Tritonia. | IRIDEX (Baker). 125 
half as long as the limb; anthers as long as the filaments; style- 
branches not overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb, Irid. 194. 
T. Bolusti, Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 337. Tritonixia Bolusti and 
conferta, Klatt, Ergianz. 22. 
Soutu Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 4014. 
Coast Ree@ion: Uitenhage Div, ; grassy places near the Zwartkops River, 
Ecklon, 141! neur Uitenhage, Bolus, 1883! Harvey, 141! 
20. T, Kraussii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 194); corm globose; tunics 
of fine reticulated fibres; basal leaves 4—6, linear, firm in texture, 
6-9 in. long ; stem slender, simple or branched, 13~2 ft. long in- 
cluding the inflorescence; end-spike distichous, 10-—12-flowered, 
finally 4-5 in. long; spathe-valves oblong, }~3 in. long, toothed at 
the tip, brown and membranous in the upper half; perianth pale 
pink, 2-$ in. long; segments oblong, about equalling the broadly 
funnel-shaped tube; anthers just protruded from the throat of the 
perianth-tube. Montbretia dubia, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 
169 ex parte. 
Eastern ReGion: Natal, summit of Table Mountain, 2000 ft., Krauss, 
200! and without precise locality, Buchanan! Sanderson, 453! 
Scarcely more than a variety of 7. lineata. 
21. T. lineata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228); corm 
small, globose ; tunics of fine, reticulated fibres; leaves about 6 in 
a basal rosette, moderately firm in texture, linear; outer }-1 ft. 
long, }-+ in. broad ; stem slender, terete, 1-1} ft. long including 
inflorescence, simple or forked ; end-spike lax, distichous, 4-6 in. 
long; spathe-valves oblong, }—} in. long, distinetly toothed at the 
tip, brown and scariose in the upper half; perianth white or pale 
pink, 1-1} in. long; tube broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half ; 
segments equal, oblong, about as long as the tube ; anthers lanceo- 
late, protruding from the perianth-tube, equalling the filaments ; 
style-branches overtopping the stamens. Gen. Jrid. 118; Att. 
Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 91; Baker, Handb. Irid. 194. Gladiolus 
lineatus, Salish. Prodr. 40; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 487; Ret. Lil. 
tt. 55 and 400. Montbretia lineata, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 
169. Ixia reticulata, Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 60. Gladiolus 
venosus, Willd. Enum. i. 58. 
Sours Argica: without locality, Thunberg! Harvey, 904! : 
Coast Region: Mossel Bay Div.; between Great Brak River and Little 
Brak River, Burchell, 6164! Bathurst Div. ; near the source of Kasuga River, 
Burchell, 3912! Albary Div.; Fish River Heights, Hutton! Stockenstrom 
Div.; Katberg, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 3499c! 
CEenrTRAL Bearos : Somerset Div. ; Bosch Berg, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 1199! 
Katanarki Reeion: Basutoland, Cooper, 3200! : ‘ : 
Eastern Reaion: Natal; Itafamasi, Wood, 669! and without precise locality, 
Sanderson, 377! Gerrard, 397! Griqualand East; Kokstad, 4700 ft., Tyson, 
1105! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 507! Kaffraria, Cooper, 1807! 
22. T. Wilsoni (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1886, xxvi. 38); corm 
globose ; tunics of fine reticulated fibres ; stem slender, 2 ft. long ; 
