CL ADTOLTTS. 



its roftimcd flatc, adding the Linnxiin G. tmirkalus to what 

 the abovc'-mciitioncti \vr!t:i;; h.ivc defined. 



I. G. Curonia. Garrir.. v. i. 31. (Antholyza Cunonia ; 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 54. VjKI. P'.nuni. v. 2. 121. Curt. Mag. 

 t. 34.3. Redout. Lil. t. 12.) — -• Leaves linear-fword- 

 fliaped. Upper f 'gmciit of tho corolla very long ; lower 

 very finall." — Native of the Cape of Good Hop-.-, nor does 

 it appear to ^rovv, as I<ii;nxus aif-rts, in Peii;,i. Remark- 

 able for tlic vivid fcarlct of its fingiilar and beaut;ful_/7.;':f;Vf, 

 the three upper foijmeut 3 of whofe corolla are broadly ellip- 

 tical and vaiilt'-d, t!v; niiddlen-coll projeding iar bcyor.d the 

 other two ; while ihe three lower are very iniall, a;;d green- 

 ifh. 'I'liis is a hardy grcen-lioufe plant. Sec Antkolyza, 



G. IValfo 



V. 3 2 



J/ 



o'uvs. Thiinb. llin". 14. Prcd S. Jacq 

 le. Rar. t. 2^3. Curt. Map;, t. 450 and 



11,3. 



Coii. 



569. (G. prsccox ; Andr Re])of. t. 38.) — " Leaves lincar- 

 fword-fliapcd, with tliree ribs on eacli tide. Tube of the co- 

 rolla cylindrical, longer than tl-,e limb." — Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; alnioft hardy with us, flowering in 

 April. The corolla is fcarlet, foir.etimes fpcckled with 

 yellow, as in Curtis's t. 569 ; its f.'gments are fliarp-pointed, 

 and nearly equal, each an inch long. Tube an inch and half 

 in length, its bafe very narrow and thread-diaped. 



3. C». qujtlrangulans. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 567. (G. 

 abbreviatus ; Andr. Repof. t. 166. i^ntholyza quadran- 

 gularis ; Burm. Fl. Cup. according to Mr. Ker.) — "Leaves 

 with four angles and four furrows. Upper fegment of the 

 corolla very long ; lower very fmall and Aiarp." — Imported 8 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, bv thofe excellent culti- 

 vators MelTrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1799. ^'- ''""*^ flowered 

 with them in March 1801. The quadrangular leaves dillin- 

 guilhed this from moil others, e.\cept the trlflis, n. 10, and 

 fermaliilis, n, 7 ; the Jlotutrs more agree with G. Cunonia, 

 at leall in their large vaulted upper fegment, but all the la- 

 teral fegments are extremely ihort, ovate and acute, the 

 lowermoll being the leall of all. The tube is yellow ilreaked 

 with or jnge ; large fegment of the limb purplilh ; nil the 

 rcil variegated with dull green and brown. According to 

 the Linnsean idea of hybrid fpecies, this might be guefled 

 to have originated from G. Cnnoma impregnated by G. 

 tr'ijlh. 



4. G. ^alealtis. Andr. Repof. t. 122. (G. namaquen- 

 fis ; Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 592 ) — Upper fegment of the 

 torolia vaulted ; two lateral rhomboid ; three lower pendu- 

 lous, fpatulate, blunt with a little point. Leaves coriace- 

 ous, obovate. — Native of the Namaqua country, a conli- 

 derable dillance from the Cape of Good Hope ; eafdy pro- 

 pagated by feeds or oiTsets, and blowing freely. The leav s 

 are very thick, many-ribbed, obovate, obtufe, curved or 

 oblique. Stem low, bent or zig-zag, covered witli IraRias 

 ?inAJio'wers. The latter are large and fliowy, their three 

 nan-ow drooping lower fegments, each half green half fcar- 

 let, ftrikiiigly contralled with the large broad upper ones, 

 which are of a rich fcarlet, green white and purple at the 

 bafe. No authority can induce us to prefer fuch a fpecific 

 name as namaqucnfis, it being contrary to rule as the name of 

 a country, and lo p'?culiarly barbarous in itfelf. The G. 

 ^aleatus of Jacquin is Spiraxisgalala of Ker. 



5. G. nlatiis. Linn. Sp. PI. 53. Herb. Linn. Andr. 



Repof. t. 8. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 586 Upper fegment 



of the corolla obovate, recurved ; two lateral rhomboid ; 

 three lower pendulous, fpatulate, pointed. Leaves rigid, 

 lanceok.te, — Common about the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 eafily encreafed by feeds or bulbs, but r.TrcIv flowering with 

 lis. Bears a coniiderdble refcmbkmce to the lail in forrn 

 and colours, but the Laws arc narrower and very differently 



(liaped, th? lower fegments of the corolla more lanceolate, 

 the upper one reflexed. Linnxus once called this fpcci.-s 

 Ijhialh, but his fon changed it to ala'.us, in allufion to the 

 wing-like lateral fegments. 



6. G. -vhcratus. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 688. (G. ala- 

 tu9 ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 259. G. orchidiflorus ; Andv. 

 P..epof. t. 241.) — Upper fegment of the corolla fpatulate. 

 arched, incurved; two lateral rhomboid; three lower fji,-'.- 

 tulate, pendulous, acute. Leaves ftraight, linear-fword- 

 fliaped. — Native of the Cape ; rare in our cclleftions. 

 I'hikeiiet's rude figure, t. 224. f. 8, is fuppofed to belonjj 

 to this fpecies rather than to the lail, for v\liich it is 

 quoted by Linnxus. This di.Ters from the two prece- 

 ding in having long creft narrow Laves, and Jloicers va- 

 riegated with dull green and purple, which are lufcioully 

 fragrant. They/tj;i is tall, and fometimes branched. 



7. G. permeabilis. De la Roche Diff. 27. t. z Ker is 

 Ann. of Bot. V. I. 231. — Leaves awl-fliaped, quadrangular, 

 ereft. Upper fegment of the corolla broadeft, vaulted, 

 undulated; two lateral narrow-rhomboid; three lower fpa- 

 tulate, acute, recurved at the points — Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. We know it only by De la Roche's 

 figure and dcfcription. He fays the jHotvers are of a very 

 pale violet, diluted with purple and yellow. The name al- 

 ludes to their bemg pervious between the fegments, but 

 this is not peculiar. That fuppofed variety of tri/Hs, 

 figured bv Jacquin, Ic. Rar. t. 244, feems to be very near 

 the prefent fpecies. 



G. verficolor. Ker in Curt. Mag. t. 1042 and 556. 



Andr. Repof t. 19 Leaves linear-fword-ftiaped, witii tliree 



ribs on each fide. Segments of tlie corolla longer than the 

 tube, pointed, recurved. — Native of the Cape, from whence 

 it was received by Mefirs. Lee and Kennedy in 1794- Its 

 fioivcrs are among the largell of its genus, with peculiarly 

 long undulated recurved fegments, and are remarkable fop 

 changing colour feveral days fucceffively. In tlie morning 

 it is of a purplifli brown, but becomes grey in tlie courfc 

 of the day, and finally of a light blue in the evening. Tlie 

 mod; wonderful, and, as far as we know, unique circum- 

 ftance, is, that the original brown hue returns in the courfe 

 of the niglit, and this happens for nine or ten followincp 

 days. There are moreover fome varieties of colour ob- 

 fervable in different plants, fome afTuming more of a yellow 

 hue. It differs efTtntially from the foUowinp' in having a 

 fword-fliaped, not a quadrangular, leaf. 



9. G. tr'ijlh. Linn. Sp. PI. 53. Ker in Curt. Mag. 

 t. 272 and 1098. Jacq Ic. Rar. t 245 and 243. (Lilio-gla- 

 diolus bifolius et biflorus, foliis quadrangulis ; Trew. 

 Ehrct. t. 39.) — Leaves with four angles and four furrows. 

 Segments of the corolla nearly equal, pointed. — Frequent 

 at the Cape, and not uncommon in uur green-houfes, where 

 it is judly admired for its rich evening fcent, like a pink, or 

 a bergamot pear, efpecially in the moil common or parti- 

 coloured variety, to which the firfl-quoted figures of Curtis 

 and Jacquin refer. The dfeply furrov/ed quadrangular 

 le.ives, like thofe of the Snake's-liead Iris, tiih.rofLi, diftin- 

 guilh it clearly from the lafi, for which Mr. Ker, we prefume 

 by millake, quotes Jacquin's t 245. He likewife cites and 

 blames Trew's Eluvt as the yellowiih variety, -whivh is a 

 fine plate, though rather too pink, of the particoloured 

 one. 



JO. G. byalinus. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 242. Ker in Ann. 

 of Bot. V, I. 231. WiDd. Sp. PI. V. I. 2 1 1 -.-Leaves linear, 

 crett, the length of their fiiealhs. Segments of the corol- 

 la ovate, acute ; the uppernioll large'!, ered — Native of 

 the Cape. Jacquin fays it flowered v.ith Iiim in December. 

 Wc du not find it in the Hortus Keweniib, nor Hurtus 

 3 Canta» 



