Entry for GLADIOLUS hyalinus Jacq. [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 hyalinusJacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Ic. t. 242;—Ker, Gen. Irid. 137; Baker, Handb. Irid. 209.
GLADIOLUS strictusJacq. [family IRIDACEAE], Collect. iv. 170; Klatt in Linnæa xxxii. 704.
Information
corm globose, 1/2 in. diam.; stem a foot long, simple, with 3 superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths and short, free, linear blades; flowers 2, ascending, bright yellow with red dots; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth-tube 1 1/2 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segment oblong, obscurely cuspidate, 1/3 in. broad, the others narrower; stamens reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality.
Notes
Known to me only from Jacquin's figure and description.
