747 
TRITONTA flava. 
Paterson's Tritonia. 
ons 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. ENsavm. Linn. et nob. in ann. of bot. 1. 219. 
IrtpEs. Jussieu gen: 57. IripEx. Brown prod. 1. 302. 
TRITONIA, Nobis supra vol. 2. fol. 135. 
T. flava, spathe valvyula exteriore cuspidata, limbi laciniis tribus interioribus 
basi callosis: callo unguiformi perpendiculari. Solander in Hort. Kew. 
1, 65; (sub GLapiIoLo flavo.) — - Hd 
Tritonia flava. Nobis in ann. bot. 1, 226; et in append. bot. reg. vol. 3. 
Dryander in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 1. 92. 
Gladiolus flayus. Solander in Hort. Kew. 1, 65. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 218. 
Vahl enum. 2.110. Persoon syn. 1. 47. 
Flos flavus, nec fulvus uti in securigera; corolla irregularior, lacinie 
inequaliores, angustiores, mindsque obtuse in fulv’ quam in flava; ceterim 
species inter se simillime, signisque plurimis conspicurssimis consentientes ; 
unde discrimen validum difficile eruendum. Nee valere queant diagnoses spe- 
cifice Horti Kewensis; occurrunt enim note-distinctionum ambe in spicd 
ejusdem plante utriusque speciet ; nec valent note iste in ulld fere hujus 
generis specie, 
A plant that has probably never appeared in our collec- 
tions from the time of the introduction of the original 
sample by Colonel Paterson in 17 80, when it was cultivated 
by the then Lady Strathmore, till recently reimported by 
Mr. Colvill. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, and re- 
corded in Hortus Kewensis by. Dr. Solander under Gua- 
piotus; from which genus it was detached by us in a trea- 
-tise on Ensate in the Annals of Botany. Guapioxus has an 
oblong capsule with winged seed; Tritonta a roundish 
capsule with round wingless seed, a habit peculiar to the 
genus and distinct throughout from that of Guaproxus. 
The spots or areas from which the three remarkable 
calli or prominences of the corolla arise, have been termed 
by Professor Sprengell nectarostigmata, a term constituting 
the type of an injudicious neologism; being unnecessary, 
not of convenient length, nor precise, nor expressive of 
any thing but the pedantry of its author. 
Students have been perplexed to distinguish flava from ~~ 
securigera, while taking the specific phrases, by which 
