Entry From
Flora Capensis, page 7, (1897) Author: (By J. G. BAKER).
Names
TRITONIA crocata Ker [family IRIDACEAE], in Konig and Sims' Ann. i. 228;—Gen. Irid. 120; Baker, Handb. Irid. 190.
Ixia crocata Linn. [family IRIDACEAE], Sp. Plant. edit. 2. 52; Linn. fil. Pl. Rar. Hort. Upsal. 13. t. 7; Thunb. Diss. No. 20; Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. i. 245; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 184; Wendl. Bot. Beobacht. 5. t. 1. fig. 4.
Gladiolus crocatus Pers. [family IRIDACEAE], Syn. i. 44.
Tritonixia crocata Klatt [family ], Ergänz. 22.
Ixia iridifolia Delaroche [family IRIDACEAE], Descr. 24 (Miller, Ic. 160, t. 239, fig. 2).
Distribution
COAST REGION Rondebosch, Drège! Tulbagh, Pappe! mountains between Stellenbosch and Helder Berg, 1000 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 953! Swellendam Div.; Thunberg! hills on both sides of Buffeljaghts River, Zeyher, 3974! Mossel Bay Div.; between Little Brak River and Hartenbosch, Burchell, 6199! and between Zout River and Duyker River, Burchell, 6371!
Notes
T. purpurea, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub. t. 1275, and T. sanguinea, coccinea, and aurantiaca, Eckl. Top. Verz. 29, are varieties of this, differing in the colour of the flower from the type as indicated by their names.