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tinged with clavet-red outside. Anthers ^ in. long. Style- 

 branclies ^ in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Abyssinia. H. tinijiom Hochst. is a dwarf variety 

 with a single erect terminal flower. 



3. H. ciNNAMOMEA Kei" in Konig et Sims, Ann. i. 225 ; Bot, Mag. 

 t. 1054. I.ria cinnamomea Linn. fil. — Corm conical, |-^ in. diam. ; 

 outer tunics brown, membranous. Basal leaves 2, lanceolate, 

 falcate, spreading, glabrous, usually crisped, 2-3 in. long. Stem 

 slender, simple, terete, 3-9 in. long, bearing 2-3 small sheathing 

 leaves. Flowers 3-12 in a short secund spike ; outer spathe-valve 

 green, oblong, obtuse, ^ in. long. Perianth-tube straight, equalling 

 or a little exceeding the spathe ; segments linear-oblong, spreading, 

 J in. long, the outer claret-red, the inner white. Anthers | in. 

 long. Style-branches shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



4. H. MONTANA Klatt, Erganz. 57. — Leaves lanceolate, obtuse, 

 strongly ribbed, the lower spreading, 1| in. long, the upper sheath- 

 ing the stem. Stems simple or forked, 3-4 in. long. Flowers 

 1-3 ; outer spathe-valve ovate, acute, ^-| in. long. Perianth with 

 a straight tube |— J in. long and ovate acute segments of the same 

 length, the inner white, the outer purplish. 



Hab. Cape Colony ! province of Clanwilliam, Dr. Meyer. 



5. H. FALCATA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 225. Ixia faJcata 

 Linn. fil. ; Jacq. Ic. t. 276 ; Bot. Mag. t. 566. I. cinnamnmea 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 44. — Corm conic, ^-^ in. diam. ; tunics dark 

 brown, lacerated at the base. Basal leaves 2-4, lanceolate, 

 glabrous, falcate 2-3 in. long. Stems i-1 ft. long, simple or 

 forked, with 1-2 small sheathing leaves. Flowers 2-10 in a lax 

 distichous spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, J-^ in. long, green 

 with a narrow brown edge. Perianth-tube straight, as long as the 

 spathe ; segments oblong, spreading ^-^ in. long, the inner white, 

 the outer claret-red. Anthers \ in. long. Style-branches ^ in. 

 long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



6. H. FLExuosA Klatt, Erganz, 60. — Corm globose ; outer 

 tunics castaneous, cuspidate at the top. Leaves narrow linear, 

 superposed, ^ lin. broad. Stem flexuose, forked, 9-10 in. long. 

 Flowers in a short flexuose spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, \ in. 

 long, green with a narrow brown edge. Perianth-tube cylindrical, 

 reddish, -J in. long ; segments ovate, acute, the outer reddish, the 

 inner white. 



Hab. Little Namaqualand, Drege 2639. 



7. H. GRAmNiFOLiA D. Don in Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. edit. 2, 

 503. H. pilosn var. nada Tver in Bot. Mag. t. 1255. — Cortn small, 

 globose, with crustaceous brown tunics. Leaves 3-5, linear, 

 glabrous, 4-6 in. long, J^ i^^- broad, the upper reduced and sheath- 

 ing the stem. Stem simple, rarely forked, i-l ft. long. Flowers 

 2-6 in a lax distichous spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, 

 \ in. long. Perianth-tube straight, a little longer than the spathe ; 



