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T. lineata. — A pretty species with pale-yellow and 

 orange flowers, finely pencilled with dark lines. 



T. squalida. — ■ A lovely species, not uncommon in collec- 

 tions, producing white-and-pink beautifully marked flowers. 

 Other species are T. fenestrata, orange-flowers ; T. flava, 

 yello^v ; T. miniata^ orange ; T. pallida, straw-color ; T. 

 purpurea, purple ; T. liochensis, cream-color ; T. securigera, 

 brown ; T. deusfa, reddish ; T. viridis, green ; T. aurea, 

 orange ; T. Capensis, white. T. aurea is now separated 

 from this family, and called Crocosmia aurea. 





THE GEISSORHIZA. 



A small family of tender bulbs, formerly classed with 

 ixia, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and re- 



