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unilateral stamens and approach Tritonia. The spathe-valves, however, 
and the tunics of the corm are those of a typical Gctssovlviza . 
Tritonia lilacina, Bolus f . , T. graminifoliae accedit, sed distinguitur spathae val vis 
bievionbus, perianthn segmentis latioribus nec unguiculatis ceterisque. 
Herba erecta, gracilis, ad 25 cm. alta, omnino glabra. Cormus 
ignotus. Caulis flexuosus, rarius substnctus, teres, sursum peduncu- 
loideus, pedunculis simplicibus vel inferne 1-ramosis, 12 13-5 cm. 
longis, laxe 1 — 6-fl., floribus adscendentibus ; folia basalia 3—6, sub- 
erecta vel subarcuata, linearia, acuta, plana, subcrassa, nervis 3, 
prominentibus, laminis 5— 14 cm. longis, 0-1— 0-2 cm. latis, folium 
caulinum unicum, ad 2 cm. longum; spathae valvae ovatae, obtusae, 
albidae vel pallide aurantiacae, ad apicem saturiores, exterior mem- 
branacea, crebre nervosa 2- vel 3-dentata, dentibus obtusis, sublatis, 
0- 7 — 0-9 cm. longa, 0-4 — 0-7 cm. lata, interior subhyalina, 2-dentata, 
dentibus acutis, nervis 2 tantum conspicuis, ceteris valde inconspicuis, 
exteriorem subaequans; perianthii tubus erectus vel suberectus, strictus 
vel parum curvatus, gracillimus, superne infundibuliformis, 1-8 — 2-8 
cm. longus, 0-1 cm. diam. (circa medium), segmentis lineari-oblongis, 
obtusis vel subacutis, subaequalibus, pallide lilacino-roseis, delicatule 
nervatis, nervis saturioribus, 1-4 — 2-2 cm. longis, 0-45 — 0-8 cm. latis; 
stamina circa dimidium segmentorum attingentia, antheris versatilibus, 
linearibus, 0-4 — 0-55 cm. longis; stylus demum ± stamina superans, 
ramis ca. 0-4 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; exhibited at the Cape Town 
Wild Flower Show among plants sent from the Riversdale Div., Oct. 
1914 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 13755). 
Allied to T. graminifolia, Baker, according to the description, but 
may be distinguished by the shorter spathe-valves, broader and not 
unguiculate perianth-segments and by other characters. 
Tritonia Flanaganii, Bolus f., T. Nelsonii affinis, sed spathae valvis omnino 
membranaceis longioribus, perianthii segmentis tubo brevioribus, suiu- 
mo ceteris distincte latiore differt. 
Herba erecta, omnino glabra, 26 — 54 cm. alta. Cormus globosus, 
1- 3 cm. longus, 1*2 cm. diam., tunicis tenue fibrosis, areolatis, pallide 
brunneis; caulis substrictus, teres, nonnunquam basi foliorum vestigiis 
± tenue fibrosis, ad 9 cm. longis circumdatus; folia basalia 3 6, erecta, 
substricta, plana, linearia, acuta, medio nervo subprominente, vaginis 
subcomplanatis, laminis 5 — 27-5 cm. longis, 0-2 0-3 cm. latis, folia 
caulina circa 4, lamina brevissima; spica secunda, simplex, axi sub 
flexuoso, tereti, 3—7 cm. longa, 4— 8-fl. ; spathae valvae exteriores ob- 
longae, obtusae, membranaceae, crebre nervosae, 0-/ 1 - 1 cm. longae, 
0-4 — 0-55 cm. latae, interiores ovatae, acutae, minute dentatis, subhya- 
