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large purplish brown blotches at the base of the lower segmeuts, by 

 crossmg (jandavemis and other forms with G. purpurco-fdmitiis. 

 Three of these are figured in the Garden of July 24, 1886. 



0. (jr. minceiamis Hort. — Another cross lately raised liy M. 

 Lemoine between Sanndersii and Lemoinci. Herr. Leichtlin has 

 also raised Sanndersii hybrids, and Herr Froebel, of Zurich, has 

 crossed it with (jandarensis. 



There are plates of hybrid Gladioli in the old series of the 

 'Floral Magazine' at tabs. 86, 77, 123, 171, 184, 222, 266, 315, 363, 

 364, 405, 419, 463, 464, 507, 508 and 556 ; and in the new series 

 at tabs. 43, 102, 295 and 296. 



57. Antholyza Linn. 



Perianth-ti\be long, curved, dilated halfway up ; segments oblong 

 or lanceolate, very unequal, the uppermost the largest. Stamens 

 unilateral, arcuate, inserted at the middle of the perianth-tube ; 

 anthers lanceolate-sagittate. Ovanj 3-celled ; ovules many, super- 

 posed; style filiform; branches simple, cuneate at the tip. Capsule 

 membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds turgid or discoid, 

 generally winged. — Uootstock a tunicated corm. Leaves linear or 

 ensiform. Spilie distichous, simple or branched ; spathe- valves 

 oblong or lanceolate. Flowers usually bright red. 



Cape species. 



Perianth-segments less unequal . . Sp. 1-5. 



Perianth-segments very unequal . . 8p. 6-9. 



Tropical African species. .... Sp. 10-13. 



1. A. spicATA Brehmer; Klatt, Erganz. 11. — Basal leaves 6-8, 

 linear, a foot long, ^ in. broad, with 3-4 strong ribs. Stem terete, 

 1^-2 ft. long. Spike simple, dense, 3-4 in. long ; spathe-valves 

 ovate, acute, reddish, the inner the largest, an inch long. Perianth- 

 tube as long as the spathe ; segments dull violet, oblong, the upper 

 ^ in. long, the others rather shorter. Anthers -^ the length of the 

 filaments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western province, at Dutoit's Kloof, Dregc 1*370 ! 



2. A. PANicuLATA Ivhitt in Linnfea, xxxv. 379. — Corm large, 

 globose, lower leaves lanceolate, very oblique, 1^-2 ft. long, 2-3 in. 

 broad, with 9-10 distant strong ribs. Stem stout, copiously 

 branched, 3-4 ft. long. Spikes dense, many-flowered, with a very 

 wavy rachis ; spathe-valves oblong, brown, rigid, ^-|- in. long. 

 Perianth briglit red-yellow; tube curved, 1-lj- in. long; upper 

 segment lingulate, \-% in. long ; the others smaller, spreading, 

 lanceolate. Stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segmeuts. 



Hab. Natal. First gathered by Gerrard. 



3. A. FUCATA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180. Tritonia 

 fucata Herb, in Bot. Eeg. xxxiv. t. 35. — Corm large, globose ; tunics 

 membranous, brown. Basal leaves ensiform, firm, green, 2-2^ ft. 

 long, -^-i in. broad. Stem branched, overtopping the leaves. 



