68 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Geissorhiza- 
nearly to the tip of the perianth ; style much exserted from the 
tube, with 3 short spreading branches. Klatt, Ergdnz. 57; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 153. G. romulevides, Eckl. 
Top. Verz. 21. 
Coast Recion: Zwartberg, near Caledon, Zeyher, 3966! 
3. G. flava (Klatt, Ergiinz. 58); corm globose, flat at the base ; 
tunics squamose, lacerated; leaves erect, narrow linear, 1-ribbed, 
those of the stem with a ventricose sheath; stem erect, hairy, terete, 
flexuose, branched, 4 in. long; branches 1—2-flowered ; outer valve of 
spathe green, fin. long; perianth greenish-yellow ; tube cylindrical, 
2 in. long ; segments obovate, obtuse, 3 in. long; style overtopping 
the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 153. Waitzia flava, Reich. MSS. 
Souta Arica: without locality, Breutel. Described by Dr. Klatt from a 
specimen in the Liibeck herbarium, gathered by Breutel, which I have not seen, 
4, G. purpureo-lutea (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238) ; corm 
ovoid, 4 in. diam., with very thick, lacerated, rigid, dull brown tunics ; 
leaves 3, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, thick in texture, the lower 
2-3 in. long, 3,—} in. broad, the upper one clasping the base of the 
stem, with a short free point ; stems simple or forked from the base, 
slender, glabrous, flexuose, 2-4 in. long; flowers 1-2 to a stem; 
spathe-valves oblong, green, almost membranous, 44 in. long; 
perianth-tube straight, purplish-black, 4 in. long, suddenly dilated 
into a purplish-black throat, 4-4 in. long ; segments oblong, lemon- 
yellow; anthers yellow, lanceolate, 4 in. long; filaments shorter 
than the anthers, yellow with a purplish-black base; style overtopping 
the anthers, with short faleate branches. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soe, xvi. 93; Handb. Irid. 154; Klatt, Erganz. 56. Ixia bicolor, a, 
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5. G. filifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238) ; corm the size of 
a pea ; leaves 3, distant, filiform, erect, the lower 6-7 in. long, over- 
topping the flowers, the upper shorter, placed halfway up the stem ; 
stem slender, straight, glabrous, } ft. long; flowers 3, distant ; outer 
spathe-valve green, lanceolate, } in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, 
3 in. long; limb with a purple throat 4 in. long, and oblong, whitish 
segments ; stamens one-third shorter than the perianth-limb. Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 154; Klatt, Erginz. 58. 
Sourn Argica: without locality, Prior! in the British Museum. 
6. G. Pappei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 154); corm globose, din. diam., 
with brown membranous tunies anda bristly neck ; stem very slender, 
filiform, glabrous, 2-3 in. long, with two superposed, erect terete 
leaves 1-1} in. long, dilated towards the base ; flowers 3-4 in a 
short spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve oblong, 4 in. 
long, green with a hyaline edge; perianth reddish, concolorous ; 
tube cylindrical, § in. long; segments oblong, under + in. long; 
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