SYNNOTiA. 197 



at the throat of the pcviauth-tube ; fihiments short, filiform ; 

 anthers linear, basifixed. Ocarij 3-celled ; ovules many, super- 

 posed ; style liliform, protruded from the tube ; branches simple, 

 subulate, falcate. Capsule turbinate, membranous, loculicidally 3- 

 valved. Seeds globose or angled by pressure. — Rootstock a corm 

 with finely netted tunics. Leaves in a basal rosette. Flowers few, 

 showy, arranged in simple or panicled spikes ; spathe-valves 

 scariose, brown at the tip, deeply lacerated. The three species are 

 very variable and connected by intermediates. 



1. S. BULBiFERA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 226. Lvia bnl- 

 hifera Linn. ; Bot. Mag. t. 545 ; Red. Lil. t. 128 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. 

 t. 48. — Corm globose, ^-J in. diam. Basal leaves about 4, linear 

 or lanceolate, moderately firm, -|-1 ft. long. Stems erect, terete, 

 h-1 ft. long, simple or branched, bearing low down 2-3 small 

 leaves, often with bnlbillie in their axils. Flowers 1 or few to a 

 spike, yellow ; spathes ^ in. long, wrapped tightly round the 

 ovary and perianth-tube. Perianth-tube h in. long, funnel-shaped 

 in the upper half; segments ^-J in. long. Style -branches over- 

 topping the anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. S. alhiflora Eckl. has 

 flowers whitish inside, and S. violacea Eckl. flowers dark violet. 



2. S GEANDiFLOEA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 225 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 779 ; Bot. Reg. t. 258. Lvia grancUfiora Delar. ; Ker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 541 ; Red. Lil. t. 139, 362. — Habit, corm, leaves and 

 spathe exactly as in *S'. bulbifera. Flowers usually yellow or purple, 

 with segments an inch or more long and larger anthers. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces, Amongst the many varieties 

 are S.Jimbriata Ker, S. lacera Ker, S. Liliago Sweet (Ked. Lil. 1. 109), S.stellaris 

 D. Don (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. 2, t. 383), S. atropurpurca and miniata 

 Klatt, Ixia unijlora Linn., I. monantlwa Delar., and I. ancmomtflora Ked. Lil. t. 85. 



3. S. TRICOLOR Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 225. ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 1482. Lvia tricolor Curt, in Bot. Mag. t. 381 ; Red. Lil. t. 129. 

 Streptanthera tricolor Klatt. — Differs only from S. grandijiora in the 

 colour of the flowers, which are very variable in shade but have 

 always a bright yellow throat, with a dark blotch at the base of 

 each segment. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. Amongst the many varieties 

 are S. vemicolor Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 1(50 ; S. lincata Sweet, Brit. Flow. 

 Garil. ser. 2, t. 131 ; S. Griffi)ii and S. hlanda Sweet, and .S'. Mclcacjrh and cana 

 Ecklon. A series of garden f oims is figured Flore des Serres, vol. 2, July, 1810. 



55. Synnotia Sweet. 



Perianth with a long tube, cylindrical in the lower part, funnel- 

 shaped at the top ; segments of the limb oblong, unequal, all but 

 the uppermost refiexing. Stamens unilateral, contiguous, arcuate, 

 inserted at the middle of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform ; 

 anthers linear-oblong, basifixed. Ovari/ 3-celled ; ovules many, 

 superposed ; style filiform, its branches simple, subulate. Capsule 

 membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, globose or angled 



