NEW SPECIES OF IXIEiE. 239 



thium 6-8 lin. longum, rubrum, tubo spatha breviori, segmentis 

 oblengis imbricatis, interioribus albidis. Stamina limbo ^ breviora, 

 antheris 2 lin. longis. C. B. Spei ad Simon's Bay ; C. Wright, 243 ! 

 Near G. ciUaris, Salisb , but glabrous, with smaller flowers and leaves, 

 with numerous close, very distinct ribs. 



G. MINIMA, ^rt^-6;r.— -Bulbum non vidi. Folia 2-4, subulata, falcata, 

 glabra, firma, 1-11 poll, longa, | lin. crassa. Scapus filiformis, 

 erectus, 1-1^-pollicaris, apice 1-2-florus. Spatha3 valvar oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatoe, 2 lin. longaj, integrae, virides, rubro tinctae. Perianthii tubus 

 filiformis, ex spatha distincte exsertus, 2-|-3 lin. longus ; limbus in- 

 fundibularis, 2 lin. longus, segmentis oblongis albis exterioribus dorse 

 rubris. C. B. Spei; Drege, 2623 ! A very distinct little plant, with 

 the exserted tube of G. excisa (Bot. Mag., t. 584), but totally different 

 in other respects. 



G. BojEEi, Baker. — Bulbus parvus, globosus, tunicis subtiliter 

 fibroso-reticulatis. Caul is gracilis, flexuosus, glaber, 9-15-pollicaris. 

 Folia 4, superposita, anguste linearia, firma, erecta, glabra, inferiora 

 semipedalia, j-1 lin. lata, distincte costata, superiora basi baud dila- 

 tata. Spica 1-3 flora. Valvae spathse oblongse, integrae, virides, 4^-5 

 lin. longse. Perianthii tubus spatha brevier ; limbus infundibularis, 

 roseus, 4| lin. longus, segmentis oblongis subacutis. Stamina limbo 

 duple breviora. Madagascaria in montihis Antoungoan prov. Emirni ; 

 Hilsenberg et Bojer ! (Hb. Kew et Mus. Brit.). Very near G 

 alpina, Hook, fil., in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii., 228, from the Canie- 

 roons. 



Hespeeantha humilis, Baker. — Bulbus globose- conicus 9-10 lin. 

 crassus, tunicis brunneis cartilagineis, e basi in segmentas lineares 

 sectis. Caulis supra terram nullus. Folia 3-4, ligulata, falcata, 

 firma, glabra, obtusa, 1^-2 poll, longa, 3-4 lin. lata, e medio ad 

 basin angustata. Flores 5-6, e medio rosulse foliorum corymbosi. 

 Spathse valva exterior late oblonga navicularis, viridis, 8-9 lin. longa; 

 interior lanceolata. Perianthii tubus cylindricus, 6-7 lin. longus ; 

 limbus rubescens, late infundibularis, 7-8 lin. longus, segmentis 

 obovate-cuneatis. Stylus ex tubo hand protrusus, stigmatibus 

 subulatis 2^-3 lin. longis. C. B. Spei ad Roggeveld, Burchell, 1320 ! 

 Distinct from all the other species by its acaulescent habit. 



H. EtiBELLA, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Folia basalia producta, 

 linearia, rigida, crassa, glabra, semipedalia vel pedalia, plana, 2-2^ 

 in. lata, distincte nervata, costa et marginibus incrassatis ; caulinum 

 unicum, simile, reductum. Spica simplex vel profunde furcata, 3-4 

 poll, longa, 6-15-flora, aiquilateralis, rachi flexuosa. Valvae spathae 

 oblongae, integrae, 6-7 lin. long^e, viridulse vel rubre tinctae, margine 

 membranaceae. Perianthii tubus cylindricus 3-4 lin. longus; limbus 

 infundibularis, rubellus, 6-7 lin. longus, segmentis oblongis. Antherae 

 luteae, 3 lin. longae. C. B. Spei in ditione Transvaal ; Cooper, 1027 I 

 Nearest H.Baicrii, Baker, but the flowers much smaller, and tube and 

 spatha shorter. 



