Tritonia. | 1RIDEE (Baker). . 121 
South A¥rica: without locality, Masson! Forster! Burchell! Pappe! 
Coast Recion : Table Mountain, 250 ft., MrcOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 
274! Eekion, 9b! 546! Lion Mountain, Bolus, 2826! Paarl Mountains, 
Drége! Malmesbury Div.; Klipberg, Drége/ Var. 8, on the Zwartberg near 
the Hot Springs, Caledon, Zeyher, 4008 ! 
6. T. trinervata (Baker, Handb. Irid. 191); corm globose ; tunics 
thick, fibrous; stem simple, slender, erect, a foot long; leaves 
3, one basal rudimentary, one arcuate, lanceolate, firm in texture, 
glabrous, 2-3 in. long, 3-3 in. broad, with three strong, stramineous 
ribs, the uppermost a loose stem-sheath 3-5 in. long; flowers 4-6 in 
a lax spike ; spathe-valves ovate scariose, strongly cuspidate, 1-1 in, 
long; perianth white, with a tinge of pink; tube slender, curved, 
cylindrical, 3} in. long; limb campanulate, 4 in. long, with oblong 
segments ; stamens half as long as the limb; anthers yellow, curved, 
equalling the filaments, 
Coast Rre@ton: Caledon Div.; near Appels Kraal, by the Zonder Einde 
River, Ecklon and Zeyher, 2421 
Near 7. scillaris, from which it differs by its fewer and larger flowers, short 
leaf’, and strongly cuspidate spathe-valves, 
7. T. undulata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 163); corms 
ovoid, czespitose ; tunics of fine fibres; basal leaves 3-5, linear, firm 
in texture, glabrous, 2—4 in. long, the margin undulated and plicate 
down nearly to the midrib; stem slender, terete, usually simple, 
3-1 ft. -long including the inflorescence; spike lax, finally 
3-4 in. long, with a very flexuose rachis; spathe-valves oblong, 
in. long, deeply 2-3-fid ; perianth pink ; tube cylindrical, rather 
longer than the spathe, and equal oblong segments }-3 in. long; 
stamens one-third the length of the limb; anther oblong, equalling 
the filament ; style as long as the tube, branches 4 in. long. Handb. 
Irid. 191. Ixia undulata, Burm, ,Prodr. 1. I. crispa, Linn. fil. 
Suppl. 91; Thunb. Diss. No. 8, t. 2, fig. 3; Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap.i. 
226; Ker in Bot. Mag.t. 599; Red. Lil. t. 433. Dichone crispa, 
Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i, 320. Agretta crispa, Eckl. Top, Verz. 
24, 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thom! Bowie! 
Coast Reeron: bills near Tulbagh, and near Piquetberg, Thunberg! near 
Paarl, Ecklon, 10! between Paarl and Klein Drakenstein Mountains, under 
1000 ft., Drége/ near Malmesbury, 400 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1545! 
Worcester, Zeyher! Caledon Diy. ; Villiersdorp, Grey ! 
8. T. viridis (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1275); corm ovoid ; tunics of 
parallel strands of fine matted fibres ; basal leaves 4-6, linear, thin in 
texture, glabrous, }-1 ft. long, 3-3 in. broad, plain or crisped, the 
midrib only prominent ; stems 1-1} ft. long including inflorescence, 
simple or branched ; spikes secund, many flowered, almost horizontal, 
with a very flexuose rachis; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, entirely 
green; 1 in. long, the outer much the largest; perianth green; tube 
1-1} in. long, strongly curved at the top, not more than 5 in. 
diam, at the throat; segments subequal, oblanceolate, obtuse, } in. 
long ; anthers just exserted from the throat of the perianth-tube, 
