Tritonia]. CXXXVI. IRIDEÆ (BAKER). 357 
2. T. laxifolia, Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 708. Corm globose, 3-1 in. 
diam.; tunics of fine matted reticulated fibres. Leaves 4-6 in a 
distichous basal rosette, erect, linear, moderately firm, finely veined, 
3-1 ft. long, }-1 in. broad. Stem including the inflorescence 1-2 ft. 
long, usually simple. Spikes lax, 6—12-flowered; outer spathe-valve 
oblong, brownish, 4-4 in. long. Perianth bright red; tube rather 
longer than the spathe, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments 
oblong, subequal, as long as the tube. Stamens a little shorter than the 
perianth-limb ; anthers large, linear.—Baker, Handb. Irid. 195. Mont- 
bretia laxifolia, Klatt in Linnea, xxxii. 754; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xxix, 155. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: in quantities by hedges, 4000 ft., Speke 
d Grant! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; plateau of Mount Zomba, 5000- 
6000 ft., Whyte ! 
Also in South Africa. 
3. T. cinnabarina, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 152. Corm globose, 
above 4 in. diam. Produced leaves suprabasal, ensiform, thin, glabrous, 
falcate, 13-2 ft. long, 1 in. broad. Stem slightly ancipitous, shorter 
than the leaves. Panicle lax; branches few, ascending, few-flowered ; 
Spathe-valves triangular, subscariose, slightly unequal, }—} in. long. 
Perianth cinnabar-red, above 4 in. long; segments slightly unequal, 
oblong or lanceolate, acute, twice as long as the tube. Stamens shorter 
than the perianth-limb. Capsule obtusely angled, under 4 in. diam. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Catala Canginga, Teuscz, 573. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
4. T. tigrina, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 152. Produced leaves supra- 
basal, ensiform, rigid, with thickened stramineous ribs and margin, 
the longest above 1 ft. long, nearly 1 in. broad. Stem simple, 
slightly angled, 2-3 ft. long. Spike simple, lax, many-flowered ; 
Spathe-valves lanceolate, subherbaceous, rather shorter than the 
perianth. Perianth spotted, 1 in. long; tube slightly curved, funnel- 
shaped at the apex; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, subequal, as 
long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the perianuth-limb ; anthers 
linear, } in. long. Style as long as the stamens. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: between Janza and Malange, Pogge, 431. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
5. T. bongensis, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv..153. Corm globose, 
about 1 in. diam. Produced leaves 2, suprabasal, ensiform, erect, 
glabrous, strongly ribbed, 1 ft. long, above } in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the base and apex. Stem 1 ft. long, including 
the simple spike, bearing 2-3 much-reduced leaves. Spike lax, 3-6 in. 
long ` spathe subscariose, brownish, § in. long; outer valve oblong. 
Perianth red-purple; tube cylindrical, nearly twice as long as the 
spathe ; segments of the limb oblong-unguiculate, the upper larger than 
the others, (4 in. long) and arcuate. Stamens as long as the perianth.— 
Baker, Handb. Irid. 196. 
i Mile Land. Bongo, by the River Lesi, Schweinfurth, 4025 ! 
