( xo) 

 brevia, filiformia, lubo inserla. Antherce incumbeu- 

 les, exserlcc. Germen oblongnm, Sljlus filiformis, 

 stamina oequans. Slignia trifidum. Caps. polysperma. 



Planta acaulis ( bnlbosa ? ), singularis ob folia spa- 

 ibis simillima et spathas foliaceas, ut omnia inferne 

 ( spathas ) versiis apicejn folia sint dicenda. Flores 

 quasi umbellati, pedunculis communibus pluribus 

 ( in meo tribus ) e radice prodeuntil)us ( scapus divi- 

 sns, si mavis ). Corollce tubus rectus, inferne fililor- 

 mis, pollicaris. Limhi lacinia3 oblongae lutese. Habitat 

 \\\ uiontibus prope Zakrivierspoort ad promont. 13. 

 Spei. LicJibeuslein spicil. fior. cap, Mss. in Jlcemeri 

 et Sch. sjst. veg. i. 482. 



A WiTSENiA genitalibus exsertis, stigmatibus dis- 

 cretis, habitu proprio, et lloris coloi-e distincta. 

 cKspitosa. 



Sophronia caespitosa. Lichtenstein loc. cit. 

 Spreng. S. P^. i . i^iy , [ a cjuo ultimo male cum 

 WiTZENiA partila confusa est). 



Flos WiTSENi^ partitaj ruhro-cyaneus , So- 

 phronIjE csespitosse luteus, 



ARISTEA. ra 



Gladiolus , Morcea, Bermudicuia , Ixia, Grainen. 



Infior. aggregata. v. sparsa (nunc squamis v. foliolis 

 extraneis imbricala ). Spatha plurivalvis ( arcta v. 

 laxa ), modo bivalvis, rarissime aristato-multillda. 

 Cor. sexpart'ta regularis patentissima , in spiram con- 

 iorta persistens : lacinije subgequales vel interiores 



