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plici v. unirameo. Folia pauca, anguste linearia. Spathz secus peduneulum &essiles, 
dissite, secunds v. quaq » vi tes, plicat, v. carinatz, erecto v. vix 
patentes, Flos in spatha sessilis ; bractea spatha multo brevior, 2-nervis v. 9-carinata. 
Species ad 20, Africe australis et tropiez incole, Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 95. — Klatt in 
Linnea, xxxiv. 647 ; Ergünz. und Bericht, 59. Jacq. Ic, Rar.t.276, 279, 980. — Red. Lil. t. 441. 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 44, 59. — Bot. Mag, t. 666, 573, 790, 1054, 1254, 1379, 1475 (ie. plereeque sub 
Iria), 
1. radiata in icone Redouteana, t, 441, styli ramos solito broviores ostendit, et. species Geissorhize 
accedere videtur. 
4l. Geissorhiza, Ker in Kn. et Sims, Anm. Bot. i. 993.— Perianthium. infundibuli- 
forme, tubo brevi tenui apice breviter ampliato ; lobi subzquales, plus minus patentes, 
basi sepe angustati. .Stamina ad faucem affixa, filamentis brevibus liberis ; anthere 
lineari-sagittats, recte v. apice recurvze, rarius demum tortz,; Ovarium obovoideum v. 
oblongum, 3-loculare, loculis co-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, 1 g , ramis I 
recurvis indivisis parte integra brevioribus, superne interdum leviter ib dil. 
tatis introrsum ab apice breviter v. longiuscule papillosis. Capsula obtusa, membranacea, 
loeulicide 3-valvis. ^ Semina subglol v. angulat —Bulbi tuniesm. leves, 
fibroste, v. deorsum imbricatz. Caulis simplex v. parum ramosus. Folia pauca, linearia, 
angustissima, rarius latius ensiformia. Ped lus unicus, terminalis, seu pauci e folii 
summi vagina. Spathz secus peduneulum paucie, dissitze, interdum solitariz, inferiores 
swpius herbaces, acute, superiores v. interdum omnes plus minus Scarioss, obtuss v. 
dentieulatz. Flos in spatha sessilis, bractea spatha breviore scariosa striata sepius 
breviter 2-loba. Perianthii tubus rarius spatham excedens. 
Species ad 24, v. ex Klattio 31, quarum una Madagascariensis, ezters ommes Africm Australis 
incole. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 98 (excl. G. erecta, G. alpina et G. lutea ad Hesperantham 
referendis). —Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 650 ; Ergünz. und. Bericht. 56. 
Genus vix characteribus certis ab Zria distinetum, differt sepius perianthii limbo minus expanso et 
spathis saltem inferioribus herbaceis acutis, in sectiones 2 a Bakero dividitur: 1. Rochea; perianthii 
tubo spatham non excedente. Bof. Mag. t. 597, 698 (Iria), 672, 1255, 0877. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 
246 (Iria). Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 188. ^ Rocua, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 1. 829, absque char. 
2. Weihea, perianthii tubo tenui e spatha exserto. Jot, Mag. t. 684. ^ WirEA, Eckl. Verz. Pg. 
Samml. 22. : : 
G. Bojeri, Baker, e Madagascaria, ab Africanis differt capsula longa angusta subcylindracea, sed 
omnino congener videtur. 
42. Dierama, C. Koch in Walp. Ann. vi. 42.—Perianthium infundibuliforme, tubo 
brevi in faucem ampliato; lobi subsquales, erecto-patentes. Stamina supra basin 
faucis affixa, filamentis brevibus rectis; antherse lineares, eréctcw, sagittate. "Ovarium 3- 
loculare, loculis co-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, rectus, ramis indivisis recurvis apice plus 
minus cuneato-dilatatis. Capsula obtusa, membranacea, loculicide 3-valvis. ^ Semina. 
'bglob v. angulat p — Bulbi tunice cum basibus foliorum vetustiorum in 
fibras rigidas persistentes solute, Folia longa, angusta, inferiora equitantia à 
latere complanata, superiora pauca, parva, Panicula terminalis, elongata, ramulis fili- 
formibus in vivo pendulis, in speciminibus siccis erecti apparent. Spathm in ramulis 
sessiles, scarioso-hyalinz, vix striatz, apice lacer, szpius 3-fidee. Flos intra spatham 
sessilis, bractea spatha angustiore 2-fida. 
Species 2 v. 3, florum magnitudine et colore distinetz, sed ut videtur intermediis connex:, Afrieme 
tropieze et australis incole. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 99. Klatt in Linnea, xxxii. 751 
(errore Dicrama) ; Ergünz. und Bericht. 64. |. Bot. Mag. t. 5656. . Bot. Reg. t. 1860 (Sparazis). 
D. cupuliflorum, Klatt in Decken Reise, Bot. 73, t. 3, quod etiam a Thomsonio in Africa tropica 
lectum fuit, a forma typica austro-Africana D. penduli distinguere nequimus, 
43. Streptanthera, Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 209, et ser. 2, t. 199. — Perianthii tubus 
brevissimus, panulatus ; lobi :equales, rotato-patentes. Stamina fauci affixa, filamentis 
brevibus erectis liberis ; antherse lineares, demum torte. Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis 
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