Geissorhiza. | IBIDEZ (Baker). 69 
anthers slightly shorter than perianth-segments. G. pusilla, Pappe 
MSS.,no Klatt. 
Coast Re@ion: Zonder Hinde Mountains, Pappe! Zeyher, 3965! 
7. G. Wrightii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238); corm globose, 
3 in. diam.; tunies crustaceous, castaneous, ending in short cusps ; 
basal leaves 2-8, narrow linear, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, 4-1} lin. 
broad, closely and deeply ribbed; stems terete, } ft. long, simple or 
forked at the base, glabrous, sheathed at the base by a long erect 
leaf dilated downwards to a breadth of 3~1 in. with 10-15 prominent 
‘close ribs ; flowers 6-8 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer 
spathe-valve ovate-oblong, }—! in, long, green to the tips; perianth- 
tube cylindrical, 4 in. long; limb dull red, 4 in. long, with uniform 
oblong segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, equalling the fila- 
ments ; style overtopping the anthers, with 3 falcate branches, 4 in. 
long. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 154; 
Klatt, Ergdanz. 58. 
Coast Recon : Simons Bay, Wright, 243! 
8. G. secunda (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224) ; corm globose, 
3-1 in. diam., with bright brown, crustaceous tunics ; basal leaves 2, 
linear, glabrous, 4—6 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, not strongly or closely 
ribbed ; stems slender, 3-1 ft. long, with 1-2 superposed leaves 
with strongly-ribbed ventricose sheaths ; flowers 3-6 in a lax spike 
with a very slender flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve oblong, 
-3 in. long, green in the lower half, brown and scariose in the 
upper; perianth-tube cylindrical, 4 in. long; limb bright red, 4 in, 
long, with uniform oblong segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, _ 
exceeding the filaments ; style reaching to the top of the anthers, 
the falcate branches 4 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 85; Ait. Hort. 
Kew, edit, 2, i. 83; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 93; Handb. 
Trid. 154; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 658. Ixia secunda, Delaroche 
Deser. 17, excl. syn.; Berg. Pl. Cap. 6; Thunb, Diss. No. 7; Prodr. 
9; Fl. Cap. i. 224; Bot. Mag. t. 597. I. pusilla, Andr. Bot. Rep. 
t. 245. J. scillaris, a, Herb. Thunberg. 
Vaz. 6, G. setifolia (Eckl. Top. Verz. 22); leaves very slender, setaceous, 
flowers red. Kliatt, a 58. G. secunda, var. setifolia, Baker in Journ. Linn, 
Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 155. : : 
Vag. y, @. ramosa (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 657) ; taller than the type, with 
deeply forked stems with several flowers. @. imbricata, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. 
Van. 3, @, pusilla (Klatt, Erganz. 58, ex parte); flowers pale rose or nearly 
white. G. seewnda, var. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1105. Izia scillarts, Linn. herb. / 
Var. ¢, bicolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155); stems tall, simple; leaves 7 
long, filiform ; flowers smaller than in the type, white, the outer segments bright 
red down the keel. 
Sourn Arica: without locality. Var. ¢, Rogers / 
Coast ReGion: Malmesbury Div. ; Zwartland, Thunberg ! near Groene Kloof, 
Thunberg! Bolus, 4338! Tulbagh, Thom ! Paarl mountains, Drege, 8488a ! 
between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8483b and c! plains snd mountains near Cape 
Town, Ecklon, 315! Bolus, 2804! 3321! 4804! near Humansdorp, Tyson, 306, ! 
Var. 8, near Groene Kloof, MacOwan, 2165! between Paarl and Pont, D.ége, - 
8460 } near Tulbagh Cataract, Bolus; 5388! Lions Rump, Pappe! near Roude- 
