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Tritonia Rochensis (a.) Bending- 



FLOWERED TRITONIA. 



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Generic Character. — Fid. No. 1275. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



TRITONIA Rochenfis : (flos regularis ;) foliis pluribus (4— 6), 

 gramineo-enfatis, nervofis ; caule altiori, tereti, fubfira- 

 plici vel paniculatim ramofo ; fpica pluri-multiflora, laxa, 

 divaricata; fpatha brevi, valvis ifometris exteriore integral 

 corolla recurvato-hypocrateriformi ; tubo clavato-gracili, 

 tereti, ftriatulo, arcuate deflexo, fpatbam aliquoties exce- 

 dente, limbi laciniis fefquilongiori ; fauce obfoletius dilata; 

 limbo fubnutante, rotato, laciniis fubcuneato-ellipticis, 

 concaviufculis, venofis, intimis fubanguftioribus, extimis 

 nunc emarginatis ; ftaminibus trifariis fauce exclufis, citra 

 medium limbum protenfis ; anthera filamentis aliquoties 

 breviori ; ftigmatibus fupra antheras recurvatis. G. 



(*.} caulis fubfimplex ; limbus amplior. G. 



fj3.) caulis paniculato-ramofus ; limbus anguftior. G. 



IXIA paniculata ; caule paniculato, tubo floris longiflimo ar- 

 cuato. De la Roche Ditf. PL Nov. 26. n. 14. tab. 1. 



I. lottgiflora ; polyftachia tubis corollarum longiflimis nutantibus. 

 Berg. cap. 7. 



GLADIOLUS longiflorus. Think Ditf. n. 22. Prod. 8; (vix 

 tamen Supplem. Linn, aut Syjl. Veg. Murr. qui potius Tri- 

 toniam capenfem N'fuperioris 6\%.fpeclat.) 



SISYRINCHIUM africanum ramofum foliis nervofis, floribus 

 longis, tubo donatis. Herm. Afr. 21. 



The nearly-allied fpecies longifiora, Rochenfis, capenfls, and 

 pallida, are all natives of the Cape of Good Hope; have 

 oblately rounded bulb-tubers, which fometimes produce others 

 at the end of their roots ; and all flower nearly at the fame 

 time. Pallida (fee above in the enumeration of the fpecies in the 



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