Gladiolus.] cxxxvi. iride^ (baker). 373 



tips. Spike very lax, subsecund, 4-8 in. long; spathe-valves green 

 lanceolate, lower outer |-| in. long. Perianth 1-1 J in. long, white, 

 tinged with greenish -brown ; upper segments obovate-unguiculate, 

 obtuse ; 3 lower as long or longer, with a small oblong blade and a 

 long narrow claw. Stamens considerably shorter than the upper seg- 

 ments; anthers linear, J in. long. Capsule clavate-oblong, |-| in. 

 long. — Handb. Irid. 223. G. cochleatus, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1870, 333, 

 not of Sweet. 



Upper Guinea. Sierrsi Leone, Morson ! 



STile Xiand. Jur : Jur Ghattas, Schwcinfurth, 1818! Bongo: South-west of 

 the Tondy River. Schtveinfurth, 4042 ! 



IMCozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fvvambo, Carson, 63 and 

 65 of 1893 collection ! 



41. G. Oatesii, Rolfe in Gates, Mataheleland, edit. ii. 410. form 

 very small, globose. Stem very slender, terete, 1-1 J ft. long, bearing 

 only 2-3 superposed sheathing leaves, with short linear free tips. Spike 

 very lax, secund, 3-8 in. long ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, J-| in. 

 long. Perianth white tinged with greenish-brown, 1 in. long; tube 

 slender, curved, \ in. long - upper segments obovate-unguiculate, cuspi- 

 date, cucullate, more than twice as long as the tube ; 3 lower as long oi 

 longer, with a small oblong acute blade, much shorter than the narrow 

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

 as long as the filaments. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 226. 



ItXozamb. I>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, Buck- 

 (man, 464 ! Scott-JElliot, 8550 ! Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! Matabeleland, Oates ! 

 Very near the South African G. permeabilis, Delaroche. 



42. G. edulis, Burch. ex Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 169. Corm small, 

 ovoid ; tunics of fine parallel strands of matted fibres. Produced 

 leaves 3, firm, narrowly linear, the lower sometimes overtopping the 

 stem. Flowers 8-15 in a lax simple or forked spike; outer spathe- 

 valve oblong-lanceolate, green, J- J in. long. Perianth pale lilac; tube 

 nearly straight, ascending, J in. long ; segments all furnished with a 

 distinct cusp ; upper obovate-unguiculate, | in. long ; the others shorter, 

 with a small rhomboid blade and long slender claw. Stamens half as 

 long as the perianth. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 225 ; Schinz in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. iv. App. iii. 50. 



Iiomrer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Ambolaud ; Grootfontein, Schint, 

 413! 



Also in South Africa. 



13. ANTHOLYZA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 710. 



Perianth long, curved, cyhndrical both in the lower and upper half, 

 suddenly dilated at the middle; segments of the limb usually very un- 

 equal. Stamens unilateral, contiguous, parallel, arcuate, inserted at the 

 middle of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform ; anthers lanceolate- 

 sagittate. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; 



