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oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 4—3 in. long in the lower flowers. 
Perianth light rose-purple, 14 in. long; tube curved, broadly funnel- 
shaped, } in. long; upper segments oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the 
tube; 3 lower scarcely different. Stamens rather shorter than the 
segments. Capsule obovoid-oblong, 2 in. long —Handb. Irid. 211; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 177. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; grassy swamps near the Lopollo Brook, 
Welwitsch, 1536! 
4. G. tritonioides, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 74. Corm not 
seen. Stem 14-2 ft. long including the inflorescence, simple or forked 
from the middle, terete, moderately stout, bearing only 2—3-superposed 
leaves with short rigid linear free points, the longest 3—4 in. long, } in. 
broad. Spike secund, 6-8 in. long, very lax in the lower part; upper 
outer spathe-valves oblong; lower green, lanceolate, 4—3 in. long. 
Perianth 14 in. long, apparently pink or pale lilac; tube curved, 
narrowly funnel-shaped, 4 in. long; segments oblong, subequal, acute, 
l in. long, 4 in. broad. Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 37 of 1893 
collection ! 
5. G. gracillimus, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 74. Corm very 
small, globose; tunics of reticulated strong fibres. Stem very slender, 
terete, 1-1} ft. long, bearing only 2 leaves above the middle with long 
sheaths and rigid subulate free tips 2-3 in. long. Spike secund, few- 
flowered, 2-3 in. long; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, rigid, 4 in. 
long in the lower flowers. Perianth pale lilac, ?-1 in. long; tube 
curved, narrowly funnel-shaped, } in. long; upper segments oblong, 
acute, twice as long as the tube; lower as long, but rather narrower. 
Stamens half as long as the limb; anthers linear, $ in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson, 118 of 
1893 collection ! 
6. G. aphanophyllus, Baker. Corm small, globose; tunics of 
parallel fibres, reticulated upwards. Stem slender, terete, }—1 ft. long, 
bearing above the middle only 2 sheathing leaves with very short erect 
linear free tips. Spike lax, secund, 3 in. long; spathe-valves lanceo- 
late, green or subscariose, the lower $ in. long. Perianth white, 
under 1 in. long; tube slender, curved, } in. long; upper segments 
oblong, obtuse, cucullate, twice as long as the tube; 3 lower as long, 
oblanceolate. Stamens nearly as long as the upper segments; anthers 
linear, as long as the filaments. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Tanganyika Platcau, 
Carson ! 
7. G. Whytei, Baker. Corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics of 
thick parallel strands. Produced root-leaves none. Stem slender, 
terete, 1 ft. long; sheaths several, with short free tips. Spike secund, 
reaching a length of 4-1 ft. ; bracts firm, the upper oblong, the lower 
lanceolate-navicular, 3-1 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 4 in. long; 
