Geissorhiza.] 1R1DEZ (Baker). 67 
Perianth-limb } in, long: 
Dwarf, with narrow lexves... ee ae a setacea. 
Tall, with broader leaves ... see nee 23} bracteata. 
Flowers many to a spike: 
Flower small : 
Leaves concentrated at the base of the stem: 
Perianth-limb 4-4 in. long ... --» (23) Dregei. 
Perianth-limb 4 in, long ne «+ (24) foliosa. 
Leaves distinctly superposed we +. (25) Bolusii. 
Flower very large + (26) grandis. 
Perianth-tube much exserted from the spathe ‘ 
Dwarf: perianth-limb shorter than the tube o« (27) minima, 
Tall: perianth-limb as long as tube : . 
Leaf terete on fa << ce +. (28) geminata. 
Leaf lanceolate or oblong sey aa «.. (29) excisa, 
1. G. humilis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224); corm globose, 
$-tin. diam. ; tunics brown, crustaceous, ending in short cusps; leaves 
3, linear-subulate, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, 4 lin. broad, thick in 
texture, with inflexed edges, upper much shorter, sheathing the lower 
part of the stem and dilated towards the base ; stems slender, terete, 
flexuose, glabrous, 3-6 in. long; flowers few, in a lax spike with 
a flexuose axis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, green to the tip, 
closely ribbed, 4-4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, } in. 
long; limb bright lemon-yellow, $-4 in. long; segments oblong; 
anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, exceeding the filaments; style as long 
as the anthers, the falcate spreading branches } in. long. er, Gen. 
frid. 85; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 93 ; Handb. Irid, 153. 
Ixia humilis, Thunb. Diss., No. 4; Prodr.9; Fl. Cap. i. 221. G. 
Brehmii, Eckl. Top. Verz.21; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 653. G. setacea, 
Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1255, excl. syn. G. plicata, Pappe MSS. 
Var. 8, grandiflora (Kaker, Handb. Irid. 153); more robust, with broader 
leaves and larger uniform yellow flowers. : 
Var. y, bicolor (Baker, loc. cit.); outer perianth-segments bright red down 
the centre of the back. JIaia scilluris, 8, Herb. Thunberg ! ; 
Var. 3, juncea (Baker, loc. cit.) ; stems longer, with two sheathing leaves, 
the two basal very long, slender, terete ; flowers plain yellow. G. juncea, Link. 
in Unio Itin. Exsic. No. 314. Ixia juncea, Link. Enum. 50. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality; Var. 8, Niven! Var. y, Thunberg! 
Coast RzGion: Piquetberg, and near Cape Town, Thunberg! between Paarl 
and Pont, Drége, 8475! Cape Flats, Zeyher, 3964! near Malmesbury, Bolus, 
4339! Simons Bay, Wright, 253! Var. 8, Cape Flats, Pappe! near Cape Town. 
Bolus, 4602! Var. y, Cape Flats, Zeyher, 1599! Simons Bay, Wright, 265! 
Muizenberg, MacOQwan, 2474! MaeOwan and Bolus, Herb. Normale, 257 ! Var. 6, 
by the Berg River near Paarl, Drége, 8472! Table Mountain, Ecklon, 314! 
2, G. ornithogaloides (Klatt in Linnza xxxiv. 656) ; corm globose, 
4-} in. diam.; tunies brown, erustaceous, ending in a ring of short 
bristles ; basal leaves 2-3, subsetaceous or narrowly linear, 1-nerved, 
weak, glabrous, faleate, 2—4 in. long, }~} lin. broad ; stems 1-flowered, 
simple or forked, very slender, with one short leaf with a dilated 
sheath ; spathe-valves oblong, thin, green, fin. long; flower blue 
when dry, but pale yellow when fresh; perianth-tube $ in, long; 
segments oblong, obtuse, }-4 in. long; anthers lanceolate, reaching 
