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1-1^ in. long. Perianth bright crimson, with a curved tube 

 lf-2 in. long ; segments oblong-cuspidate, an inch long. Stamens 

 reaching nearly to the tip of the segments. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces, 



5. W. DExsiFLORA Baker in Journ, Bot. 1876, 33G ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 0400. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of matted parallel 

 fibres. Basal leaves 4-6, ensiform, rigid, 2-3 ft. long. Stems 

 simple, terete, li-2 ft. long, bearing a few reduced leaves. Flowers 

 40-50 in a dense spike a foot long ; outer spadie-valve oblong- 

 lanceolate, brown, rigid, an inch long. Perianth rose-red, rarely 

 white ; tube curved, H-lf in. long, narrowly fuunel-shaped in the 

 upper half; segments oblong, cuspidate, | in. long. Anthers just 

 protruded from the perianth -tube. 



^ Hab. Katfraria, Orange Free State, and Natal ; first gathered by Dr^ge. 



6. W. HUMiLis Miller, Gard. Diet. edit. vi. No. 2 (Ic. ii. 198, 

 t. 297, fig. 2) ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 63 & 1193. W. laccata Ker. 

 W. muculata Klatt. Gladiubis laccatus Jacq. Ic. t. 232 ; Red. Lil. 

 t. 243. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, reticulated, 

 bristly at the top. Basal leaves linear, rigid, 6-9 in. long. Stem 

 usually simple, a foot long. Spikes 4-6-liowered, very lax ; spathe- 

 valves obloDg-lanceolate, rigid, the lower 1-2 in. long. Perianth 

 rose-red, with a curved tube IJ-li- in. long, ^ in. diam. at the 

 throat ; segments oblong, J in. long. Stamens reaching halfway 

 up the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces, Kaffraria, and Natal. 



7. W. sTRicTiFLORA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1416. — Corm globose, 

 1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, fibrous. Basal leaves linear, rigid, -^-1 ft. 

 long. Stems simple, 1-1^ ft. long, with a few reduced leaves. Flowers 

 few, in a lax spike; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, firm, brown, 

 ^-J in. long. Perianth rose-red, with a slightly-curved tube 1^ in. 

 long, subcylindrical in the upper half, ^ in. diam. at the throat ; 

 segments obloug-spathulate, f in. long. Stamens reaching to the 

 tip of the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



8. W. cYLiNDRicA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 336. — Basal 

 leaves 5-6, ensiform, ^ ft. long. Stem simple, a foot long, bearing 

 about 8 reduced leaves. Spike lax, 4-6-flowered; outer spathe- 

 valve oblong-lanceolate, ^-1 in. long. Perianth pale red, with a 

 narrow tube 1^-1^ in. long, k in. diam. at the throat ; segments 

 obovate, acute, ^ in. long. Stamens reaching nearly to the tip of 

 the segments. 



Hab. Described from a plant flowered in 1S71 by Mr. Wilson Saunders 

 at Eeifiate. It was said to come from Madagascar, but has not been found by 

 Mr. Baron or other collectors. 



Subgenus II. Neuberia. 



9. W. BREviFOLiA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 601. W. hyan'nthoides 

 Pers. Aiithoh/za spicata Andr. ]>ot. Ptep. t. 36. — Corm globose, 1 in. 



