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leaves. Spikes las, distichous, many-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 oblong, uuequal-tootlied. Perianth rose-red ; tube funnel-sliaped, 

 ^-^ in. long; segments subequal, obovate, twice as long as the 

 tube. Anthers twice as long as the filaments. 

 Hab. Mountains of Kaffraria, Dreye 4549. 



18. T. TERETiFOLiA Baker. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics 

 of matted parallel fibres. Leaves rigid, subterete, a foot or more 

 long. Stem simple, terete, a foot long, bearing 2-3 sheathing 

 leaves. Spike distichous, very lax, simple, 6-8-flowered ; spathe- 

 valves oblong-lanceolate, green, ^-^ in. long. Perianth pale pink, 

 |— f in. long ; segments oblong, subequal, as long as the tube. 

 Stamens reaching halfway up the limb. 



Hab. Natal, iCmMss 430! 



19. T. DUBiA Eckl. ; Klatt in Liunrea, xxxii. 761. T.' Bnlvsii 

 Baker. Tritonixia Bolusii and conferta Klatt. — Corm small, ovoid ; 

 tunics of fine reticulated fibres. Basal leaves 4-6, linear, mode- 

 rately firm, 4-6 in. long. Stems simple or branched, ^-1 ft. long ; 

 spikes lax, 2-3 in. long; spathe-valves oblong, ^ in. long, brown at 

 the tip and hooked. Perianth pale pink ; tube equalling or exceed- 

 ing the bracts, dilated into a funnel at the tip ; segments oblong, 

 I in. long. Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Uitenhage. Fii-st gathered by Ecklon & 

 Zeyher. 



20. T. Krausii Baker. — Corm globose ; tunics of fine reticu- 

 lated fibres. Basal leaves 4-6, linear, firm, 6-9 in. long. Stems 

 slender, simple or branched, 1^-2 ft. long; spikes 10-12-flowered ; 

 4-5 in. long ; spathe-valves ^-i in. long, brown at the tip and 

 toothed. Perianth pale pink, |-f in. long ; segments oblong, as 

 long as the broadly funnel-shaped tube. Anthers protruded from 

 the tube. 



Hab. Natal. Closely allied to T. lincata. 



21. T. LiNEATA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 228. Monthretin 

 lineata Baker. Ghaliohis lineatus Salisb. ; Bot. Mag. t. 487 ; Red. 

 Lil. t. 65 and 400. Ixia reticulata Thunb. — Corm small, globose ; 

 tunics of fine reticulated fibres. Leaves about 6, moderately firm, 

 ^-1 ft. long. Stems slender, simple or branched, 1-li- ft. long ; 

 spathes lax, 4-6 in. long; spathe-valves oblong, \-^ in. long, brown 

 ;ind toothed at the tip. Perianth white or pale pink, 1-1 J in. long ; 

 segments oblong, half as long as the funnel-shaped tube. Anthers 

 protruded from the perianth-tube. 



Hab. Cape Colony; southern provinces to Griqualand and Natal. 



22. T. ROSEA Klatt in Liuna^a, xxxii. 760. Montbretia rosea 

 Baker. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine reticulated 

 fibres. Leaves linear, firm, a foot long. Stems branched, 1^-2 ft. 

 long; spikes lax, 4-12-flowered ; spathe-valves oblong, ^^ in. 

 long, brown and toothed at the tip. Perianth bright red; "tube 

 ^ in. long, broadly funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, as long as the 

 tube. Anthers just protruded from the perianth-tube. 



Ilab. Cape Colony ; Uitenhage northward to Natal. 



