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colorous dark lilac limb ^-f in. long. Anthers ^ in. long. Style- 

 branches reaching to the top of the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



9. I. PATENS Ait. Hort. Kew i. 59 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 522 ; 

 Bed. Lil. t. 140. I.filiformis Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 43; Red. Lil. 

 t. 30. /. flaccida Salisb. /. coceinea Thunb. ex parte. I. densi flora 

 Klatt. — Corm globose, -|-| in. diam. ; tunics of fine brown matted 

 fibres. Basal leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm, 

 ^-1 ft. long. Stems terete, 1-1^ ft. long, often branched ; flowers 

 many, in moderately dense spikes ; outer spathe- valve green, tri- 

 cuspidate, -J— J in. long. Perianth with a cylindrical tube not much 

 longer than the spathe, and a campanulate pale red concolorous 

 limb f-1 in. long. Anthers J in. long. Style-branches not 

 reaching to the top of the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



10. I. sPECiosA Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 186. I. crateroides Ker in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 594. /. coceinea, Thunb. ex parte. I. patens var. 

 kermesma Regel, Gartenfl. t. 356. I. pulcherrhna Eckl. — Corm 

 small, globose ; tunics of matted fibres. Basal leaves 5-6, linear, 

 glabrous, moderately firm. Stem slender, terete, usually simple ; 

 fiowers few, in a short erect spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, tri- 

 cuspidate, ^-^ in. long. Perianth with a cylindrical tube not much 

 longer than the spathe, and a dark crimson concolorous limb 

 ^-i in. long. Anthers ^ in. long, exceeding the filaments. Style- 

 branches bright red. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south-western provinces. 



11. I. MAcuLATA Linn. Sp. Plant. 1664; Jacq. Hort. Schoen. 

 t. 21. I. conica Salisb. ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 539 ; Red. Lil. t. 138. 

 I. Milleri Berg. (Miller, Ic. t. 156, fig. 1). /. capitata Andr. Bot. 

 Rep. t. 50. /. ahhreviata Houtt. I. duhia Vent. Choix. t. 10. 

 I. fusco-cilrina Red. Lil. t. 86. — Corm globose, |-1 in. diam.; 

 tunics of strong parallel fibres. Basal leaves about 4, linear, 

 glabrous, strongly ribbed, ^-1 ft. long. Stem slender, terete, 

 simple or branched, 1-2 ft. long ; flowers many, in dense erect 

 spikes ; outer spathe-valve oblong, tricuspidate, ^-\ in. long. 

 Perianth with a cylindrical tube usually twice as long as the 

 spathe, and a campanulate yellow limb f-1 in. long, with a black 

 or dark purple blotch at the throat. Anthers yellow, ^-\ in. long. 

 Style-branches ^ in. long. 



Var. ocHROLEucA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1285. I. ochrolenca G. 

 Don. — ^Flowers sulphur-yellow, with a large brown blotch at the 

 throat. 



Var. I. NiGRO-ALBiDA Klatt, Erganz. 62. I. capiUtUt var. Andr. 

 Bot. Rep. t. 159. — Flowers pure white, with a large black blotch 

 at the throat. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



12. I. coLUMELLARis Ker. in Bot. Mag. t. 630. 7. munilafa 

 Thunb. ex parte ; Jacq. Hort. Schoen. t. 19. ]\[orphi.cia eohmifllaris 



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