374 CXXXVI. IRIDE# (BAKER). [ Antholyza, 
branches short, spreading, entire, cuneate at the tip. Capsule oblong, 
loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds turgid or discoid, generally winged.— 
Rootstock a tunicated corm. Leaves linear or ensiform, forming a 
distichous rosette. Flowers in simple or panicled spikes, usually brightly 
coloured ; spathe-valves usually long, green, lanceolate. 
Species about 20, the others South African, 
*ANTHOLYZA PROPER. Segments of perianth-limb very 
unequal. 
Free tip of leaves none or very short. 
Anthers 3 in. long . 1. A. huillensis. 
Anthers 4 in. long . : : 2. A. labiata. 
Anthers Z in., long . 3. A. zambesiaca. 
Free tip of leaves long. 
Leaves 3—4 . - . S . e - . 4. A. abyssinica. 
Leaves 5-6 S : È : : = . 5. A. Schweinfurthit. 
**HOMOGLOSSUM. Segments of perianth-limb nearly 
equal. : 
Perianth 2in. long .. . 2 A S S . 6. A, gracilis. 
Perianth 3 in. long . : i S S : . 7. A, watsonioides. 
1. A. huillensis, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
i. 270. Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics brown, of matted fibres. Stem 
slender, terete, 6-15 in. long, bearing 2-3 short very narrow linear 
rigid leaves, with a thickened stramineous midrib and edges. Spike 
simple, lax, secund, 6-8-flowered ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, 
firm, green, $ in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 1 in. long; upper seg- 
ment oblong, bright red; lateral small, obovate; 3 lower minute. 
Stamens nearly as long as the upper segment; anthers 3 in. long. 
Capsule obovoid-oblong, } in. long. Seeds discoid, winged.—Handb. 
Irid. 232; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 178. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; temperate region, in open bushy places 
between Lopollo and Humpata, Welwitsch, 1539 ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, 
2. A. labiata, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 156. Corm globose ; 
tunics pale brown. Stem slender, terete, above 1 ft. long, with about 
5 superposed leaves reduced to mere sheaths. Spike simple, secund, 
8-flowered ; outer spathe-valve ovate, acute, 4 in. long. Perianth red- 
purple; tube under 4 in. long; limb bilabiate; upper segment lingu- 
late, obtuse, as long as the tube; 5 lower segments connate into 
a lower lip, of which the central lobe is long and linear-spathulate. 
Stamens as long as perianth ; anthers ł in. long. Style shorter than the 
stamens, 
Upper Guinea. Togoland: near Bismarckburg, Kling, 209. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
3. A. zambesiaca, Baker, Handb. Irid. 232. Corm not seen, 
Stem slender, simple, terete, stiffly erect, bearing 3—4 sheathing super- 
posed leaves with short very narrow free tips. Spikes few-flowered, 
