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G. grandis (Thunb. Fl. Cap. 

 i. 186); corm globose; tunics 

 of thick, parallel, wir\- fibres; 

 stem slender, terete, 1-2 ft. 

 long; leaves 3, supeiposed, 

 terete, strongh' ribbed, firm 

 in texture, the lowest i-i| ft. 

 long; flowers fragrant, 2-6 in a 

 very lax secund spike; spathe- 

 valves green, lanceolate, the 

 outer 2-2 1 in. long; perianth 

 2^-3 in. long, with a cur\-ed 

 tube funnel-shaped in the 

 upper third; segments yellow- 

 ish-white, more or less tinged 

 with purplish-brown, espe- 

 cially on the keel, oblong, ^-| 

 in. broad, narrowed into a 

 long point; stamens reaching 

 halfwa}- up the limb; capsule 

 oblong, membranous, I5 in. 

 long. Klatt in Linncea xx.xii. 

 714; Baker, Handb. Lid. 202. 

 G. trisiis, Linn, herb.! C. tris- 

 tis, var. grandis, Thvnb. Diss. 

 No. 8. G. versicolor, Andr. 

 Bot. Rep. t. 19; Ker in Bol. 

 Mag. t. 1042; Gen. Irid. 135. 



G. hirsulus Jacq. Ic. t. 250; 

 Red. Lil. t. 278. [Description 

 from Baker, 1892.] G. roseiis 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 11. G. 

 hirsulus var. roseus Ker in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 574. — Corm 

 middle-sized, globose, crowned 

 with a ring of bristles. Leaves 

 4-5, superposed, ensiform, 

 strongly ribbed, both the 

 sheath and short blade finely 

 hairy. Stem i-i| ft. long. 

 Flowers 3-6 in a very lax 

 secund spike; spathe- valves 

 lanceolate, green, lower outer 

 1 5—2 in. long. Perianth bright 

 red, with a curved tube i^ in. 

 long; segments obovate, cus- 

 pidate, as long as the tube, 

 the upper f in., the lower 5 in. 

 broad. Stamens more than 

 half as long as the segments. 



G. oppositiflorus (Herb, in 

 Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. 86); 

 corm large, globose; tunics 

 of matted fibres; produced 

 basal leaves about 4, ensi- 

 form, firm in texture, i-i| ft. 

 long, f-l in. broad; stem 3-4 

 ft. long including the inflores- 

 cence, often branched; flowers 

 up to 30 or 40, arranged in a 

 distichous spike often a foot 



FrC. 6. GL.^DIOLUS P.^PILIO 



