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valves green, J, in. long. Perianth bright yellow, unstriped, ■;j-l in. 

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

 Style-branches equalling or slightly overtopping the anthers. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. First gathered by Thunbcrg. 



16. E. FiLii'OLiA Eckl. Topog. Verz. 20, excl. syn. Triclwnetim 

 JilifoUum Klatt. — May be a mere form of B. bidhncodioules, from 



which it differs by its erect subterete leaves a foot long, and long 

 peduncle with 4 short curved branches, with 2 reduced leaves from 

 the base of the umbel. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Uitcnhage, Zeijlwr ! 



17. R. BULBOCODioiDEs Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88. Lvia 

 hnlhocodiodes Delar. /. rejiexa Thunb. 1. recarva Red. Lil. t. 251, 

 fig. 1. Trichunenia caulescens Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1392. T. hy- 

 ]io.vidijloru)n Salisb. Liea Jiava Lam. R. caulescens Klatt. — Conn 

 globose, ^-^ in. diam ; outer tunics rigid. Peduncle short, 1-6- 

 flowered. Leaves much stouter than in B. siMiiteo, finally ^-1 ft. 

 long. Outer spathe-valve ^-1 in. long. Perianth bright yellow, 

 an inch long; segments oblong, not striped, tinged with green 

 outside. Anthers ^ in. long, equalling the filaments. Style- 

 branches equalling or just overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. The commonest of the yellow- 

 flowered species. There are fine specimens in the Linnean herbarium, under 

 Ixia Bulbocodium. A plant in Thunberg's herbarium has a peduncle a foot long. 



18. E. Macowani Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 236. — Corm 

 globose, h in. diam. ; outer tunics brown, rigid. Stems short, 

 1-4-flowered. Leaves 6, long, spreading, subterete. Outer spathe- 

 valve 1-1^ in. long. Perianth with a funnel-shaped tube ^— ^- in. 

 long and a limb above an inch long with oblong segments, bright 

 yellow at the base, paler upwards, unstriped, the outer tinged with 

 green on the back. Stamens half as long as the segments. Style- 

 branches much overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony; on the Boschberg, alt. 4500 ft., Macowan, 1547! 

 Gathered also by Mrs. Barber and Mr. Bowker. One of the finest species of the 

 genus. 



19. R. LATiFOLiA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237. TiirJtn)ieiini 

 latifoUum Herb. — Corm \ in. diam. ; outer tunics rigid. Stem not 

 produced above the soil, bearing 2-3 flowers. Leaves rather 

 flattened, i-1 ft. long. Outer spathe-valve ij in. long. Perianth 

 whitish, with a yellow throat, with a short tube and oblong 

 segments an inch long, the outer tinged with green and not 

 striped down the back. Stamens less than half as long as the 

 perianth. Style-branches just overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-west provinces. Is in Herb. Thunberg as a 

 variety of Ixia rejiexa. It may be a mere colour-variety of R. bulbocodioide^. 



20. R. TRiDENTiFEKA Klatt, Erganz. 61. — Corm conic. Peduncle 

 very short, 1 -flowered. Leaves subsetaceous, flexuose. Outer 

 spathe-valve -il m. long. Perianth with a short tube and dull 

 yellow semilurid limb an inch long, the outer segments with a 

 3 -toothed violet blotch. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Hantani hill:-, Dr. Blci/fr. 



