Tritonia.} rR1DEx (Baker). 127 
reaching halfway up the segments, one-third the length of the fila- 
ments; style-branches clavate, overtopping the stamens, Baker, 
Hanib. Trid.195. Montbretia laxifolia, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 754 ; 
Baker in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxix. 155, t. 101. fig. A. 
Var. 8, T. strictifolia (Benth. loc. cit.); leaves shorter, firmer in texture. 
Montbretia strictifolia, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 753. 
Coast Region: Uitenhage Div.; between Zwartkops River and Sunday 
River, Ecklon and Zeyher, 260! Harvey,'758! Alexandria Div.; Enon, below 
1000 ft., Drége, 3489a! Var. 8, near George, Burchell, 6090! Bathurst Div., 
between Blaauw Krans and Kaffir Drift Military Post, Burchell, 3710! 
CrenTRaL. Rgeaton : Rhinoster Kop, near Beaufort, Burke ! stony hills near 
Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus, 597! plains at the foot of Bosch Berg, near 
Somerset East, 2500 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm.,275! Var. 8, Graaff 
Reinet Div.; along the Sunday River, Burchell, 2867 ! 
26, T. Pottsii (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 708); corms globose, 1 in. 
diam., connected by a slender rhizome; stems branched, 3-4 ft. long 
including the inflorescence ; leaves 46, ensiform, moderately firm 
in texture, 1-14 ft. long, }—-$ in. broad at the middle; spikes lax, 
distichous, the end one finally 6—9 in. long ; spathe-valves oblong, 
greenish-brown, 4-; in. long ; perianth bright orange-yellow with a 
tinge of red, 1-1} in. long, the equal oblong segments not more than 
half as long as the broadly funnel-shaped tube; stamens reaching 
halfway up the limb; anthers lanceolate, half as long as the fila- 
ments ; style-branches overtopping the anthers. Baker in Bot. Mag. 
t. 6722; Handb. Irid. 195. Montbretia Pottsit, Baker in Gard. 
Chron. 1877, viii. 424. 
KabaHaRI ReGion: Transvaal ; Lydenburg Div., Roe in Herb. Bolus, 2652 ! 
Eastern Reeion: Natal; Enon, near Richmond, 2000 ft., Wood, 1955! 
and without precise locality,.Mrs. Saunders! Griqualand East ; near Kokstad, 
5000 ft., Tyson, 1372 ! and near Clydesdale, 2500 ft., Tyson, 2109! 
27. T. watsonioides (Baker, Handb. Irid. 195) ; corm not seen ; 
stem 2 ft. long; produced leaf single, narrow linear, 2-3 ft. long, 
rigid, with revolute edges and a thick midrib; spikes dense, simple 
or branched at the base, 4-6 in. long; spathe-valves ovate, brown, 
rigid, } in. long; perianth cream-white, an inch long; tube much 
curved, twice as long as the oblong segments ; stamens reaching the 
tip of the segments. 
Katanari Reoron: Transvaal; mountain sides near Barberton, Moodies, 
and throughout Upper Swazieland, 3500-5000 ft., Ga/pin, 814! (not 1890, as 
quoted in the Handb. Irid.), near Barberton, Thorncroft in Herb. Wood, 4113! 
28. T. Nelsoni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 195); corm not seen ; basal 
leaves 6~8, narrow, linear, moderately firm in texture, 6—9 in. long, 
ys in. broad ; stem slender, simple, as long as the leaves, bearing 
1. 4 flowers in a dense spike ; spathe-valves ohlong-lanceolate, }-4 in. 
long, brown and scariose in the upper half; perianth bright red, 
an inch long, the obovate obtuse segments equalling the tube, which 
is broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half, the three lower witha 
spreading oblong callus on the claw; stamens reaching more than 
halfway up the perianth-segments. 
