ARISTEA. 145 



panicle with a flattened racliis ; outer bracts lanceolate, i^ in. long, 

 green with a broad membranous edge. Perianth-limb blue, ^ in. 

 long. Capsule cylindrical, ^-f in. long ; pedicel ^-^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; eastern provinces, Kaffraria and Natal. Wredovia 

 2}ukltra Ecklon, Topog. Verz. Ki, which has not been described and which I 

 have not seen, is said to have cinnabar-red tiowers and to be intermediate 

 between SisijriiicJtium (i. e., Aristea puxilla and s^;u-aZ(s) and typical Aristea. It 

 grows in the province of Caledon, on hills between Henimel and Aarde. 



24. A. SPIRALIS Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 236. Moraa 

 spiralis Linn. fil. ; Ker. in Bot. Mag. t. 2520. Sisyrinchium spirale 

 and meluleucum Ecklon. — Leaves linear, moderately firm, 6-9 in. 

 long, ^-\ in. broad. Stem acutely angled throughout, 1-1^ ft. 

 long, bearing several reduced leaves. Clusters few, forming a very 

 lax simple spike, each subtended by a large ovate-lanceolate green 

 bract, by which the inner bracts are hidden. Perianth-segments 

 oblong, whitish, |-^ in. long, the outer with a greenish-black keel. 

 Capsule cylindrical, 2-2^ in. long ; pedicel ^-f in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



25. A. pusiLLA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 236 ; Bot. Mag t. 

 1231. Morcea piisilla Thunb. Sisi/rinchium inisillum Ecklon. — 

 Leaves rigid, linear, 3-6 in. long, |-|- in. broad. Stem ^-1 ft. 

 long, bearing 1-3 reduced leaves. Clusters few, arranged in a 

 simple spike, each subtended by a large green lanceolate bract, by 

 which the inner bracts are hidden. Perianth-limb blue, \—^ in. 

 long. Capsule cylindrical, an inch long ; pedicel short. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



Subgenus Nivenia. 



26. A. FRUTicosA Pers. Sym. i. 41. Ixia fruticosa Thunb. Wit- 

 scnia fruticosu Ker. W, capitata Klatt. Xivenia fruticosa Baker. — 

 A dwarf much-branched undei'shrub, with the upper part of the 

 short branches covered with rigid distichous linear erecto-patent 

 leaves l|-2 in. long. Flowers in a single oblong, nearly sessile 

 cluster ; outer spathe-valves rigid, lanceolate, nearly an inch long. 

 Perianth blue, with a cylindrical tube ^ in. long and oblong seg- 

 ments shorter than the tube. Capsule not seen. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



27. A. coRYMBOSA Beutli. Gen. Plant, iii. 701. Witsenia corym- 

 hosa Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 895 ; Red. Lil. t. 453 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab, t. 

 254 ; Paxt. Mag. iii. 269. Nivenia corymbosa Baker. N. stylosa 

 Salisb. iV. bi)utta Ivlatt. — Stems elongated, shrubby, much 

 branched ; branches flattened. Leaves linear, rigid, erecto-patent, 

 4-6 in. long. Clusters many, forming a dense corymbose panicle 

 with a flattened peduncle ; spathes oblong, ^ in. long ; outer bracts 

 rigid, inner membranous. Perianth blue, with a cylindrical tube 

 exserted from the spathe and oblong segments ^ in. long. Capsule 

 oblong, 1 in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



