170 MR. J. G. baker's system:a iridacearum. 



crebris ; stylus filiformis Btaraiuibus aequilongus, stigmatibus 

 tribus oblanceolatis integris falcatis. CapsuJa parva oblonga 

 trigibba merabranacea loculicide trivalvis, seminibus minutis 

 globosis. Herhcd hulbosce eapenses, hulhi tunicis foveolatis^ foliis 

 congestis loratis memhranaceis Jtahellatis, Jlorihus paucis laxe 

 spicati$,spatTi(B valvis ohloiigo -navicular thus memhranaceis palli- 

 dis striis hrunneis deeoratis, apice laceratis^ Jlorihus versi- 

 colorihus, 



1. S. BicoLOR, Sweety Hort. Brit. edit. ii. 501. — Gladiolus bicolor, 

 Thnnb. Diss. Glad. No. 16, t. 2. fig. 1 ; Jacq. Ic. t. 240,— Sparaxis bi- 

 color, Ker in Konig ^ Sims, Ann, i. 225. — Ixia bicolor, Ker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 548. C. B. Spei, 



2. S. GALE ATA, Swctt, Hovt, Brit. edit. ii. 501. — Gladiolus galeatus, 

 Jacq, Ic. t. 258. — Sparaxis galeata, Ker in Konig ^' SimSy Ann. i. 

 225. C. B. Spei. 



3. S. VARIEGATA, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 150, — Sparaxis luteo- 

 violacea, Eckl. Verz. Top. 27.— S. Wattii, Harv. MSS. C. B. Spei. 



64, Gladiolus, Tourn. 



Ker 



Klatt 



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Eclclon^ Topog. Verz. 41. — Sphserospora, Sweety Brit. Flow. 

 Gard. edit, ii, 501, non Klatt. — Scbweiggera, Meyer in Tierh. 

 Drege^ non Mart. — Symphyodolon, Ballosporum, Ophiolyza, 

 Hyptissa, et Eanisia, Salish. Gen. 142-3. 



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Perianthium irregulare, tubo supra ovarium producto curvato in- 

 fundibulari, e basi ad faucem sensim ampliato, segmeutis inae- 

 qualibus tubo sequilongis vel longioribus oblongo- vel obovato- 

 spathulatis vel unguiculatis, supremo maximo recto dorso con- 

 vexo, inferioribus minoribus flore expanse falcatis fauce ssepis- 

 sime maculatis. Stamina 3, prope faucem tubi unilateraliter 

 inserta, filamentis filiformibus arcuatis, antberis linearibus 



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basifixis parallelis rectis. Ovarium triloculare, ovulis in loculo 

 crebris ; stylus filiformis cum staminibus arcuatus, stigmatibus 

 tribus integris oblanceolatis. Capsula obovoidea chartacea 

 loculicide trivalvis, seminibus ssepissime discoideis late alatis, 

 testa tenui, interdum globosis exalatis, testa crassiore mucosa 

 castanea, albumine corneo. Serhce elates hulbosce capenses^ 

 qfricance tropicales^ mediterranece et orientales. hulbi tunicis 





