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ending in a single cluster not subtended by a produced bract, 

 Spatlie 1| in. long ; outer valve oblong, green, rigid, without any 

 small bracts at its base. Perianth-segments an inch long. Anthers 

 and style-arms ^- in. long, much exceeding the filaments. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; Zwellendam, Burchell G987 ! 



3. B. BuRCHELLii Baker. — Stem slender, terete, 12-15 in. long, 

 bearing 2-3 clusters, with a wiry terete bract produced beyond 

 them, sometimes to a length of half a foot. Leaves 2-3, slender, 

 terete, wiry, as long as the stem. Spathes cylindrical, under an 

 inch long, subtended by small rigid bracts ; pedicel short. Perianth- 

 segments i in. long. Stamens -^ in. long. Capsule smootb, 

 globose, ^ in diam. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Zwellendam, Burchell 7145 ! 



4. B. APHYLLA Ker, Gen. Irid. 30. Moraa aphyUa Linn. fil. ; 

 Thunb. Diss. No. 9, tab. 2, fig. 1. Maiica ajjltijlla Ker. Sisymi- 

 chitim ajiltijlinni Spreng. — Stem long, wiry, terete, bearing several 

 crowded clusters, equalled or overtopped by a rigid subterete bract. 

 Leaves none. Spathes cylindrical, l-|-2 in. long, with several rigid 

 ovate bracts at the base. Perianth-segments =^-1 in. long. Anthers 

 lanceolate, \ in. long, twice as long as the filaments. Style- 

 branches ^ in. long. Capsule turbinate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



5. B. SPATHACEA Ker, Gen. Irid. 30. B. indica Linn. Amoen. 

 i. 887, ex parte. Muriea spathacea Thunb. Diss. No. 11, t. 1, tig. 1. 

 j\[arica spathacea Ker. Aiistea sjxd/uicea Spreng. Sisi/ri7ichiian 

 .spathaceum Pers. Xyris aldssima Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1900. — Stem 

 terete, 2-3 ft. long, bearing a globose head of numerous clusters, 

 subtended by one large rigid subterete and one smaller bract. 

 Leaves long; slender, rigid, subterete. Spathes cylindrical, an inch 

 long, with one or two small rigid ovate bracts at the base. 

 Perianth-segments ^-f in. long. Anthers and style-branches ^ in. 

 diam. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. A plant sent to the Kew herba- 

 rium by Wallich has fewer clusters, spathes IJ in. long and a larger turbinate 

 capsule. 



6. B. ROBusTA Baker. — Habit of B. aplnjllti, but peduncle much 

 more robust, ending in a dense head of clusters, overtopped by a 

 rigid subterete bract with a large dilated base. Spathe-valves 

 rigid, 1-li in. long. Periantli-segments an inch long. Stamens 

 1 as long as the perianth. Capsule turbinate, ^ in. long. The 

 rigid brown valves very rugose on the back. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; central region, Burchell, 6124 ! 



7. B. GLADiATA Ker, Gen. Irid. 30. Ixia (jJadiaUt Linn. fil. 

 Morcea ijladiuKt Thunb. Maiica (jladiala Ker in Bot. Pieg. t. 229. 

 Sisijrincliium (/ladi((tuiii Spreng. — Stem stout, rigid, much com- 

 pressed, 1^-2 ft. long, bearing several crowded clusters subtended 

 by a long or short linear bract. Leaves rigid, linear, 2-3 ft. long. 

 Spathes cylindrical, H-2 in. long, each subtended by 2-3 small 

 ovate rigid bracts. Perianth-segments an inch or more long. 

 Anthers ^ in. long. Capsule coriaceous, turbinate, ^-i in. long. 



