374 cxxxvi. iRiDE^ (baker). [Antholyza. 



branches short, spreading, entire, cuneate at the tip. Capsule oblong, 

 loculicidally i>-valved. Seeds turgid or discoid, generally winged. — ■ 

 Rootstock a tunicated corm. Leaves linear or ensiform, forming a 

 distichous rosette. Flowers in simple or panicled spikes, usually brightly 

 coloured ; spathe- valves usually long, green, lanceolate. 



Species about 20, the others South African. 



*Antholyza propee. Segments of perianth-limb very 

 unequal. 



Free tip of leaves none f)r very short. 



Anthers ^ in. long . . . . . . . 1. A. huillensis. 



Anthers \ in. long . . . . . . . 2. A. lahiata. 



Anthers i in. lon^r . . . . . . . i. A. zamhesiaca. 



Free tip of leaves long. 



Leaves 3-4 . . . . . . . 4. .4. ahyssinica. 



Leaves 5-6 . . . . . . . .5.-4. SchweinfurfJai. 



**H0M0OL0ssuM.' Segments of perianth-limb nearly 

 equal. 



Perianth 2 in. long . . . . . . . 6. A. gracilis. 



Perianth 3 in. long . . . . . . . 7. A. wainonioides. 



1. A. huillensis, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 i. 270. Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics brown, of matted fibres. Stem 

 slender, terete, 6-15 in. long, bearing 2-3 short very narrow linear 

 rigid leaves, with a thickened stramineous midrib and edges. Spike 

 simple, lax, secund, 6-8-flowered ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, 

 firm, green, h in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 1 in. long ; upper seg- 

 ment oblong, bright red ; lateral small, obovate ; 3 lower minute. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the upper segment; anthers \ in. long. 

 Capsule obo void -oblong, \ in. long. Seeds discoid, winged. — Handb. 

 Irid. 232 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 178. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; temperate region, in open bushy places 

 between Lopollo initl Humpatii, Wehvitsch, 1539 ! 

 No specimtn in the Kew Herbarium. 



2. A. labiata, Fax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 156. Corm globose; 

 tunics pale brown. Stem slender, terete, above 1 ft. long, with about 

 5 superposed leaves reduced to mere sheaths. Spike simple, secund, 

 8-flowered ; outer spathe-valve ovate, acute, ^ in. long. Perianth red- 

 puvple ; tube under ^ in. long ; limb bilabiate ; upper segment Ungu- 

 late, obtuse, as long as the tube ; 5 lower segments connate into 

 a lower lip, of .which the central lobe is long and linear-spathulate. 

 Stamens as long as perianth ; anthers \ in. long. Style shorter than the 

 stamens. 



Upper Guinea. Togoland : near Bismarckburg, Kling, 209. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



3. A. zambesiaca. Baker, Handh. Irid. 232. Corm not seen. 

 Stem slender, simple, terete, stiffly erect, bearing 3-4 sheathing super- 

 posed leaves with short very narrow free tips. Spikes few-flowered, 



