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dentibus acuminatis scarioso-alatis 9-nerviis. Petala non con- 



tigua alba ; lamina obovata, = 3 unguis. (Herb. Kew. W. Nelson, 

 no, 554.) 



Ilab. Near AVonderfontein, in the Transvaal. 

 Among South-African species nearest to D. crenatus. 



174. D. cachemericus, Edgew. in Hooh.f. Fl. Brit. India, i. 

 p. 214. 



Caules 48-52 centitn., ramosi. Folia elongato-linearia acumi- 

 nata canaliculata 3-nervia, vagina folii diam. aequante ; radicalia 

 34 mm., reliqua 24 mm. Bractese 4 lanceolate ad bases dentiuin 

 calycis. Calyx purpurascens, dentibus acuminatis 7-nerviis. 

 Lamina obovata rosea, = | unguis. 



Sab. Cashmere. 



175. D. longiglumis, Del. in Ann. Set. Nat. ser. II. xx. (1813), 

 p. 89; Waif. JSepert. v. p. 77; A. Mich. Tent. Fl. Abyssin. i. 

 P. 42, t. 12. 



G-laucus, 60 centim. Folia lineari-lanceolata acuminata plana, 

 vagina caulis diam. sequante, radicalia 136 mm. 9-nervia, caulina 

 42 mm. 7-nervia. Caules uniflori. Bractese 4 lanceolatae ad 

 dimidium calycem. Calyx 55 mm., dentibus acuminatis scarioso- 

 alatis 7-nerviis. Petala contigua, lamina obovato-cuneata. 



Sab. Abyssinia. 



176. D. Jacquemonth, Edgew. in Soolc. f. Fl. Brit. India, 

 i. p. 214. 



Caespitosus. Caudex lignescens. Caules 20 centim. uniflori, 

 tetragono-compressi. Folia linearia acuta plana uninervia ; 

 radicalia 30 mm. recurva, caulinia 22 mm. incurva, vagina folii 

 diam. duplo longiore. Flores odorati. Bractese 4 obovatae ad { 

 calycis. Calyx dentibus acuminatis scarioso-alatis 7-nerviis. 

 Petala contigua, lamina obovato-cuneata rosea. 



Sab. Cashmere. 



b. minor, mihi. 



10 centim. Folia 12 mm. Lamina oblongo-cuneata alba. 

 Sab. Shapiyon, in Cashmere. (Herb. Kew. C. B. Clarke, 

 no. 28603). 



177. D. pachypetalcjs, Stapf, Bot. Polak. Exped. Pers. p. 11. 



Caules 25 centim., ramosi. Folia basilaria 20-40 mm. 3-5- 

 nervia, lineari-subulata carinata, nervis lateralibus tenuibus, 

 cetera 15 mm. 3-nervia subulata v. setacea, vagina folii diam. 



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