TRITONIA. 191 



622. l.rid demta Ait. 1. miniata Eed. Lil. t, 80. 7. (jihld Salisb. 

 1. crocnta var. Thunb. ; Andr. 13ot. Rep. t. 134. — Differs only from 

 T. croctita in the three outer segments of the perianth being 

 furnished with a purple-black blotch on the claw. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; southein i^rovinces. 



3. T. HYALiNA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 163. Ixia 

 hiialhid Linn. fil. I. fenestratu Jacq. Ic. t. 289, non Thunb. T.fenes- 

 trata Ker ; Bot. Mag. t. 704. — Differs only from T. crocata by the 

 segments of the perianth being spathulately narrowed below the 

 middle into a claw with an inflexed hyaline margin. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



4. T. sQUALiDA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 581. Ixin squalida Ait. 7. 

 siinilis Salisb. — Habit, leaves and inflorescence of T. croatta, from 

 which it differs by its white flowers, more or less flushed with pink. 

 The veins are often pink, and there is an obscure yellowish blotch 

 at the base of the inner or all the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



Subgenus IL Dichone. 



5. T. sciLLAKis Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 163. l.via 

 scillaris Linn. ; Red. Lil. t. 127. 7. pentandra Linn. fil. 7. rejieua 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 14. 7. rotata Ker. I. retusa Salisb. /. poly- 

 stacht/ri, .Jacq. Ic. t. 275 ; B.)t. Mag. t. 629, non Linn. — Corm 

 small, globose ; tunics of thick parallel fibres. Basal leaves 4-6, 

 linear, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, njt crisped. Stem slender, a foot 

 long, simple or branched. Spike lax, 3-4 in. long, with a flexuose 

 rachis ; spathe-valves oblong, moderately firm, I— ^ in. long, deeply 

 2-3-fid. Perianth pink ; tube cylindrical, rather longer than the 

 spatlie ; segments oblong, equal, ^-^ in. long. St imens J the 

 length of the limb. Anthers J.^ i^i- ^^''^o- Style not longer than 

 the tube. 



Var. T. STRicTA Klatt, Erganz. 23. Af/n'tta stricta Eckl. — 

 Leaves rigid, with thickened yellow midrib and edges. 

 Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



6. T. TRiNERVATA Baker. — Corm small, globose ; tunics thick, 

 fibrous. Leaves firm, lanceolate, glabrous, 2-3 in. long, with 3 

 stout pale yellow ribs. Stem simple, a foot long. Flowers 4-6 in 

 a lax spike; spathe-valves ovate, scariose, cuspidate, ^— J in. long. 

 Perianth white, with a tinge of pink ; tube cylindrical, curved, ^-^ 

 in. long ; segments oblong, ^ in. long. Stamens half as long as 

 the limb ; anthers curved. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; River Zoncler Einde, Ecklon 242 ! 



7. T. UNDULATA Bakcr in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 163. Liia 

 crispa Linn. fil. ; Bot. Mag. t. 599 ; Red. Lil. t. 433. Dichone 

 crispa Salisb. Ai/retta crisjiu Eckl. — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics of 

 fine fibres. Basal leaves 3-5, linear, firm, glabrous, 2-4 in. long, 

 much crisped. Stem slender, terete, usually simple, ^-1 ft. long. 

 3pike lax, finally 3-4 in. long ; rachis very flexuose ; spathe-valves 



