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G. cardinalis (Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 135); conn large, globose; stem 3-4 ft. long; pro- 

 duced leaves 4-6, ensiform, rather thin in texture, glaucous green, reaching 2 ft. or 

 more in length, f-i in. broad; flowers 12-20 in a spike ^-i ft. long, all more or less 

 ascendin.g; spathe- valves green, thin in texture, lanceolate, acute, I5-3 in. long; perianth 

 bright scarlet; tube nearly straight, i| in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper 

 segments oblong-spathulate, acute, concolorour., 2 in. long, f-i in. broad; 3 lower 

 shorter and narrower, conspicuously mottled with white at the throat; stamens reaching 

 more than halfway up the limb; anthers lanceolate, ^ the length of the filaments. 

 Schneev. Ic. t. 27; Red. Lil. t. 112; Ker, Gen. Irid. 143; Baker, Handb. Irid. 219. C. spe- 

 ciosiis, Eckl. Top. Verz. 41, non Thunb. 



G. communis Linn. Sp. Plant. 52, ex parte; Curt, in Bot. Mag. t. 86; Ker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1575; R^d. Lil. t. 267; Reich. Ic. Crit. tab. 598; Fl. Germ. tab. 349, fig. 777. 

 [Description from Baker, 1892.] — Corm f in. diam.; tunics of matted parallel fibres, 

 reticulated upwards. Leaves 3-4, ensiform, §-i ft. long, j-f in. broad, laxly nerved. 

 Spike lax, secund, 4-8-flowered; outer spathe-valve green, an inch long. Perianth- 

 tube curved, funnel-shaped, \-\ in. long; segments bright purple, an inch long, about 

 equal in length, all connivent when fully expanded; 3 lower with a long claw and white 

 central line. Anthers \ in. long, equalling the filaments. Capsule turbinate, § in. 

 long. Seeds broadly winged. 



G. cruentus (Moore in Gard. Chron. 1868, 1138); corm large, globose; stem 2-3 ft. 

 long; produced leaves about 4, ensiform, dark glaucous green, i|-2 ft. long, f- x in. 

 broad; spike rather dense, distichous, 6-io-flowered; bracts very large, lanceolate, 

 the lower sometimes 3-6 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube 1J-2 in. long, nearly 

 straight, funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segments concolorous, obovate-spathu- 

 late, obscurety cuspidate, 2-25 in. long, I1-I5 in. broad; 3 lower about i| in. long, i in. 

 broad, with a large white blotch at the throat with small red spots; anthers lanceolate, 

 reaching halfway up the limb. Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5810; Baker, Handb. Irid. 219. 



G. cuspidatus (Jacq. Ic. t. 257); corm globose; tunics of fine, parallel strands of 

 matted fibres; stems simple, 2-3 ft. long; leaves 3-4, linear, rigid in texture, glabrous, 

 the lowest i\-2 ft. long, about \ in. bioad; flowers 4-8, in a lax secund spike; spathe- 

 valves green, lanceolate, outer 2-3 in. long; perianth white or pale pink; tube slightly 

 curved, 2-3 in. long, clavate in the upper third; segments oblong, ih in. long, \-\ in. 

 broad, narrowed into a long, wavy point, the three lower with a spade-shaped purple 

 blotch; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 582; Gen. Irid. 

 139; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 219; Red. Lil. t. 136; Baker, Handb. Irid. 205. G. undulattis, 

 Linn. Manf. 27; Tliundb. Fl. Cap. i. 206, e.x parte. C. affinis, Pers.-Syn. i. 45. 



Var. /?, G. ventricosus (Lam. Encyc. ii. 727); flowers pink; point of the segments 

 shorter and less wavy. G. cuspidatus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 147; Red. Lil. t. 36. G. carnetis, 

 Jacq. Ic. f. 255; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 591, non Delaroche. 



Var. V, ensijfolius (Baker) ; whole plant under a foot long; leaves short, rigid, ensiform. 



G. dracocephalus (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5884); corm large, depresso-globose ; 

 stem simple, about 2 ft. long; produced leaves ensiform, 1-I5 ft. long, f-i in. broad, 

 moderately firm in texture; flowers few, arranged in a very lax secund spike; outer 

 spathe-valVe lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long; perianth-tube much-curved, greenish, 

 i|-2 in. long; limb i^ in. long, yellowish-green, minutely grained and spotted with 

 duU purple; upper segments obovate, permanently hooded, f-i in. broad; lower lanceo- 

 late, reflexing; stamens reaching near to the top of the segments; anthers lanceolate, 

 less than half as long as the filaments. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 176; Handb. 

 Irid. 220. 



G. floribundus (Jacq. Ic. t. 254); corm globose; tunics of matted fibres; produced 

 leaves 3-4, ensiform, 1-2 ft. long; stems i|-2 ft. or more long including the inflorescence, 

 branched when at aU luxuriant; flowers white with a pink tinge, 4-12 in a very lax 

 distichous spike, all ascending; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 1 1-2 in. long; 

 perianth-tube nearly straight, I5-2 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper third ;_ segments 

 as long as the tube, obovate-spathulate, deltoid at the tip, the upper |-i in. broad; 

 stamens reaching \ or 5-way up the limb. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 610; Gen. Irid. 143; Baker, 

 Handb. Irid. 218. G. grandifiorus, Andr. Bot. Rep., t. 118. 



