a^ADioLus. 207 



34. G. WooDii Baker. — Corm depresso-globose, 1 in. diam. ; 

 tunics of wiry fibres, produced as a ring of bristles above its neck. 

 Leaves about 4, distantly superposed, with hairy sheaths and short 

 linear rigid free points. Stems slender 1-1|- ft. long. Flowers 

 4-6 in a lax secund spike ; spathe-valvcs lanceolate, lower outer 

 ■| in. long. Periantli dark red, with a curved broadly funnel- 

 shaped tube ^ in, long ; segments obtuse, ^-^ in. long ; upper obo- 

 vate-cuneate ; 3 lower narrower, unguiculate. Stamens half as 

 long as segments. Capsule turbinate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. 'i^ata,], Buchanan I Wood 618 \ 'i^esLV G. hrevifolius. 



35. G. TABULARis Eckl. Topog. Verz. 38. — Corm globose, 1 in. 

 diam. ; tunics of fine matted, parallel fibres, produced above its 

 neck into long scariose strands. Leaves 3-4, distantly superposed, 

 with glabrous sheaths and very short linear points. Stem slender, 

 a foot long. Flowers 5-G in a lax secund spike ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, green, lower outer ^-| in. long. Perianth pinkish, with 

 a curved tube ; upper segments oblong, obscurely cuspidate, f in. 

 long, ^ in. broad ; 3 lower unguiculate. Stamens half as long as 

 the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony; summit of Table Mountain, Pappcl Bolus 7057! 

 Very near G. brevifolius. 



36. G. iNANDENsis Baker. — Corm globose, f-1 in. diam. ; tunics 

 of fine matted parallel fibres. Leaves 3-4, distantly superposed, 

 with glabrous sheaths and short free linear tips. Stem slender, 

 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 6-8 in a lax secund spike ; spathe-valves 

 green, oblong-lanceolate, lower outer ^ in. long. Perianth whitish, 

 with a curved tube ^ in. long ; segments keeled with red, ^-^ in. 

 long ; upper oblong or obovate, obscurely cuspidate ; 3 lower 

 narrower, oblong-unguiculate. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Natal, Sanderson ! Wood 111 ! 237 ! C. Mudd\ Near G. brevifolius. 



37. G. DEBiLis Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 2585. Geissorhiza alhens E. 

 Mayer. — Corm depresso-globose, f-1 in. diam. ; tunics of parallel 

 wiry strands. Leaves 3, with long sheaths and long linear rigid 

 tips. Stem very slender, 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 1-3, laxly 

 spicate, suberect ; outer spathe-valves green, lanceolate, f-1 in. 

 long. Perianth whitish, with a straight narrowly funnel-shaped 

 tube J in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse, as long as the tube ; 3 

 lower with a spade-shaped red-brown blotch at the base. Stamens 

 half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



38. G. BiFLORus Klatt in Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. 2, 

 197.— Corm globose, ^ in. diam. ; tunics rigid, lacerated from the 

 base. Produced leaf single, with a subterete blade 5-6 in. long. 

 Stem slender, terete, 6-8 in. long. Flowers 2-3, laxly spicate, 

 suberect ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, lower outer 1-lJ in. 

 long. Perianth bright hlac, with a nearly straight tube |-;\ in. 

 long ; segments oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the tube. Stamens 

 half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape flats, Macowan 227U ! Near G. debilis. 



