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ensiform leaves sometimes l|-2 in. broad, and more numerous 

 flowers in a spike. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces and Namaqualand. 



115. G. ScuLLYi Baker. — Whole plant 1-1^ ft. long. Corm 

 1-1^ iu. diam. ; tuuics thick, lacerated from above and below. 

 Produced leaves several, linear, firm, the lower 6-9 in. long. 

 Stem a few inches long. Inflorescence a panicle of 3-4 lax spikes 

 with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe- valves green, lanceolate, the 

 lower an inch long. Perianth reddish, about an inch long ; seg- 

 ments obovate-unguiculate, ^ in. broad. 



Hab. Namaqualand, Scully 158 ! 



116. G. oRCHiDiFLOKus Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 241. G. alatus 

 Thunb. ex parte ; Jacq. Ic. t. 259. G. viperatus Ker in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 688; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 156. G. virescens Thunb.— 

 Corm globose, 1 iu. diam. ; tunics of matted parallel fibres. 

 Produced leaves 3-4, crowded, firm, linear, ^-1 ft. long. Stem 

 about a foot long. Flowers 4-6 in a very lax usually simple spike 

 with a flexuose rachis ; spathe-valves green, oblong-lanceolate ; 

 lower outer 1-lJ in. long. Perianth greenish, w^th a curved tube 

 I" in. long; upper segment oblong, with a long claw, 1-1^- in. long; 

 lateral suborbicular, with a shorter claw; 3 lower obovate, with a 

 claw as long as the blade. Stamens nearly as long as the upper 

 segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces and Namaqualand. 



117. G. PULCHELLUS Klatt in Linn, xxxii. 693. Hehea pidchella 

 Eckl. —Corm small, globose ; tunics membranous. Lowest leaf 

 subterete, a foot or more long ; the other 2-3 distant, much shorter. 

 Stem ^ ft. long. Flowers 4-8 in a very lax usually simple spike 

 with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, 

 green, |-f in. long. Perianth pale red, with a curved tube ^ in. 

 long ; upper segment arched, oblong-unguiculate, f in. long, -J in. 

 broad ; lateral ovate, acute, |- iu. broad ; 3 lower deflexed, with a 

 small oblong blade and long claw. Stamens nearly as long as the 

 upper segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces ; fii'st gathered by Thunberg. 



118. G. BicoLOE Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178. Hehea 

 hicolor Eckl. G. luteus Klatt, ex parte. G. Templemanni Klatt. — 

 Corm small, globose ; tunics membranous. Leaves firm, subterete, 

 distantly superposed, the lowest a foot long. Stem slender, ^ ft. 

 long. Flowers 2-3 in a very lax simple spike ; outer spathe-valves 

 oblong- navicular, green, the lower an inch long. Perianth dull 

 yellow, with a curved tube h in. long ; upper segment arched, 

 1-1:^ in. long, obovate, with a long claw; lateral suborbicular; 

 3 lower obovate-unguiculate, ^-|- in. broad. Stamens nearly as 

 long as the upper segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Caledon ; first gathered by Zeyher. 



119. G. ARcuATus Klatt, Erganz. 4. — Corm small, ovoid; tunics 

 with rhomboid areolae, Produced leaves 2-3, firm, linear- subulate, 



