7 
Tria. } IRIDEZ (Baker). 85 
falcate, in. long. Morphizia Cooperi, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 
237; Journ, Linn, Soc. xvi. 98. Tritonia Cvoperi, Klatt, 
Erginz, 24. 
Coast Reeton: Worcester Div., Cooper, 1628! 1683! 
22. I. paniculata (Delaroche, Descr. 26, t. 1); corm globose, 
3—? in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous ; produced basal leaves 
2-3, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 3-14 ft. long; 
stems slender, terete, erect, 1-3 ft. long, often branched; flowers 
many, arranged in lax erect spikes ; outer spathe-valve oblong, pale, 
tricuspidate, $4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, 
23-3 in. long, gradually dilated in the upper third; limb cream- 
white, #-1 in. long; segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, often 
tinged with red, with a concolorous or blackish base; anthers 
exserted wholly or partially from the perianth-tube, 4 in. long, © 
about equalling the filaments; style often included in the tube ; 
branches short, faleate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 166. Ixia longiflora, 
Berg. Cap. 7; Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 58; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 256; Red. 
Lil. t. 34. Gladiolus longiflorus, Thunb. Diss. No. 22. Tritonia 
longiflora, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228; Bot. Mag. t. 1502; 
Gen. Irid. 115. Hyalis longiflora, Salish in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 
318. Morphixia paniculata, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 97. 
Tritonia paniculata, Klatt, Ergénz. 24, 
Var. f, tenuiflora (Baker) ; perianth-tube 1}-2 in. long; segments shorter, 
concolorous at the throat. Tritonia tenuijlora, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1275; 
Klatt, Ergadnz. 24. Ixia tenuiflora, Vahl, Enum. ii. 66. Gladiolus longiforus, 
Jacq. Ic. t. 263. Tritonta concolor, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 502. 
Var. y, rochensis (Baker); perianth-tube much shorter than in the type and 
dilated into a broader funnel at the apex ; segments oblong, concolorous, 3-1 in. 
long ; filaments longer (4 in. long), and anthers distinctly exserted from the tube. 
Tritonia rochensis, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1503; Gen. Irid, 114; Klatt, 
Erganz, 24. 
South Arrica: without locality, Burchell! Zeyher, 1620! Var. y, Drege, 
8409 ! 
Coast Region; Clanwilliam Div.; Lange Kloof, Thunberg/ between Berg 
Valley and Lange Valley, Drége! sandy places, St. Heleva Bay and Zwartland, 
Thunberg! near Cape Town, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 476! Var. 8, 
Caledon Div.; near Genadendal, Drége, 8375! Var. y, Tulbagh, Thom! 
Riversdale Div.; at the foot of the Lange Bergen, between Vet River and 
Krombeks River, Burchell, 7183! Uniondale Div. ; mountains near Avontuur, 
Bolus, 2483! 
23. I. nervosa (Baker, Handb. Irid.166); corm small, globose ; basal 
leaves 4-5, rigid, linear, 1~14 ft. long, }—} in. broad, with 5 strong ribs; 
_stem simple, terete, 2-3 ft. long, with several superposed reduced 
leaves, flowers in a lax erect spike } ft. long; spathe-valves oblong, 
brown rigid in texture, reflexing, {3 in. long ; perianth white ; tube 
cylindrical, 1} in. long, slightly dilated in the upper half ; segments 
oblanceolate, obtuse, patent, } in. long ; anthers 4 in. long, exceeding 
the free filaments ; style protruded from the tube, the short branches 
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