708 CLXXIHT. IRIDEJE. [Ioctec.. 
spatha unicus, sessilis, bractea spathze simili nisi latiore et 2-nervi. Capsule lobi spatham 
a latere excedentes. 
Species 1, Afric; australis ineola. Baer in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 167. Klatt in Linnca, xxxii. 
746 (Diasia). Jacq. le. Rar. t. 236 (Gladiolus) ^ Red, Lil. t. 64 c£ 163 (Diasia). Andr, Bot. Rep. 
(, 62 (Gladiolus), Lodd, Bot, Cab t, M44, 
53. "Tritonia, Ker in Kon. et Sims, Ann. Bot. i. 227. (Waits; Reichb. Consp. 60.)— 
Perianthii tubus tenuis, rectus, nune ! nunc gatus, rarius apice leviter 
inecurvus ; limbus concavus v. late dat ] laris v. parum obliquus, lobi 
lati, omnes similes v. 3 inferiores bai callo v. macula. instrueti, v. interdum paullo . 
minores. Stamina basi limbi affixa, filamentis filiformibus liberis; anthere lineares, 
ittatze, smpius til Ovarium 3-loeulare, loeulis oo-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, 
superne lateralis, ramis indivisis tenuibus v. swpius apice stigmatoso leviter dilatato 
clavato v. retuso. Capsula membranacea, ovoidea v. oblonga, spatha ssepius brevior, 
lozulieide 3-valvis. Semina globosa v. angulato-compressa.—-Bulbi v. cormi tuniem 
fibrose. ' Caulis simplex v. parum ramosus. Folia pauca, anguste linearia v. latiora 
ensiformiaque, ssepe falcata. Spaths secus pedunculum seu ramos paucos dissitze, breves, 
membranaces, sepe 3-dentate. Flos intra spatham unicus, sessilis, bractea spatha 
paullo breviore, 2-nervi v. 2-carinata. 
Species ad 24, Afriez australis incole. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 161, 167 (Tritonia et 
Montbretia). | .Klatt. in Linnea, xxxii. 162, 769 (Montbretia. et. Tritonia). 
Perianthii forma variat de specie in speciem, sed variationes in speciminibus siecis &epe parum 
conspieuze et in iconibus non semper aceurate delineate. In Trétoniis typicis tubus brevis, limbus 
latus, subzequ dis, lobi nune omnes consimiles immaculati, nune. (in 7. ziniaéa) 3 inferiores v. (in 
T. deusta) 3 exteriores basi maculati, Ad hane seriem pertinent species Bakeri n. 1 ad 6 et icones 
sequentes. Jacq. Hort. Schenbr. t. 24; Fragm. t. 32, f. 2. Hed. Lil. (, 87, 89, 335. — Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 134 (ic. omnes sub Itin), Bot. Mag. t. 184, 581, 609, 622. 
MowranzrTiA, DO. in. Bull. Soc. Philom. Par. iii. (1803) 151 bis, et in. Hed. Lil. t, 53, pro genere 
eme ad T. securigeram, Ker (Gladiolum, Bot. Mag. t. 383), ob callos ad basin segmentorum 
insigniter p ; forma perianthii czeterum vix minus regularis quam in specie- 
A iypicis. |7./fava, Bot. Reg. t. "a (Montbretia, Baker), ex icone perianthium 7. securigere 
exhibit, etsi ealli minus prominentes. In 7. ineaa, Ker (Montbretia, Baker), ex iconibus Redoutianis 
Lil, t. 55, et 400, perianthium vix irregulare absque callis, in icone tamen Bot. Mag. t. 487 incurvum 
delineatur et obliquum fere G/adioli, cui ab auctore refertur. In MM.lazifolia, Baker in Trans. 
Linn. Soc, xxix. t. 101 A, ex Africa tropica, perianthium pariter vix irregulare, ecallosum. 
Montbretia s'rictifolia, Klatt, M. Pottsii, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 424, affinesque nonnullze 
a. Tritoniis v. Montbretiis typicis differunt imprimis perianthii lobis angustioribus. 
Tritonia capensis, Ker, et Montbretia, pauciflora, Baker, nobis melius Mad Acidanthera convenire 
videntur ut jam supra indieavimus,  Cetere Tritonie longitube (Montb longicolles, Baker, n. 3 
ad 6) a speciebus typicis tam. Zritoniz quam. Montbretie recedunt perianthii tubo Jongissimo superne 
parum ampliato seepeque incurvo, et. Tritoniam cum Acidanthera connectunt ; spathse tamen omnino 
Tritonie. Jacg. Ie. Har. t. 262, 207. Andr. Bot, Hep. t, 142 (omn. sub Gladiolo), Bot, Mag. 
t. 678, 1275. 
Dicuoxz, Laws. ez. Salisb, in. Trans, Hort. Soc. i, 320, absque char., species continet 2, a Bakero pro 
sectione Zritoniz admissas, perianthii limbo supra tubum tenuem fere rotato, lobis oblongis basi con- 
traetis subzqualibus, antheris brevibus. Characteres fere /rie, sed stamina et stylus plus minus 
Jateralia. Jacq. Jc. Rar. t. 275. Red. Lil. t. 127, 433. — Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 14, 128. Bot. Mag. 
1. 599, 629 (ic. omn. sub Ixia). — AcnxTTA Eckl. Verz. PA. Samml, 23, pro parte. 
Klatt, Ergünz und Berieht. 28, T'ritoniam restringit ad species lonzitubas que Tritoniam cum 
Acidanthera et Lria ipsa eonneetunt, et Tritonie nostra typies genus Tmirowixiaw formant, 
Klatt, l.c. 21. 
bi. Sparaxis, Ker in Kon. et Sims, Ann. Bot. i. 225.—Perianthii tubus brevis, 
tenuis, in faucem breviter campanalatam ampliatus ; lobi 6, erecto-patentes, wquales v. 
parum in:equales. Stamina ad basin faucis affixa, filamentis erectis superne unilaterali - 
bus; anther:e linea res, erectz v. apice incurvse. — Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis ao-ovulatis ; 
