Entry for GLADIOLUS aurantiacus 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 aurantiacusKlatt [family IRIDACEAE], in Linnæa xxxv. 378;—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 176; Handb. Irid. 221.
Information
corm large, globose; produced subbasal leaves 4–6, ensiform, moderately firm in texture, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad; stem simple, about 3 ft. long, inflorescence included; spike lax, many-flowered, sometimes a foot long; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, thin in texture, 1–2 in. long; perianth bright orange-yellow or tinged with red; tube curved, 2 in. long, dilated suddenly at the middle, and cylindrical in the upper half; upper segments obovate, 1–1 1/2 in. long; 3 lower oblong, shorter; stamens reaching halfway up the segments. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Pietermaritzburg, 2000–3000 ft., Sutherland! Camperdown, 2400 ft., Wood, 4968! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Krauss, 77!
Notes
Received alive from Messrs. Dammann, of Naples, in July, 1886.
