TlilTONIA. 



at the back of the limb. We fhould fuppofe thefe flowers, 

 by their colour, to be fragrant at night. 



3. T. jlriata. Streaked Tritonia. Ker Ann. of Bot. 

 V. 1. 2z8. (Gladiolus ftriatus ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 260. 

 Willd. Sp. PI. V. I. 210. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 89.) — Leaves 

 wavy, crilped, and fringed. Three alternate fegments of 

 the corolla crifped ; all lanceolate, with long claws.-^-Na- 

 tive cf the Cape of Good Hope ; not as yet known in the 

 Englifh coUeAions. The haves are alternate, lanceolate, 

 glaucous, many-ribbed, minutely fringed. Flowers light 

 blje, prettily variegated with white, yellow, and crimfon ; 

 their tube hardly fo long as the limb. 



4. T. rofea. Trumpet-flowered Tritonia. Ait. n. 3. 

 (T. capenfis ; Curt. Mag. t. 618, and t. 1531- Gladiolus 

 rofeus ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 261. Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 217. 

 Vahl Enum. v. 2. !lo. ) — Sheath taper -pointed. Upper 

 fegment of the corolla broadefl: ; throat funnel-lhaped ; tube 

 twice the length of the limb. — Native of the Cape. Sent 

 to Kew by Mr. Maflbn in 1793, where it flowers in June 

 and July. The _y?fn( is leafy. Leaves green, many-ribbed, 

 taper -pointed. Flowers fpiked, three or four inches long, 

 flefh-coloured, or buff with purphlh veins ; the three lower 

 fegments ftriped with crimfon at the bafe. The corolla 

 however varies iu fize as well as colour ; fee the figures 

 cited. 



5. T. long'ifiora. Long-flowered Tritonia. Ait. n. 4. 

 f Ixia longiflora ; Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 203. Redout. Liliac. 

 t. 34. Curt. Mag. t. 256 ; and t. 1502, Tritonia. Gladiolus 

 longiflorus ; Linn. Suppl. 96.) — Segments of the corolla 

 regular, linear-oblong, obtufe ; tube thread-fhaped, angu- 

 lar and flightly dilated at the top ; four times as long as the 

 limb, and fix times as long as the nearly equal valves of the 

 fpatha. — Native of the Cape. Introduced by Mr. Maflbn 

 in 1774, and now a general favourite in our greenhoufes, 

 flowering in the fpring. The very long and flender, regular, 

 buff"-coloured^<3:uir/-j-, often tinged with a rofe-colour, fuf- 

 ficiently difcriminate this elegant fpecies. Thsjlalk is very 

 tall and (lender, naked except at the lower pari. 



6. T. P.ockenfis. Bending-flowered Tritonia. Ker in 

 Curt. Mag. t. 1503. Ait. Epit. 375. (Ixia paniculata ; 

 De la Roche DilL 26. t. I, according to Mr. Ker. Gla- 

 diolus longiflorus ; Thunb. DifT. n. Z2.) — Segments of the 

 corolla regular, elliptical, concave, fcarcely twice as long 

 as the fiender, deflexed tube. Stamens and ilyle prominent. 

 — Imported from the Cape in 1809, by Mefl'rs. Lee and 

 Kennedy. Nearly akin to the hil, to which we flionld, 

 but for Mr. Ker's authority, hive referred the branched 

 variety, figured by De la Roclie. 



7. T. lineata. Pencilled Tritonia. Ker Ann. of Bot. 

 V. I. 228. Ait. n. 5. (Gladiolus lineatus ; Salif. Frodr. 40. 

 Curt. Mag. t. 487. Redout. Liliac. t. 55. Ixia fqualida 

 /3; Willd. Sp. PI. V. I. 206.) — Limb of the corolla thrice 

 the length of the curved tube, bell-fhaped ; its upper feg- 

 ment largeft : outer ones abrupt. — Native of the Cape. 

 Sent to Kew by Mr. MatTon in 1774, but more recently in- 

 troduced into our greenhoufes by way of plolland, flower- 

 ing in May. The ficm is two feet high. Leaves green, 

 with a foLtary mid-rib. Spike drooping before the flowers 

 open, which are large, of a ftraw-colour, tinged with 

 orange, and marked with fir.e, dark, parallel and branching, 

 veins. Each of the three lower fegments has a yellow in- 

 ternal fpot near the bafe. The tube, about half an inch 

 long, fcarcely equals the length of the fpatha. 



8. T. fecurigera. Dwarf Copper-coloured I'ritonia. Ker 

 Ann. of Bot. V. I. 228. Ait. n. 6. (Gladiolus fecuriger; 

 Willd. Sp. PL v. I. 219. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 109. Curt. 

 Mag. t. 383. Montbretia fecirigcra; Redout. Liiiac. t. 53.) 



— Limb of t!;e corolla twice tlie length of the tube ; its 

 upper fegmciu largeft ; each of the three lower bearing at 

 its bafe an ereft, comprefled prominence. Outer valve of 

 the fpatha blunt, with three teeth. — Found at the Cape by 

 Mr. Maflbn, who fent it to Kew in 1774. It flowers freely 

 iu May and June, and increafes by offsets. T\\i Jletn is but 

 a fpan high. Leaves two-ranked. Floivrrs tawny ; the 

 three lower legments yellow at the bafe, with a deeper hue 

 of red about the middle. 



9. T.Jlava. Yellow Tritonia. Ker Ann. of Bot. v. 1. 

 228. Ait. n. 7. (Gladiolus flavus ; Willd. Sp. PI. v. !. 

 218. Vahl Enum. v. 2. no.) — Limb of the corolla twice' 

 the length of the tube ; each of the three lower fegments 

 bearing at its bafe an ereft, comprefled prominence. Outer 

 valve of the fpatha pointed. — Found at the Cape by colonel 

 Wilham Paterfon, who fent it to the famous countefs of 

 Strathmore in 1780. The fomevvhat broader leaves, pointed 

 fpatha, and uniform deep yellow of the corolla, are faid in 

 the firft edition of Hort. Kew. to diftinguifli this from the 

 laft. 



IC. T. refraHa. Bent-fpiked Tritonia. Ker Ann. of 

 Bot. v. I. 228. (Gladiolus refraftus ; Jacq. Ic. Rar. 

 t.241. Willd. Sp. PI. V. I. 215. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 109.) 

 — Spikes bent backwards. Flowers ereft, reverfed. Limb 

 of the corolla thrice the length of the tube, bell-fhapcd, 

 two-lipped ; its three lower fegments fmallefl:. — Native of 

 the Cape. We have not heard of it in any Englifli garden. 

 The_/?fm is branched, fingularly bent, fcarcely rifing above 

 the long, erect, two-ranked leaves. Spikes horizontal, of 

 feveral flowers, whofe three upper fegments are purplilh, 

 lower yellow or orange. 



u. T. fqualida. Sweet-fcented Pink Tritonia. Ker in 

 Curt. Mag. t. 581. Ait. n. 8. (Ixia fqualida a ; Willd. 

 Sp. PI. V. I. 206. Vahl Enum. v. 2. 73. I. hyahna ; 

 Redout. Liliac. t. 87.) — Limb of the corolla bell-fhaped, 

 regular ; its fegments rounded, tranfparent in the margin 

 below, clofe together ; one of them gibbous at the bafe. — 

 Native of the Cape. Sent to Kew by Mr. Maflbn, in 1 774. 

 Tht flalh is naked, afcending, much taller than the leaves, 

 which are many-ribbed, equitant ; the outer ones bluntifli. 

 Spike reclining, of about half a dozen large, very fweet- 

 icenteA flowers , whofe tube is fcarcely half the length cf 

 their limb, and whofe colours are a mixture of dull pink, 

 with a dirty pellucid white, like wet paper. The claw of 

 each fegment is red, with a diftinftly defined white mem- 

 branous border, that of the three innermoft fegments lying 

 over the others. Style longer than the flameiis, as in the 

 two following. The depreciating name oi fqualida is furely 

 not fuitable to this elegant fpecies. 



12. T . feneflrata. Open-flowered Orange Tritonia. Ker 

 in Curt. Mag. t. 704. Ait. n. 9. 1 Ixia fenellrata ; Jacq. 

 Ic. Rar. t. 289. ) — Limb of the corolla funnel-fliaped, re- 

 gular ; its fegments obovate, diftant, tranfparent in the 

 margin below. Stamens and ftyle reclinnig. — Native of 

 the Cape, faid to have been imported in 1801, by Mr. Vv". 

 Salifoury, of the Sloane-ftreet Botanic Garden. It blolTor.~.s 

 in the fpring, and differs from the lafl in having fcentlefs 



flowers, of a deep rich orange-colour ; the membranous 

 edges of their fegments pink. The corolla is alfo differently 

 fhaped, as our fpecific charafter expreffcs. The tube is 

 fhort, fcarcely exceeding the fpatha. Stem often branched. 



13. T. crocata. Saffron-coloured Membranous Tritonia. 

 Ker Ann. of Bot. v. i. 228. Ait. n. 10. (Ixia crocata ; 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 52. Willd. Sp. PI. v. I. 205. Vahl Enum. 

 V. 2. 73. Thunb. DiiT. n. 2C. Curt. Mag. 1. 184. Linn, 

 fil. PI. Rar. 14. t. 7.) — Limb of the corolla funnel-fliaprd , 

 regular ; its fegments obovate, clcfc together, tranfparcr.t 



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