OLABioLrs, 221 



blotch of white at the throat, with scarlet spots. Stamens more 

 than half as long as the segments 



Hab. Cape Colony ; eastern provinces, from Zvvellexidam to Natal. 



101. G. AURANTiAcus Klatt in Linn. xxxv. 378. — Corm large, 

 globose. Produced leaves 4-6, ensiform, moderately rigid, 1-1^ ft. 

 long. Stem about 2 ft. long. Flowers a dozen or more in a lax 

 secund spike ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 1-2 in. long. 

 Perianth bright orange-yellow, sometimes tinged with red, with a 

 curved tube 2 in. long, dilated suddenly at the middle and cylin- 

 drical in the upper half; upper segments obovate, Ih in. long, f-1 

 in. broad ; lower shorter. Stamens half as long the segments. 



Hab. Natal. First collected by Krauss. Eeceived alive from Messrs. 

 Damman of Naples, in 1886. 



102. G. BENGUELLENSis Baker in. Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 268. — Corm globose, forming a long rhizome like that of Lilium 

 canodense ; tunics of fine fibres. Leaves rigid, linear-ensiform, 

 i-f in. broad, the lower 6-9 in. long. Stem a foot or more long. 

 Flowers 6-12, a lax secund spike ; spathe-valves green, lanceo- 

 late, the lower outer Ih in. long. Perianth bright red, mottled at 

 the throat with purple on a yellow ground ; tube curved, \ in. long ; 

 upper segments ovate, acute, f-1 in. long; lower narrower, also 

 acute, unguiculate. Stamens nearly as long as the limb. 



Hab. Angola ; temperate regions of the province of Huilla, Welwitsch 

 1540 ! 



103. G. spicATus Klatt in Linn. xxxv. 377. — Corm not seen. 

 Produced leaves 4-5, ensiform, moderately rigid, ^-f in. broad, the 

 lower 1^ ft. or more long. Stem 2 ft. long. Flowers about 20, 

 with imbricated brown lanceolate spathe-valves adpressed to the 

 axis, the lower an inch long. Perianth with a slender tube h in. 

 long ; limb bright purple, horizontal, an inch long ; upper seg- 

 ments oblong, obtuse, ^-^ in. broad ; 3 lower obovate-uuguiculate. 

 Stamens more than half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Guinea, near Jeba, on the Kworra. Gathered by Barter in 1858. 



104. G. MULTiFLORUS Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 269. — Corm globose, 1-1^ in. diam. ; tunics of fine crisped matted 

 fibres. Leaves 4-5, not rigid, finely veined, ensiform, ^-| in. 

 broad, the lower 9-12 in. long. Stem a' foot long. Flowers about 

 20, forming a dense secund spike a foot long, the spathes erect and 

 adpressed to the rachis, the lower outer an inch long. Perianth 

 bright purple, with a curved tube ^ in. long and a horizontal limb 

 J in. long, with oblong obtuse segments. Stamens nearly as long 

 as the segments. 



Hab. Angola ; temperate region of the province of Huilla, Welwitsch 1538 ! 



105. G. ANDONGENsis Wclw. ; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 269. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of matted parallel 

 fibres. Leaves 3-4, rigid, ensiform, f-l in. broad, the lower a 

 foot long. Stem a foot long. Spike lax, 6-8 in. long ; outer 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, brown, 1-1^ in. long. Perianth yellow, 

 with a carved tube 1-li in. long ; upper segment oblong-cuneate, 



