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diam. ; tiuiics of rigid, linear, parallel strands. Leaves about 3, 

 subterete, rigid, the lower ^-1 ft. long. Stems very slender, terete 

 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 2-6 in a lax seciind spike, scentless ; outer 

 spathe-valve green, lanceolate, J-1 in. long. Perianth pale blue- 

 lilac, with a curved tube an inch long, and an oblong, shortly cuspi- 

 date segment 1-1| in. long ; the d lower narrower and distinctly 

 unguiculate. Stamens half as long as the segments. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



21. G. TENELLus Jacq. Ic. t. 248. G. tristis, vars. Inoinlis and 

 Juteus Thunb. — Corm globose, I in. diam. ; tunics of rigid, parallel 

 strands. Leaves about 3, long-sheathing, subterete, rigid, the 

 lowest -1-1 ft. long. Stem slender, terete, 1-1^ ft. long. Leaves 

 2-5 in a very lax secund spike ; outer spathe-valves green, lanceo- 

 late, 1-1 i in. long. Perianth yellowish or greenish white, tinged 

 with lilac ; tube curved, an inch long ; segments oblong, subacute, 

 an inch long, \—^ in. broad, often much spotted with black towards 

 the throat. Stamens more than half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



22. G. Lambda Klatt in Linn, xxxii. 708. — Corm globose ; 

 tunics thick, obscurely reticulated. Leaves long-sheathing, terete, 

 the lower much overtopping the stem. Stem slender, a foot long. 

 Flowers 2, secund; outer spathe-valves under an inch long. Peri- 

 anth white, an inch long, with a curved tube ; upper segments 

 ovate-lanceolate ; lower narrower, with two purple blotches at the 

 base. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Eeynaud (Herb. Berol). 



23. G. TRICH0NE3I1F0LIUS Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1483. (t. citriiius 

 Klatt. — Corm globose, ^-| in. diam. ; tuuics of rigid, parallel 

 strands. Leaves 3, subterete, rigid, the lowest often overtopping 

 the flower. Stem very slender, i-lk ft. long. Flowers 1-3, erect, 

 laxly spicate ; spathe-valves firm, green, lanceolate, the outer 

 1-2 in. long. Perianth yellow, with a nearly straight tube an inch 

 long, and oblong, acute segments as long as the tube ; the 3 

 lower blotched with purple at the throat. Stamens half as long as 

 the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. A very distinct species, with 

 perianth so little unequal that it was classed by Solander as an Ixta. 



24. G. PUBESCENS Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333. — Corm not 

 seen. Leaves 3, with long, hairy, strongly-ribbed sheaths and 

 scarcely any free points. Stems slender, terete, 1-1^ ft- long. 

 Flo\yers 3-6 in a lax secund spike ; outer spathe-valves green, 

 oblong-lanceolate, ^-^ in. long. Perianth pale pink, an inch long ; 

 the oblong, acute segments as long as tlie tube, J-^ in. broad at the 

 middle. Stamens half as long as the. segments. 



Hab. British Kaffraria, Cooper 458 ! 



25. G. ANGusTus Linn. Sp. Plant. 55 ; Hort. Cliff, t. 6 ; -Jacq. 

 Ic. t. 252 ; Bot. Mag. t. 602 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 589 ; Red. Lil. 

 t. 344. G. trimaculatus Lam. G. cordatus Thunb. G. Macoivanianus 



