Geissorhiza.] — IRIDEZ (Baker). 71 
12. G. hirta (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 224) ; corm globose, 
2 in. diam.; tunics dull brown, crustaceous, cut up into slices; 
leaves 3, linear, hairy, moderately firm in texture, the outer basal, 
4-6 in. long, } in. broad, the upper sheathing the lower part of the - 
stem for 4-6 in., with a short, free point; sheath very ventricose, 
hairy and closely ribbed; stems simple or forked, ‘slender, angular, 
$—1 ft. long ; flowers 2-6, arranged in a lax spike with a flexuose 
rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, } in. long, brown and membranous 
almost to the base; perianth bright red, concolorous; tube very short, 
cylindrical, } in. long ; limb $-1 in. long, with obtuse uniform seg-. 
- ments ; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, 
} in. long, equalling the filaments; style reaching to the top of the 
anthers ; branches falcate, 4 in. long. Ker, Gen, Irid. 86; Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 155. Ixia hirta, Thunb. Diss. No. 6; Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap. 
i. 223. G. ciliaris, Salisb. in Trans. Hort, Soc. i. 321! Baker in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 94. G. rosea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 20. Hespe- 
rantha kermesina, Klatt, Erganz, 61. 
Var. 8, G. quinquangularis (Eckl. in Unio Itin, No. 312) ; flowersa uniform 
pale rose-red. Hesperantha guinquangularis, Eckl. Top. Vers. 23, H. ciliata, 
Klatt, Erganz. 60. 
Soutm Argica: without locality, Thunberg! Auge! Rogers! Var. B, 
Thom! 
Coast Region: near Tulbagh, MacOwan, 2678! Groene Kloof, MacOwan 
and Bolus, Herb. Norm.,590! between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8480! Var. B, 
Lion mountain, Ecklon, 312! 
18. G. rochensis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 224); corm 
globose, } in. diam., with brown-black, crustaceous, lacerated tunics ; 
leaves 3, the two lower basal, subterete, 3-4 in. long, the upper 
sheathing the lower part of the stem, with a short, free point ; sheath 
very ventricose, with 8-10 strong ribs; stems simple or forked low 
down, 3-6 in. long, 1-flowered ; outer spathe-valve oblong, 2 in. long, 
green in the lower half, brown and membranous in the upper ; 
perianth dark bright violet-purple ; tube cylindrical, ¢ in. long ; limb 
4-1 in. long, with obovate segments 3-} in. broad, with a pale band 
across below the middle and a dark blotch at the base of each seg- 
ment; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, } in. long, with long filaments ; 
style reaching to the top of the anthers ; branches falcate, 4 in. long. 
Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1105; Gen. Irid. 84; Ait. Hort. Kew. 
edit. 2,i. 88; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 94. Ixia rochensis, 
Ker in Bot. Mag.t. 598. JI. radians, Thunb, Fl. Cap. i. 217, G. 
rocheana, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2,503. G. setacea,a, Ker in Bot. 
Mag. sub t. 1255. Rochea venusta, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 
322.. G. tulipifera, Klatt, Ergdnz. 56. a. 
weet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 503); one-flowered, flower 
Bel ig tebe: le kes concolorous on tbe claw. Ixia monanthos, Thunb. 
Fl. Cap. i. 226. G.monanthos, Eckl, Top. Verz. 21. 
ene Beat eine ak Pie tae ee Somes tomlin C6 m= 
; -} in. broad, with a : : 
spike shatv a ‘wisp tadeons rachis. Joie violacea, Soland. MSS. I. secunda, 
Houtt, Handl. xii. t. 78, fig. 1, non Delaroche. 
