Tab. 6291. 
GLADIOLUS ochroleucus. 
Native of the Transvaal territory and Naff r aria. 
Nat. Ord. Iridaceas. — Tribe GladiolejE. 
Genus Gladiolus, Linn. ( Baiter in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi., inedit). 
Gladiolus ochroleucus ; bulbo ovoideo tunicis membranaceo-fibrosis, foliis 
basalibns 4-6 linearibns pedalibns acuminatis rigide coriaceis glabris 
marginibus et costa incrassatis 'stramineis, caule foliis breviore foliis 1-2 
reductis vaginato, racemo semipedali 10-15 floro inferne laxo, spathse valvis 
6-12 lin. longis viridibns acntis margine membranaceis, exteriore oblougo- 
lanceolata, interiore lanceolata, periantliii snlphnrei sesquipollicaris tubo 
curvato cylindrico segmentis oblongis unguiculatis obtusis tubo duplo 
longioribus, tribus inferioribus decurvatis angustioribus, staminibus perian- 
tliio distincte brevioribus, antheris ligulatis mucronatis, stylo profunde 
trifurcato. 
G. ochroleucus, Balter in Trimen Journ., 1876, p. 182. 
This new Gladiolus belongs to a group of which we now 
know upwards of a dozen species, all of which are compara- 
tively recent discoveries, marked in the subgenus Eugladiolus 
by flat leaves and flowers, much smaller than in the great 
ensiform-leaved kinds, such as psittacinus , cardinalis , and 
Cooperi. The species of this group which have been already 
figured in the Botanical Magazine , are G. sericeo-villosus , 
jj tab. 5427, G. Papilio , tab. 5565 and G. purpureo-auratus , 
|i tab. 5944; the present plant was discovered by the 
Eev. E. Baur, in Transkeian Kaffraria, and was first 
sent to the Kew harbarium by our indefatigable cor- 
respondent, Mr. McOwan in 1874. Mr. Baur describes 
it as growing in grassy places at an elevation of 
two thousand feet above sea-level, and flowering in March. 
We owe the introduction of it in a living state to Mr. 
S| Bull, who imported it from the Transvaal territory and 
flowered it last autumn. 
Descr. Bull) ovoid, under an inch in diameter, the mem- 
branous tunics rather splitting up into fibres. Basal leaves 
four to six, produced in a distichous rosette, linear, reaching 
a length of twelve to fifteen inches, and a breadth, of half an 
APRIL 1st, 1877. 
