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Tritonia.] . IRIDEZ (Baker). 119 
Perianth-tube funnel-shaped from the 
middle : 
Perianth §-} in. long inde +» (20) Kraussii. 
Perianth 1-14 in. long: 
Leaves 4-4} in. broad ... ... (21) lineata. 
Leaves under }; in. broad =... (22) Wilsoni. 
Flowers bright red ... oe ae ove ++ (23) rosea, 
Perianth-segments shorter than the tube : 
Perianth-tube slender to the top ... ae -» (24) graminifotia. 
Perianth-tube funnel-shaped in the upper half : 
Flowers bright red... si oo ... (25) laxifolia. 
Flowers orange-yellow... =... 1 =e» (26) Pottsii, 
Flowers white ... ie +++ ona = (27) ‘Watsonioides. ~ 
Subgenus Monrsretia. Perianth-tube funnel-shaped above the middle; three 
lower segments furnished with a spreading callus on the claw. 
Callus large, oblong. Flowers bright red : 
Leaves 7, in. broad... bse nee ++ (28) Nelsoni, 
Leaves 4-4 in. broad ie Be ae .» (29) securigera,. 
Callus small, Flowers yellow ... —... vee aoe” (80) lava. 
Subgenus Srenopasis. Perianth-segments unequal, all distinctly unguicu- 
ate. 
The only species... as at os ... (31) unguiculata. 
Garden hybrid aes 3 ae tee .» (82) crocosmeefiora. 
1. T. crocata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228); corm globose, 
{+1 in. diam.; tunics of matted, pale brown, reticulated fibres ; basal 
leaves 4—6, ensiform, spreading, moderately firm in texture, 4—8 in. 
long, 3-3 in. broad; stem slender, terete, simple or branched low 
down, 1-1} ft. long including the inflorescence ; flowers 4-10 in a 
lax secund spike ; spathe-valves oblong, }-} in. long, green in the 
lower part, brown and toothed at the tip; perianth-tube slightly 
exserted, cylindrical, dilated into a small funnel at the top ; seg- 
ments obovate-spathulate, #-1 in. long, much imbricated, bright ful- 
vous-yellow, not distinctly spotted on the claw ; stamens one-third the 
length of the limb ; anthers purple, lanceolate ; style-branches } in. 
long, overtopping the stamens. Gen. Irid. 120; Baker, Handb. Irid. 
190, Ixia crocata, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2. 52; Linn. fil. Pl. Rar. 
Hort, Upsal. 13. t. 7; Thunb. Diss. No. 20; Prodr.10; Fl. Cap. i. 
245; Ourt. Bot. Mag. t. 184; Wendl. Bot. Beobacht. 5. t. 1. fig. 4. 
Gladiolus crocatus, Pers. Syn. i. 44. Tritonixia crocata, Klatt, 
Erganz. 22. Ixia iridifolia, Delaroche, Descr. 24 (Miller, Ic. 160, 
¢, 239, fig. 2). 
Van. 8. T. miniata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228) ; flowers bright red. 
Bot. Mag. t. 609; Gen. Irid. 121. Inia miniata, Jaeq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 24. 
Tritonizia miniata, Klatt, Erginz, 22. Ixia erocata, Red. Lil, t. 335, 
: h, e! Tulbagh, Pappe! mountains between 
Stellenbosch sud. Ticlder Berg, 1000 i, uasDoos and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 953 ! 
Swellendam Div.; Thunberg / hills on both sides of Buffeljaghts River, Zeyher, 
3974! Mossel Bay Div.; between Little Brak River and Hartenbosch, Burchell, 
6199! and between Zout River and Duyker River, Burchell, 6371! 
: in Bot, Mag. sub. t. 1275, and T. sanguinea, coccinea, and 
PE og? Bek. Top. Verz. 29, are varieties of this, differing in the colour of 
the flower from the type as indicated by their names. 
2. T. deusta (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228) ; differs only 
from 7’. crocata by the three outer segments of the perianth being 
