126 1RIDEx (Baker). [Tritonia. 
leaves about 6, narrow, linear, subquadrangular, under a line broad ; 
3 lower subbasal, 1-14 ft. long, the others distant, superposed ; 
spikes 1-2, laxly 4—8-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, }—$ in. 
long; perianth white, suffused with red-purple, 1-1; in. long ; tube 
broadly funnel-shaped, half as long as the obovate, cuspidate 
segments, of which the arcuate upper one is the broadest ; anthers 
reaching halfway up the limb, purple; style-arms overtopping the 
anthers. . 
Coast Region: Port Elizabeth, Wilson! 
Described from a living plant and sketches sent me in June, 1886, from Mr. | 
John Wilson, of Greenside Gardens, St. Andrew’s. It was sent home by his 
brother, Mr, Alexander Wilson, of Port Elizabeth. 
23. T. rosea (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 760); corm globose, 1 in. 
diam.; tunics of fine reticulated fibres; leaves linear, firm in texture, 
1 ft. long, } in. broad; stem 2 ft. long including the inflorescence, 
branched ; spikes lax, distichous, 4-12-flowered, the end one finally 
4-6 in. long; spathe-valves oblong, 3-1 in. long, distinctly toothed 
at the tip, scariose in the upper half; perianth bright red; tube 
3 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments sub- 
equal, oblong, as long as the tube; anthers lanceolate, protruded 
from the perianth-tube; style-branches reaching nearly to the tip 
of the perianth-segments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 194. Montbretia 
rosea, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 169. T. securigera, Eckl, 
non Ker, 
Coast Recron: Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, Hutton! Baur, 851! Fort 
Beaufort Div.; Winterberg, Zeyher! Eustern Frontier, Mrs. Barber ! 
‘Kaanari Reeion : Orange Free State, Cooper, 3201! 
Eastern ReGion: Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 2500 ft., Baur, 431! 
Natal, Buchanan ! 
24, T. graminifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 195); corm not seen ; 
basal leaves about 6, thin, linear, 6-9 in. long, }-4 in. broad ; stem 
slender, simple, 1-flowered and shorter than. the leaves in the only 
Specimen seen; outer spathe-valve thin, green, oblong-lanceolate, 
an inch long; perianth dull purplish-red; tube slender, an inch 
long, ;'; in. diam. at the throat; segments lanceolate, acute, un- 
guiculate, 4,4 in. broad at the middle, rather shorter than the 
tube ; stamens inserted at the throat of the tube, reaching nearly 
to the tip of the segments, 
Katanari Reaion : Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Roe in Herb, Bolus, 2651! 
25. T. laxifolia (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 708); corm globose, 
3-1 in. diam. ; tunics of matted reticulated fibres ; stem slender, 
1-2 ft, long including inflorescence, usually branched ; basal leaves 
4—6, linear, thin in texture, 3-1 ft. long, }-1 in. broad; spikes lax, 
distichous, 6-12-flowered, the end one 4-7 in. long; spathe-valves 
oblong, {-z in. long, brown and toothed at the tip; perianth bright 
red, 1-1} in. long; segments oblong, shorter than the tube, which 
is broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; anthers lanceolate, 
