Hesperantha.} IRIDEZ (Baker). 61 
+ in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, straight, violet, brown at the 
throat, +4 in. long, segments lilac, oblong-lanceolate, under } in. 
long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 149. 
Cznrrat Reaction: Calvinia Diy. ; Hantam Mountains, Meyer. 
11. H. gracilis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 149); corm not seen; basal 
leaves 3, narrow linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 6-8 in. 
long, ', in. broad, with only a single distinct rib ; stem very slender, 
terete, 3 ft. long, with a short sheathing leaf at the middle; flowers 
2, distant ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, acute, 3—§ in. long, firm 
and green to the tip; perianth with a greenish, cylindrical, straight 
tube 4 in. long, and a bright red limb 2 in. long, with oblong uniform 
segments ;, stamens half as long as the limb ; anthers lanceolate, } in. 
long ; style-branches } in. long. 
EASTERN ReGion: Natal; in the bush at the base of perpendicular rocks at 
Isangwaan, Wood, 923! . 
Habit and perianth very like that of Geissorhiza secwnda. 
12. H. fibrosa (Baker, Handb. Irid. 149); corm globose, 2 in. 
diam., with brown crustaceous tunics produced into long fibres at the 
top ; produced leaves 3, linear, superposed, glabrous, firm in texture, 
46 in. long, $ in. broad, obtuse, with revolute edges, the upper 
sheathing the stem some distance from the base; stems slender, 
terete, simple, 6-9 in. long; flowers 3-6 in a lax equilateral spike ; 
outer spathe-valve green, oblong, obtuse, 1-2 in. long ; perianth with 
a cylindrical tube as long as the spathe, and six oblong concolorous 
segments + in. long; anthers 4 in. long, with short filaments ; style- 
branches 4 in. long. 
Coast Rreion: Culedon Div. ; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 3960! 
13. H. erecta (Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 703); corm globose, } in. 
diam.; tunics brown, crustaceous ; leaves 3, linear, superposed, 
glabrous, moderately firm in texture, erect, 3-4 in. long., s,—} in. 
broad ; stems slender, terete, 6—8 in. long, simple or forked ; flowers 
4-8, in a short, erect spike, with a very flexuose axis ; spathe-valves 
green, lanceolate, 3 in. long; perianth pale red, with a straight 
tube 2 in. long, dilated into a funnel at the apex, and oblong, 
ascending, concolorous segments not longer than the tube; anthers 
4 in. long, exceeding the filaments ; style-branches nearly as long as 
the perianth-segments. Geissorhiza erecta, Baker in Journ. Bot. 
1876, 238; Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi, 93. 
Westen Reaion: by the Olifants River, Drége, 8468! 
14, H. modesta (Baker, Handb. Irid. 150); corm not seen ; basal 
leaves 2, narrowly linear, erect, glabrous, 2-3 in. long ; stem very 
slender, 4 ft. long, with a small sheathing leaf at the middle ; 
flowers 2-4 in a lax distichous spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, 
green, }-1 in, long; perianth-tube straight, as long as the spathe, 
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