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i. 109, fig. IGO. Tnchonemn Linnresii Gren. et Godr. — Corm 

 globose, ^ in. diam. Peduncle not produced above tbe surface, 

 simple or forked. Leaves 3-4, spreading. Outer spathe-valve 

 ^-■| in. long. Perianth |^-f in. long, deep violet down to the base; 

 segments broad, obtuse. Stamens half as long as the segments. 

 Style mucli overtopping the anthers; branches short, spreading. 

 Hab. Corsica. Gathered by. Eequien, Kralik and Reverchon. 



11. R. Columns Seb. et Maur. Fl. Rom. 18 ; Reich. Ic. Germ. 

 t. 356, fig. 784-5 ; Moggr. Cent. Mentone, t. 91. Trichmemn 

 Columnce Reich. T. minima Ten. T. Ihilhnmdium Smith Engl. 

 Bot. t. 2549. I.via jhtrnjiora Salisb. — Corm \-^ in. diam. Peduncle 

 not produced above the soil, usually simple. Leaves finally 6-8 

 in. long. Outer spathe-valve ^ in. long. Perianth | in. long, with 

 a short tube and a yellow throat ; segments lanceolate, acute, pale 

 lilac, veined with deep lilac, the outer tinged green outside, 

 Stamens half as long as the segments. Style with its short- 

 spreading branches not overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Azores, and from England and Portugal eastward to Greece. R. 

 modesta and suhalbida Jord. & Four. Ic. t. 110 are nearly allied. 



12. R. Revelieri Jord. et Four. Ic. t. 109, fig. 167. — Corm 

 ^ in. diam. Peduncle short, 1-flowered. Leaves 3-4, overtopping 

 the flower. Outer spathe-valve \ in. long. Perianth ^—^ in. long, 

 with a distinct funnel-shaped tube, a pale throat and dark violet 

 oblong acute segments. Stamens more than half as long as the 

 segments. Style shorter than the stamens, its branches short, 

 falcate. 



Hab. Corsica, Mabile 393 ! 



13. R. crrRiNA Baker. — Corm small, globose, Stem short, 

 bearing 2-3 flowers on erect or spreading peduncles 1-2 in. long. 

 Leaves terete, much overtopping the flowers. Outer spathe-valve 

 ^ in. long. Perianth unstriped yellow, with a narrowly funnel- 

 shaped tube i in. long and oblong segments |- in. long. Stamens 

 less than half as long as the segments. Style-branches just over- 

 topping the anthers. 



Hab. Lesser Namaqualand, near Moddenfontein, alt. 3000 ft.. Bolus 

 6619! 



14. R. TORTUOSA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88. Ixia tor- 

 tnnsa Lichten. Trichonema tortuosum Ker. — Corm small, ovoid. 

 Flowers 2-3, subsessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves. 

 Leaves 3-4, setaceous, li-2 in. long, spreading, spirally twisted. 

 Spathe-valves i in. long. Perianth bright yellow, unstriped, ^ in. 

 long ; segments oblong. Stamens more than half as long as the 

 segments. Style shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Cape Colony, central karoo region, Lichtenstein, Burchell 1343 ! 



15. R. suBLUTEA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88. Ixia sub- 

 lutea Lam. Geissorhiza siMutea Ker. Ixia crocea Thwnh. I.Jili- 

 folia Red. Lil. tab. 251, fig. 2. Trichonema filifolia Poir. R. aurea 

 Klatt. — Corm globose, ^-^ in. diam. Stem short, 1-3-flowered. 

 Leaves very alender, 3-6 in. long at the flowering time. Spathe- 



