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175. Gladiolus caudatus, Baker [Irides]; caule" gracili elongato, 
foliis productis 4—5 elongatis linearibus glabris graminoideis, spicis 
laxis simplieibus paucifloris, spathe valva exteriori oblongo-lanceolata 
longis insigniter imde superioribus multo majoribus, staminibus 
limbe distincte brevi 
Habitat. "olini: Lak’ Tanganyika, Carson (19 of 1893 collection). 
Cormus ignotus. Caulis pedalis vel sesquipedalis. Lamina folii 
6-12 poll. longa, 2-3 lin. lata. Spathe anm lin. longs. pdadone-tid 
tubus 6-8 lin. longus ; lobi superiores 2 poll. longi. 
Allied to G. m Linn., and G. cuspidatus, Jacq. 
176. Gladiolus gracillimus, — [Iridėæ]; cormo parvo globoso 
apice cancellato inferne fibris érassis mn vestito, eaule stricto 
erecto gracillimo, foliis nie edge vaginantibus superioribus lamina 
libera brevi: lineari-subulat a preditis, spicis "gimplidlins: meee secundis 
paucifloris, spathe valva exteriori oblonga albo-viridi sa vel 
cuspidata, perianthio parvo lilaeino, tibo břevi infundibulari; lobis 
oblongis acutis tubo duplo longioribus inferioribus superioribus longiori- 
bus, staminibus limbo distincte brevioribus 
Habitat. —Fwambo, Lake are Y'üreon a 18 of 1893 collec- 
tion)... ha ACH 
ortis us semipollicaris, uper ue sardi dw 
produeta folii deoa r3 es longa. » Spice 2-3. oat ue 
Spathe onge. Perianthium pollicare. 
A very oir small-flowered species, allied. to. the Cape. G. gracilis, 
acq... 
177. Gladiolus tritonioides, Sean [Irideæ] ; caule Song foliis 3—4 
remotis inferioribus caulem vaginantibus superioribus lamina lineari brevi 
rigida producta, spicis laxis E dbi simplicibus vel odds, spathze 
valva exteriori. iau p MM MU lng nnea pteron pallida obtusa 
membranacea, perianthio te purpureo, tubo brevi infundibulari, lobis 
ovatis acutis appr abd pS dapi longioribus, staminibus limbo 
distincte brevioribus 
Y'a Var ona, Lake Tanganyika, Carson (37 of 1893 collection). 
Cormus ignotus. Caulis 11-2 pus. Lamina producta folii 
superioris 3-4 poll. longa. Spica 3-4. poll. longa. STIMMT the 8-12 lin. 
longs. ec tubus 6 lin. longus; lobi pollicare 
Connects Gladiolus and Tritonia. Ofthe species ot the former genus 
it ihian tinh like G. brevifolius, Jacq. 
178. Gloriosa Baker [Liliaces]; caulibus ed crebre 
Carsoni, [ 
foliatis, folifs amplexicaulibus oblongo-lanceolatis apice acuminatis haud 
cirrhiferis, floribus pluribus laxe corymbosis, pedunculis nudis rumes 
vel arcuato apice stigmatoso Assis 
" Habitat.—Fwambo, Lake Tanganyika, A. ; Carson (3 of 1894 
collection). 
— . Caulis sesquipedalis, _ Folia superiora ll. ee Perianthium 
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