70° 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Geissorhiza. 
bosch, Bolus, 4609! Witkamp, Zeyher, 1598! Var. 7, Clanwilliam Div. ; Mader 
in Herb. MacOwan, 2165! Witsenberg and Skurfdeberg, near Tulbagh, Zeyher, 
1596! Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 8481a! mountains neur Mitchell’s Pass, Bolus, 5246! 
Genadendal, Drége / Riversdale Div. ; on the Lange Bergen, near Kampsche Berg, 
Burchell, 7044! 
9. G. gracilis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155) ; corm not seen ; stem 3-1 
ft. long, simple, with a rudimentary leaf at the base anda tight hairy 
sheath at the middle, produced into a small, erect, rigid, linear, 
strongly-nerved hairy blade; flowers 2-3 in a lax spike with a 
flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, } in. long, brown and 
membranous above the base ; perianth pale lilac ; tube very short ; 
segments oblong, 4 in. long; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, as long 
as the filaments; style-branches short. 
Eastern Region: Griqualand East; Zuur Berg Range, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1872 ! 
10. G. graminifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155); corm globose, 
3 in. diam.; tunics entire, crustaceous, brown or squamose, cut up 
from below into slices ; leaves 3, linear, the lower 6-9 in. long, 
14 in. broad, firm in texture, pilose on the ribs, especially beneath, 
the upper much shorter, ventricose, sheathing the stem some distance 
above the base, with many close, prominent hairy ribs ; stems slender, 
flexuose, simple, or forked, 4-1 ft. long ; flowers few, arranged in a 
lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; spathe-valves oblong, j—} in. long, 
greenish tuwards the base, brown and membranous in the upper 
half; perianth deep or pale red, or nearly white; tube very short, 
cylindrical ; segments oblong, $-} in. long ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. 
long, longer than the filaments; style reaching to the top of the 
anthers, with falcate branches tin. long. G. hirta, Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 94, excl. syn. Hesperantha quinguangularis, Klatt, 
Ergdnz. 61, excl. syn. H. rosea, Klatt, Erganz. 61% 
Var. 8, bicolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155) ; flowers white, bright red on the 
back of the outer segments. Izia humilis, 3, Herb. Thunberg. G. pilosa, 
Pappe MSS. Intermediate between G. hirta and G@, secunda, 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg. 
Coast RrGion: near Swellendam, Drége, 3496! near George, Burchell, 
6088! Var. 8, near Cape Town, Bolus, 485! Pappe! Hout Bay, MacOwan, 
- 2649! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 261! H d 
kcklon and Zeyher, 214! ’ ’ ottentots Holland, 
ll. G. furva (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann; i. 224); corm ver 
small, globose ; leaves filiform, 2 basal, 3-4 in. long, il prea! 
one, with close sheath, and short, free point ; stem slender, flexuose, 
3-4 in. long, 1-flowered ; outer spathe-valve oblong, } in. long, brown 
and membranons in the upper half ; perianth bright red-purple ; tube 
cylindrical, $ in. long ; limb 4-3 in. long, with oblong segments; 
anthers lanceolate, longer than the filaments ; style reaching to the 
top of the filaments. Ker, Gen. Irid. 87; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc, xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 155. Ixia furva, Solander MSS. 
Souts Arica: without locality, Masson ! 
Coast Raaion: Between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8478! Tulbach, Eckl: nd 
Zeyher, 217! Malmesbury Div. ; near Groene Kloof, Bolus, 43411 eons 
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