372 cxxxvi. iRiDiLE (baker). [Gladiolus. 



8G. G. Buettneri, Pax in E7igl. Jahrh. xv. 155. Corm large, 

 globose. Produced leaves 4-5, rigid, glabrous, ensiform, with thickened 

 stramineous ribs and edges, the longest 2-2| ft. long, 1-lJ in. 

 broad. Peduncle stout, terete, '2-?i ft. long, with 1-2 reduced 

 leaves. Spike very lax, simple, 1 ft. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 

 green, the lowest 2 in. long. Perianth yellow, minutely spotted with 

 brown, 3-3 J in. long ; tube IJ in. long, narrowly funnel-shaped, curved 

 at the apex ; upper segments oblong, subacute, conspicuously cucullate, 

 lJ-2 in. long, 1 in. broad; lower oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, deflexed. 

 Stamens shorter than the upper segments of the perianth ; anthers 

 linear, above J in. long. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 220. 



Upper Guinea. Togoland : near Bismarckburg, Buttner, 8 ! Kling^ 22. 



37. G. Johnston! , Baker. Corm not seen. Root-leaves lanceo- 

 late, rigid, strongly ribbed, 1 ft. long, above 1 in. broad. Stem with 

 several sheaths with short free tips. Spikes lax, secund, G-9 in. long ; 

 outer spathe-valVes lanceolate, brown, 1-1 J in. long. Perianth bright 

 red ; tube funnel-shaped above a cylindrical base, f in. long ; upper 

 segments cucullate, oblong, acute, J in. broad ; lower much smaller, 

 with a long narrow claw. Stamens a third the length of the upper 

 segments. 



XVIozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Malosa, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Whyte ! Mount Zomba, 2500-3500 ft., WTiyte ! North Nyasaland, Nichol- 

 son ! 



3H. G. Thomson!, Baker, Handb. Irid. 223. Corm, leaves and 

 lower part of stem not seen. Spikes many-flowered, secund, 3-4 in. 

 long, dense in the upper half ; spathe-valves oblong-cuspidate, scariose, 

 \-\ in. long. Perianth pale red, |-1 in. long ; tube narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, \ in. long ; upper segments obovate-unguiculate, twice as long 

 as the tube ; lower as long, oblanceolate, with a long narrow claw. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the upper segments ; anthers \ in. long. 



IMCozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : on the higher plateau north of Lake 

 Nyasa, Thomson ! 



39. G. flexuosus, Baker in Kew Bulletin^ 1894, 390. Corm very 

 small, globose ; tunics of matted fibres. Stem slender, terete, flexuose, 

 1-1 J ft. long, bearing 2-3 sheathing leaves with short narrow linear 

 rigid free tips not more than 2-3 in. long. Spike lax, secund, few- 

 flowered, 3-4 in. long; spathe-valves green, oblong-navicular, J- J in. 

 long. Perianth white tinged with dull purple, 1 in. long ; tube naiTowly 

 funnel-shaped, J in. long; upper segments obovate-unguiculate, cucul- 

 late, \ in. broad ; lower rather longer, oblong, with a long narrow claw ; 

 blade with a white edge and purple-black spots in the centre. Stamens 

 nearly as long as the upper segments. 



IVKozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 79 of 

 1893 collection ! between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa, Johnston! 



40. G. ungmculatns, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178. Corm 

 small, globose ; tunics of fine parallel fibres. Stem slender, terete, 

 1-1 J ft. long, bearing 2-3 sheathing leaves, with short rigid linear free 



