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Spikes lax, secund, 3—4 in. long; rachis flexuose; spathe-valves 

 ovate, under ^ in. long. Periantli bright red-yellow ; tube curved, 

 18-21 lines long; upper segment red, lingulute, fin. long; the 

 others shorter, lanceolate or oblanceolate, spreading. Stamens 

 reaching nearly to the tip of tlie upper segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Known to me only from the figure cited, which was 

 drawn from a 23la"nt grown by Dean Herbert at Spotforth in 1837. 



•i. A. ^THioPiCA Linn. Sp. Plant, i. 54 ; Iver in Bot. Mag. t. 561 ; 

 Andr. Bot. Kep. t. 210. A. praalta Eed. Lil. t. 387. A. rUnjens 

 Andr. Bot. Rej). t. 32. A. Jioribunda Salisb. — Corm large, globose; 

 tunics large, membranous. Basal leaves several, eusiform, green, 

 moderately firm, 1-1 i^ ft. long, an inch or more broad. Stem 

 branched, 3-4 ft. long. Spikes moderately dense, 6-9 in. long ; 

 spathe-valves oblong-lauceoiate, greenish, ^-f in. long. Perianth 

 red-yellow ; tube curved, 18-21 lines long ; upper segment red, 

 liugulate, 1-1^ iii- long ; the others much shorter, spreading. 

 Stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment. Capsule oblong, 

 ^ in. long. Seeds turgid, not winged. 



Yar. A. immarginata Thunb. A. <tthiopica Eed. Lil. t. 110. — 

 Leaves about ^ in. broad. Flower red, with a little dull yellow ; 

 upper segment and tube each 1-1^ in. long. 



Var. A. viTTiGERA Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 324 (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1172). — Stature of the type. Perianth-tube bright yellow, 

 with stripes of red. 



Yar. A. bicolor Gasp, in Belg. Hort. ii. 145, with figure. A. 

 (Ellduiiica var. minor Bot. Pieg. t. 1159. — Habit dwafer. Leaves 

 narrower. Perianth-tube red at the top, bright pale yellow down- 

 wards. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



5. A. INTERMEDIA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180. — Corm 

 not seen. Basal leaves 6-10, linear, moderately firm in texture, 

 6-9 in. long, ^-\ in. broad at the middle, with 3 prominent ribs. 

 Stem terete, about as long as the leaves. Flowers many, forming 

 a dense simple spike 4-5 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, tinged 

 red, about \ in. long, the inner rather the largest. Perianth bright 

 red; tube 1-1 J in. long; segments lingulate-unguiculate, black on 

 the claw, the upper one an inch long, the others much smaller. 

 Stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the upper segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony; province of Uitenhage, J/«coiiYni 2U7w ! Intermediate 

 between cethiopica and cajtra. 



6. A. CAFFRA Ker in Konig and Sims, Ann. i. 232. Ani.santhm 

 splendens Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. li. t. 84. Glddiolus aplemleiis 

 Herb. — Corm large, globose, with a long neck of fine fibres. Leaves 

 narrow linear, firm, green, a foot long. Stem slender, terete, 1^- 

 2 ft. long, bearing 2-3 much-reduced linear leaves. Flower 12-20 

 in a lax spike ; spathe-valves lanceolate, brown, i-f in. long. 

 Perianth bright red ; tube 1-lj in. long ; upper segment lingulate- 

 spathulate, f-1 in. long ; the others much smaller, spreading, 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate. Stamens reaching nearly to the tip of 



