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oblong, ^-^ in. long, deeply 2-3-fid. Perianth pink ; tube cylin- 

 drical, rather longer than the spathe ; segments oblong, equal, |— ^ 

 in. long. Stamens ^ the length of the limb. Style as loug as the 

 tube. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



Subgenus Eutritonia. 



8. T. viRiDis Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1275. Gladinlns viridis Ait. 

 Montbreda viridis Baker. — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics of fine matted 

 ]iarallel fibi-es. Basal leaves 4-6, linear, thin, gbibrous, ^-1 ft. 

 long, plain or crisped. Stem a foot long, simple or branched. 

 Spike many-flowered, secund, almost horizontal, with a very flexuose 

 rachis ; spathe-valves obloag-lanceolate, green, ^ in. long, the 

 outer much the largest. Perianth green, with a tube 1-1^ in. long, 

 much curved at the tip ; segments subequal, oblanceolate, \ in. 

 long. Anthers just exserted from the perianth-tube. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



9. T. CooPERi Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves linear, a foot 

 long, moderately firm, with 6 strong subequal ribs. Stem branched, 

 2-3 ft. long. Spikes very lax, ^ ft. long; spathe-valves oblong- 

 lanceolate, ^ in. long, firm, greenish brown. Perianth bright pink; 

 tube 1^ in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half ; segments oblong- 

 Bpathulate, subequal, ^ in. long. Stamens just exserted from the 

 perianth-tube. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Worcester, Cooper 3182 ! 



10. T. cRisPA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 228 ; Bot. Mag. t. 678. 

 T. Incerata Klatt. (Hadiohis crispus Thunb. ; Jacq. Ic. t. 267 ; 

 Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 142. (}. laceratus Burm. Montbretia lacerata 

 Baker. Freesia crispa Eckl. — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics of fine 

 reticulated fibres. Basal leaves 4-6, linear, much crisped, firm, 

 4-6 in. long. Stem slender, terete, simple or branched, ^-\ ft. 

 long. Spikes secund, 4-10-flowered ; spathe-valves oblong, obtuse, 

 ^—^ in. long, brown upwards. Perianth whitish or pale pink ; tube 

 l|^-2 in. long, funnel-shaped at the apex ; segments oblong, obtuse, 

 ^ in. long. Stamens reaching halfway up the limb. 



Var. T. PECTiNATA Ker. Ixia pectittata Valil. — Leaves not 

 ci'isped. 



Var. GRANDiFLORA Baker. — Flowers much larger, not more than 

 2-3 to a spike. 



Var. PARviFLORA Baker. — Flowers much smaller than in the 

 type ; tube an inch, segments ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern provinces. 



11. T. PALLIDA Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1275. Montbretia 

 jiaUida Baker. Gladiolus lonf/iflonis Jacq. Ic. t. 262, non Linn. fil. 

 — Corm small, globose ; tunics of fine matted fibres. Basal leaves 

 4-6, linear-ensiform, plane, a foot long. Stem slender, forked, 

 H-2 ft. long. Spikes very lax, 4-6-flowered ; spathe-valves oblong, 

 ^ in. long. Perianth whitish ; tube 2-2i in. long, cylindrical, with 



