mis. 41 



Jilifolium Klatt ; Hook. til. in Bot. Mag. t. 5928. — Bulb globose, an 

 inch diam. ; tunics long, horny, membranous. Leaves slender, 

 terete, 1-1 1^ ft. long. Stem 1 -headed, 2 ft. or more long, bearing 

 many reduced leaves. Spathes l-2-flo\vered, 3-4 in. long ; outer 

 valves green, lanceolate ; pedicel 1^ in. long. Perianth-tube 

 slende, cylindrical, under an inch long, limb 2^ in. long, bright 

 dark purple ; falls with an orbicular lamina an inch broad, shorter 

 than the haft, bright yellow in the centre ; standards shorter, 

 oblanceolate, ^ in. broad. Style-branches above an inch long ; 

 crests large, subquadrate. 



Hab. South of Spain. Introduced into cultivation in 1869 from Gibraltar 

 by Mr. Geo. Maw. The Tangiers plant, figured Bot. Mag. t. 5981, is inter- 

 mediate between ^Zi/oZia and tingitana, 



140. I. juNCEA Desf. Fl. Atlant, i. 39, t. 4 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5890. 

 /. iinberbis Poir. I. mauritanica (Clusius) Ker. Xiphion junceum 

 Klatt. Diaphane stylosa Salisb. — Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics 

 brown, rigid, slitting into long stiff fibres at the tip. Leaves 

 superposed, slender, subterete, firm, the loAver a foot long. Stems 

 slender, flexuose, 1-headed, 1-1^ ft. long, Spathes 1-2-flowered, 

 2^-3 in. long ; valves greenish, lanceolate ; pedicels short. Perianth- 

 tube very slender, 1^ in. long ; limb 1^-2 in. long, always primrose- 

 yellow ; falls with an orbicular blade an inch broad, shorter than 

 the cuneate haft ; standards shorter, oblanceolate-unguicnlate, 

 i in. broad. Style-branches an inch long ; crests large, erecto- 

 patent, quadrate. 



Hab. Algeria, Tunis, Marocco, Sicily and Italy, flowering in May and 

 June. 



141. 1. BoissiERi Henr. in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. 183, with fig. ; 

 Willk. III. PI. Hisp. t. 118 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7097.— Bulb 

 ovoid, under 1 in. diam. ; tunics splitting into fibres at the top. 

 Leaves subterete, a foot long. Stem 1-headed, a foot long, with 2 

 reduced lanceolate leaves. Spathe 2-flowered, 2^ in. long ; outer 

 valves lanceolate, green ; pedicels short. Perianth-tube cylindrical, 

 1-1 1^ in. long; hmb dark lilac, 1^ in. long; falls with an oblong 

 blade ^ in. broad, as long as the distinctly bearded haft, flushed 

 with yellow in the centre ; standards as long, oblanceolate-ungui- 

 cnlate, ^ in. broad. Style-branches an inch long ; crests large, 

 subquadrate. 



Hab. South Portugal, on the Serra dc Gerez, alt. 2000—8000 ft. Sent 

 lately by Mr. A. W. Tait to Dr. Foster. We have a specimen at Kew, gathered by 

 Dr. Winkler in May, 1876. Flowers earlier than I. Xiphiiim. 



142. 1. RETICULATA M.B. Fl. Taur. Cauc. 34, t. 1 ; Cent. PI. 

 Ross. t. 11 ; Bot. Mag, t. 5577 ; Eegel Gartenfl. t. 779, fig. 1. 

 Neubeckia reticulata Alefeld. Xiphion rcticulatum Klatt. — Bulb 

 ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; outer tunics composed of fine interwoven fibres. 

 Leaves generally two in a tuft, acutely quadrangular, very short 

 at the flowering time, finally a foot or more long. Stem very short. 

 Spathe 1-flowered, about 3 in. long ; valves green, wrapped tightly 

 round the slender perianth-tube, which is 2-3 in. long. Limb 

 bright violet-purple in the type, 1^-2 in. long ; falls with an ovate 



