GEISSORHIZA. 155 



Var. G. sETiFOLiA Eckl. Top. Verz. 22. — Loaves very sloudev, 

 setaceous. Flowers as in the type. 



Var. G. RAMosA Klatt in Liuntea, xxxiv. 657. — Taller than the 

 type, with deeply forked stems, with longer spikes. 



Var. G. pusiLLA Klatt, Erganz. 68 (Bot. Mag. t. 1105). — 

 Flowers pale rose or nearly white. 



Var. BicoLOR Baker. — Stems tall, simple. Leaves very long, 

 filiform. Flowers smaller than in the type, white ; the outer seg- 

 ments keeled with bright red. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



10. G. GRJVMiNiFOLiA Baker. G. hirta Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xvi. 94, excl. syn. Hespeiantha quiiiquani/nltnis Klatt, excl. syn. — 

 Corm globose, ^ in. diam. ; tunics brown, crustaceous or squamose. 

 Leaves 3, linear, firm, pilose on the ribs, especially beneath, the 

 lower 6-9 in. long, the upper much shorter, with a ventricose 

 sheath. Stems slender, flexuose, simple or forked, ^-1 ft. long. 

 Flowers few, in a lax spike with a flexuose racliis ; outer spathe- 

 valves oblong, \-^ in. long, green, with a brown membranous tip. 

 Perianth deep red or pale red or nearly white, with a short tube, 

 and oblong segments ^-^ in. long. Anthers ^ in. long. Style- 

 branches ^ in. long, spreading above the anthers. 



Var. BICOLOR Baker. — Flowers white, with the outer segments 

 keeled with bright red. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



11. G. GRACILIS Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem simple, ^-1 ft. 

 long, with a rudimentary leaf at the base and a tight hairy sheath 

 at the middle, produced into a small erect linear strongly-nerved 

 hairy blade. Flowers 2-3 in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, 

 obtuse, brown and scariose above the base. Perianth with a very 

 short tube, and oblong pale lilac segments ^ in. long. Anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long. Style-branches short. 



Hab. Eastern Griqualand ; Mount Zuurberg, alt. 5000 ft., Tijim 1872 ! 



12. G. FURVA Ker in Konig et Sims, Ann. i. 224. Ixiafurva 

 Soland. — Corm very small, globose. Basal leaves 2, filiform, erect, 

 3-4 in. long. Stem slender, simple, 1-flowered, 3-4 in. long, with 

 a single leaf with tight sheath and a short point. Outer spathe- 

 valve oblong, \ in. long, brown and scariose in the upper half. 

 Perianth bright red-purple, with a straight tube | in. long, and 

 oblong segments i-f in. loug. Anthers ^ in. long, as long as the 

 filaments. Style-branches spreading above the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces, Manson ! Drc'(je 8-178 ! Bolus 

 4311 ! 



13. G. HIRTA Ker in Konig et Sims, Ann. i. 223. G. cilian's 

 Salisb. G. rosea Eckl. Ixi(( hirta Thunb. Hesperantha kermcsina 

 Klatt. — Conn globose, ^ in. diam. ; timics crustaceous, dull brown. 

 Leaves 3, Iniear, hairy, moderately firm, the lower 4-6 in. long, 

 the upper with a long ventricose sheath and short free point. Stems 

 simple or forked, ^-1 ft. long. Flowers 2-6 in a lax spike with a 

 llexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, I in. long, brown and 



