124 IRIDEX (Baker). [Tritonia. 
valves oblong, unequal, toothed, longer than the tube of the 
perianth; perianth rose-red; tube funnel-shaped, 3-} in. long; 
segments subequal, obdvate, twice as long as the tube ; anthers twice 
as long as the filaments; style-branches linear. Tritonixia disticha, 
Klatt, Ergénz. 22. 
Fastern Reaion : Pondoland ; mountains by St. John’s River, 1000-2000 ft., 
Drége, 4549. 
16, T. pauciflora (Baker, Handb. Irid. 193); corm ndt seen; 
stems 1-3, slender, 4-6 in. long; basal leaves 3-4, linear, 
moderately firm, glabrous, 3-4 in, long, 4 in. broad; spikes 
1-2-flowered ; outer spathe-valve ovate, acute, 4 in. long; perianth- 
tube cylindrical, 1-1 in. long; segments oblong, bright purple, 
a4 in. long; anthers lanceolate, } in. long, as long as the filaments ; 
style-branches overtopping the anthers. 
Wesvern Re@ion: Little Namaqualand; mountains near ’Naries, 3400 ft., 
Bolus, 6622! 
17, T. Templemanni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 193); corm middle-sized ; 
stem about as long as the leaves, bearing 2 small sheathing leaves ; 
leaves linear, rigid, erect, pale green, glabrous, conspicuously ribbed, 
4-2 ft. long, }-} in. broad ; inflorescence a lax panicle; spikes 
few-flowered ; spathe-valves ovate, subequal, }-} in. long, green ab 
the base, red-brown at the tip; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, } in. 
long; segments obovate, bright red, 3 in long; stamens half as 
long as the limb; anthers linear. 
Coast ReGion: Caledon; Div.; on the Zwartberg near the Hot Springs, 
Templeman ! 
Discovered by Mr. R. Templeman in 1887. Sent to us by Prof. MacOwan, in 
a living state. 
18. T. teretifolia (Baker, Handb, Irid. 194); corm globose, 1 in. 
diam.; tunics of fine, pale brown parallel strands of matted fibres; 
stem simple, terete, 1 ft. long, with about 3 reduced sheathing leaves ; 
leaves rigid, subterete, a foot or more long; spike distichous, very 
lax, simple, 6—8-flowered, 4-5 in. long; spathe-valves oblong-lanceo- ~ 
late, entirely green, 1-4 in. long; perianth pale pink, 4-3 in. long; 
segments equal, oblong, as long as the narrowly funnel-shaped tube ; 
stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments ; anthers 
large, lanceolate. 
Eastegn Reeion: Natal; at the foot of Table Mountain, Krauss, 430! 
19. T. dubia (Eckl. ex Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 761) ; corm ovoid, 
in. diam. ; tunics of tine, matted, reticulated fibres ; basal leaves 4-6, 
spreading, linear, moderately firm in texture, 3-4 in. long, 4-} in. 
broad; stems }{-1 ft. long including inflorescence, simple or 
branched ; spikes lax, distichous, 2-3 in. long; spathe-valves oblong, 
; in. long, scariose and toothed at the tip; perianth-tube slender, as 
long as or twice as long as the spathe, dilated into a small funnel at 
the top; segments oblong, equal, pale pink, } in. long; stamens 
