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105280 to 105304— Continued. 



petals are bright orange scarlet and the 

 three lower ones are yellowish tipped 

 with orange scarlet. The bubs are 

 not larger than ordinary peas and can- 

 not remain long out of the ground. Na- 

 tive to South Africa. (Bulbs.) 



For previous introduction see 81292. 



105284. Gladiolus alatus L. 



A variety with rose-pink flowers. 

 (Bulbs.) 



105285. Gladiolus blandus Ait. Iri- 

 daceae. 



A South African plant with sword- 

 shaped leaves somewhat shorter than 

 the stem, which is from 6 inches to 2 

 feet in height and bears 3 to 10 white 

 or reddish-tinged scentless flowers. 

 (Bulbs.) 



For previous introduction see 44724. 



105286. Gladiolus callistus Bolus f. 



A tall plant, 30 to 40 inches high, 

 with four to seven narrow sword-shaped 

 basal leaves 1 to 2 feet long and two 

 stem leaves. The flowers, white suf- 

 fused with pink and 9 to 12 in number, 

 are produced on 1 to 3 branches. 

 (Bulbs.) 



For previous introduction see 77223. 



105287. Gladiolus cuspidatus Jacq. 



An erect bulbous plant, 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with sword-shaped leaves usually 

 shorter than the stem and four to eight 

 white or pinkish flowers in a lax one- 

 sided spike. It is native to the Cape 

 of Good Hope, where it flowers in May 

 and June. (Bulbs.) 



For previous introduction see 44725. 



105288. Gladiolus gracilis Jacq. 



A plant with about three rigid, sub- 

 terete leaves a foot or less long, and 

 very slender stems up to 2 feet high 

 bearing two to six pale-lilac scentless 

 flowers in a lax secund spike. Native 

 to South Africa. (Bulbs.) 



105289. Gladiolus grandis Thunb. 



Closely related to Gladiolus tristis, 

 this has three strongly subterete leaves 

 12 to 18 inches long and a slender stem 

 up to 2 feet high. The purplish brown- 

 tinged flowers are 2 to 3 inches long, 

 in a lax secund spike. Native to the 

 southeastern part of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. (Bulbs.) 



105290. Gladiolus hirsutus Jacq. 



A species about a foot high, with 

 bright-red, fragrant flowers, borne in 

 a very lax, few-flowered spike, and 

 sword-shaped, strongly ribbed leaves ; 

 found growing in sandy stretches which 

 are moist only during the winter. Na- 

 tive to South Africa. (Bulbs.) 



For previous introduction see 88680. 



105291. Gladiolus martleyi L. Bolus. 



Seeds of an autumn-flowering species 

 which becomes about a foot high, pro- 

 ducing a single very narrow leaf and 

 1 to 11 flowers iy 2 inches long, white 

 suffused with pink, in a secund spike. 

 Native to sandy places, Stellenbosch, 

 South Africa. 



105280 to 105304— Continued. 



105292. Gladiolus odoratus L. Bolus. 



A gladiolus about a foot high, with 

 one spirally twisted leaf 8 inches long 

 and a spike that sometimes bears 5 

 to 13 flowers ; these flowers are a mix- 

 ture of reddish purple, brown, and dull 

 yellow, and have a sweet odor. Na- 

 tive to the Cape of Good Hope. 

 (Bulbs.) 



105293. Gladiolus orchidiflorus 

 Andr. 



The three or four leaves of this 

 gladiolus are linear, firm, crowded and 

 6 to 12 inches long, and the four to 

 six greenish flowers are in a very lax 

 spike on a stem the same height as the 

 leaves. Native to South Africa. 

 (Seeds.) 



105294. Gladiolus pappei Baker. 



A gladiolus with three leaves up to 

 6 inches long, with linear, rigid tips. 

 The pink flowers are in small lax 

 spikes. Native to the summit of Table 

 Mountain, Cape of Good Hope. 

 (Bulbs.) 



105295. Gladiolus recurvus L. 



A slender-stemmed species, up to 2 

 feet high, native in boggy sandy places 

 of South Africa. The two to six fra- 

 grant flowers, which appear in August, 

 are borne in a very lax spike and vary 

 in color from blue to flushed pink, with 

 minute blackish-lilac spots. (Bulbs.) 



For previous introduction see 64654. 



105296. Gladiolus trichonemifolius 

 Ker. 



A species with a very slender stem 

 6 to 18 inches high, and, generally, 

 three rigid, slender, long-sheathing 

 leaves, the lower one often overtopping 

 the stem. The one to three erect flow- 

 ers, an inch long, have a yellow peri- 

 anth, with the three lower segments 

 blotched with purple at the throat. 

 Native to South Africa. (Bulbs.) 



105297. Gladiolus villosus Ker. 



The simple stems of this gladiolus 

 are up to 2 feet long, and the sheaths 

 are very hairy, the lowest without any 

 leaf blade. The upper sheaths enclose 

 thick, rigid, linear leaves up to 12 

 inches long. The bright-red or lilac 

 flowers are in a lax secund spike. Na- 

 tive to South Africa. (Bulbs.) 



105298. Gladiolus watermeyeri L. 

 Bolus. 



A species with three or four leaves 

 about 10 inches long, conspicuously 

 two-nerved, and flowers 1% inches long. 

 The upper segments are pale, flushed 

 with pinkish purple, and the lower ones 

 are yellowish green. Native to Cape 

 Province, South Africa. (Seeds.) 



105299. Hesperantha sp. Iridaceae. 



Received under the name "buhrii", for 

 wMch a place of publication has not been 

 found. (Bulbs.) 



105300 to 105302. Moraea spp. Iridaceae, 



Bulbs. 



105300. Moraea papilionacea Ker. 



A dwarf moraea, 4 to 6 inches high, 

 with red or lilac flowers, yellow on the 

 claw. The stems, simple or forked 



