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dehisce downwards, might be explained by the weight of the 
latter, which would tend to pull them into the position they 
assume. I append a list of the literature dealing with the 
family. 
Crocus.— Henslow, Muller No. 337 : Sprengel, Muller No. 
702 : Reid Macleod, No. 476. Iris. — Muller, 1 . c. p. 543 : 
Sprengel, Muller No. 702 : Kickx, Macleod No. 387(not seen) : 
Focke, Macleod No. 131 (not seen): Heinricher, Macleod 
No. 193 : Ludwig, Macleod No. 324: Licopoli, on pollen-grains 
only, Macleod 282, 283, 284. Cypella. — Muller No. 597 : 
Muller, F., Macleod No. 419. Romulea. — Battandier, Mac- 
leod No. 42. Aristea. — Francke, Macleod No. 1 56. Gladio- 
lus. — Muller, 1 . c. p. 548: Sprengel, Muller No. 702: Trevi- 
ranus, Muller No. 742: Delpino, Muller Nos. 178 and 360: 
Arnaud, Muller No. 9: Focke, Macleod No. 131 (not seen): 
Meehan, Macleod No. 380 : Musset, Macleod No. 435 : Urban, 
Macleod No. 560. 
Wachendorfia hirsuta, Thunb. 
The structure of this species is almost the same as that 
of W. paniculata described and figured by Mr. Wilson (Trans, 
and Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin. Vol. XVII). I found it abundantly 
visited, on the Cape Flats near Kenilworth, by Apis mellifica , 
which however usually misses both stamens and style. Also 
Xylocopa caffra which was effecting fertilisation. 
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides, Willd. 
The filaments are triangularly flattened at the base, and 
thus form a sort of pouch in which a great deal of honey is 
secreted. Visitors : — Apis mellifica , very ab., s. and c. p. — 
Near Cape Town. 
Kniphofla aloides, Moench. 
This has been so thoroughly described by Stadler ( ; Beitrage 
zur Kenntniss d. Nectarien,’ Berlin, 1886) that there is little 
further to give. I found the colour to be in younger flowers 
a deep red with the base and midribs darker, while in the 
older flowers as they fade and become closely appressed to 
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