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50. G. BRACHYsoypHus Baker. — Corra not seen. Produced 

 leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm, ^ ft. long, ^-^ in. 

 broad. Stem 1|— 2 ft. long, with 2-3 small reduced leaves. 

 Flowers 2-6 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spatlie- 

 valve lanceolate-navicular, an inch long. Perianth bright lilac ; 

 tube much curved, ^ in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse, 1-1|- in. 

 long, the 3 lower shorter. Stamens as long as the lower segments. 



Hab. East Griqualand, alt. 5000 ft., Tyson 1427 ! 



51. G. viLLosus Ker, Gen. Irid, 183. G. hirsutus var., Ker in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 823. G. laceatus Thunb. G. pilosus Eckl. G. pnni- 

 ceus Lam.? G. Lamarddi E. & S. — Corm globose, f in. diam. ; 

 tunics of wiry parallel fibres. Produced leaves 2-3, with a long 

 hairy sheath and a rigid linear blade f -1 ft. long. Stems slender, 

 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 2-4 in a lax secund spike ; spathe-valves 

 oblong or lanceolate, lower outer f-1 in. long. Perianth bright 

 red or lilac, with a curved broadly funnel-shaped tube f-1 in. long ; 

 segments obtuse, as long as the tube ; upper obovate-cuneate ; 3 

 lower oblong-unguiculate. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



52. G. viTTATUs Hornem. Hort. Hafn. ii. 950. G. fasciatus 

 E. & S. G, unclulatus Schneev. Ic. t. 19. G. undulatus var., Ker 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 538. G. vinuhts Klatt. — Corm globose. Leaves 

 3-4, linear, glabrous, the lower 6-9 in. long, ^-\ in. broad. Stem 

 about a foot long. Flowers 3-6 in a lax spike, suberect ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, lower outer 1^-2 in. long. Perianth whitish, 

 with a slightly curved tube an inch long ; limb rather longer than 

 the tube ; upper segments oblong, obtuse, ^ in. broad ; the 3 lower 

 with a red or lilac central blotch. Stamens half as long as the 

 segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



53. G. NivENi Baker. G. rim/ens, var. 7indulatus Andr. Bot. 

 Eep. t. 275. — Corm small, globose. Produced leaves 2, narrow 

 linear, glabrous, the lower ^ ft. long. Stem slender, a foot long. 

 Flowers 3-4 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe- 

 valves green, lanceolate, the lower an inch long. Perianth bright 

 lilac, with a curved tube ^ in. long ; segments an inch long ; the 5 

 lower undulated and reflexed ; upper obovate, obtuse ; lateral 

 oblong, acute ; 3 lower oblong-lanceolate, tinged yellow below the 

 tip. Stamens short. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Introduced into cultivation by Niven in 1800. 



64. G. GREGARius Wclw. j Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. 

 268. — Corm globose, -l-f in. diam. ; tunics of fine fibres. Leaves 

 linear, moderately fiim, ^-i in. broad, the lower 6-9 in, long. 

 Stem 1-1^^ ft. long. Flower 10-12 in a moderately dense secund 

 spike, with rigid spathe-valves adpressed to the rachis ; the outer 

 lanceolate ; the lower above an inch long. Perianth yellow, with a 

 curved tube iin. long ; upper segment obovate-cuneate, obtuse, fin. 

 long ; lateral similar ; 3 lower oblanceolate-unguiculate. Stamens 

 half as long as the segments, 



