704 OLXXIIL IRIDEJE, [Ioiec. 
oc-ovulatis; stylus filiformis, antheras breviter superans, ramis stigmatosis breviter 
cuneato-dilatatis 2-lobis. Capsula subglobosa, loculicide 3-valvis. Semina globosa.— 
Herb: humiles, bulbose. Folia ensiformia, lanceolata, erecta v. foleato-patentia. 
Pedunculi in axillis superioribus 2-3. Spathse secus pedunculum sessiles, 2-3 v. ad unicam 
reductze, membranaceo-scariosc, maculis brunneis linearibus more Sparazeos notatc, apice 
dentatz v.lacerse., Flos in spatha unicus, sessilis,' bractea 2-dentata spatha paullo minore. 
Species 2, Africz australis ineolee, — Baer in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 92,  Lodd, Bot, Cab. t. 1359. 
Pazt. Mag. Bot. i. 8, cun ic. 
Specimen unieum nobis adest, genitalibus in flore unico a vermibus exesis et pee e imprimis 
ex iconibus citatis sumpsimis, Genus videtur Sparazi affine, sed perianthii forma et genitalibus 
rectis potius £vie v. Geissorhize accedens. 
44. Xxia, Linn. ( Ls 56. ; (Würthia, Regel, Gartenft, ii, 98, t. 46.) Perianthium 
infundibulif. phum, tubo tenui brevi v. longiuseulo, apice sequali v; 
leviter ampliato ; "lobi - smbsequales, plus minus patentes, sepius subrotati. Stamina ad 
faucent affixa, filamentis brevibus erectis liberis v. basi connatis ; antherze lineares, plus 
minus sagittatee, erectze v. apice reeuryse, prope basin affixs. yhp. obovoideum v. 
oblongum, 3-loculare, loculis co-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, ramis linearibus recurvis indi- 
visis parte integra brevioribus, introrsum ab apice breviter v. longiuscule papillosis. 
Capsula obtusa, membranacea, loculicide 3-valvis. Semina subglobosa v. angulato- 
compressa.—Bulbi v. cormi tunies leves v. fibross. ^ Caulis simplex v. parum. ramosus. 
Folia ad basin caulis conferta, anguate sensiformin, erecta, rigidule venosa, secus caulem 
pauca parva. Spath Jem seu ramos breves erectos sessiles, ssepe 
secundse, breves, late, membranaceo-seariosg, earinate v. concave, sspe 3-dentato. 
Flos in spatha unicus, sessilis, bractea spathsze subsimili nisi parum breviore 2-carinata 
2-dentata v. interdum 2-partibili. 
Species ad 25, Africz australis incolze, plures valde variabiles et, inter se difficillime distinguendze. 
Jaker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 90 et 96 (Ixiaet Morphizia) — Klatt in Linnea xxxiy, 630; Ergünz. 
und, Bericht. 48 (Morphizia) et 61 (aia), 
Genus vix in sectiones distinctas dividitur; series sequentes characteribus nimis incertis separantur. 
In speciebus typicis perianthii tubus brevis v. rarius elongatus, usque ad apicem tenuis ; filamenta 
libera v. vix ima basi subconnata. Jacg. lc. Rar. t. 275, 278 ; Hort, Schenbr.i. 18 ad 23. — Red. 
Lil. t, 30, 64, 86, 126, 137, 138, 140, 426, 466. — Vent.: Choiz, 1. 10; Jard. Cels. 1. 48. Andr. Bot. 
Hep. t. 23, 29, 50, 155, 159, 186, 196, 232, 266. Bot. Mag. t. 128 (in textu 127), 522, 539, 649, 
589, 694, 623, 624, 629, 789, 846, 1285, 1378. — Bot. Heg. t. 530. — Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 15. 
Sect, Eurydice, Pers. Syn. i. 48, differt fllamentis plus minus sed basi distincte connatis. Red. 
Lil.t. 4l (Galaxia). Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 203, 211, 213, 250, 392. Bot. Mag. t. 607. Hue étiam 
potius quam Zzíis (ypicis referenda videtur Z, colwnellaris, Bot. Mag. t. 630. 
Monrurxia, Ker, Gen. Irid. 106 (Hyaxss, Salisb. in. Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 817, absque char... Mor- 
phiaie brevicolles, Baker), ab auctoribus distinguitur perianthii tubo minus tenui, ad faucem interdum 
leviter ampliato; styli rami etiam interdum leviter membranaceo-dilatati. JM. capillaris, Ker, 
quoad formam perianthii et styli ramos a. varietatibus nonnullis Zzie pol; hye wgre disti d 
est. Jacg. le, Rar. t. 281, 282. Red, Lil. t. 431, 432, — Bot. Mag. t. 570, 8617, 1013. 
Morphixie longicolles. ; Baker (Fmzxst, Ecl. Verz. Pfl. Samml. 30, non aliorum), a Kerio ad 
Tritoniam relate, EAS sunt tubo perianthii longissimo, quam in exteris speciebus presertim 
superne crassiore; a TTifonia parum differunt perianthio et stylo rectis. Hue Jacg. Ic. Rar. t. 263 
(Gladiolus). Red. Lil. t. 34. Bot, Mag. t. 256, 1173, 1502, 1503 (Tritonia). 
I. anemoneflora, Jacq., et Z. fragrans, Jaeq., Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 91, nobis melius ad 
Sparaxin referends videntur. I.fucata, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1379, Baker, le, ad Hesperamfham. —— 
45. Treesia, Klatt i» Linncea, xxxiv. 072, pro parte non Eckl.—Perianthii tubus e basi 
tenui curvus, in faucem longe campanulatam ampliatus, limbus parum obliquus, 1 lobis ci 
qualibus ovatis p Stamina intra faucem affixa, fil tis liberis fi ib 
antheroe lineares, gittatwe. Ovarium ovoidenm, 3-loculare, loculis oc-ovulatis ; siglus 
filiformis, stamina demum superans, ramis tenüibuà 9-fidis, lobis vix dilatatis recurvis 
introrsum papillosis. Capsula 'ovoidea v. subglobosa, loculicide 3-valyis. Semina (imma- 
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