TBITONIA, I'JO 



a dilated throat ; segments oblong, :1 in. long. Anthers just pro- 

 truded from the periauth-tuhe. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



12. T. Bakeri Klatt, Erganz. 24. Montbretia striata Baker. 

 Gladiolus lovi/ifiorns Thunb., ex parte. — Corm small, globose. 

 Basal leaves 4-6, narrow linear, firm, erect, glabrous, a foot or 

 more long. Stem slender, terete, a foot long, simple or branched. 

 Spikes lax, 2-9-flowered; spathe-valves oblong, ^-^ in. long, brown 

 at the tip. Perianth whitish ; tube 1|— 2 in. long, cylindrical with 

 a dilated apex; segments oblong, f in. long. Stamens reaching 

 high up the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



13. T. vENTRicosA Baker. — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics of fine 

 reticulated fibres. Leaves about 3, superposed, the lowest pro- 

 duced into an erect narrow linear blade as long as the stem ; two 

 upper rudimentary. Stem slender, simple, ^-1 ft. long. Flowers 

 2-4 in a spike ; spathe-valves oblong, green, entire, ^ in. long. 

 Perianth bright red ; tube funnel-shaped, ^ in. long ; segments 

 oblong, f in. long. Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony; Genadendal, Pappel Eiver Zonder Einde, Zeylier 

 3793! 



14. T. KAMiSBERGENSis Klatt in Linnsea, xxxii. 760. Freesia 

 kamisherfjensis Eckl. Montbretia himisbcrgensis Baker. — Leaves 

 rigid, linear-subulate, overtopping the stem. Stem terete, forked, 

 2 ft. long. Spikes distichous, few-flowered ; spathe-valves oblong, 

 the inner emarginate. Perianth purple, ^ in. long ; segments 

 oblong, twice as long as the tube. Anthers half as long as the 

 filaments. 



Hab. Namaqualand, Ecldon & ZeyJter 109 ! 



15. T. Templemanni Baker. — Corm middle-sized. Basal leaves 

 linear, rigid, erect, pale green, conspicuously nerved, li~2 ft. long. 

 Stem about as long as the leaves, copiously laranched. Spikes few- 

 flowei-ed ; spathe-valves ovate, subequal, ^-^ in. long, red-brown at 

 the tip. Perianth bright red ; tube funnel-shaped, i in. long ; 

 segments obovate, f in. long. Stamens reaching halfway up the 

 limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Zwarteberg. Discovered by Mr. Temple- 

 man in 1887, and introduced into cultivation through Prof. Macowan. 



16. T. PAuciFLORA Baker. — Corm not seen. Basal leaves 3-4, 

 linear, moderately firm, glabrous, 3-4 in. long. Stems 1-3, 

 slender, 4-6 in. long. Spikes 1-2-flowered ; outer spathe-valve 

 ovate, acute, ^ in. long. Perianth bright purple ; tube cylindrical, 

 i-^ in. long ; segments oblong, | in. long. Anthers as long as the 

 filaments. 



Hab. Lesser Namaqualand, alt. 8400 ft., Bolus 6G22 ! 



17. T. DisTicHA Baker. Tritonixia disticha Klatt, Erganz. 22. — 

 Leaves linear, firm, 18-21 in. long; midrib and edges thickened, 

 stramineous. Stem branched, 3-4 ft. long, bearing several reduced 



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