Ti'itonia]. cxxxvi. iride^e (baker). 357 



2. T. laxifolia, Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 708. Corm globose, J-1 in. 

 diam. ; tunics of fine matted reticulated fibres. Leaves 4-G in a 

 distichous basal rosette, erect, linear, moderately firm, finely veined, 

 ^-1 ft. long, J-J in. broad. Stem including the inflorescence 1-2 ft. 

 long, usually simple. Spikes lax, ()-12-flo\vered ; outer spathe-valve 

 oblong, brownish, J-J in. long. Perianth bright red ; tube rather 

 longer than the spathe, funnel-shaped in the upper half ; segments 

 oblong, subequal, as long as the tube. Stamens a little shorter than the 

 perianth-limb; anthers large, linear. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 1D5. .\font- 

 hretia Iccxifolia, Klatt in Linnsea, xxxii. 754 ; Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxix. 155. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : in quantities by liedges, 4000 ft., Speke 

 Sf Chant! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; plateau of Mount Zomba, 5000- 

 6000 ft., Whyte ! 



Also in South Africa. 



3. T. cinnabarina, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 152. Corm globose, 

 above J in. diam. Produced leaves suprabasal, ensiform, thin, glabrous, 

 falcate, l|-2 ft. long, 1 in. broad. Stem slightly ancipitous, shorter 

 than the leaves. Panicle lax ; branches few, ascending, few-flowered ; 

 spathe-valves triangular, subscariose, slightly unequal, J-i in. long. 

 Perianth cinnabar-red, above J in. long ; segments slightly unequal, 

 oblong or lanceolate, acute, twice as long as the tube. Stamens shorter 

 than the perianth-limb. Capsule obtusely angled, under J in. diam. 



]bower Guinea. Angola : Catala Canginga, Teuscz, 573. 

 No specimen in tlie Kew Herbarium. 



4. T. tigrina. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 152. Produced leaves supra- 

 basal, ensiform, rigid, with thickened stramineous ribs and margin, 

 the longest above 1 ft. long, nearly 1 in. broad. Stem simple, 

 slightly angled, 2-3 ft. long. Spike simple, lax, many-flowered ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, subherbaceouSj i-ather shorter than the 

 perianth. Perianth spotted, 1 in. long ; tube slightly curved, funnel- 

 shaped at the apex; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, subequal, as 

 long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the perianth-limb ; anthers 

 linear, J in. long. Style as long as the stamens. 



]LoWer Guinea. Angola: between Janza and Malaiige, Po<)ye, 431. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



5. T. bongensis. Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 153. Corm globose, 

 about 1 in. diam. Produced leaves 2, sujira basal, ensiform, erect, 

 glabrous, strongly ribbed, 1 ft. long, above h in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed gradually to the base and apex. Stem 1 ft. long, including 

 the simple spike, bearing 2-3 much-reduced leaves. Spike lax, 3-0 in. 

 long ; spathe subscariose, brownish, J in. long ; outer valve oblong. 

 Perianth red-purple; tube cylindrical, nearly twice as long as the 

 spathe ; segments of the limb oblong-unguiculate, the upper larger than 

 the others, (\ in. long) and arcuate. Stamens as long as the perianth.- - 

 Baker, Handb. Irid. 196. 



Nile Iiand. Bongo, by the River Lcsi, Sc/uceiiifarth, 4025 ! 



