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outer segments with 8-5 distinct dark purple stripes down the back, 

 the outer beautifully feathered on the outside. 



Var. PARviFLORA Baker. — Flowers much smaller than in the, 

 type ; perianth-segments about ^ in. long. 



Var. R. DicuoTOMA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89. A'. 

 Jtexuosa and tuhata Klatt. Trichoneina diclwtiwiuin Klatt. — Peduncle 

 elongated, bearing 3-4 flowers, with a large leaf from the fork. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. The commonest species of the 

 genus. Drege's 26^7 a, from hills north of Olifants River, alt. 2000—3000 ft., 

 is not clearly distinguishable. Ixia cruciata Jacq. Ic. t. 290, is not separable by 

 the flower, but the stout leaf is di'awn as cruciate in horizontal section. 



31. R. cupREA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 236. — Corm globose, 

 1 in. diam. Stem forked at the base ; peduncles 2-3 in. long. 

 Leaves setaceous, suberect, 3-4 in. long, with a thick square midrib. 

 Outer spathe-valve ^ in. long. Perianth an inch long, with a very 

 short tube, the outer segments yellow on the back, with plumose 

 purple stripes, inside fulvous in the upper half, yellow in the lower 

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

 overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. Described from an un- 

 published drawing of Dean Herbert's, now at the Lindley library. 



32. R. AKENAPJA Eckl. Topog. Verz. 18. it. raviosa Eckl.? 

 Triclioneina areiuiriiitii. Klatt. — Corm globose, ^ in. diam. Stem 

 long, sometimes reaching a foot, with a single long leaf below the 

 summit, bearing 2-4 flowers on short ascending pedicels. Outer 

 spathe-valve ^ in. long. Perianth |-1 in. long, with a tube half as 

 long as the oblong segments, the three outer distinctly striped with 

 dark purple outside. Styles falling short of the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces and Namaqua-land. Gathered by 

 Drege, Ecklou, and Zeyher. 



33. R. MONADELPHA Baker. Tridtunema iiwwtdeJphmii Sweet. 

 Spatulantlius speciosus Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 300. — Corm ovoid, 

 with crustaceous brown tunics. Stem short, 2-3 flowers on 

 peduncles 1^-2 in. long. Leaves about 6, subterete, 4-6 in. long. 

 Outer spathe-valve an inch long. Perianth 1-1^ in. long, with a 

 yellow throat and oblong coppery- segments, the outer with 3-5 

 purple stripes on a yellowish ground, the outer beautifully feathered. 

 Filaments short, black, united to the tip ; anthers yellow, i- in. 

 long. Style not overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Known to me only from the figure cited, which was 

 drawn from a plant flowered by Mr. Colville, sent home by Mr. Synnot. 



18. CiPURA Alibi. 



Perianth with any distinct tube above the ovary ; outer segments 

 obovate-cuneate, reflexing ; inner shorter, permanently connivent. 

 Stamens inserted at the base of the inner segments; anthers as long 

 as the free filaments. Ovanj clavate, 3-celled; ovules many, super- 

 posed ; style lililbrm ; branches oblong, petaloid. ('djitnilc oblong- 

 turbinate, membranous, loculicidally o-valvcd. Seeds many, small, 

 angled by pressure. 



