Acidanthera.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 133 
spike laxly 2-flowered ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, an inch 
long ; perianth bright red-lilac; tube twice as long as the spathe; 
segments oblong, an inch long; anthers large, linear, much longer 
than the filaments. 
Kartawarki Re@ron: Transvaal; Devils Brid Makwon Ra near 
Barberton, 5000 ft., Galpin, 1252! os P eee 
10. A. Huttoni (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 339); corm not seen; 
stem 1-1} ft. long including inflorescence, with 2-8 reduced long- 
sheathing leaves; basal leaves 2~3, erect, linear, grass-like, glabrous, 
moderately firm in texture, a foot or more long, 4-4 in. broad, flat, 
with a prominent midrib; flowers 2-4, arranged in a very lax, erect 
spike ; spathe-valves lanceolate, acute, 1-13 in. long, herbaceous to 
the tip ; perianth-tube filiform, 1}~1} in. long, dilated into a small 
funnel at the very top; segments of the limb oblong, erect, whitish, 
3-1 in. long; anthers linear, 4 in. long, longer than the filaments, 
which are inserted below the throat of the perianth-tube. Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 160; Handb. Lrid. 187. 
Coast Reeton: Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, Hutton ! 
11. A. Tysoni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 187); corm small, globose ; 
stem simple, slender, 1-14 ft. long, with 3 erect, linear, moderately 
firm leaves, the lowest a foot long, 4 in. broad ; flowers 2-3, very 
laxly spicate; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, pale green, 1j-14 in. 
long ; perianth bright pink ; tube a little longer than the spathe, 
funnel-shaped at the top; segments oblong, 1-1} in. long; stamens 
more than half as long as the segments; anthers 4 in. long; style- 
branches subulate, overtopping the anthers. 
Eastern ReGion: Griqualand East; near the Cataracts of Mount Currie, 
5800 ft., Tyson, 1151! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 895! 
12. A. capensis (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 706) ; corm globose, 1 in. 
diam. ; tunies thick, composed of fine fibres; stems simple, slender, 
terete, 3-1 ft. long; produced basal leaves 6-8, linear, erect, 
acuminate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 6-9 in. long; 
flowers 3-6, in a lax, erect spike; outer spathe-valve brownish, 
lanceolate, acuminate, chartaceous in texture, 1-1} in. long; 
perianth-tube slender, 1} in. long, dilated into a short funnel at the 
tip ; segments of the limb oblong, whitish, 1 in. long, the three lower 
more reflexed at the tip when fully expanded; stamens more than 
half as long as the limb; anthers lanceolate, basifixed, + in. long ; 
style-branches overtopping the anthers, Baker, Handb. Irid. 187. 
Tritonia capensis, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228; Bot. Mag. 
tt. 618 and 1531; Gen. Frid. 116; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 757. 
Montbretia capensis, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 168. Gladiolus 
roseus, Jacq. Ic. t. 261. Tritonia rosea, Ait. Hort. Kew. edit, 2, i. 91. 
Coast Recton : Swellendam Div. ; on mountain ridges along the lower part of 
Zonder Kinde River, Zeyher, 4017 ! Riversdale Div. ; bills near Zoetmelke River, 
Burchell, 6739! 
