98 tripex (Baker). [ Micranthus. 
2. M. fistulosus (Eckl. Top. Verz. 44); corm }-1 in. diam., the 
tunics ending at the top in long bristles; leaves 3-4, superposed, 
sheathing the stem up to the base of the spike, lorate, falcate, 
glabrous, moderately firm in texture, obtuse, with a conspicuous 
mucro, finely veined, the lowest 3-6 in. long, the upper shorter; 
stems simple, 3-1 ft. long; spike 2-5 in. long, dense, many lower 
flowers often abortive; spathe and flowers exactly like those of the 
other species. Baker, Handb. frid.179. Gladiolus alopecuroides, 
Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 54, ex parte. G.spicatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. 
edit. 2, 53, ex Ker, non Linn. Herb. Watsonia spicata, Ker im 
Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 229 ; Gen. Irid. 123. Ixia spicata, Willd. 
Sp. Plant.i.200. M. spicatus, Klatt, Ergdnz. 21. Ixia cepacea, 
Red. Lil. t, 96. J. fistulosa, Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 523. Gladiolus 
Jistulosus, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t.16  G. tubulosus, Burm, Prodr. 2. 
Coast Rraron: Devils Mountain, MacOwan, 2509! Ecklon, 524! Flats near ~ 
Rondebosch, Burchell, 198! between Cape Town and Simons Bay, Burchell, 
8555! near Tulbagh, Burchell, 1034! Hottentots Holland Mts., Thwnberg / 
XXI. FREESIA, Klatt. 
Perianth with a long, funnel-shaped tube ; segments of limb sub- 
equal, oblong, Stamens inserted below the throat of the tube, close, 
arcuate; anthers linear. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules crowded in 
the cells; style filiform, arcuate; branches short, slender, bifid. 
Capsule loculicidal, 3-valved. Seeds turgid. 
oo Endemic, monotypic. Differs from Tritonia only by its bifid style- 
1. F. refracta (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 678); corm ovoid, with 
thick, reticulated, fibrous tunics; stem terete, flexuose, distantly 
branched, with a few much-reduced leaves; basal leaves about 6, 
linear, firm in _texture, about 3 ft. long, $-4 in. broad; flowers very 
fragrant, resupinate, arranged in lax secund spikes with a flexuose 
rachis ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, scariose, not hiding 
the ovary ; perianth greenish-yellow or bright yellow, 1-1} in. long ; 
tube 3 in. diam. at thé throat, constricted suddenly below the middle ; 
limb distinctly bilabiate, its segments ovate-oblong, 3-1 in. long, 
those of both the two lips much imbricated, the central one of the 
upper lip broader and more obtuse than the side ones, and not 
reflexing in the fully-expanded flower; anthers lanceolate, just 
exserted from the perianth-tube, much shorter than the filiform 
filaments. Klatt, Erganz.26 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 167. Gladiolus 
refractus, Jacq. Ic. t. 241; Coll. Suppl. 26; Red. Lil. t. 419. 
Tritonia refracta, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 228; Bot. Reg. 
t. 185; Gen. Irid. 119. Gladiolus resupinatus, Pers. Syn. i. 45. 
G. Sparrmanni, Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 49. 
_ Van. B, F. odorata (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 672); 1 
rigid than in the rt inflorescence less bi cehea ek yee + sme pee 
spathe-valves broader and more obtuse, covering the ovary, distinctly toothed at 
