Iridaceae

Style branched; capsules with more than 2 seeds per loculus Iridaceae
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Perianth segments connate basally into a tube more than 3 mm long
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Either flowers regular or perianth tube curved and the stamens not on the upper side of the flower
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Stylar branches 2-fid
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Rhachis of the inflorescence straight Watsonia
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Flowers usually orange to red, 3–4 cm apart. Cormils often in the position of flowers in the lower spathes. Leaves linear, 50–80 cm long and up to 5 cm wide. Spathe bracts triangular to oblong. Perianth tube c. 4 cm long; lobes c. 2 cm long. Style longer than the perianth, branches c. 0.5 cm long. Capsule subglobular. Herb up to 2 m high Garden escape in waste ground near habitation. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. summer Watsonia meriana
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Flowers usually pink to mauve, 2–2.5 cm apart. Cormils absent from cymes. Leaves linear, 20–100 cm long, c. 4 cm wide. Spathes lanceolate to oblong. Perianth tube 3–4 cm long, lobes c. 3 cm long. Style shorter than the perianth, branches c. 0.5 cm long. Capsule ovoid-cylindrical. Herb to 2 m high. Garden Escape. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. spring Watsonia borbonicaardernei