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subject to inundation), and seem to replace each other ; at 

 least I have found /. setigera abundant in the province of 

 Araazonas as far west as the Rio Jutahi, but never met 

 with /. pulesce7is, var. hrinocavfa, save on the Javary, 

 where it is abundant, but where I never saw /. setigera. 

 {To he continued.) 



NEW GLADIOLE^. 

 By J. G. Baker, F.L.S. 



Of the following unpublished species of Gladioleae, all of which 

 are Cape or Tropical African, I have labelled type-specimens in the 

 herbaria either of Kew or the British Museum. 



Gladiolus pubescens, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Caulis oraeilis 

 pedalis et ultra, profunde striatus, dense griseo-pubescens, foliis 2-3 

 rudimentariis anguste linearibus strictis pilosis solum pra^ditus. Spica 

 secunda, 2-3-poliicaris, 3-6-flora. Spathse valvte lanceolata?, glabrae 

 virides, acutse, 6-10 lin. longse. Perianthii tubus curvatus, infundi- 

 bularis, 5-6 lin. longus ; limbi segmenta rubella, oblongo-spathulata 

 acuta, 8-10 lin. longa. Antherae ex tubo protrusfe, 3 lin. lono'Ee. 

 Kaffraria britannica, Cooper, 458 ! JStem and leaves of G. laceatus 

 Thunb. {G. pilosus, Ecklon), but flower much smaller, with acute 

 segments. 



G. (Hebea) cochleatus, Baker. — Bulbum non vidi. Eolia omnia 

 parva, linearia, glabra, acuta, rigidula, crebre nervata, superposita. 

 Caulis gracilis, teres, sesquipedalis. Spica laxissima, semipedalis 

 6-8-flora. Spathse valvae lanceolatae, acutse, virides, 6-8 lin. lono^te. 

 Perianthii tubus curvatus, infundibularis, 3-4 lin. longus ; limbus 

 horizontalis, 9-10 lin. longus, segmento superiori rubro oblongo- 

 spathulato dorso diu convexo, reliquis oblanceolatis albidis obtusis 

 longe unguiculatis. Genitalia perianthio paulo breviora. Sierra 

 Leotie, Morson ! Allied to the Cape G. permeahilis, Delaroche (G. 

 edulis, Burcheil in Bot. Reg., t. 169). Only two other species of the 

 genus are known in West Tropical Africa. There is one in Abyssinia 

 and three were gathered by Col. Grant. 



G. SPLENDENS, Baker. — Folia inferiora anguste ensiformia, viridia, 

 glabra, acuta, rigide coriacea, pedalia et ultra, 6-8 lin. lata, nervis 

 5-7 validis pr.-^dita. Caulis bipedalis, foliis pluribus linearibus reductis 

 prseditus. Spica laxissime 3-4-flora. Valvae spathoe Integra, lan- 

 ceolatse, virides, 18-21 lin. longse. Perianthium splendide coccineum, 

 suberectum, 3 poll, longum, tubo recto deorsum cylindrico apice late 

 infundibulari ; segmentis subaequalibus obovato-spathulatis, cuspidatis, 

 immaculatis, tubo superantibus. Genitalia perianthio distincte 

 breviora. C. B. Spei in ditione George ad montes prope Oakhurst, W. 

 D. Dumbleton, Esq. ! Near G. cruentiis, Bot. Mag., t. 5810, and one 

 of the most showy of all the known species. 



G. decokatus, ^«l'er.— Bulbus globosus, 1 poll, crassus, tunicis 

 membranaceis tibroso-reticulatis. Folia ensiformia, glabra, acuta, 



