ACIDANTHERA. 186 



maiiy-flowered, dense, secund ; spatlie-valves oblong, brown, mem- 

 branous, glabrous, \-}^ in. long, toothed at the tip as in Lria. 

 Perianth with a funnel-shaped tube ^ in. long; segments oblong, 

 subequal, f in. long. Stamens nearly as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. Seen only in Thunberg's 

 herbarium. 



Subgenus III. Antholyzoides. 



26. B. KiNGENs Ker in Kom'g & Sims, Ann. i. 233 ; Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 1006 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6667. Anthohjza riiujens Linn. (Com- 

 melyn. Hort. t. 41). — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics mem- 

 branous. Basal leaves many, thick, linear, glabrous, ^-1 ft. long. 

 Stem pilose, 1-1^ ft. long, ending in a long sterile branch ; flowers 

 8-12 in a dense secund spike on a short arcuate branch ; outer 

 spathe-valve lanceolate, 1^-2 in. long, firm, finely pilose. Perianth 

 bright red, tube greenish, rather longer than the spathe ; upper 

 segments arcuate, oblong-unguiculate, 1^-2 in. long; lower much 

 shorter, lanceolate. Stamens much longer than the upper seg- 

 ments. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south-western provinces. 



27. B. Thunbergii Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 233. Anthohjza 

 plicata Linn. fil. — Corm large, globose, with a long neck. Leaves 

 6-10, linear, glabrous, very thick, 1-1|- ft. long. Stems 2-3 ft. 

 long, including the inflorescence, which is a lax panicle of 4-8 

 dense secund spikes; outer spathe-valve oblong, very hairy, 1-1^ 

 in. long. Perianth-tube broadly funnel-shaped, nearly an inch 

 longer than the spathe ; limb reddish ; upper segment oblong- 

 spatliulate, f in. long, the others shorter. Stamens as long as the 

 upper segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; western provinces up to Namaqualand. 



50. AciDANTHERA Hoclist. 



Perianth with a usually long cylindrical tube slightly dilated 

 upwards ; segments subequal, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong. 

 Stametis unilateral, inserted at or a little below the throat of the 

 perianth-tube ; filaments filiform ; anthers linear, with the con- 

 nective sometimes produced beyond the cells. Ofary 3-celled ; 

 ovules many, superposed ; style long, filiform ; branches short, 

 simple. Capsule oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 globose or discoid and winged. — Rootstock a tunicated corm. Leaves 

 linear. Flowers few, laxly spicate ; spathe-valves like those of 

 Gladiolus, long, lanceolate, green. 



Cape species. 



Perianth-tube long .... Sp. 1-4. 



Perianth-tube moderately long . Sp. 5-10. 



Perianth-tube short . . . Sp. 11-12. 



Tropical African species . . . Sp. 13-17. 



1. A. BRACHYSTACHYS Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 338. — Corm 

 not seen. Basal leaves 4-8, crowded, erect, rigid, narrow linear, a 



