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23. T. GRAMiNiFOLiA Bakei'. — Corm not seen. Basal leaves 

 about 6, linear, thin, G-9 in. long. Stem slender, simple, 1- 

 flowered ; outer spathe-valve thin, green, oblong-lanceolate, an 



, inch long. Perianth purplish red ; tube an inch long, broadly 

 funnel-shaped at the throat ; segments lanceolate-unguiculate, 

 acute, rather shorter than the tube. Stamens reaching nearly to 

 the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Transvaal, near Lydenburg, Boc ! (Bolu^i 2651 !) 



24. T. LAxiFOLiA Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 708. Monthretin 

 la.vifoUa Klatt ; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. t. 101a. — Corm 

 globose, f-1 in. diam. ; tunics of matted reticulated fibres. Basal 

 leaves 4-6, linear, thin, ^-1 ft. long. Stems slender, simple or 

 branched, 1-2 ft. long ; spikes lax, 6-12-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 oblong, 1-1 in. long, brown and toothed at the tip. Perianth 

 bright red, 1-1} in. long; segments oblong, shorter than the 

 broadly funnel-shaped tube. Stamens reaching halfway up the 

 segments. 



Var. T. STRicTiFOLiA Benth. — Leaves shorter, firmer. 



Hab. Cape Colony; eastern provinces, and gathered also by Speke and 

 Grant on mountains near the equator. 



25. T. wATsoNioiDEs Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaf single, 

 narrow linear, 2-3 ft. long, rigid, with revolute edges and a 

 thickened midrib. Stem 2 ft. long. Spikes simple or panicled, 

 dense, the end one 4-6 in. long ; spathe-valves rigid, brown, ovate, 

 \ in. long. Perianth cream-white, an inch long ; tube funnel- 

 shaped, much curved, twice as long as the ascending oblong lobes. 

 Stamens reaching the tip of the lobes. 



Hab. Mountains of Swaziland, Thomcroft {Wood 4113 !), Galpin 1890 ! 



26. T. PoTTsii Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 708 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6722. Montbretia Pottsii Baker. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam., 

 connected by a slender rhizome. Leaves 4-6, linear, firm, 1-1^ ft. 

 long. Stems branched, 2-3 ft. long ; spikes lax, 6-9 in. long ; 

 spathe-valves oblong, greenish brown, ^-J in. long. Perianth 

 bright yellow, with a tinge of red, 1-1} in. long; segments oblong, 

 not more than half as long as the broadly funnel-shaped tube. 

 Stamens reaching halfway up the segments. 



Hab. Transvaal, Natal and Griqualand, where it ascends to 5000 ft. 

 Montbretia crocosuuxflora Floral Mag. n.s. t. 473, is a hybrid between this 

 species and Crocosvm aurea. 



Subgenus IV. Montbretia. 



27. T. Nelsoni Baker. — Corm not seen. Basal leaves 6-8, 

 narrow linear, moderately firm, 6-9 in. long. Stem slender, 

 simple, as long as the leaves. Flowers one or few in a dense spike ; 

 spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, }-^ in. long, brown in the upper 

 half. Perianth bright red ; tube h in. long, broadly funnel-shaped 

 in the upper half; segments obovate, as long as the tube, the three 

 lower with a spreading oblong callus on the claw. Stamens half as 

 long as the limb. 



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