EOMULEA. 103 



about an inch long, bright yellow in the lower half, bright red- 

 purple in the upper half; segments oblong. Stamens less than 

 half as long as the segments. Style-branches not overtopping the 

 anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



27. R. LONGiFOLiA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89. Tricho- 

 ncma lotujifolium Salisb. T. cruciatum. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 575, 

 excl. syn. Jacq. — Corm small, globose. Peduncle short, 1 -flowered. 

 Leaves setaceous, 3-nerved, suberect, 6-10 in. long. Spathe- 

 valves ^ in. long. Perianth with a short tube, pale yellow inside, 

 and a lilac limb ^ in, long, the outer segments with 3 purple stripes 

 down the back. Stamens half as long as the segments. Style not 

 overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Described partly from an unpublished drawing of 

 Herbert's, now in the Lindley library. 



28. E. GRAciLLiMA Baker. — Corm globose, ^ in, diam. Peduncle 

 short, slender, 1-fiowered. Leaves 3-4, setaceous, very slender, 

 3-6 in. long. Spathe-valves ^-^ in. long. Perianth infundibuli- 

 form, h in, long, pale red-lilac, with a tube as long as the segments. 

 Anthers just exserted from the perianth- tube. 



Hab. Mountains of Naniaqua-land, Drege ! (Trichonema cruciatum, a). 



29, E, ELEGANS Klatt, Erganz, 66, — Corm globose, ^ in, diam. ; 

 outer tunics crustaceous. Stems short, simple or forked; peduncles 

 1-3 in. long. Leaves setaceous, erect, 3-nerved, ^-1 ft, long. 

 Spathe-valves A-s in. long. Perianth with a funnel-shaped tube 

 I" in. long, bright yellow inside and a limb an inch long, with oblong 

 acute segments, the inner whitish, the outer red-lilac, with a yellow 

 blotch in the centre. Stamens ^ as long as the segments. Style- 

 branches not overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces, Zcijltcr, 1(!02 ! 4013 ! Pappe ! 



30, R, ROSEA Eckl, Topog, Verz. 19, R. vulgaris Eckl, //, 

 Celsli Klatt (t'lore des Serres, t. 799), Ixi<i rosea Murr. Trirho- 

 ■iienia rusc/i- Ker in Bot, Mag, t, 1225. — Corm globose, ^-| in. diam, ; 

 outer tunics crustaceous. Stem short, 1-3-liowered ; peduncles 

 1-6 in, long. Outer spathe-valve | in, long. Perianth with a 

 short funnel-shaped tube with a yellow throat, and a red-lilac limb 

 about an inch long, the outer segments with three faint purple 

 stripes outside. Stamens less than half as long as the segments. 

 Style-branches overtopping the anthers, 



Var. Zeyheri Baker. — Perianth bright orange-yellow in the 

 lower half. 



Var. R, punicA Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 89. 'Trichoneina 

 jiudiai Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 12'41. — Perianth with a red-lilac limb 

 an inch long and a white throat ; segments with a dark purple keel 

 inside, near the base. 



Var. E, spEciosA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89. il. barbata 

 Baker, 'Trichoneina t>iicciosuia Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 1176. I.ria 

 Bulbucoditiiii var. spcciusa Andr. Bot. Rep. 1. 170. — Perianth hirgco.-; 



