Gladiolus] VII. iride^. 2^ 



4. G. luridus Welw. ex Baker in Jom-n. Linn. Soc, I.e. (nomen), 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., Handb. Irid., I.e. ; Klatt, I.e., p. 220. 



HuiLLA. — Two feet high with the habit of G. hnhricatus. Colour 

 of flowers exactly as in /r/'.s lurhla. Plentiful in fields subjected to 

 cultivation three years before, now planted with Zen Jfai/s ; near 

 Lopollo Dec. 1859. No. 1533. 



5. G. caerulescens Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e. (nomen), in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., Handb. Irid., I.e. ; Klatt, I.e., p. 215. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers dull bluish. Sporadic in cultivated fields for- 

 merly covered with woody thickets near Lopollo. A few specimens 

 seen in fl. April 18G0. No. 1537. 



6. G. Uuartiiiianus Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 306(1851); 

 Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 2G9, Handb. Irid. p. 213; 

 Klatt, I.e., p. 223. 



HuiLLA. — Often 4 ft. high. Flowers with numerous small orange- 

 yellow and red spots. Sporadic in deeply herb-grown wooded 

 meadows of Monino between Lopollo and Lake Ivantala. In fl. Dec 

 1859. No. 1535. 



7. G. angolensis Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 176 

 (nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., Handb. Irid., I.e. ; Klatt, I.e., 

 p. 213. 



GoLUXGO Alto. — A gigantic species, 4 to G, sometimes even 7 to 

 7J ft. high. Flowers very beautiful, yellow with numerous closely 

 set orange and scarlet lines and spots ; outer perianth-lobes suffused 

 with red towards the base. On grassy thicket-clad slopes of the 

 Serra de Alta Queta above N-delle and near Sange, growing among 

 grasses, Androporjon and Marianga {Pennisetum sp.) 12 to 18 ft. high. 

 In fl. Feb., in fr. March 1856. Nos. 1527 and 1527&. Coll. Carp. 

 1000. Canaulo, April 185G. Coll. Caup. 1001. 



Puxco Andoxgo.— Strictly erect, 3J to 6 ft. high. One of the 

 most beautiful of its genus. Plentiful in dry and rather damp grassy 

 places near Muta Lucala on the river Cuanza. In fl. March 1857. 

 No. 1530. 



8. G. "Welwitsehii Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 175 

 (nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 268, Handb. Irid., I.e. ; 

 Klatt, I.e., p. 227. 



G. splendens Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. (non 

 Baker). 



HuiLLA. — Flowers very fine, variegated with orange-red. On sandy 

 thicket-grown hillsides with clay subsoil round Lopollo. In fl. Oct. 

 and Nov. 1859, and again sporadically May 1860. No. 1541. 



9. G. benguellensis Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 174 

 (nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., Handb. Irid. p. 221 ; Klatt, 

 I.e., p. 213. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers with orange and purple spots. Somewhat 

 plentiful in rather dry thicket-grown pastures near Lopollo. Dec. 1859, 

 Feb. 1860. No. 1540. 



10. G. multiflorus Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e.. p. 175 

 (nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 269, Handb. Irid., I.e. ; 

 Klatt, I.e., p. 221. 



