102 tRIDFz (Baker). [ Watsonia. 
Armstrong! without precise locality, Plant, 29! Cooper, 3186! Pondoland ; 
between Umtata R. and St. John’s R., 1000-2000 ft., Drége, 4536! 
Mr. J. M. Wood sends a fine form with pure white flowers, which flowered for 
the first time at Kew in September, 1891. 
5. W. coccinea (Herbert MSS. in Herb. Kew); corm depresso- 
globose, 1} in. diam.; tunies thick, of reticulated fibres, ending at 
the top in bristles; stem simple, about a foot long including the 
inflorescence; basal leaves linear, firm in texture, 6-9 in. long; 
flowers 4-6 in a very lax spike; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, 
brownish, rigid, the lower 1-13 in. long; perianth bright crimson ; 
tube curved, 13-2 in. long, dilated in the upper half, § in. diam at 
the throat; segments oblong-spathulate, cuspidate, an inch long, 
the lowest a little longer and more spreading than the others; styles 
reaching to the tipof the perianth-segments. Klatt, Ergdnz. 18; 
Baker, Handb. Irid. 175. W. pellucida, Eckl. Top. Verz. 36. 
W. Meriana, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1194. : 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Thom ! 
Coast ReGion: Constantia, Zeyher! between Palmiet River and Houw 
Hoek, Grey! Stellenbosch and Hottentots Holland, Ecklon. 
A plant received from the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, July, 1887, differs by 
its smaller bright scarlet flowers. 
6. W. humilis (Miller, Gard. Dict. edit. viii. No. 2; Ic. ii. 198, 
t. 297, fig. 2); corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, of reticu- 
lated fibres prolonged into bristles round the neck; stem usually 
simple, about a foot long including the inflorescence; basal leaves 
linear, firm in texture, 6-9 in. long, }-+ in. broad; flowers 4-6, 
arranged in a very lax spike, bright rose-red ; spathe-valves oblong- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, firm in texture, the lower sometimes 13-2 
in. long; perianth with a curved tube 1}-13 in. long, funnel-shaped 
in the upper half, 4 in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong, } in. 
long, 3 in. broad; styles falling short of the tip of the perianth- 
segments; anthers linear oblong, } in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 
631 and 1193; Gen. Irid. 127; Baker, Handb. Irid. 176. Antho- 
lyza caryophyllacea, Houtt. Handl. xii. 63, t. 79, fig. 3. Gladiolus 
marginatus, Thunb. Diss. No. 20, ex parte. G. laccatus, Jacq. Ic. 
t. 232; Red. Inl. t. 343. Neuberia laccata, Eckl. Unio Itin. No. 
560. W. laccata, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 631; Eckl. Top. Verz. 
86. W. maculata, Klatt, Erganz. 18. 
Soura Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Recion: near Cape Town, Bolus, 3800! Cape Flats, Zeyher, 1634! 
Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloot, Zeyher, 1635! near Tulbagh, Ecklon, 560! 
between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8441! Swellendam Div.; near Karmelks River, 
under 1000 ft., Drége /! mountain ridges along the lower part of Zonder Kinde 
River, Zeyher, 4030! near George, Burchell, 6066! 6091! 
Eastggn Recion: Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 4000 ft., Baur, 499! 
Natal, Cooper, 3187! 
_T. W. strictiflora (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1406); corm globose, 1 in, 
diam.; tunics thick, fibrous ; stems simple, 13-2 ft. long, including 
the inflorescence ; basal leaves linear, firm in texture, 6-12 in. long, 
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