356 €xxxvi. iRiDE^ (raker). [Crocosmia. 



Basal leaves about in a distichous rosette, linear or ensiform, erect, 

 moderately firm, 1-1 J ft. long, |-1 in. broad at the middle. Stem 

 including the inflorescence 2-4 ft. long, simple or much branched. 

 Flowers few, in a Inx spike; rhachis flexuose ; spathe-valves ovate, 

 subequal, green or laownish, j-J in. long, the inner bifid at the tip. 

 Perianth bright orange-yellow; tube f-1 in. long; segments 1-1 J in. 

 long, finally spreading or reflexing. Stamens and style as long as the 

 perianth-segments. Capsule J in. diam. — Klotzsch in Peters, Reise 

 Mossamb. Bot. 510; Baker, Handb. Irid. 189; Tritonia aurea, Pappe 

 ex Hook, in Bot. Reg. t. 433,5; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 01; Croc- 

 anthus mossamhicensis, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. t. 57. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Ugogo, Hannington ! Usambara ; 

 Lutindi. Hoist, 3231 ! Magila, 900 ft., Kirk .' Mountains east of Lake Nyasa, 

 Johnson ! Portuguese East \.h\Q^ : Boror, Peters. Briti.-=h Central Africa : Nyasa- 

 land ; Nyika Plateau, GOOO-7000 ft., Whyte ! top of Mount Zomba, Buchanan, 292 ! 

 and without precise locality, Bv.cTianan, 724 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



10. TRITONIA, Ker; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 708. 



Perianth-tube short or long, cylindrical, dilated towards the top; 

 segments obovate or oblong, subequal or unequal. Stamens unilateral, 

 arcuate, parallel, inserted near the top of the perianth-tube ; filaments 

 filiform ; anthers linear or oblong, usually versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; 

 ovules many, superposed ; style filiform, with 3 entire short spreading 

 clavate branches. Capsule small, oblong, membranous, locuUcidally 

 3-valved. Seeds small, globose, or angled by pressure. — Rootstock a 

 corm with fibrous or reticulated tunics. Leaves forming a distichous 

 bat^al rosette, usually linear. Spikes simple or panicled. Spathe-valves 

 short, membranous in part ; outer valve oblong, entire ; inner bifid at 

 the tip. Flowers comparatively small, red, white, or yellow. 

 Species 35, the others all South African. 

 Perianth-segments subequal, oblong or lanceolate. 



Leaves iV^ '"• ^^^^^^ 1. T. mensemis. 



Leaves \-\ in. broad 2. T. laxifoUa. 



Leaves about 1 in. broad. 



Spathe-valves small 3. T. cinnahaHna. 



Spathe-valves large , 4. 2^. tigrina. 



Perianth-segments unequal, uuguiculatc . . . h. T. hongensis. 



1. T. mensensis, Schv:einf. in Bull. Herh. Boiss. ii. Apjy. ii. 86. 

 Corm small, subglobose ; tunics of reticulated fibres. Lower leaves 3, 

 approximate, suprabasal, narrowly linear, 16-20 in. long, ^^-\ in. 

 broad. Stem 20-30 in. long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves. Spike lax, 

 2-S-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate-cuspidate, subequal. Perianth 

 rose-red or white; tube funnel-shaped, J in. long; segments oblong, 

 subequal, nearly 1 in. long. Style-branches overtopping the anthers. 

 Capsule obovoid-oblong, | in. long. 



Wile land. Eritrea: JMensa; Geleb, 7000 ft., Schiveinfurth, 1188 ! 1522. 



