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Perianth pale reddish, under an inch long; segments oblong- 

 cuneate, obtuse, twice as long as the tube. JStamens reaching 

 nearly to the top of the segments. 



Hab. Zambesi highlands ; summit of D.irencli, alt. 5000 ft., Buchanan ! 



65. G. QuARTiNiANus A. Kich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 307 ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 0739. — Corm globose, 1-1^ in. diam. ; tunics of matted 

 parallel fibres. Produced leaves 3-4, rigid, linear or ensiform, the 

 lower sometimes 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers G-9 in a very lax secund 

 spike ^-1 ft. long; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower outer 

 1^-2 in. long. Flowers bright yellow or bright red, with a curved 

 narrowly funnel-shaped tube 1\ in. long; upper segments cucullate, 

 oblong, acute, 1^ inch long, an inch broad; side segments smaller; 

 3 loAver shorter and narrower, refiexing. Stamens an inch long ; 

 filaments as long as the anthers. Cai^sule linear-oblong, above an 

 inch long. Seeds broadly winged. 



Hab. Mountains of Tropical Africa from Abyssinia to Zambesi-land, 

 Matabele-land and Angola, ascending to 8000 ft. in Masai-land. Introduced 

 into cultivation by Sir John Kirk in 1884. G. saltatorum Baker, collected by 

 Speke and Grant near the equator, is probably a variety. 



66. G. ANGOLENSis Welw. ; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 ser. 2, i. 269. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine matted 

 parallel fibres reticulated upwards. Leaves 3-4, rigid, linear or 

 ensiform, the lowest 1-1^ ft. long. Stem 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 

 few, in a lax secund spike ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, li— 2 in. 

 long. Perianth with a curved tube 1^ in. long ; limb yellow, with 

 copious minute dots of red ; upper segment obovate, obtuse, 

 cucullate, 1^ in. long, an inch broad ; lateral similar, shorter ; 

 3 lower much smaller, decurved. Stamens an incli long. Capsule 

 oblong-clavate, 1\ in. long. Seeds broadly winged. 



Hab. Mountains of Angola ; collected by Welwitsch and Monteiro. Near 

 G. Quartinianus. 



67. G. Welwitschii Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, i. 

 208. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics produced above in a long 

 ring of bristles. Basal leaves linear, very rigid, \-^ in. broad, 

 1-1^ ft. long. Stem | ft. long, its leaves short and entirely 

 adpressed. Spike lax, secund, 6-10 in. long; outer spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, 1^-2 in. long. Perianth bright reddish yellow, with a 

 curved tube 1^ in. long; limb 1^-2 in. long; upper segment ovate, 

 acute, -4-I in. broad ; lower shorter, obovate, dellexed. Stamens 

 an inch long. Capsule clavate-obloug, an inch long. Seeds 

 broadly winged. 



Hab. Angola ; temperate region of the province of Huilla, fVelwitach 1511 ! 



68. G. suLPHUREUs Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, ii. 

 350. — Corm globose, J in. diam. Produced leaves 3-4, crowded, 

 with a very short rigid ensiform blade. Stem robust, under a foot 

 long. Flowers 7-8 in a very lax equilateral spike ; spatJie-valves 

 rigid, lanceolate, brownish, the lower outer 1^-'.^ in. long. Perianth 

 bright yellow, 2^-3 in. long, with a curved tube Ii in. long; 

 segments obovate, upper cucullate, as long as the tube; side seg- 



