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GLADIOLUS 



GLADIOLUS 



13. Papflio, Hook, f. Corm of medium size, globose: 

 st. 2 ft. or more: Ivs. about 4, rigid, 1 ft. or more long 

 and 1 in. or less wide: fls. 6-12, pale purple or lilac, 

 yellow in the throat; perianth horizontal, the curved 

 tube Kin- lng an< i broadly funnel-shaped at the 

 top; 3 upper segms. obovate-spatulate, uppermost 

 not reflexing, M-%in. broad, 1^ in. long, the lower 

 ones very narrow below and marked with large red- 

 brown spade-shaped yellow-edged blotches. S. Afr., 

 in the Transvaal, Orange Free State and Natal. B.M. 

 5565. Handsome. Varies to white in cult. 



cc. Under- or body-color essentially red (No. 22 may be 

 sought here). 



14. Leichtlinii, Baker. Corm large and globose: 

 st. about 2 ft. tall, terete: Ivs. about 4, ensiform, 1 ft. 

 long: fls. 6-8, large, in a somewhat dense 1-sided spike, 

 bright red, with a curved tube 1 % in. long; upper segms. 

 obovate and connivent, equaling the tube, 3 lower ones 

 much smaller and acute, spreading, red at tip but yellow 

 and minutely red-dotted below; stamens shorter than 

 upper segms. Transvaal. 



15. cardinalis, Curt. Corm large and globose: st. 

 34 ft.: Ivs. 4-6, glaucous-green, ensiform, nearly or 

 quite 1 in. broad and reaching 2 ft. or more in length: 



1649. Gladiolus purpureo-auratus. ( X YS) 



fls. many (sometimes 20), nearly erect, bright scarlet, 

 the tube 1H in. long and nearly straight; upper segms. 

 oblong-spatulate (2 in. long), scarlet, the 3' lower ones 

 shorter and narrower, with a large white blotch; sta- 

 mens more than half the length of the limb. S. Afr. 

 B.M. 135. 



16. cruentus, Moore. Corm large, globose: st. 2-3 

 ft.: Ivs. about 4, ensiform, dark glaucous-green, 2 ft. 

 or less long, %-l in. broad: fls. 6-10 in a rather dense 

 distichous spike, bright scarlet; tube 2 in. or less long, 

 nearly straight; upper segms. obovate-spatulate, to 

 23^ in. long; 3 lower segms. 1J^ in. long, white-blotched 

 and red-spotted; stamens reaching half-way of limb. 

 Natal. B.M. 5810. Closely related to No. 15. 



17. Saftndersii, Hook. f. Corm large, flattened-glo- 

 bose: height 2-3 ft.: Ivs. 4-6, strongly ribbed and stiff, 

 1-2 ft. long and 1 in. or less broad: fls. 6-8, large, 

 bright scarlet, the tube 1-1^ in. long and curved; 3 

 upper segms. oblong-spatulate, uniform scarlet, con- 

 nivent (2 in. long), 3 lower smaller, white-blotched 

 and scarlet-spotted. S. Afr., coast region to Transvaal. 

 B.M. 5873. Gn. 12:64. Handsome. Var. superbus, 

 Hort., is a form produced by the early infusion of G. 

 Saundersii into the garden strains. 



18. Quartinianus, Rich. Corm to \]/^ in. diam., glo- 

 bose: strong, 2-4 ft.: Ivs. 3-4, rigid, sometimes nearly 

 ensiform, the lower ones 1^ ft. or less long, and %in. 

 or less broad : fls. 4-9, in an open spike, large, blood-red, 

 the narrow curved tube 1J^ in. long; upper segms. 

 hooded, the other smaller and more or less reflexed; 

 stamens nearly equaling upper segms. Nile Land to 

 Lower Guinea and Mozambique. B.M. 6739. G.C. III. 

 24:467, and Gn. 55:388 (var. superbus). Trop. Afr. 

 One of the best of the genus. Named for M. Quartin 

 Dillon, who discovered it in Abyssinia. 



ccc. Under- or body-color at least, yellow. 



19. primulinus, Baker. Very like No. 18 (with which 

 Baker subsequently united it), but differs in the yellow 

 color: corm globose, 1 in. and more diam.: Ivs. about 3, 

 ensiform, 1^ ft. long and to 1 in. broad: fls. 3-5, in a 

 lax secund spike, clear primrose-yellow throughout; 

 tube 1 in. long, much curved above; 3 upper segms. 

 ovate or obovate, acuminate, hooded, 2 in. long and 

 more than 1 in. wide, the central one covering the 

 stamens and stigmas; 3 lower segms. deflexed and much 

 smaller; style exceeding the stamens. Trop. Afr., 

 occurring in the rain-forests. B.M. 8080. G.C. III. 

 36:191; 42:291. R.H. 1908, p. 9. A handsome species, 

 and although not discovered until 1887 and flowered 

 under cult, in 1890, it is now much used as a parent in 

 breeding. Several varieties are offered, as var. macu- 

 latus, Lemoine, with fls. large, chrome-yellow, the 

 inner surface of the reflexed segms. bearing a maroon- 

 red spot. Var. salmoneus, Lemoine, with fls. saffron 

 or salmon-color outside, the interior bright chrome- 

 yellow, with fine purple lines. Var. major, Lemoine, 

 large-fld., said to be a cross of G. primulinus and yel- 

 low G. Lemoinei: fls. chrome-sulfur-yellow with light 

 brown marks on the interior of the segms.: plant strong. 

 Var. erectus, Lemoine. Erect, with large scarcely 

 hooded chrome-yellow maroon-spotted fls. Var. con- 

 color, Lemoine. Fls. large, 2 of the segms. sulfur-yel- 

 low and the remainder naples-yellow. 



20. sulph&reus, Baker. Corm 1 in. diam., globose: 

 stout, but low, the st. 1 ft.: Ivs. 3-4, the blade short 

 (2-3 in.) and somewhat ensiform: fls. 6-8, large, soft 

 bright yellow, the curved tube 1 }/% in. long, upper segms. 

 hooded, oblong or obovate, the 3 lower ones small; 

 stamens shorter than upper segms. E. Trop. Afr. 

 The G. sulphureus, De Graaf (G. Adlami, Baker) is 

 another species and the name is older. B.M. 7791. 



21. dracocephalus, Hook. f. Corm large, flattened- 

 globose: st. stout and simple, 2 ft. or less: Ivs. 3-4, 

 rather firm, 1-1 ^ ft. long and 1 in. or less broad: fls. 



