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foot long, stem very short. Spikes lax, 4-6-flowere(l ; spatbe- 

 valves lanceolate, firm, green, pubescent, 1^-1^^ in. long. Perianth 

 wliitisb, with a slender tube about 3 in. long; segments oblanceo- 

 late, cuspidate, i in. long. Anthers ^ in. long, as long as the fila- 

 ments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Clanwilliam, Mailer ! 



2. A. GRAMiNiFOLiA Baker in Jouvn. Bot. 1876, 338. — Corm 

 globose, 1 in. diam, ; tunics tbick, fibrous, bristly at the top. 

 Basal leaves 2, linear, thin, 8-9 in. long. Stem a foot long, bear- 

 ing 1-2 reduced sheathing leaves. Flowers 2 ; spathe-valves lan- 

 ceolate, green, 2 in. long. Perianth Avhite tinged with purple; 

 tube 3 in. long; segments oblanceolate-spathulate, \-\ in. long. 

 Stamens reaching halfway up the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; plains between Zwellendam and Gauritz, Bowie ! 



3. A. FoRSYTHiANA Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem a foot long, 

 bearing 3 superposed linear grass-like leaves. Flowers 3-4, laxly 

 spicate ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 1|— 2 in. long. Peri- 

 anth whitish, with a slender tube |— ^ iu. longer than the spathe ; 

 segaients of the limb oblong-cuneate, an inch long. Stamens 

 reaching halfway up the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. First seen in the Forsyth 

 herbarium. 



4. A. PLATYPETALA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 339. Gladiolus 

 lonyicollis Baker. — Corm globose, f-1 in. diam. ; tunics of matted 

 wiry fibres. Leaves about 3, distantly superposed, firm, narrow 

 linear, strongly ribbed, the lowest a foot long. Stem slender, 

 terete, 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 1-2 ; spathe-valves lanceolate, firm, 

 green, 1-1^ in. long. Perianth with a curved tube 2-3^ in. long, 

 slightly dilated in the upper third; segments oblong, cuspidate, f-1 

 in. long, yellowish white flushed with purple. Stamens reaching 

 halfway up the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Uitenhage northward to Natal, and the Transvaal. 



5. A. TUBULOSA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 160. A. exscapa 

 Baker. Ixia tubuJusa Houtt. Handl. xii. t. 78, fig. 2. Gladiolus ex- 

 scapus Thunb. Freesia costata Eckl. — Corm globose, ^ in. diam. 

 Leaves about 3, distantly superposed, linear, firm, with a thick 

 midrib, the lowest a foot long. Stem simple, terete, a foot long. 

 Flowers 2-5, in a very lax spike, with a flexuose rachis ; outer 

 spathe-valve lanceolate, green, l|^-2 in. long. Perianth whitish or 

 tinged with pink; tube slender, 2 in. long; segments oblanceolate- 

 oblong, an inch long. Stamens more than half as long as the seg- 

 ments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



6. A. FLExuosA Baker in Berlin Monat. xix. 15. Gladiolus 

 flexuoms Thunb. Splucrosporn Jlexuosa Klatt. — Corm not seen. 

 Leaves about 3, distant, superposed, narrow linear, the lower h ft. 

 long. Stem slender, simple, terete, under a foot long. Flowers 

 3-4 ni a short spike; outer spathe valve lanceolate, 1-1^ in. long.- 



