Ieia.} 1RIDEZ (Baker). 77 
Rootstock a small globose corm, with fibrous tunics 3 leaves few, linear, dis- 
tichous ; flowers arranged in simple or panicled spikes, very various in colour; 
spathe of two short, oblong, membranous or chartaceous valves. 
Distris, An endemic Cape genus; the species very variable and indefinite in 
limitation. 
Subgenus Ix1a Proper. Perianth-tube short, cylindrical ; filaments free to 
the base, much shorter than the anthers. 
Flowers small ; limb 3-4 in, long: 
Anthers lanceolate, 3 in. long: 
Flower white, concolorous 506 + cae 1) polystachya, 
Flower brightly coloured ne aa eas 2) flexuosa. 
Flower pale with a black throat ose, s<‘ nen. (9), bybeida, 
Anthers linear-oblong, ~, in. long ... coe =—s wee_~—s (4): micrandra. 
Flowers larger, concolorous*at the throat: 
Perianth-tube longer; limb white ... oo oo (5) aristata. 
Perianth-tube short ; 
Flower white... san ae fe «» (6) leucantha. 
Flower bright yellow... ane i --» (7) lutea. 
Flower bright lilac ee a ate «. (8) campanulata. 
Flower pale red ,.. is “ee vee eed 
(9) patens. 
Flower dark crimson es +» (10) speciosa, 
Flower larger, with a purple-black ‘throat : 
Flower white or yellow ees ese vee (11) maculata, 
Flower lilac... see Pee was ae .. (12) columellaris, 
Flower bright red... ius sie ae ... (13) ovata. 
Flower green ... aus ei ant ren ... (14) viridifiora, 
Subgenus Evryroxicz, Perianth-tube short, cylindrical; filaments more or 
less connate. 
The only species... eee we ne ey + (15) monadelphs. 
Subgenus Morpurxia. Perianth-tube short, dilated into a distinct funnel 
below the limb ; filaments free, as long as the anthers, 
Spathe-valves pale green with brown ribs : 
Leaves filiform or oe. Sean, conn (OO) Cueee, 
Leaves flat : sal sekeut 
Flowers lilac or ish : 
Leaves glabrous... ee oe ws (17) seariosa. 
Leaves hairy ~ we ewe (18) brevifolia, 
Flowers bright yellow .. .. ss» vs (19) odorata, 
Spathe-valves brown col ase down to the base (20) trichorhiza. 
Subgenus Hyatrs. Perianth-tube long, cylindrical, slightly and gradually 
dilated in the upper third.” 
Leaves terete oe ae Wek aes ace «+. (21) Cooperi. 
Leaves linear : 
Spathe-valves pale green with brown ribs,chartaceous (22) paniculata, 
Spathe-valves brown and rigid soe ove ws (23) nervosa. 
. I. polystach inn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 1.51); corm globose, 
A in. P secret dae santa fibres ; produced leaves about 4 at 
the base of the stem and 2 above, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in 
texture, 3—] ft. long, $-} in. broad, strongly ribbed, acuminate ; stem 
Slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long, simple or _branched ; flowers many, in 
erect, dense spikes with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, 
tricuspidate, pale green, } in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, 
mostly exserted from the spathe ; limb white, }-} in. long, with oblong 
segments ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long; filaments short; style a 
little exserted with branches reaching to the top of the anthers, 
