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Gladiolus involutus

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Identification
Gladiolus involutus D.Delaroche [family IRIDACEAE ]
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Entry for GLADIOLUS involutus Delaroche [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 involutus Delaroche [family IRIDACEAE], Descr. 28, t. 3;—Ker, Gen. Irid. 142; Baker, Handb. Irid. 209.
GLADIOLUS bimaculatus Lam. [family IRIDACEAE], Encyc. ii. 727 (Miller Ic. 158, t. 236, fig. 1).
GLADIOLUS suaveolens Zeyher. [family IRIDACEAE]
Information
corm globose; tunics with matted, brown, linear fibres; flowering-stem 1 1/2 ft. long, with 3 superposed leaves with long, free, subterete points of firm rigid texture, the lower one equalling or overtopping the stem; sheaths long, glabrous; flowers bright pink, 4–8 in a lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 1–1 1/2 in. long; perianth-tube much curved, 1/2 in. long; limb 1 in. long; three upper segments obovate, obtuse, 1/2– 3/4 in. broad; three lower oblong-unguiculate, with spade-shaped purple blotches at the throat; stamens half the length of the limb. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Knysna Div.; between Groene Vallei and Zwart Vallei, Burchell, 5631! 5683!

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