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der. witli 3 bitid branches: capsule globular. Flowers 

 solitary in the spathe, which has stiff, striate valves; leaves 

 rigid, l)roadly swordshaped, equitant ; corni globular. 



Flowers scarlet 



Flriwers rose-red 



1. Watsonia. angfusta, 

 Ker. Stems stiff, erect, 1-2 m. 

 (3-6 ft.) high, usually branched; 

 flower.s scarlet, in a long, loose 

 spike; spathe - valves oblong, 

 acute; perianth 5-7 cm. (2-24 iu-) 

 long, tube cylindrical, widened 

 in the upper half, segments 

 oblong; style as long as perianth. 



Moist places on hills and plains 

 near Adelaide : introduced as a 

 garden plant. — Oct. -Dec. — South 

 Africa. 



2. W. Meriana, Mill. Dif- 

 fers from the preceding in the 

 color of the flowers; style a 

 little shorter and the upper p'Hjt 

 of the tube' rather cylindrical 

 than narrow funnel-shaped. 



Same localities.^ — Great confu- 

 sion exists in the naming of the 

 cylindrical-tubed species of TT'af- 



soiiin. 



W. 



angusfa 1 



Meriann 2 



Watsonia Meriana. 



Antholyza sethiopica. 



2. An-thoia'za, L. 



(Greek anthos, a flower, and 



li/ssa, rage; supposed likeness 



of the flower to the mouth 



of an angry animal.) 



1. Antholyza sethiopica, 



L. Tall, branching perennial, 

 growing from a depressed corm 

 with a fibrous ttinic ; leaves 

 swordshaped, equitant; flowers 

 solitary in the spathe, red and 

 yellow, in a 2-ranked spike ; 

 spathe - valves small, oblong, 

 acute; perianth 5-7 cm. (2-3 in.) 

 long, curved, tube longer than 

 the segments, which are narrow, 

 unequal, the upper one the 

 longest; anthers versatile; style 

 slender, with 3 long, undivided 

 branches; capsule .subglobular, 

 beaked, with 2-4 orange-colored 

 seeds to each valve. 



