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3. S. FiLiFOLiA Baker in Journ. Bot. 187G, G7. — Corm oblong, 

 1 in. diani., with shining brown tunics and a neck an inch long. 

 Leaves 6-8, very slender, setaceous, 1-1| in. long. Spathe ^ in, 

 long. Perianth with a filiform tube i in. long, a yellow throat and 

 obovate entire segments | in. long. Stamens half as long as the 

 segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Described from a specimen at the British Museum 

 gathered by Bowie. 



4. S. BicoLOR Baker in Journ. Bot 1876, 67. Tnchonema lonrji- 

 tuhiiin Klatt. — Corm globose, with a long neck f in. diam. ; tunics 

 brown, membranous. Leaves 6-8, setaceous, glabrous, much 

 overtopping the flowers. Spathe cylindrical, 1-li- in. long. Peri- 

 anth with a cylindrical tube 1^-2 in. long, a yellow throat and 

 obovate-oblong entire purple segments f in. long. Stamens half 

 as long as the segments. Style-arms overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Central and Eastern districts of Cape Colony. Var. concolnr Baker, 

 from Katiraria, has a lilac perianth, not a yellow throat. Drege 8498, from 

 7000 — 8000 ft. on the Wittbergen, with more slender leaves and smaller Howers, 

 may be a mountain form. 



5. S. ROSEA Klatt Ei-ganz. 69, excl. syn. — Corm 1-3-flowered. 

 Leaves single, terete, channelled down the face, 2-3 in. long, 

 ■1 lin. diam. Spathe with subequal membranous valves ^1 in. 

 long, with a herbaceous midrib. Perianth with a cylindrical tube 

 f in. long ; segments rose-red, oblanceolate, \ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Clanwilliam, on the Hantam mountains. 

 Dr. Meyer. 



6. S. MiNUTA Klatt Erganz, G9, excl. sjn. — Corm globose, 1-4- 

 flowered. Leaves linear, flat, glabrous, erect. Spathe with two 

 small linear-filiform valves. Perianth with a white tube with 

 purple streaks and concave w^hite segments with two purple 

 streaks. 



Hab. Cape Colony, in inundated sandy places. Known to me only from 

 Dr. Klatt's description. Ixia miiuita Linn. HI., which he cites as a synonym, is 

 Panridia in Hypoxidacae. 



7. S. LATiFoLiA Klatt Erganz. 69. — Corm ovoid, ^ in. diam., 

 1-flowered ; tunics brown. Leaves 4, lanceolate, flat, patent, pro- 

 minently 1-nerved, |-1 in. long. Spathe of two equal valves ^ in. 

 long, hairy on the keel. Perianth with a cylindrical tube nearly an 

 inch long, purple and hairy at the throat and oblanceolate seg- 

 ments h in. long, ^ in. broad. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; hills north of the Olifants river, alt. 3000—4000 ft., 

 Drege 2633. 



16. G.\LAXIA TJiunh. 



Perianth with a cylindrical tube and campanulate limb with 

 subequal obtuse segments. Stdinens inserted at the throat of the 

 perianth-tube ; filaments connate in a cylindrical column ; anthers 

 lanceolate, sagittate at the base. Ocary cylindrical, 3-celled ; 

 ovules crowded, superposed ; style filiform, with a peltate petaloid 

 3-lobed stigma. Crt^js»/<;cyiiudrical, membranous. Seeds subglobose, 



