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Klatt. — Habit and leaves of I. viHcuhita, from which it only differs 

 by its deeply-coloured flowers, which in the type are bright mauve- 

 purple, with a blue spot at the tliroat. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south-western provinces. Watsonia campamilata 

 Klatt, Er^'anz. 20, founded on Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 196, and W. racemosa Klatt 

 loc. cit., founded on Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 2.1(), drawn with style-branches slightly 

 eraarginate at the tip, are i^robably both forms of this species. 



13. I. ovATA Klatt, Erganz. 02. I. capitata var. ovatn Andr. 

 Bot. Rep. t. 23. — Habit and leaves from /. viacnlata, from which it 

 differs by its bright red flowers with a purple-black throat. 



Var. I. STELLATA Klatt, Erganz. (j2. I. capitata var. stelhita 

 Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 232. — Throat of perianth yellow. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



14. I. viRiDiFLORA Lam. Encyc. iii. 3i0 ; Red. Lil. t. 47G ; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1548. I. virldis Thunb. /. spicnVt var. riridi- 

 7n;/ra Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 29. /. piilchra-spcctfdiilis Salisb. /. vincu- 

 lata var. viridia Jacq. Hort. Schoen. t. 23 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 549. — Corm depresso-globose, ^ in. diam. ; tunics fibrous. Leaves 

 narrow, linear, firm, strongly ribbed, the lower afoot or more long. 

 Btems long, slender, simple ; flowers many, in a long spike ; outer 

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

 cylindrical tube not much longer than the spathe ; limb ^-1 in. 

 long, pale green with a black throat. Anthers linear, yellow, ^ in. 

 long, exceeding the black filaments. Style-branches not reaching 

 to the tip of the anthers. 



Var. I. CANA Eckl. Topog. Verz. 36. /. viatndata var. aincthi/- 

 stina Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 579. — Limb pale blue with a black throat. 



Var. c(EsiA Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 530. — Limb pale lilac, with a 

 small greenish eye. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



Subgenus II. Eurydice. 



15. I. MONADELPHA Delarochc, Diss. 22 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. GOT. 

 I. colurimaris Salisb. Morphixia vwnadelpha Klatt. — Corm globose, 

 ^ in. diam. ; tunics fibrous. Leaves linear, moderately firm, 

 ^-1 ft. long. Stem slender, a foot or more long, simple or 

 branched ; flowers few, in a short spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, 

 tricuspidate, pale green, i-i in. long. Perianth with a cylindrical 

 tube as long as or twice as long as the spathe ; limb -J- J in. long, 

 very variable in colour, in the type lilac with a greenish or blue 

 throat. Filaments dark blue, i. in. long, united in a column. 

 Anthers linear, i-i in. long. Style-branches much shorter than 

 the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. The following named 

 forms differ from the type only in flower-colouring, viz., M. purpurea Klatt, 

 Er^-anz. 49 (Andr. Bot. Rep. t."203), limb concolorous claret-red with narrow 

 segments; M. latifolia Klatt (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 213), blue with a brown 

 throat; M. versicolor Klatt (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 211), pale yellow with a large 

 black blotch, with radiating lines; il/. <-«)•?« Klatt {Ixia curtn Andr. Bot. Rep. 

 t. '26i), a large fulvous limb with a reddish-green throat ; and M. grandijlora 

 Klatt (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 250), a large lilac limb with an obscure blue throat. 



