56 rr1DEx (Baker). [Klattia. 
partita, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 237 ; Gen. Irid. 8; Spreng. 
Syst. Veg. i. 147, excl. syn. ; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 546. 
Coast ReGion: Swellendam Div.; Tradouw Mountains, Bowtie! .on the 
Langebergen near Swellendam, Burchell, 7340! 7418! Riversdale Div.; near 
Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7050 ! 7159! 
XIII. SCHIZOSTYLIS, Backh. and Harv. 
Perianth hypocrateriform, with a cylindrical tube and a campanulate 
limb with six equal, oblong, acute, petaloid segments. Stamens in- 
serted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments free, filiform ; 
anthers large, linear, basifixed. Ovary clavate, 3-celled; ovules 
crowded in the cells ; style as long as the perianth-tube, with three 
long, spreading, subulate branches. Oapsule obovoid-oblong, mem- 
branous, obtuse. Seeds small, angled. 
Herbs with a few distichous grass-like leaves; rootstock not bulbous ; flowers 
arranged in a lax simple equilateral spike ; spathe-valves large, lanceolate, green. 
Disters. Anendemic Cape genus, differs only from Hesperantha by the root- 
stock not being bulbous, 
Flowers deep crimson... eee pres ae a ... (1) coccinea. 
Flowers pale red ... ‘se cea ae vee ia w+. (2) pancifiora, 
1. 8. coccinea (Backh. and Harv. in Bot. Mag. t. 5422); root- 
fibres densely tufted, rather fleshy; leaves of basal rosette 2-8, 
linear, glabrous, grass-like in texture, 1-1} ft. long, }-3 in. broad, 
furnished with a distinct midrib; stems slender, terete 1-2 ft. 
long, bearing 2-3 erect, sheathing, reduced leaves; flowers 6-8, 
arranged in a lax distichous spike; outer spathe-valve entirely 
herbaceous and green, lanceolate, 1-1} in, long ; inner rather smaller 
and more membranous ; perianth-tube straight, erect, 1-1} in. long ; — 
limb deep crimson, as long as the tube, the oblong acute segments 
uniform in colour and texture ; anthers 3 in. long, equalling the 
filaments ; style-branches } in. long ; capsule sessile, obtuse, } in. 
long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 108 ; Handb. Irid. 147 ; 
Klati, Erginz, 48. 
Coast Reaion : Stockenstrom Div., Scully, 14! Elliot, 400! 
KaLanari Recion: Transvaal, Athérstone! Rhenoster Poort River, Welson, 
401! Lydenburg district, Roe in Hb. Bolus, 2653! 
Easteen Reoion: Kaffraria, bills up to 4000 ft,; Bazeia Mountains, Baur, 
164! sources of Buffels River, Murray in Herb. MacOwan, 1892! Fuakus 
territory, 5000 ft., Sutherland! Griqualand East, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1181! 
Natal, Gerrard, 1528! Swaziland, 3000-4500 ft., Galpin, 726 ! 
2. 8. pauciflora (Klatt in Linnea, xxxv. 380); root-fibres slender ; 
basal leaves 2-3, linear, moderately firm in texture, 1 foot long, 
} in. broad ; stems erect, terete, 2-3 ft. long, bearing a few reduced, 
erect, sheathing leaves; flowers 2-8, in a lax simple equilateral 
spike; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, $-1 in. long; inner 
rather smaller; perianth-tube 1-1} in. long; limb purplish-pink, an 
inch long, with equal, membranous, oblong, acute segments ; stamens 
