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Gladiolus arcuatus

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Identification
Gladiolus arcuatus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE ]
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Entry for GLADIOLUS arcuatus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
GLADIOLUS arcuatus Klatt [family IRIDACEAE], Ergänz. 4;—Baker, Handb. Irid. 224.
Information
corm ovoid; tunics with rhomboid areolæ; produced leaves 2–3, narrow linear, firm in texture, 4–6 in. long, 1/2 lin. broad; stem 1/2 ft. long including inflorescence, simple; flowers 2–6 in a lax spike with a very flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long; perianth pinkish, with a greenish tube 1/2 in. long; upper segment oblong-unguiculate, acute, arching, an inch long, 1/4 in. broad; the other segments similar in shape, but rather shorter; stamens 2/3 the length of upper segment. null
Distribution
WESTERN REGION Little Namaqualand; near Koper Berg, 2000–3000 ft., Drège, 2629c! Spektakel Mountain, near 'Naries, 3600 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. 700! and without precise locality, Morris in Herb. Bolus, 5795!

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