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viaculata. Flowers small, white with a tinge of pink, with a distinct 

 blotch of black at the throat. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



4. I. MicRANDA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237. — Corm globose, 

 •| in. diam. ; tunics of very fine fibres. Leaves very narrow. Stem 

 very slender, simple ; flowers few, in a short erect spike ; outer 

 spathe-valve oblong, tinged with brown, ^-^ in. long. Perianth 

 with a slender tube as long as the spathe, and a pure white limb 

 ^ in. long, with a concoloroas throat. Anthers linear-oblong, 

 t'j in. long ; filaments very short. Style not exserted from the 

 perianth-tube. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south-western provinces. First gathered by Thunberg, 

 in whose herbarium it is placed as a doubtful variety of aristata. 



5. I. ARISTATA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 589, excl. syn. — Corm globose, 

 with strong fibrous tunics. Basal leaves 3-4, linear, firm, strongly 

 ribbed, the lower 4-6 in. long. Stems slender, 1-1^ ft. long, 

 simple or branched ; spikes lax, many-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 green, ^-^ in. long. Perianth with a cylindrical tube -^-f in. long, 

 and a whitish limb of the same length, concolorous at the throat. 

 Anthers ^ in. long, equalling the filaments. Style-branches ^ i"- 

 long. 



Var. ELEGANS Baker. Wuertldn elefjann Kegel, Gartenfl. t, 46. — 

 Leaves narrower and not so firm. Perianth-tube and limb each 

 -J in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south-western provinces. Thunberg's aristata is a 

 variety of leitcantha ; the plant so called by Alton and Willdenow is Sparaxis 

 fjrandijiora. 



6. I. LEUCANTHA Jacq. Ic. t. 278. /. Candida DC. in Ked. Lil. 

 t. 426. /. ancinonajlora Jacq. Ic. t. 273 ?. — Corm globose, ^ in. 

 diam. ; tunics of parallel fibres. Leaves firm, linear, glabrous, 

 ■5-1 ft. long. Stems 1-2 ft. long, simple or branched; flowers 

 many, in dense erect spikes ; outer spathe-valve green, tricuspidate, 

 \-^ m. long. Perianth with a cylindrical tube not much longer 

 than the spathe, and a pure white limb ^-^ in. long. Anthers 

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



Var. I. ARISTATA Thunb. Diss. No. 15, non Ker. — Outer seg- 

 ments flushed with red outside. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



7. I. LUTEA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 91. I. erecla Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoen. t. 18 (large figure). /. erecta var. lutea Ker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 646. /. duhia and aurantiaca Klatt. — Habit and leaves of 

 /. ieucantha, from which it difi'ers by its bright yellow flowers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



8. I. CAMPANiTLATA Houtt. Handl. xii. 42, tab. 78, fig. 4. /. lati- 

 folia Klatt ?. — Corm globose, ^ in. diam. ; tunics fibrous. Basal 



leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, 6-9 in. long. Stems simple, 

 slender, terete, a foot long ; flowers many, in a dense spike ; outer 

 spathe-valve oblong, tricuspidate, ^-^ in. long. Perianth with a 

 cylindrical tube as long as the spathe, and a campanulate con- 



