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4. G. luridus Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., J.c. (nomen), 
in Trans. Linn, Soe., Z.c., Handb. Irid., Jc. ; Klatt, Le., p. 220. 
Hvitita.—Two feet high with the habit of G. imbricatus. Colour 
of flowers exactly as in Iris lurida. Plentiful in fields subjected to 
cultivation three years before, now planted with Zea Mays; near 
Lopollo Dec. 1859. No. 1533. 
5. G. cerulescens Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., Jc. (nomen), in 
Trans. Linn. Soc., dc, Handb, Irid., d.c.; Klatt, dc. p. 215. 
HuiLua.—Flowers dull bluish. Sporadic in cultivated fields for- 
merly covered with woody thickets near Lopollo. A few specimens 
seen in fl. April 1860. No. 1537. 
6. G. Quartinianus Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. p, 306 (1851); 
Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc., ic, p. 269, Handb. Irid. p. 213; 
Klatt, de, p. 223. 
Huiiira.—Often 4 ft. high. Flowers with numerous small orange- 
yellow and red spots. Sporadic in deeply herb-grown wooded 
meadows of Monino between Lopollo and Lake Ivantala, In fl. Dec 
1859. No. 1535. 
7. G. angolensis Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., J.c., p. 176 
(nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc., d.c., Handb. Irid., Zc.; Klatt, lc, 
p. 213. 
GoLuNGO ALTO.—A gigantic species, 4 to 6, sometimes even 7 to 
74 ft. high. Flowers very beautiful, yellow with numerous closely 
set orange and scarlet lines and spots ; outer perianth-lobes suffused 
with red towards the base. On grassy thicket-clad slopes of the 
Serra de Alta Queta above N-delle and near Sange, growing among 
grasses, Andropogon and Marianga (Pennisetum sp.) 12 to 18 ft. high. 
In fl. Feb., in fr. March 1856. Nos, 1527 and 1527b. Cony. Carp. 
1000. Canaulo, April 1856. Cox. Carp. 1001. 
Punco AnponcGo.—Strictly erect, 34 to 6 ft. high, One of the 
most beautiful of its genus. Plentiful in dry and rather damp grassy 
places near Muta Lucala on the river Cuanza. In fl. March 1857. 
No. 1530. 
8. G. Welwitschii Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. 2c, p. 175 
(nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc., dc., p. 268, Handb. Irid., lc. ; 
Klatt, Zc. p. 227. 
G. splendens Welw. ex Baker in Trans, Linn. Soc., Jc. (non 
Baker). 
Hvitisa.—Flowers very fine, variegated with orange-red. On sandy 
thicket-grown hillsides with clay subsoil round Lopollo. In fl. Oct. 
and Nov. 1859, and again sporadically May 1860. No. 1541. 
9. G. benguellensis Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. ic, p. 174 
(nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc., 2c, Handb. Irid. p. 221; Klatt, 
Le., p. 213. 
Hvuitia.—Flowers with orange and purple spots. Somewhat 
plentiful in rather dry thicket-grown pastures near Lopollo. Dec. 1859, 
Feb. 1860. No. 1540. 
10. G. multiflorus Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, Le., p. 175 
(nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc., Ze, p. 269, Handb. Irid., le. ; 
Klatt, Zc, p. 221. 
