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with a cylindrical tube as long as the spathe and oblong segments 

 I in. long. Stamens half as long as the segments. 

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



12. A. ? ixioiDEs Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem very slender, 

 simple, ^ ft. long, bearing one narrow linear leaf nearly a foot long 

 from the middle and one much smaller higher up. Spike lax, 

 simple, few-flowered ; outer spathevalve lanceolate, green, an inch 

 long. Perianth bright lilac, with a cylindrical tube ^- in. long, 

 funnel-shaped at the throat and oblong segments ^ in. long. 

 Stamens more than halt' as long as the segments. Style-branches 

 short, not flattened. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Scott-Elliott 1174 ! 



13. A. zANziBARic\ Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem simple, G-9 in. 

 long, bearing 2-3 erect narrow linear leaves at most 3-4 in. long. 

 Flowers 1-2, erect; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 1^-1 2 hi. long. 

 Perianth white, with a slender tube 2 in. long, scarcely ^ in. diam. 

 at tbroat ; segments oblong, an inch long, not spotted at the 

 throat. Stamens reaching halfway up the segments. 



Hab. Zanzibar coast near Mombassa, Hildebrandt 2015 ! 



14. A. LAxiFLORA Bakcr. — Corm globose, f in. diam. ; tunics 

 finely reticulated upwards. Stem simple, slightly ancipitous, under 

 a foot long, bearing about 3 thin erect linear leaves 3-6 in. long. 

 Spike very lax, 2-6-flowered ; outer spathe-valves greeu, lanceolate, 

 1-^-3 in. long. Perianth white, with a slender tube 3-4 in. long, 

 ^ in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong, white, an inch long, 

 not spotted at the throat. Stamens reaching halfway up the limb. 

 Capsule clavate, an inch long. 



Hab. Slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, alt. 2000 ft. Collected by Mr. H. H. 

 Johnston in 1884. 



15. A. cEQUiNOCTiALis Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 160. 

 Gladiolus (equinoctial is Herb. — Corm and leaves unknown. Spike 

 lax, ^ ft. long ; spathe-valves ligulate, obtuse, 2^-3 in. long. 

 Perianth white, with a slender tube 5-5|^ in. long; segments lan- 

 ceolate Ij-l^- in. long, spotted with red at the throat. Stamens 

 not reaching to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, Herb. Lindley. There is an unpublished figure 

 amongst Herbert's drawings at the Lindley library, and a copy at Kew. 



16. A. BicoLOR Hochst. in Regensb. Flora, 1844, 25 ; Bouche et 

 Wittm. in Berlin Monat. xix. 12, t. 1. Ixia Qaartiniana A. Rich. 

 SphfErospora (jiyantea Klatt. — Corm globose, -^-l in. diam. ; tunics of 

 matted fibres. Stem simple, 1-1^ ft. long near the base and two 

 smaller higher up. Spike few- flowered, very lax; outer spathe- 

 valve lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long. Perianth white, with a 

 slender tube 4-5 in. long, ^ in. diam. at the throat; segments ob- 

 long, acute, 1^-1^^ in. long, the 3 lower conspicuously spotted with 

 purple at the throat. Anthers linear, ^ in. long, with a long pomt. 



Hab. Mountains of Abyssinia and the Zambesi country. 



17. A. UNicoLOR Huchst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 2301. 



