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lax erect spike, ^ ft. long ; spatlie-valves oblong, brown, rigid, 

 reflexing, ^-^ in. long. Perianth white, with a cylindrical tube 

 1^ in. long, slightly dilated in the upper half, and oblanceolate- 

 obtuse spreading segments J in. long. Anthers i in. long. Style- 

 branches short, reaching to the tip of the anthers. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



45. Freesia Klatt. 



Perianth with a long curved funnel-shaped tube ; limb in- 

 distinctly bilabiate ; segments oblong, subequal. Stamens inserted 

 below the throat of the tube, close, arcuate ; anthers linear. Ovanj 

 ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules crowded in the cells ; style filiform, arcuate ; 

 branches short, slender, bifid. Capsule small, oblong, loculicidally 

 3-valved. Seeds small, turgid — Habit of Tritunia, from which it 

 only differs by its bifid style-branches. 



F. REFRACTA Klatt in Linnsoa xxxiv. 673. Gladiolus re/ractus 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 241; Ked. Lil. t. 419. Tritonia re/racta Ker ; Bot. 

 Keg. t. 135. (jrladiolus resujnnatus Pers. G. Sparmanni Thunb. — 

 Corm ovoid, with thick reticulated fibrous tunics. Basal leaves 

 5-6, firm, linear, ^ ft. long. Stem terete, flexuose, 1-1^ ft. long, 

 distantly branched. Flowers very fragrant, arranged iu lax secund 

 spikes ; spathe-valves small, oblong-lanceolate, scariose. Perianth 

 greenish yellow or bright yellow, 1-1^ in. long; tube ^ in. diam. 

 at the throat ; limb distinctly bilabiate ; segments \-\ in. long. 

 Anthers lanceolate, just exserted from the perianth-tube. 



Var. F. ODORATA Klatt loc. cit. Tritonia odorata Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 1820. — Leaves broader and less rigid. Inflorescence less 

 branched and flowers fewer, in a spike ; spathe-valves broader and 

 more obtuse. Flowers bright yellow, with a more equal limb. 



Var. F. ALBA Hort. — Leaves, inflorescence, and spathe-valves 

 of F. odorata. Flowers pure white, with the tube narrowed more 

 gradually, and the limb very obscurely bilabiate. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south, central, and eastern provinces, ascending to 

 4000 ft. on the Sneewbergen range. F. xant ho$j}i la K\a.tt {Gladiolus xanthospilin; 

 Red. Lil. t. 124) differs mainly from alba by its suddenly-constricted perianth- 

 tube, and F. LciclUlinii Klatt, in Kegel, Gartenfl. t. 808, by the same character, 

 and its large pale yellowish flowers. 



46. Lapeyrousia Poir. 



Perianth with a long or short subcylindrical tube slightly dilated 

 towards the throat ; segments oblong-lanceolate, si;bequal, spread- 

 ing. Staviens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, unilateral, 

 close, arcuate ; filaments short ; anthers lanceolate, basifixed. 

 (h-anj 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform, with bifid 

 branches. Capsule small, oblong or globose, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds small, globose or angled by pressure. — Rootstock an ovoid 

 corm with matted tunics. Leaves distichous, subterete, linear or 

 onsiform. Inflorescence various ; spathe-valves small or large, 

 usually herbaceous. Flowers usually small, various in colour. 



