Tritonia. | IRIDEX (Baker). 123 
3-2 ft. long; basal leaves 4-6, linear, ensiform, glabrous, plane, 
1 ft. long, 3-{ in. broad ; spikes very lax, distichous, 3-4 in. long, 
4—6-flowered ; spathe-valves oblong, 4 in. long; perianth whitish ; 
tube cylindrical, 2-25 in. long, dilated into a short throat, }-} in. 
diam. ; segments oblong, obtuse, $ in. long; anthers just protruded 
from the throat of the perianth-tube. Gen. Irid. 116; Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 192. fontbretia pallida, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xvi. 168. Gladiolus longiflorus, Jacq. Ic. t. 262, non Linn, fil. 
Sour ArFrica: without locality. 
12. T. Bakeri (Klatt, Erginz. 24); corm not seen; basal leaves 
4—6 , narrow, linear, striated, rigid, erect, glabrous, a foot or more long, 
zz in. diam. ; stem slender, terete, simple or branched, about a foot 
long including inflorescence, with 1-2 reduced leaves; spikes 
1-3, lax, distichous, 2-9-flowered ; spathe-valves oblong, }—2 in. long, 
brown at the tip; perianth whitish ; tube 14-2 in. long, much 
dilated at the top; segments oblong, 2 in. long ; stamens reaching 
high up the limb; style-branches overtopping the anthers. Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 193. Gladiolus striatus, Soland. MSS., non Jacq. 
Montbretia striata, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 168. G. 
longiflorus, Thunb. Diss. No. 22, ex parte. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Taunberg! Masson! Oldenburg! 
Coast Region: Culedon Div. ; near the Zonder Kinde River, Zeyher, 4017! 
13. T. ventricosa (Baker, Handb. Irid. 193) ; corm small, ovoid ; 
tunics of fine reticulated fibres; stem slender, simple, 4-1 ft. long ; 
leaves about 8, superposed, glabrous, lowest enly produced, 
narrow linear, erect, as long as the stem; two upper sheathing ; 
flowers 2-4 in a short spike; spathe-valves oblong-navicular, 4 in. 
long, green, entire; perianth bright red; tube funnel-shaped, ¢ in. 
long; segments oblong, obtuse, 3-2 in. long; stamens half as long 
as the segments ; anthers lanceolate, equalling the filaments. 
Coast Reaton: Caledon Div.; Appels Kraal, near the Zonder Einde River, 
Zeyher, 3793 ! mountains near Genadendal, Pappe / 
14. T. kamisbergensis (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 760); stem 
terete, forked, 2 ft. long; leaves rigid, linear-subulate, 1 lin. diam., 
overtopping the stem; flowers purple, distichous; spathe-valves 
oblong, membranous at the edge, the inner toothed at the tip; 
perianth-tube 3 in. long; segments oblong, subequal, twice as long 
as the tube; anthers half as long as the filaments; style-branches 
short, linear. Baker, Handb. Irid. 193. Freesia kamisbergensis, Eckl. 
MSS. Montbretia kamisbergensis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi, 
169. 
Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand, Ecklon and Zeyher, 109. 
15 T. disticha (Baker, Handb. Irid. 193); stem branched, 
3-4 ft. long, with several reduced leaves; leaves linear, firm in 
texture, }in. broad, 18-21 in. long; midrib and edges thickened, 
stramineous; flowers up to 14 in a lax distichous spike; spathe- 
