Homeria. } 1R1DEZz (Baker). 29 
oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse; stamens half as Jong as the perianth, 
the linear anthers as long as the tube of filaments; ovary clavate, 
under } in. long; capsule much smaller than in 4. collina. 
Katawart Recton: Bechuanaland; at the Moshowa R., near Old Litaku, 
Burchell, 2252/1! Transvaal, Matebe Valley, Holub, 1543! 1544! 
6. H. miniata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 152) ; corm globose, 
with thick, rigid, black, cancellate tunics; produced leaves two, linear, 
rigid in texture, overtopping the stem, without a white central 
band, sometimes with bulbillz in their axils; stems 4-1} ft. long; 
clusters several, on short, erect peduncles; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 
in, long, the valves green and firm, except the long scariose tip; 
perianth fulvous, #1 in. long, the segments subequal, oblanceolate, 
+ in. broad, obtuse; stamens half as long as the perianth; anthers 
much shorter than the column of filaments; ovary clavate-trigonous, 
= in. long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 75. Morea miniata, Andr. 
Bot. Rep. t. 404. 
Coast Recion: Tulbagh, Thom! Caledon Div.; Zonder Einde R., Gill! 
Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4075! 
CENTRAL ReGion: Worcester Div.; Klein Roggeveld, Burchell, 1301 ! 
III. FERRARIA, Linn. 
Perianth-segments joined in a tube at the very base, distinctly 
unguiculate above it, with a spreading limb much crisped at the edge, 
the blade of the outer a little broader than the inner. Stamens 
with filaments connate or connivent, in a cylindrical tube ; anthers 
small, ovate, placed opposite the style-branches. Ovary eylindrical- 
trigonous ; ovules crowded, superposed ; style filiform inside the 
column of stamens, with three small, spreading, emarginate, petaloid 
branches strongly fimbriated on the margin. Capsule ellipsoid, 
membranous, acute, or rostrate. Seeds globose, angled by pressure. 
Rootstock a large tuber-like corm; produced leaves few, linear, distichous, 
passing gradually into ovate-amplexicaul membranous bracts; spathes large, 
cylindrical; flowers large, fugitive, lasting only through the morning, lurid in 
colour, with an unpleasant scent like those of Stapelia. 
Distris, A single species in Angola, 
Anther-cells distinctly divaricated : 
Expanded perianth 14-14 in. diam., greenish-purple .,, (1) autherosa. 
Expanded perianth 2 in. diam., brownish-purple .. (2) divaricata, 
Anther-cells parallel : 
-Perianth greenish, with narrow, very acuminate seg- 
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erianth dull, brownish-purple : 
Leaves long, narrowed toa point ... oss ose, (4) tndulata. 
Leaves short, obtuse .., 5 a i sc ‘83 obtusifolia, 
Perianth dark purple bie Awe ie ae .. (6) atrata. 
1. F. antherosa (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 751); stem stout, erect, 
1 ft. long, with two linear produced leaves of firm texture from 
its base, glabrous, strongly ribbed, glaucous, ¢ in, broad; ovate- 
(3) uncinata. 
