374 GXXV. IRIDEiE. 



ringcnt or imcqiial, sometimes very unequal. Stamens and 

 style ascending. Stigmas 3, euneate-dilated, undivided. — 

 Endl Gen. n. 1239. 



A large and widely-dispersed genus. Plants bulbous, variable in habit, 

 densely-leafy, or slender "vvith few leaves. Leaves broad and ribbed or 

 narrow. Flowers spiked, often sweetly scented, yellow blue green brown 

 white scarlet or variously shaded or mottled. Bracts herbaceous, generally 

 taper-pointed. — Many Cape sjiecies. 



10. ANTHOLYZA, Linn. 



Perianth with a slender, terete or compressed tube, sud- 

 denly swelling into a wide throat, which expands into a ringent 

 liml), the upper segment elongate. Stigmas undivided. Cap- 

 sules globose. Seeds large, roundish, not winged. 



Tall, bulbous plants, with leafy stems and spiked scarlet flowers. Closely 

 allied to Gladioh's^ from which it chiefly differs in the seeds. — Several 

 species. 



11. WATSOINTIA, Mill. 



Perianth with a long or short, curved or straight tube, gra- 

 dually widening upwards ; limb tubular or bell-shaped, regular 

 or subirregular. Stamens and style ascending. Stigmas 3, 

 linear, 2-parted, the lobes filiform. Capsules oblong, coria- 

 ceous. — JEndl. Gen. n. 1240. 



Mostly large, often branching, leafy, bulbous plants, with densely-spiked 

 mostly pink- or rose-coloured, rarely blue or purple flowers. Leaves ensi- 

 form, rarely inflated. Bracts scarious above. — The blue- or purple-flowered 

 species ( JV. spicata, triticea, 'plantaginea, said punctata) form in themselves 

 a natural group or genus, which Ecklon has called " Beilia." — Several 

 species. 



12. SPARAXIS, Ker. 



Perianth-tube short, widening into a funnel- or bellshaped, 

 subregular or rarely ringent, very unequal limb. Stamens 

 erect, ascending, included. Stigmas 3, narrow wedge-sha])ed, 

 channelled, entire. Capsules membranous. — Endl. Gen.n. 1241 . 



Plants with reticulated, thickly-coated bidbs, broad, ensiform leaves, and 

 flexuous or zigzag scapes. Flowers distant, large and verj^ handsome, va- 

 riously and brilliantly coloured. S. pendula differs from the rest in habit. 

 Bracts scarious, membranous, lacerated or rai'cly entire. — Many species. 



13. MONTBRETIA, DC. 



Perianth with a narrow, often very long tube, gradually 

 widening into a bell-shaped or salver-shaped, rarely subringent 

 limb. Stamens ascending. Stigmas 3, narrow, long, entire 

 or subentire. Capsules coriaceous. — Endl. Gen. n. 1242. Tri- 

 tonia, Ker. 



Bulbous plants, allied on one side to (Uadioltm^ on the otherto/u,Ya; known 

 from both by the scarious, toothed (not lacerate) bracts. — Many species. 



