1 in. long; upper 

 segments cucullate, obovate, with a small distinct cusp ; lower oblong, 

 deflexed. Stamens much shorter than the upper segment ; anthers 

 linear, h in. long. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 222. 



nXozamb. Bist< German East Africa : Unyamwezi ; Simbab, 4000 ft., in 

 rather moist places, Speke Sf Grant ! 



27. G. NeiJirii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 334. Corm medium- 

 sized, globose. Produced leaves 3-4, firm, linear, the lower 1-1 J ft. 



