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1-H ft. long. Flowers 6-8 in a lax spike; spathe-valves oblong- 

 lanceolate, firm, lower outer 1|~2 in. long. Perianth pinkish 

 white, with a curved tube 1-1^ in. long ; segments as long as the 

 tube, obovate- or oblong-spathulate, |— ^ in. broad. Stamens half 

 as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces, Dn'tje 8427 ! Vappa ! Mac- 

 owan 2553 ! Nearly allied to G. blandus. 



87. G. FLORiBUNDus Jacq. Ic. t. 254 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. GIO. 

 G. (jrandiflnnis Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 118. — Corm globose, middle- 

 sized ; tunics of fine matted i^arallel fibres. Produced leaves about 

 4, ensiform, glabrous, lower 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 4-12 in a lax 

 spike ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, lower outer li-2 in. long. 

 Perianth white, tinged with pink, with a slightly curved tube 

 1^-2 in. long ; segments about as long as the tube, obovate- 

 spathulate, obtuse, the upper f-1 in. broad. Stamens half as long 

 as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. Nearly allied to G. hlandus. The 

 n&me floribundus is often applied in gardens to hybrid forms. 



88. G. opposiTiFLORUs Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 98. — 

 Corm large, globose; tunics of fine matted parallel fibres. Produced 

 leaves 8-4, crowded, ensiform, glabrous, the lowest 1-1^ ft. long. 

 Stem 2-3 ft. long. Flowers up to 30-40 in a dense distichous 

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

 Perianth white, with a curved slender tube 1-1|- in. long; segments 

 oblong-spathulate, .subacute, I5 in. long, ^-h in. broad. Stamens 

 half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Transkeian Kaffraria, not certainly indigenous, Macowan 2254 ! Said 

 by Herbert to be a native of Madagascar, but none of the recent collectors have 

 found it. Its nearest allinity is with G. floribuiulas. 



89. Gr. MiLLERi Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 632. A)itliubjza spk-ula 

 Miller, Gard. Diet. edit. vi. No. 2 (Ic. 27, t. 40). — Corm middle- 

 sized ; tunics of fine matted parallel fibres. Produced leaves 3-4, 

 crowded, ensiform, glabrous, shorter than the stem. Stem 1-1^ ft. 

 long. Flowers 4-5, suberect, laxly spicate ; spathe-valves oblong- 

 lanceolate, green, lower outer 1^ in. long. Perianth milk-white, 

 with a nearly straight tube 1^-2 in. long; segments oblong, sub- 

 acute, the upper one ^-| in. broad at the middle. Stamens half as 

 long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Tiie only wild sijecimen I have seen was received 

 from Port Elizabeth by the late liev. H. Harpur-Crewe. Allied to G. undulatus. 



90. G. UNDULATUS Jacq. Ic. t. 254 ; Red. Lil. t. 122 ; Ker in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 647. G. striatus Andr. Bot. Re^). t. 111. G. vittntus 

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

 Produced leaves 4-5, crowded, ensiform, glabrous, ^-1 ft. long. 

 Stem 1 ft. long. Flowers 4-6, suberect, in a lax spike with a 

 flexuose rachis ; outer spathes oblong-lanceolate, green, lower 

 1-1^ in. long. Perianth with a nearly straight tube 1|- in. long ; 

 segments milk-white, with a red keel, oblong-spathulate, subacute, 

 about as long as the tube. Stamens half as long as the limb, 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



