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basal leaves 2, narrow linear, erect, G-9 in. long. Stem, including 

 iuHorescence, ^ ft. long; branches few ; flowers few, all pedicellate; 

 outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, an inch long. Perianth 

 white, with a slender cylindrical tube 4-4|- in. long; segments 

 lanceolate, an inch long. Anthers ^ in. long; filaments very short. 

 Hab. Angola ; province of Huilla, subtemperate region, Welwitsch 1552 I 



26. L. ODORATissiMA Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, i. 273, 

 tab. 36, figs. 2-3. — Corm ovoid, ^ in. diam., with rigid nearly black 

 cancellate tunics. Basal leaves 2, linear, ascending, i ft. long. 

 Spike dense, solitary, simple ; outer spathe-valves linear, green, 

 4-5 in. long ;_ inner much shorter. Perianth whitish, with a 

 cylindrical tube 4-5 in. long, and spreading lanceolate acute 

 segments 1^ in. long. Anthers linear, ^ in. lung ; filaments very 

 short. 



Hab. Angola ; subtemperate region of the province of Huilla, Welwitach 

 1551! 



Subgenus II. — Anomatheca. 



27. L, JUNCEA Pourr. in Act. Tolos. iii. 15 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 606. Anomatheca juncea Ker. Gladiolus jimceus Linn. fil. Li. 

 jjolystiichi/us Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 66. (J. viamwratus Lam. (r. pani- 

 ciilatus Pers. G. excisus Jacq. Hort. Schoen. t. 491. G. a)imbili)i 

 Salibb. IjL'ia spicata Burm. i. emarginata Vahl. — Corm ovoid, witli 

 fibrous tunics. Produced basal leaves 4-6 in a tult, lorate, 6-8 in. 

 long. Stems 1-2 ft. long including the inflorescence, subterete, 

 branched from below the middle ; tiowers 4-6 to a branch, laxly 

 spicate ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, ^-^ in. long. Periantli 

 pale red, with a slender tube ^-f in. long, and oblanceolate-oblong 

 segments -|— ^ in. long, the three lower spotted at the throat. 

 Stamelis half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



28. L. CRUENTA Behth. Gen. Plant, iii. 705. Anoiaathrca cmcuti 

 Lindl. in Bot. Pieg. t. 1369 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 1857 ; Paxt. Mag. 

 i. 103. — Corm ovoid, with finely reticulated brown tunics. Pro- 

 duced leaves about 6 in a tuft, thin, linear, ^-1 ft. long. Stems 

 slender, simple, terete or branched, 1-2 It. long. Flowers 6-12 in 

 a lax secund spike ; outer spathe-valves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 green, ^-^ in. long. Perianth with a slender tube 1-1^ in. long, 

 and bright red oblong segments ^ in. long, the three lower with a 

 black spot at the base. Stamens less than half as long as the 

 segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-eastern provinces and Kaffraria. 



29. L. GKANDiFLORA Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6924. Anomatheca 

 grandiflora Baker. — Corm globose, ^ in. diam. ; tunics brown, finely 

 fibrous. Leaves 4-8 in a basal tuft, erect, linear, a foot or more 

 long. Peduncle simple, terete, as long as the leaves. Flowers 5-6 

 in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, ^ in. long. 

 Periantli with a subcylindrical tube an inch long, and bright red 

 oblanceolate segments as long as the tube, the three lower with a 

 dark blotch at the base. Stamens as long as the segments. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay and highland? of the Zanibosi. 



