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green, curved, lanceolate, the lower outer | in. long. Perianth 

 bright dark pui'ple, an inch long, with a curved narrowly funnel- 

 shaped tube scarcely ^ in. long ; 3 upper segments oblong-cuneate, 

 l-}^ in. broad; 3 lower narrower, with a claw as long as the blade. 

 Capsule oblong or turbinate, ^-f in. long. Seeds broadly winged. 

 Hab. Zambesi highlands, alt. 1800—3000 ft., Sir John Kirk ! 



60. G. ZAMBESiAcus Bakcr. — Corm globose, | in. diam. ; tunics 

 of fine parallel fibres. Produced leaves 3, narrow linear, yV ^^• 

 broad, moderately firm, the lower above a foot long. Stem very 

 slender, 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers about 4 in a very lax secund spike; 

 outer spathe-valves brownish, lanceolate, -|— f in. long. Perianth 

 pale purple, with a curved tube ^ in. long ; upper segment oblong- 

 cuneate, obtuse, f in. long, J in. broad ; lower narrower, unguiculate. 

 Stamens ^ in. long. 



Hab. Zambesi highlands, Last ! Mountains east of Lake Nyassa, Bev, 

 W. P. Johnson ! 



61. G. MicEANTHus Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves 2-3, narrow 

 linear, rigid, -J- in. broad, the lowest a foot long. Stem simple or 

 branched at the base, under a foot long. Flowers 12-20 in a dense 

 spike ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, brown, the lower outer 

 ^-^ in. long. Perianth bright purple ; tube ^ in. long; limb ^ in. 

 long ; upper segment oblong-cuneate, obtuse, ^ in. broad ; 3 lower 

 oblanceolate-unguiculate, ^ in. broad. Stamens little shorter than 

 the upper segment. 



Hab. Bechuana country. Dr. Hohib ! 



G2. G. Mellepj Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 334. — Corm not 

 seen. Stem 1-1| ft. long, bearing several distantly-superposed 

 leaves with short erect linear rigid blades. Flowers 6-12 in a very 

 lax spike ; spathe-valves brownish, lanceolate, the lower outer 

 1-1|- in. long. Perianth bright red, with a curved narrowly funnel- 

 sliaped tube f in. long; segments oblong-cuneate, obtuse, 3 upper 

 an inch long, 3 lower shorter. Stamens half as long as the upper 

 segments. Capsule small, turbinate. Seeds broadly winged. 



Hab. Zambesi highlands ; collected by Dr. Meller and Sir John Kirk, and 

 more recently in the Namuli Makua country by Mr. J. T. Last. 



63. G. Hanningtoni Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves linear, 

 moderately firm, ^ in. broad, the lower a foot long. Flowers 12-20 

 in a dense secund spike, with rigid lanceolate brown erect imbri- 

 cated spathe-valves, the lower outer li in. long. Perianth with a 

 curved tube ^-^ in. long, and a horizontal dark purple limb f-1 in. 

 long ; upper segment oblong, obtuse, ^ in. broad ; lateral similar ; 

 3 lower as long, oblanceolate, distinctly unguiculate. Stamens 

 half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Mountains of East Trojncal Africa, 2 — 7° S. lat. ; collected by the 

 late Bishop Hannington. Near G. spicatus and ijregarius. 



64. G. BucHANANi Baker. — Corm small, globose. Leaves linear, 

 moderately firm, \-\ in. broad, the lower 1\ ft. flower. Stem 

 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 6-8, erecto-patent, in a lax equilateral 

 spike ; outer spathe-valves brownish, lanceolate, f-1 in. long. 



