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17. B. SPIRALIS Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves 6-8, petioled, 

 linear, hairy, moderately firm, 6-9 iu. long, spirally twisted towards 

 the tip. Stem a foot long ; spikes 2-3, lax, with a Hexuose 

 pubescent rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, i in. long, 

 green with a brown scariose cusp, finely pubescent. Perianth pale 

 lilac, with a tube as long as the spathe and unequal oblong seg- 

 ments f in. long. Stamens as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. Described from specimens in 

 the herbarium of Forsytli, once curator of Clielsea Garden. 



18. B. MUCRONATA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 233. Gladiolus 

 viucronatus Jacq. Ic. t. 253. B. snihrifoUd Brehm. — Corm globose, 

 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine matted fibres. Leaves 5-6, petioled, 

 lanceolate, glabrous, 3-4 in. long. Flowers several in a dense 

 spike; peduncle short ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, firm, 

 green, glabrous or slightly hairy, f-1 in. long. Perianth lilac, with 

 a tube as long as the spathe and unequal oblong segments an inch 

 long. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Var. LONGicoLLis Baker. B. spaiJiacea Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 638. 

 Perianth-tube about twice as long as the spathe. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces and Namaqualand. 



19. B. occiDENTALis Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves 4-5, lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous, a foot long. Flowers many in a panicle of 2-3 

 spikes with a moderately long peduncle ; spathe-valves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, finely pilose, an inch long. Perianth bright lilac, with a 

 tube as long as the spathe and unequal oblong segments 1-1;^ iu. 

 long. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Clanwilliam (Madcr) Marowan 21(i'.) ! 

 May be a variety of /'. luucnuiata. 



20. B. socoTRANA Hook. 111. in Bot. Mag. t. 6585. — Corm 

 globose ; tunics of matted fibres. Leaves 4-6, lanceolate, 3-4 in. 

 long, plicate, subglabrous. Spike simple, 1-4-tlovvered ; peduncle 

 very short ; outer spathe-valve firm, green, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 above an inch long. Perianth lilac ; tube slender, 1^ in. long. 

 Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Island of Socotra. Discovered by Prof. Balfour, in the sprinj; of 

 1880. 



21. B. PLicATA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 576. ]>. (•(erHlexrcna and 

 villosa Eckl. B. piinctaUi Klatt. Gladiolus plicatuahmu. ex parte. 

 6r. riniiens Thunb. ex parte, (t. frai/rans Jacq. Ilort. Schoen. t. 14. 

 — Corm small, globose ; tunics of fine matted fibres. — Leaves 5-6, 

 petioled, lanceolate, hairy, 3-6 in. long. Flowers in a simple or 

 forked spike mostly shorter than the leaves ; outer spathe-valve 

 oblong-lanceolate, hairy, an inch long. Perianth lilac or reddish, 

 with a tube as long as the spathe and une(iual oblong segments 

 1-1^ in. long. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Var. 1). MACULATA Klatt, Erg.mz. 15. B. aiiijUHtifolia l"]cl<l. — 

 Dwarf. Leaves linear. Flowers not more than 2-3, crowded, 

 erect. 



