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the tube much shorter, 1-14 in. long; spathe shorter. A. ethiopica, 
Antholyza.] Inipgz (Baker), 167 
4. A. spicata (Brehmer ex Klatt, Erginz. 11) ; stem simple, terete, 
2-2 ft. long ; basal leaves 6-8, linear, 1 ft. long, } in. broad, with 8-4 
strong ribs ; flowers arranged in a close spike 3—4 in. long; spathe- 
valves ovate, acute, reddish, the inner one the largest, an inch long ; 
perianth-tube slender, as long as the spathe, widened to a broadly 
cylindrical lurid throat; all the segments dull violet, the upper 3 in, 
long, the others subequal, oblong, } in. long; anthers one-sixth the 
length of the filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 229. 
Coast Rrea@ion : Worcester Div.; on hills near Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 1576, 
5. A. ethiopica (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 54); corm globose, 
large ; tunics brown, membranous; stem branched, 3-4 ft. long ; basal 
leaves several, ensiform, forming a fan-shaped rosette, 1-14 ft. long, 
1 in. or more broad, moderately firm in texture, green; flowers red- 
yellow, many, arranged in a moderately dense spike, which is sometimes 
6-9 in. long ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, greenish, 4-3 in. long; 
perianth-tube curved, 18-21 lines long, cylindrical in the upper two- 
thirds ; upper segment red, lingulate, 1-1} in. long, the others much 
shorter, spreading ; stamens reaching to the top of the upper segment; 
capsule oblong, 3 in. long; seeds turgid, not winged. Thunb. 
Prodr, 7; Fl. Cap. i. 163; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 561; Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 210; Baker, Handb. Irid. 230. A. prealta, Red. Lil. t. 387. 
A. ringens, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 82. A. floribunda, Salish. in Trans. 
Hort. Soc. i, 324. 
Var, 8, A: immarginata (Thunb. Herb.) ; not so tall; leaf narrower, about 4 in. 
broad ; flower red, with a little dull yellow, the limb as long as in pay yet 
. 
#. 110. 
Var. y, A. vittigera (Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i, 324); stature of the type; 
ianth-tube bright yellow, with stripes of red. Bot. Mag. t. 1172. — 
fg 8 6, A. Sieslox’ (Gaon. in Belg. Hort. ii. 145, cum icone) ; habit dwarfer 
than in the type; leaves narrower; perianth-tube red at the top, bright pale 
yellow in the lower half. 4, e¢hiopica, var. minor, Bot. Reg. t. 1159. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Masson! Vars. y and 3, cultivated. 
Coast Recion : Lion Mountain and Camps Bay, Pappe! near Cape Town, 
MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1549! George Div.; by rivulets in woods, Thunberg / 
Var. 8, Table Mountain, 200 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1550! Devils 
Mountain, 500 ft., Bolus, 4747! Swellendam Div.; Buffeljaghts River, near 
Sparrbosch, Drége, 8340! Mossel Bay Div. ; between Mossel Bay and Zout River, 
Burchell, 6339! George Div., Thunberg ! Knysna Div.; Melville, in the forest, 
Burchell, 5422! Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, MacOwan, 619! 
6. A. fucata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180) ; corm large, 
globose ; tunics brown, membranous ; basal leaves ensiform, firm in 
texture, green, 2-24 ft. long, 3-} in. broad ; inflorescence branched, 
overtopping the leaves; flowers arranged in a lax, spreading, secund 
spike 3-4 in. long, with a flexuose rachis; spathe-valves ovate, 
under } in, long; perianth bright red and yellow ; tube curved, 18-21 
lin. long, cylindrical in the upper half; upper segment red, lingu- 
late, } in. long; the others shorter, oblanceolate or lanceolate, 
yellow, spreading; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the ton 
