Gladiolus quartinianus
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Gladiolus quartinianus, Rich. Corm to 1 ½ in. diam., globose: strong, 2-4 ft.: lvs. 3-4, rigid, sometimes nearly ensiform, the lower ones 1 ½ ft. or less long, and 1 ½ in. or less broad: fls. 4-9, in an open spike, large, blood-red, the narrow curved tube 1 ½ in. long; upper segms. hooded, the other smaller and more or less reflexed; stamens nearly equaling upper segms. Nile Land to Lower Guinea and Mozambique. B.M. 6739. G.C. III. 24:467, and Gn. 55:388 (Var. superbus). Trop. Afr.— One of the best of the genus. Named for M. Quartin Dillon, who discovered it in Abyssinia.
