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GLADIOLUS edulis. 
Esculent-rooted Cornflag. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Ensarm. Linn. ord. nat. VI. Nobis in ann. bot. 
1. 219. — is 
InipEs. Jussieu gen. 57. Intnex. Brown prod. 802. 
GLADIOLUS. Inflor. alterna, disticho-spicata, pauci-multiflora, 
distincta spathis bivalvibus lanceolatis, valva anticd “fei vente posticam 
angustiorem, Cor. supera, tubulosa, 6-fida, infundibuliformis, irre- 
gularis, tubo erecto gracili in faucem brevem v. cylindraceo-elongatam 
ampliato, limbo G-partito bilabiato, subaquali et divaricato, v. inzqualis- 
simo lacinid summ4 porrecto-depressd. _//7/. ori tubi inserta, collaterali- 
adscendentia, inclusa. Anth. lineari-oblonge, introrsim suspensx, yer- 
satiles, verticales. S/y/us cum directione staminum, tristriato-filiformis | 
Stig. lamella 3 elongate, obversé attenuate, complicato-canaliculate, 
replicate. . Caps. membranacea, ovato-oblonga, obtuse trigona, 3-loc., 
3-valv., valvis medio septiferis. Sem. numerosa, gemino ordine imbri- 
catim cumulata, interne margini septi utrinque annexa, cincta ala mem- 
branace@ lat circum nucleam parvum cartilagineum; ala ob testam nucleo 
grandiori et paucd pulp& obducto expletam rarissimé obliterata. 
Bulbo-tuber globoso-ovatum, integumentis membranoso-fibrosis, ex- 
ternis crassitudine maximé variis. Folia 2-plura, collaterali-disticha, 
infra caginantia et vagina radicali membranosé complexa ; larzina plano- 
ensala, rariis decussato-quadrangularis, modd ad paginam utramque 
bisulca cum margine utrinque elevatd,.v. interdiim cartilagine crassa 
circumscripta. Caulis culmaceus, sepiis simplex, , teres v. nunc tri- 
queter. In proximis BapianA e¢ ANTHOLYZA, preter habitum 
diversum, semina non alata. 
G. edulis, foliis longissimis linearibus glaucis, nervo utrinque prominente: 
limbi laciniis caudatis. 
Gladiolus edulis. Burchell MSS. 
Bulbo-tuber ovato-conicum, nucleo castaneo-carnoso, indusio reticulato, 
Jusco. Folia subquaterna, cauli inferné imposita atque oune longiora, pro- 
xima, lineari-acuminata, vix sesquilineam lata, glauca, plana, nervo medio 
quadrato utrinque extante nec tamen cum elevatione adequante planum transver- 
sum foliit. Spica multi-(sub-8-) flora, remotiuscula, flexuosa, erecta. Spathe 
duplo breviores floribus, sphacelato-membranose, tenues, cequivalves; valve 
arctitis convolute interiore bifidd. Cor. dilute purpurascens sesquiuncialis, 
semiringens, labiis ineequalibus: tubus gracilis pariim dilatatus e@quans spa- 
tham ; laciniis cum cuspide tenui longa abrupté acuminatis, summa latiore 
arcuato-adscendente remota; cateris rhombeo-lanceolatis invicém conniventi- 
bus, lateralibus 2 summis oppositis, latioribus quam tres infime sanguineo-picta 
atque invicém aquales. 
An unrecorded species, found by Mr. Burchell in 
South Africa, near Litékoon; almost’ the farthest inland ~ 
