74 tRIDEz (Baker). [ Geissorhiza, 
21. G. setacea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 95); corm ovoid, 
2 in, diam. ; outer tunics ending in short bristles ; basal leaves 3-4, 
linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 1-3 in. long, 4-1 lin. 
broad ; stems 2~3 in. long, very slender, simple or deeply forked, 
1-flowered, with 1-2 reduced sheathing leaves below the middle ; 
spathe-valves oblong, }-4 in. long, firm in texture, green to the tip; 
perianth-tube as long as, or rather longer than the spathe, funnel- 
shaped at the top, and often blue; limb 4 in. long, with oblong 
white segments, often tinted claret-red outside; stamens half as long 
as the limb; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long; style reaching the top” 
of the anthers, with three falcate branches 4 in. long. Handb. Irid. 
157; Klatt, Ergdnz. 57, non Ker. Ixia setacea, Herb. Linn.! 
Thunb. Diss. No. 13! Fl. Cap. i. 233. G. recurvifolia, Klatt in 
Linnea xxxiv. 655, excl. syn. 
SoutH AFRica: without locality, Villett / 
’ Coast ReGion: near Cape Town, Thunberg! Bolus, 4803! mountains near 
George, Rogers! along the rivulet at Grahamstown, Burchell, 3546! 
This is the Ixia setacea of the Linnean, Thunbergian, and Smithian herbaria, 
the plant figured by Ker being G@. humilis. 
22.G. bracteata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 57) ; corm not seen; leaves 5-6, 
concentrated at the base of the stem, linear, glabrous, thin in tex- 
ture, 2-4 in. long, 3-3 in. broad ; stems slender, 6-8 in. long, with 
1-2 distant branches, and 1-2 reduced, lanceolate, loosely-sheathing 
leaves ; flowers solitary, terminal; outer spathe-valve oblong, 3 in. 
‘dong, green to the tip; perianth-tube reaching to the tip of the 
spathe, blue at the throat; limb white, 4 in. long, with oblong 
segments ; stamens and style half as long as the perianth-segments. 
Baker, Handb. Irid. 158. Weithea elatior, Eckl. Top. Verz. 22, 
ee ease G. tabularis, var. elatior, Ecklon in Linnea xx. 
Coast Reaton: Uitenhage, Zeyher! Duivelsbosch, near Swellendam, Boil. 
_23. G. Dregei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 158); corm ovoid, } in. 
diam.; tunies brown, membranous; leaves 5-6, concentrated at the 
base of the stem, lanceolate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 
zl in. long, », in. broad; stems 2-3 in. long, very slender, simple, 
flexuose, with one reduced, lanceolate, loosely-sheathing leaf below the 
middle ; flowers 4-6 in a short erect spike with a very flexuose 
axis; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, } in. long, green to the 
tip; perianth-tube straight, reaching to the tip of the spathe, bright 
blue at the throat; limb pure white, 3-4 in. long, with oblong 
segments ; stamens one-third as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers 
lanceolate ; filaments _very short; style-branches not overtopping 
moe Ixia excisa, B, Herb. Thunberg/ G. secunda, B, Herb. 
e. 
Sout Ar¥gica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
oe ReGion: Paarl Mountains, Drége! Olifants Hoek, Ecklon and Zeyher, 
Intermediate between G. secunda and G@ foliosa, 
