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14. IXIA, Liuu. 



Perianth with a long, slender tube, and regular, salver- 

 shaped limb. Stamens in the throat, free or monadelphous, 

 spreading or declined. Stigmas 3, narrow-linear, recurved. 

 Capsules membranous. — -Eiidl. Gen. n. 1213. 



Bulbous plants, chiefly leafy at base, with slender, wiry stems, bearing 

 simple or bi'anched spikes of gaily-coloured flowers. — Many species. 



15. DIASIA, DC. 



Perianth 0-parted to the base, equal, spreading, segments 

 taper-pointed. Stamens ascending. Stigmas 3, narrow- 

 linear, recurved. Capsules turbinate. Seeds few, subglobose. 

 —Endl Gen. n. 1244. 



Bulbous plants, with weak stems, ensiform, thin, pale-green leaves, and 

 greenish-yellow, spiked flowers. Bracts subherbaceous. — 2 species, found 

 in woods or damp, shady places. 



16. HESPERANTHA, Ker. 



Perianth salver-shaped ; limb equalling the slender tube, 

 the segments equal, spreading. Stamens on the tube, erect or 

 spreading. Style filiform ; stigmas filiform, very long, spread- 

 ing. Capsules oblong. Seeds rugose. — Endl. Gen. n. 1245. 



Bulbs with few, sword-shaped or curled leaves, and laxly spiked, dull 

 coloured flowers, opening in the evening and very sweetly scented. Bracts 

 herbaceous, entire, one of them as long as tlie tube of the perianth or 

 longer. — Colonial name " Avond-bloomjes." — Several species. 



17 ? SCHIZOSTYLIS, Baekh. 



Floral characters as in Hesperantha, but the flowers are 

 diurnal, densely spiked, and the root is stoloniferous. Seeds 

 obtusely angled, not margined. 



A very beautiful plant, with bright crimson or clear pink flowers, and 

 tufted leafy stems 3 feet high, has been figured in the IBot. Mag. t. 5422 

 vulder the name Schizostylis coccinea, but, though extremely different in 

 aspect from Hesperantha, it cannot be said to differ by any tangible generic 

 character yet observed. It grows on mountains in the Eastern frontier, in 

 Caffreland, and at Natal. 



18. GEISSORHIZA, Ker. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, with a short tube, and ample, 

 equally 6-partcd, erccto-patent limb. Stamens erect, free. 

 Style declined ; stigmas 3, elongate, linear, undivided. Cap- 

 sules membranous. Seeds minute. — Endl. Gen. n. 1246. 



Small, bulbous plants, with sccund s]jikes of brightlj -coloured, generallv 

 blue or blue and crimson flowers. BrJicts herbaceous or slightly witliercd 

 at the tip. Leaves few, falcate or linear. — Several species. 



