100 JIAXDliOOK OK IKIDE.E, 



leaves 2-3, linear, -i-G in. long, firm, with revolute edges, the 

 uppermost sheathing the stem about its middle. Stem simple, 

 terete, 6-9 in. long. Flowers 8-6 in a lax distichous spike ; outer 

 spathe-valve oblong, green, I— 2 ii^- long. Perianth-tube straight, 

 as longe as the spathe ; segments ablong, concolorous, ^ in. long. 

 Anthers and style-branches ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces, Zej/her 3960 ! 



14. H. LEucANTHA Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves 3, linear, 

 erect, glabrous, the longest 6-8 in. long. Stem simple, very 

 slender, ^ ft. loug. Flowers 3-4 in a short distichous spike ; outer 

 spathe-valve oblong, green, ^— J in. long. Perianth-tube straight, 

 as long as the spathe ; segments white, oblong, ^ in. long. Anthers 

 ^ in. long. Style-branches nearly as long as the segments. 



Hab. Natal ; Oliver's Hoek pass, Wood 3i37 ! 



15. H. MODESTA Baker. — Corm not seen. Basal leaves 2, 

 narrow linear, erect, glabrous, 2-3 in. long. Stem simple, very 

 slender, | ft. long, with a slieathing leaf at the middle. Flowers 

 2-4, in a lax distichous spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, 

 ^l in. long. Perianth-tube straight, as long as the spathe ; seg- 

 ments oblanceolate, pink, ^-^ in. long. Anthers ^ in. long. 

 Style-branches ^ in. long. 



Hab. Natal ; Beevari river. Wood 32 )1 ! 



16. H. ERECTA Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 703. Geissnrhiza erecta 

 Baker. — Corm small, globose ; tunics crustaceous, brown. Leaves 

 3, linear, superposed, glabrous, erect, 3-4 in. long. Stem slender, 

 simple or forked, 6-8 in. long. Flowers 4-8, in a short erect dis- 

 tichous spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve green, 

 oblong-lanceolate, ^ in. long. Perianth-tube straight, as long as 

 the spathe ; segments oblong, concolorous, |- in. long. Anthers 

 ^ in. long. Style-branches ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Namaqualancl, north of the OKfants river, Dregc 

 8468! 



17. H. HUMiLis Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 239. — Corm globose, 

 1 in. diam., with many rigid brown tunics lacerated from the base. 

 Basal leaves 3-4, spreading, linear-oblong, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, 

 ^ in. broad. Stem scarcely any. Flowers 1-2 ; outer spathe- 

 valve ovate, green, firm, broad, above ^ in. long. Perianth-tube 

 straight, slender, i in. long ; segments obovate, as long as the 

 tube. Style-branches ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; karoo region, on the Eoggeveld, Burchell 1320 ! 



18. H. WooDii Baker. — Corm not seen. Basal leaves 2, linear, 

 glabrous, a foot long. Stem slender, 1^ ft. long, bearing two long- 

 sheathing leaves. Flowers 3-6, in a very lax distichous spike ; 

 outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, an inch long. Perianth with 

 a straight tube an inch long and oblong bright mauve-purple seg- 

 ments nearly as long. Anthers and style-branches ^ in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Natal, alt. 3500 ft., Wood 1868 ! 



19. H. PULCHRA Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves 3-4, super- 



