SERRE 
Geissorhiza. | IRIDEX (Baker). 75 
24. G. foliosa (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 658); corm globose, 
4-4 in. diam.; tunics brown, crustaceous, ending in short cusps; 
basal leaves 4—6, lanceolate, glabrous, firm in texture, 2-3 in. long, 
—% in. broad, with many prominent ribs; stems 4—6 in. long, simple 
or forked, with 1-2 reduced leaves with dilated sheaths; flowers 
3-6 in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, } in. long; 
perianth-tube erect, cylindrical, } in. long; limb whitish, 4 in. 
long, with oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, equalling 
the filaments ; style much exserted from the tube; branches } in. 
long. Klatt, Ergdnz. 58; Buker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 95; 
Handb. lrid. 158, 
Coast Rearon: Swellendam Div. ; near Riet Kuil, Ecklon and Zeyher, 218! 
Zeyher, 3961! Oudtshoorn Div. ; near Olifants River, Gill !— 
Resembles Hesperantha falcata in habit and leaf. 
25. G. Bolusii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 158) ; corm ovoid, 2 in, 
diam. ; tunics brown, membranous, ending in short bristles ; leaves 
4-6 to a stem, all superposed, thin in texture, linear, glabrous, 
+-4 in. broad, the lower 2-3 in. long, the upper becoming gradually 
shorter; stems simple, very slender, flexuose, terete, 4-8 in. long; 
flowers 6-8 to a spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, % in. long, 
obtuse, green, with a brown scariose tip; perianth-tube cylindrical, 
as long as the spathe ; limb white, }-} in. long, with oblong seg- 
ments; stamens half as long as the limb; anthers lanceolate, 
equalling the filaments ; style not overtopping the anthers. 
oe Reeion: On stony hills at Dutoits Kloof, alt. 2300 ft., Bulus, 
26. G. grandis (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5877); corm globose, 
2 in. diam. ; tunics of finely reticulated fibres ; basal leaves ensiform, 
glabrous, 6~8 in. long, 4 in. broad, strongly ribbed; stems about a 
foot long, with several reduced leaves ; flowers 4-8 in a lax simple 
spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, acute, herbaceous, finely 
ribbed, 1}-14 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, 1 in, long; limb 
rather longer, whitish ; segments ascending, oblong, obtuse, with a keel 
of claret-purple towards the base; anthers claret-purple, } in. long, 
about as long as the filaments; style slightly exserted from the 
perianth-tube, the ascending falcate branches 4 in. long. Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 95; Handb. Irid, 158. 
Coast Reeron: Port Elizabeth, Wilson / 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1868. Differs from all the 
other species by its aah longer spathes and flowers and longer style-branches, 
and approximates towards Actdanthera. 
27. G. minima (Baker in Journ, Bot. 1876, 239); corm not seen ; 
leaves 2~3, basal, terete, falcate, firm in texture, glabrous, 1~1} in. 
long, } lin. diam. ; scape very slender, shining, terete, 1 in. long, 1-2- 
flowered; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, herbaceous, green 
with a reddish-brown tinge, 4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, 
cylindrical, } in. long ; limb not more than half as long, with oblong 
