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Leaves sometimes a foot or more long. Outer spatlie-valve lanceo- 

 late, i-J in. long. Perianth an inch long, with a short tube, lilac 

 or whitish, with a yellow throat. Style overtopping the anthers ; 

 branches ^ in. long, bifid to the middle. 



Hab. Canaries and Madeira. B. Hartiuujii Pari., from Lancerotta, is 

 probably the same species. 



6. K. LiGusTicA Pari. Fl. Ital. iii. 249 ; Moggr. Cont. Mentone, 

 t. 93, B. C. — Corm ^ in. diam. Peduncle branched at the surface 

 of the soil, bearing 2-G forks 2-3 in. long. Leaves filiform, much 

 overtopping the flowers. Outer spathe-valve ^ in. long. Perianth 

 an inch long, bright lilac, with a short tube and a white pubescent 

 throat. Stamens less than half as long as the perianth. Entire 

 portion of style as long as the stamens ; branches falcate, ^ in. 

 long, bifid halfway down. 



Hrtb. Northern Italy. Described from specimens gathered near Mentone 

 by Messrs. Moggridge. The Koman 11. Rollii Pari, does not seem from the 

 description to differ materially. 



7. E. RAMiFLORA Ten. Mem. 113; Moggr. Ment. t. 92. I.ria 

 ramiflora Ten. Fl. Neap. t. 203, fig. 3. Triclionema ramiflora 

 Sweet. — Corm ^ in. diam. ; outer tunics hard brown. Peduncle 

 branched at the surface of the ground into 2-4 curved branches or 

 produced into an above-ground stem. Leaves sometimes a foot 

 long. Outer spathe-valve ^-f in. long. Perianth J in. long, with 

 a short tube, narrow acute bright lilac segments and a yellow 

 throat. Stamens less than half as long as the perianth. Style- 

 branches short, not overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Spread through the Mediterranean region. I cannot distinguish R. 

 furpuruscens Tenore, Jord. et Four. le. tab. 106, fig. 161, nor the Socotrau 

 Triclionema edule Herb. R. neglecta Jord. et Four. Brev. ii. 107, has a whitish 

 flower with the outer segments pale green outside with faint lilac stripes. 

 Sohimper's No. 550, from the mountains of Abyssinia, is not distinguishable by 

 dried specimens. 



8. E. NUMiDicA Jord. et Four. Brev. i. 49. — Peduncle short. 

 Flowers middle-sized, half as long again as the spathe, lilac with a 

 pubescent yellow throat, the acute segments with violet stripes 

 produced to the apex, the outer tinged green on the back. Style 

 with its branches a little overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Algeria. Nearly allied to R. ramiflora. 



9. E. LiNARESii Pari. Fl. Panorm. i. 38 ; Jord. et Four. Ic. t. 

 107, fig. 1G2. Lvia Biilbocodinm Sibth. et Smith Fl. GrtBC. i. 2G, t. 

 36. — Corm ^-\ in. diam. Peduncle not produced above the soil, 

 1-3-flowered. Leaves much overtopping the flowers. Outer 

 spathe-valve \ in. long. Perianth i in. long, with a short tube and 

 acute segments, bright lilac down to its very base. Stamens half 

 as long as the perianth. Style Avith its short branches not over- 

 topping the anthers. 



Hab. Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor. There is an original specimen from 

 Sibthorpe, at the British Musuem, labelled by him " Ixia maritima." R. Corsica 

 Jord. et Four. Brev. ii. 107, from Corsica, has a perianth with a paler throat. 



10. R. Eequienii Pari. Fl. Ital. iii. 248 ; Jord et Four. Ic. 



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