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cucullate, 1^ iu. Ion?, an inch broad; lateral rather shorter; 3 

 lower much shorter, decurved. Stamens half as long as the seg- 

 ments. 



Hab. Angola ; Pongo Aiidongo temperate region, Welwitsch 1529 ! Near G. 

 Quartinianiis. 



106. G. DECORATus Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333. — Corm 

 globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine fibres, copiously reticulated in 

 the upper half. Produced leaves 3-4, ensiform, moderatel}- firm, 

 i-f in. broad, very oblique at the base, the lower a foot long. 

 Stem 2-3 ft. long. Flowers 6-12 in a very lax secund spike ; 

 spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower outer 1| iu. long. Peri- 

 anth bright purple ; tube slender, curved, an inch long ; limb hori- 

 zontal, twice as long as the tube ; upper segments oblong-cuneate, 

 obtuse, f-1 in. broad ; 3 lower obovate, with a long claw and pale 

 spade-shaped blotch filling up nearly the whole blade. Stamens ^ in. 

 shorter than the upper segment. Capsule oblong, above an inch 

 long. Seeds broadly winged. 



Hab. Moramballa, from the foot up to 2000 ft. Discovered by Sir John 

 Kirk in 1863. 



107. G. PEiMULiNus Baker in Gard. Chron. 1890, ii. 122.— Corm 

 large, globose. Basal leaves 3, ensiform, subcoriaceous, strongly 

 ribbed, the lowest a foot long, f in. broad. Stem li ft. long, the 

 upper short and adpressed. Spike las, secund, 4-5-fiowered ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 1-1|^ in. long. Perianth uniform 

 primrose-yellow ; tube much curved, an inch long ; upper segments 

 obtuse, much imbricated, 1^ in. long; 3 lower smaller. Stamens 

 reaching halfway up the segments. 



Hab. South-east Tropical Africa ; Usagara Mountains. Flowered in Kew 

 Gardens in 1890, from corms sent by Mr. .J. T. Last. 



108. G. coRNEus Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 155, tab. 100. 

 — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics membranous. Produced 

 leaves 3, linear, rigid, 6-9 in. long. Stem 2 ft. long. Flowers 4, 

 in a very lax spike, with a very fiexuose rachis ; spathe-valves 

 green, lanceolate ; lower outer 3-4 iu. long. Perianth with a nar- 

 rowly funnel-shaped curved tube 1|- in. long ; upper segment 

 obovate-cuneate, as long as the tube ; 2 side rather, 3 lower much 

 smaller. Stamens half as long as the upper segments. 



Hab. Mountains east of Lake Tauyanika, alt. 4000 ft., Sjyeke dj Graiitl 

 Allied to G. Quartinianiis. 



109. G. KiRKii Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves 3, linear, 

 graminoid, ^ in. broad, lower 6-9 in. long. Stem slender, terete, 

 a foot long. Flowers 5-6 in a very lax subsecund spike with a 

 fiexuose rachis ; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, the lower outer an 

 inch long. Perianth bright pink, with a slender curved tube f in. 

 long; three upper segments oblong-cuneate, obtuse, 1} in. long, 

 ^-^ in. broad ; 3 lower narrower, distinctly unguiculate. Stamens 

 more than half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Hills inland from Zanzibar. Eeceived from Sir John Kirk in 1881. 



