HEXAGLOTTIS, / O 



Ic. t. 22G ; Ker in Bot. Mag. 1. 1033. Sisijnnchium collinum Red. Lil. 

 t. 250. S. elerjnns Red. Lil. t. 171.— Corm globose, f-1 in. diam., 

 with thick dark brown cancellate tunics. Produced leaf single, 

 linear, rigid, 1^-2 ft. long. Stem 1-1^ ft. long, bearing 1-4 

 clusters of flowers; spathes cylindrical, 2^-3 in. long. Perianth- 

 segments bright red, unspotted at the base, 1^-1^ in. long. 

 Anthers and column each ^ in. long. Capsule clavate, an inch long. 



Var. H. AURANTiACA Sweet (Bot. Mag. t. 1612). — Habit more 

 slender. Leaf narrower. Perianth-segments light red with a 

 yellow claw, narrower and more acute than in the type. 



Var. H. ocHROLEUcA Salisb. (Bot. Mag. t. 1103). — Habit of the 

 type, but flower pale yellow. 



Var. BicoLOR Baker. — Habit of the type. Perianth-segments 

 pale yellow, flushed with lavender in the centre. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



4. H. LiNEATA Sweet Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 178. — Corm bristly 

 round the neck. Produced linear, rigid, furnished with a distinct 

 white band down the face. Stem 1^-2 ft. long, bearing 4-5 

 clusters. Spathes cylindrical, 2^ in. long. Perianth-segments 

 copper-red, oblong, acute, an inch long, with a small yellow blotch 

 on the claw. Sta^mens ^ in. long ; anthers shorter than the 

 column. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Figured from a plant flowered by Colvill in 1837, sent 

 home by Synnot. H. porrifolia Sweet, is said to be like lineata in habit and 

 leaf, with flowers bright scarlet. 



5. H. PALLIDA Baker. — Corm ^ in. diam. ; tunics hard, black, 

 cancellate. Leaf narrow linear, twice as long as the stem. Stem 

 a foot long, bearing 2-3 clusters. Spathes cylindrical, 1^-2 in. 

 long. Perianth-segments pale yellow, unspotted, oblanceolate- 

 oblong, obtuse, f-l in. long. Capsule much smaller than in H. 

 coliina. 



Hab. Bechuanaland, Burchell 2252 — 1 ! Transvaal, Dr. Holuh ! 



6. H. MiNiATA Sweet Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 152. Mnraa miniata 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 404. — Corm small, globose ; tunics black, cancel- 

 late. Produced leaves 1-2, linear, rigid, without a white central 

 band. Stems 1-1|- ft. long, bearing several clusters. Spathes 

 1-|— 2 in. long. Perianth-segments fulvous with a yellow claw, f-1 

 in. long, J in. broad. Anthers shorter than the column. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south-western provinces. 



13. Hexaglottis Vent. 



Perianth cut down to the ovary into six subequal obtuse spread- 

 ing segments, twisting up spirally as it fades. Filaments very 

 short, flattened, connivent ; anthers linear. Ovary cylindrical, 

 rostrate, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style very short, its 

 branches cleft into two subulate forks. Capsule firm, cylindrical, 

 3-valved. Seeds minute, oblong. — Rootstock a tunicated corm. 

 Leaves 1-2, linear or subterete. Inflorescence a panicle with few 

 spicate branches ; flowers yellow, 3-4 in a cluster. 



