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Flowers in a dense spike more than | ft. long ; outer spatlie-valve 

 ovate, acute ; inner toothed at the top. Perianth reddish, with a 

 tube i in. long, and ovate, acute, subequal segments I in. long. 

 Filaments as long as the anthers, 



Hab. Port Natal, Drer/e 4537. I have not seen, but from the descrij^tion 

 should suppose it to be a Tritonia, not a Gladiolus. 



30. G. PAUciFLORUs Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, ii. 

 350. — Corm not seen. Produced leaves 4-5, thin, linear, J-|- in. 

 broad, the lower a foot long. Stem slender, 2-3 ft. long. Flowers 

 5-C in a very lax equilateral spike ; outer spathe-valves green, 

 lanceolate, 1-1|- in. long. Perianth white ; tube curved, narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, 1^ in, long ; segments oblong-cuneate, acute, as 

 long as the tube ; the 3 lower not blotched in the centre. 

 Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, alt. 2000—3000 ft., H. H. Jolmstonl 

 Near G. angustus. 



31. G. Granth Baker. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of 

 unmatted, parallel fibres. Produced leaves 3-4, linear, graminoid, 

 ^-\ in. broad, the lower under a foot long. Stem slender, 2 ft. 

 long. Flowers G-8 in a lax secund spike ; spathe-valves green, 

 lanceolate, the lower outer 1^-2 in. long. Perianth white ; tube 

 narrowly funnel-shaped, curved, an inch long ; segments obovate, 

 acute, pure white, 1^ in. long ; the 3 lower not blotched in the 

 centre. Stanien-s an iuch long ; anthers shorter than the fila- 

 ments. 



Hab. Mountains east of Lake Tanyanika, alt. 40U0 ft., Sjycke & Grantl 

 Near G. antjuilus. 



32. G. MicROPHYLLus Baker. — Corm small, globose, crowned 

 with copious fine bristles. Pioot-leaves narrow, linear, rigid, 

 4-5 in. long. Stem slender, glabrous, 6-8 in. long, with about 3 

 small sheathing-leaves with small, free, linear tips. Spike sub- 

 secund, lax, 2-4 in. long ; outer spathe-valve oblong, ^-i in. long. 

 Perianth-tube shorter than the spathe ; segments obovate, pale 

 red, ^-1 in. long. Stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the 

 segments. 



Hab. East Griqualand, on Mount Zuurberg, Tyson 1852 ! 



33. G. BREViFOLius Jacq. Ic. t. 249. G. aphyllus Ker. G. 

 carneus Andr. Bot. Kep. t. 240, non Delar. G. Urobanche Eed. Lil. 

 t. 125. G.festicus Herb. G. spilanthus, brevicolUs, and Andreicsii 

 Klatt. — Corm globose, 1-1^ in. diam. ; tunics of matted, parallel 

 fibres, produced in a ring of bristles above its neck. Leaves about 

 3, distantly superposed, with glabrous sheaths, very short, erect, 

 linear, rigid, free points. Stem very slender, 1-li ft. long. 

 Flowers 4-12 in a lax secund spike ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 

 upper outer ^-f in. long. Perianth pink or lilac, with a curved 

 tube f in. long ; segments about as long as llie tube, obtuse, upper 

 obovate-cuneate, ^ in. broad ; 3 lower narrower, distinctly ungui- 

 culate. Stamens mure than half as long as the segments. Capsule 

 oblong, \ in. loDg. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



