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tique, glabri. Filamenta 1']-1'7 cm. longa, linearia vel teretia, glabra ; : 

 stamina 6-7 mm. longa, liueai'ia, basi breve sagittata. Ovarimn 

 2-4 mm. longum, 2 mm. latum, ellipsoideum, trigonum, glabruui ; 

 stylus l'S-1'9 cm. lougus, teres; lobi 2 mm. longi, spathulato-lineares. 



Corm 2-5 cm. long, about 3 cm. broad, covered with fibres which 

 are produced into a short neck above. Leaves 6-8, the lowermost 

 or 2 lowermost represented by sheaths only ; the upper 36-43 cm. 

 long, 2-7 mm. broad, linear, acuminate, acute, the margins and 

 mid-rib thickened, distinctly veined, glabrous. Peduncle terete, 

 glabrous. Inflorescence 9-25 cm. long, 4-2 5 -flowered. Spatlie-valves 

 l - 5-2 5 cm. long, 5-6 mm. broad, ovate, acuminate, acute, sometimes 

 produced in a fine subulate point. Perianth tube 1-1'3 cm. long,, 

 cylindric, slightly curved, glabrous ; lobes 1'5 cm. long, 8-9 mm. bmud. 

 elliptic and ovate-elliptic, retuse and mucronate at the apex, glabrous. 

 Filaments Tl-1'7 cm. long, linear or terete, glabrous; stamens 

 6-7 mm. long, linear, shortly sagittate at the base. Ovary '2-4 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. broad, ellipsoid, trigonous, glabrous; style l'S-1'9 cm. 

 long, terete ; lolies 2 mm. long, spathulate-linear. 



Mountain slopes, 15-30 in. high, flowers pink, A. Dieterlen, 445 ; 

 flowers red, occasional, Phillips, 833; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's 

 Hoek, 5500 ft,, December, Bolus, 8253; Natal, Van Eeeneu, 7000 ft., 

 March, ScMechter, 6943; Highlands, 5000 ft., February, ScJilechter, 

 6848. 



SESUTO : Khalila e nyenyane. The small thing which pleases. A 

 preparation from this and other plants is used as an enema. Also 

 said to be a cure for headache and lumbago. 



Near G. Woodii, Bkr., from which it differs in the lower leaf -sheaths 

 being glabrous and the flowers pink. 



Baker in the " Flora Capensis " (VI, 144) states that the flowers 

 of G. Woodii are dark reel. Wood on his ticket No. 618 (the type 

 of the species) notes " flowers dark brown." 



ANTHOLYZA, Linn. 



Antholyza paniculata, Klatt. 



Mountain slopes, 30-45 in. high, flowers reddish-brown. Summer. 

 A. Dit-terlen. 458 ! ; Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, January- 

 February, Miss Jacobsz in Herb. Bolus, 830 ! 



DISTRIBUTION-. Namaqualaud Minor. Natal. Zululaud. Swazi- 

 land. Transvaal (Barberton, Mac Mac). 



SESUTO: Khahla ea Bokoni. The "thing of Zululaud" which 

 pleases. Molnke. The straight one. A preparation of this plant 

 mixed with water is used as a cure for diarrhoea in people and cattle. 



