28 1rIDEx (Baker). _ [Homeria. 
3. H. collina (Vent. Decad. 5); corm globose, $-1 in. diam., 
with thick, dark brown, cancellate tunics; produced leaf one, linear, 
rigid in texture, strongly ribbed, glabrous, 1}-2 ft. long, }-} in. 
broad; stem 1-14 ft. long, with 1-4 clusters, the side ones on short, 
erect peduncles, and several lanceolate, sheathing, rudimentary leaves 
of firm texture; spathes cylindrical, 2~—3-flowered, 23-3 in. long; 
valves cuspidate, firm in texture, except the tip, closely ribbed ; 
perianth-limb bright red, 1j]-14 in. long, the segments oblanceolate- 
oblong, obtuse, #-3 in. broad, with a yellow throat inside; stamens 
$—-% in. long, the anthers as long as the tube of filaments; ovary 
clavate, #-1 in. long; style-crests minute, subquadrate ; capsule 
clavate, an inch long. Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 8307; Sweet, 
Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498; Baker, Handb. Irid. 74. Morea collina, 
Thunb. Diss. No. 13; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 273; Jaeq. Ic. t. 226 ; 
Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1038. Stsyrinchium collinum, Cav. Diss. vi. 
346 ; Red. Lil, t. 250, SS. elegans, Red. Lil. t. 171, non Willd. 
Var. 8, H. aurantiaca (Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498); habit more slender ; 
leat narrower ; segments of periunth light scarlet, with a yellow claw, narrower 
and more acute. M. collina, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1612. 
Var. y, H. ochroleuca (Sulisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 308); habit of the 
type, but flower pale yellow. Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498. M. collina, var., 
Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1103. M. grandiflora, Eckl. Top. Verz. 14. 
Vaz. 3, bicolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 75); habit of the type; flowers pale 
yellow ; the segments flushed with lavender colour in the middle. 
Coast Rxcion: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Drege! Bolus, 3790! 
Var. 6, Cape district, Cooper, 3218! Culedon Div. Zeyher, 4074! Vur. y, Table 
Mountain, Ecklon, 534! 685! Bolus, 2811!- Caledon Div., Zeyher! Var. 3 
Stellenbosch, Sanderson ! 
4. H. lineata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 178); corm large, 
globose, bristly round the neck ; produced leaf rigid in texture, 4 in. 
broad, strongly ribbed, and furnished with a distinct white band 
down the midrib on the face; stem 1}-2 ft. long, bearing 4-5 
clusters ; spathes cylindrical, 2} in. long; flower copper-red, the 
segments an inch long, oblong, acute, ¢-} in. broad, with a small, 
yellow-dotted blotch inside ut the base; ovary clavate, pubescent, 
+ in. long ; stamens 4 in. long, with anthers shorter than the column. 
Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 105; Handb. Irid. 75. 
Sour AFRIcA: without locality, 
Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn in Mr. Colvill’s nursery 
in 1837, from a plant introduced by Mr. Synnot. 4H. porrifolia, Sweet, Hort. 
Brit. ed. 2, 498, is said to be like this in leaf and habit, but to have bright 
scarlet flowers, 
5. H. pallida (Baker, Handb. Irid, 75) ; corm globose, 3 in. diam., 
with hard, black, cancellate tunics; produced leaf one, subbasal, 
narrow linear, twice as long as the stem, firm in texture, strongly — 
ribbed ; stem a foot long, with 2-3 clusters, the side ones on short, 
erect peduncles ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in, long, the valves firm 
in texture, closely ribbed, with long, scariose cusps ; perianth-limb 
fugacious, pale yellow, {7-1 in. long, the segments unspotted, subequal, 
