I 



Gladiolus.] cxxxvi. iride.e (baker). 371 



in. long, under ^ in. broad. Spike very lax, not secund, 5-6 in. long ; 

 spathe- valves green, lanceolate, the lower IJ in. long. Perianth bright 

 yellow, 2 J-3 in. long ; tube ascending, slightly curved, narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, 1 J in. long ; segments oblong or obovate, upper cucul- 

 late, as long as the tube ; the 3 lower smaller. Stamens shorter than 

 the upper segments. — Handb. Irid. 213 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 176. 



XMCozamt). I>lst. German East Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., John- 

 ston ! 



35. G. quartinianus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 30G. Corm 

 globose, 1-1 2^ in. diam. ; tunics of fine parallel strands of matted fibres. 

 Produced leaves 3-4, linear or ensiform, rigid, the lower 1-lJ ft. long, 

 J-J in. broad. Stems robust, 2-3 ft. long. Spikes very lax, J-1 ft. 

 long, 6-9-flowered ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower outer 

 1 J-2 in. long. Perianth 3-3 J in. long, varying from blood-red to pale 

 yellow; tube curved, narrowly funnel-shaped, 1^ in. long, J-J in. diam. 

 at the throat ; upper segments conspicuously cucullate, broad, oblong, 

 subobtuse, 1 J-2 in. long, |-1 in. broad ; lower much smaller and 

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

 linear, J- J in. long. Capsule clavate-oblong, above 1 in. long. Seeds 

 broadly winged. — Bot. Mag. t. 6739; Handb. Irid. 213 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 175 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii, App. ii. 86. 

 G. kilimandscharicus, Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl". Trop. Afr. 175. G. 

 primidinus, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 122 (flowers plain 

 primrose yellow); G. angolensis, G. andongensis and G. Welwitschii^ 

 Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 268-69. G. saltatm-um, Baker 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 155. G. tai/lorianuSj^end\e in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XXX. 405. 



wile Iiand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; in fields around Adowa, Qiiartin-Dillon. 

 Shire: in moist places, Quartin- Billon ; and without precise locality, Farkyns ! 

 British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, \Q12\ Niaraniam : Nganye, 

 Schweinf urth, 3938 ! Gumango Hill, Schiveinfurth, 3880 ! Uganda : in grassy 

 jungle, Wilson, 39! Ankole and Buddu, Scott- MUof , 7513! Ruwenzori : Yeria, 

 Scott-Mliot, 7768! Lykipia, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson! Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., 

 Scott-Mliot, 6481 ! near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 2013 ! Nyika country near Mom- 

 basa, Wakefield! 



iMO-wer Guinea. Lower Congo : Stanley Pool, Callewaert ! Angola : Bembe, 

 lUonteiro ! Golungo Alto and Pungo Andongo, in grassy places, Welwitsch, 1527 ! 

 1527b ! 1530 ! Pungo Andongo : on the higher rocks at the fort, 2400-3800 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 1529! Huilla: on wooded hills around Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1541! 

 meadows in woods between Lopollo and Lake Ivantalla, Welwitsch, 1535! 



nXozamb. Dlst. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen, iTtrAr/ German East Africa: 

 Kilimanjaro, 7000 ft., Johnston, 3 ! l79 ! Volkens, 339 ! Usambara ; Kwa Mslmza 

 (Handei), Hoist, 9060 ! Usagara Mountains : cultivated specimen. Last ! Karagwe, 

 5000 ft., Speke Sf Grant, 473 ! Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; between 

 Mazaro and the River Pangaze, Kirk, 219 ! Luabo River, Kirk ! British Central 

 Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Ntdt ! Nyusaland ; Masuka Plateau, 6500- 

 7000 ft., Whyte! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Zomba, 

 Wkyte ! River Mandala. Scott ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 847 ! 1405 ! 



