Gladiolus liliaceus

Gladiolus grandis, Thunb. (G. versicolor, Andr.). Corm, globose, with coverings of thick wiry fibers: st. slender, ft. or less, terete: lvs. about 3, terete, strongly ribbed, 1 ½ ft. or less long: fls. 6 or less in a lax 1-sided spike, 3 in. long, with a curved tube; segms. nearly equal, oblong-lanceolate and cuspidate, as long as the tube and twice longer than the stamens, recurved and often wavy, yellowish or creamy, tinged and striped with purple-brown, especially on the keel: caps, oblong, 1 ½ in. long; seeds winged. S. Afr. B.M. 1042.