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segments oblong-lanceolate, f in. broad. Stamens very numerous, 

 arranged in six clusters, ^ in. long. Style not overtopping the 

 stamens. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Described from three sketches by Masson of a plant 

 marked " Karoo, Sept. 1793." May be an extreme form of G. afra. 



7. G. ciLiARis Linn. fil. Suppl. 198 ; Jacq. Hort. Sclioen. i. 41, 

 t. 79. — Bulb globose, 1-| in. diam. ; neck cylindrical, sometimes 

 4-5 in. long. Leaves 20 or more, produced after the flowers, 

 linear, spirally-twisted, conspicuously ciliated. Perianth-tube 

 2-3 in. long ; limb whitish, l-i- in. long ; segments oblong-lanceo- 

 late, ^— I in. broad. Anthers linear, very numerous, ^-^ in. long ; 

 filaments very short. Fruit clavate, 2-3 in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern provinces, Thunherg ! Masson ! A full 

 original description by Solander, under the name of G-iwlyanthera, is reprinted 

 by Mr. Britten in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 148. There is a plant in Thunberg's 

 herbarium labelled " G. cusp i data, '^ without leaves, in which four of the six 

 filaments bear two anthers, and the others one each. 



8. G. UxNDULATA Herb. Amaryll. 186, tab. 25, fig. 5. — Bulb 

 globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; neck cylindrical, 2-3 in. long. Leaves 

 12-20, lanceolate, spreading or close, much undulated, 5-6 in. 

 long, ^-f in. broad. Perianth-tube stout, 2-3 in. long; limb pure 

 white, 1^ in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate. Stamens numerous; 

 filaments short. Style scarcely overtopping the stamens. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Described from Masson's specimen and drawings 

 marked " Zee Koe Valley, March, 1794." 



9. G. LATiFOLiA Masson ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 228, 

 tab. 259, fig. 1. — Bulb globose, 1^ in. diam. ; neck cylindrical, 

 sometimes 8-9 in. long. Leaves 10-12, spreading, lorate, twisted, 

 glabrous, 4-5 in. long, f in. broad. Perianth-tube stout, 2-3 in. 

 long ; limb tmged pink on the outside, 2 in. long ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, ^ in. broad. Stamens about 20, all distinct, 

 ^-^ in. long ; filaments as long as the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Described from a drawing of Masson's, made Feb., 

 1794, not localised. 



11. Apodolikion Baker. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, with a long cylindrical tube dilated at 

 the apex, and 6 subequal ascending oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate 

 segments. Stamens inserted in two rows near the throat of the 

 tube ; filaments filiform, about as long as the linear erect basifixed 

 anthers, which soon curl up. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, super- 

 posed; style filiform; stigma capitate, obscurely lobed. Fruit and 

 seeds unknown. — lioutstock a tunicated bulb. Peduncle short, 

 1-flowered, hidden in the bulb-neck, as in Crocus and GethyUis. 

 Leaves narrow, not usually produced with the flowers. Spathe 

 membranous, cylindrical. Flowers about as large as those of a 

 Crocus, white or reddish. 



Perianth-tube comparatively short . Sp. 1-2. 

 Perianth-tube 2-4 in. long . . . Sp. 3-5. 

 Perianth-tube 6-8 in. long . . . Sp. 6 . 



