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a curved tube au inch long ; limb a little longer than the tube ; 

 3 upper segments obovate-spathulate, i-g in. broad ; 8 lower oblong, 

 J-^in. broad. Stamens not half as long as the segments. 

 Hab. Transvaal, Rehmann 5096 ! 



83. G. HiRsuTus Jacq. Ic. t. 250; Red. Lil. t. 278. Ct. roseus 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 11. G. Jdrsutus var. roseus Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 

 574. — Corm middle-sized, globose, crowned with a ring of bristles. 

 Leaves 4-5, superposed, ensiform, strongly ribbed, both the sheath 

 and short blade finely hairy. Stem 1-1|- ft. long. Flowers 3-6 in 

 a very lax secund spike; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, lower 

 outer 1^-2 in. long. Perianth bright red, with a curved tube 1^ in. 

 long ; segments obovate, cuspidate, as long as the tube, the upper 

 f in., the lower i in. broad. Stamens more than half as long as 

 the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. G. siiniUs Eckl. is said to 

 differ by its smaller paler flowers. 



84. G. BLANDus Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 64 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 625. 

 — Corm middle-sized ; tunics of matted parallel fibres. Produced 

 leaves about 4, crowded, ensiform, glabrous, ^-1 ft. long, ^-f in. 

 broad. Stem 1-1|^ in. long. Flowers 4-8 in a lax spike ; spathe- 

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

 white, tinged with red, with a curved tube 1-|— 1^ in. long ; limb 

 rather longer than the tube ; upper segments obiong, -|-f in. broad, 

 3 lower narrower, oblong-unguiculate, with a reddish blotch at the 

 throat. Stamens more than half as loug as the segments. 



Var. G. ALBiDUS Jacq. Ic. t. 256. 6r. blandus Andr. Bot. Rep. 

 t. 99. G. blandus var. niveus Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 648. — Flower 

 pure white. 



Var. G. MoRTONius Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 3680. — Flowers sub- 

 erect, the segments white, with copious faint vertical pink streaks. 



Var. G. ExcELsus Sweet. — Taller than the type, with longer 

 leaves, and a perianth-tube 2 in. long. 



Var. G. CARNEUS Delaroche, Diss. 30, t. 4. G. campanulatus 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 188. G. blandus var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 645. 

 — More robust than the type, with more numerous more spreading 

 pink or lilac flowers, with broader more obtuse segments. 



Var. G. HiBBERTii Hort. — Flowers pink, with very distinct red 

 spade-shaped blotches on the three lower segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony, from Capetown eastward to Kaft'raria. Introduced into 

 cultivation in 1774. 



85. G. SALMONEUs Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem-leaves 6-8, 

 rigid, linear, acuminate, 1-li in. long, ^ in. broad, finely pubescent, 

 with very strong raised ribs. Stem a foot long. Spike moderately 

 dense, distichous, a foot long; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 

 1^-3 in. long. IPerianth salmon-red ; tube slender, curved, 2 in. 

 long; segments obovate, obtuse, 18-21 lin. long. Stamens half as 

 long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony; Griqualand east, T//>o/t ! 



86. G. scAPHocHLAMYs Baker. — Produced leaves 3-4, crowded, 

 ensiform, rigid, glabrous, the lower about a foot long. Stem 



