DATES OF PUBLICATION OF THE SEVERAL PARTS OF THIS VOLUME, Part I., pp. 1-192, was published April, 1896. Part IL., pp. 193-384, was published September, 1896, Parr IIL, pp. 385-563, was published June, 1897. ' | = QRHO? ec SH \BAG~ | Velo » (ce FLORA CAPENSIS: BEING A Systematic Description of the Plants OF THE CAPE COLONY, CAFFRARIA, & PORT NATAL (AND NEIGHBOURING TERRITORIES) BY VARIOUS BOTANISTS. EDITED BY W. T. THISELTON-DYER, C.M.G., C.LE., LL.D., F.R.S. DIRECTOR, ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. Published wnder the authority of the Governments of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. VOLUME VI. H#MODORACE# TO LILIACEH. L. REEVE & CO., LTD. LLOYDS BANK BUILDINGS, BANK ST., ASHFORD, KENT. 1896-1897. IOTANICAHL. Garnoen LISRPARY PREFACE. Tue third volume of the Flora Capensis was published in 1865. The following year Professor Harvey, who had been its principal author and guiding spirit, died. Although in the preface the fourth volume is referred to as “shortly to be in preparation for the press,” practically nothing available relating to it was found amongst Professor Harvey’s papers. Nor did his coadjutor, Dr. Sonder, who died in 1881, undertake any further part in the work, Its continuation was urged upon Kew by Sir Henry Barkly, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S., who was Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 1870 to 1877. During a long official career in different parts of the Empire, this enlightened administrator, himself an ardent naturalist, never failed to foster the scientific interests of the colonies committed to his charge. Sir Joseph Hooker, at that time Director of the Royal Gardens, entrusted the task of continuing the work of Harvey and Sonder to me. But the pressure of: official duties in which I almost imme- diately found myself immersed, left me little time for the task, It became evident that it could only be accomplished by the co-operation of numerous workers. Another difficulty was the rapid expansion of British South Africa. This led to a continuous influx to Kew of new material, which had to be determined and made available for future workiag up in the Flora. It was soon obvious that it would be necessary to largely extend the area comprised by the published volumes and it was ultimately determined to do this still further so as to include, as far as possible, all known flowering plants occurring in the area between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Ocean. To the north, the present and future volumes will therefore be supplemented by the “ Flora of Tropical Africa.” vi PREFACE. During the last twenty years the time of one member of the Kew staff has been almost exclusively occupied with the determination of South African plants. Upwards of 10,000 specimens have been named and catalogued for South African botanists and colléctors, and a considerable number have been figured and described. These labours were a necessary preparation for the continuation of the Flora on its extended scale. This extension necessitated breaking up the whole area into smaller regions, the physical characters of which will probably be found tolerably well marked. They have been adopted in great part from the important paper, “ Sketch of the Flora of South Africa,” by Harry Bolus, F.L.8., pub- lished in the Cape of Good Hope ‘ Official Handbook’ for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886 (pp. 286-317), and also printed with a separate pagination. These regions may be briefly defined as follows :— i. Coast Region.—Includes the narrow belt lying between the South-western and Southern coasts and the Zwarte Bergen range, from the Oliphants to the Kei rivers. ii. Central Region.—Can only be roughly defined as lying between the Coast and the Kalahari regions. iii. Western Region.—Extends from the Tropic to the Oliphants river, and includes Great and Little Namaqualand. iv. Kalahari Region.—Includes the Kalahari, Bechuana- land, Griqualand West, Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Basutoland. v. Eastern Region.—lIncludes the belt lying between the Eastern coast and the Drakens Berg range, from the Kei river to the Tropic. It therefore comprises Natal, Zululand, Griqualand East, &c. The plants of the older collectors, which are often destitute of precise localities, have been simply referred to under the general head of South Africa. For reasons of convenience it has been ‘sca advisable to publish the present volume in anticipation of the fourth and fifth, which are also in preparation, and to which it is hoped PREFACE. Vii that Mr. Bolus, the well-known South African botanist, who has paid several visits to Kew for the purpose, will largely contribute. The present instalment will be found probably of more than ordinary interest to horticulturists as well as to botanists, as it includes the whole of the plants known familiarly as ‘‘ Cape Bulbs.” The cultivation of these was popular on their introduction to Kew by Masson at the end of the last, and by Bowie at the beginning of the present century, and the taste for them has of late years revived. The volume has been in preparation for several years, but its publication has been from time to time delayed by the desire to include in it the novelties which have been continu- ally received and published as new territories have been explored, Even while passing through the press sufficient have accumulated to render an appendix necessary. The whole has been elaborated by Mr. John Gilbert Baker, F.R.S., the Keeper of the Herbarium and Library of the Royal Gardens, who has long been the accepted authority on the Petaloid Monocotyledons. I must add my obligations to Mr. C. H. Wright, Assistant in the Herbarium, who has greatly helped me in reading the proofs. The distribution of the localities under the different regions has been a laborious and intricate task. It will afford a basis for at any rate a partial analysis of the Flora of South Africa, which will no doubt bring into prominence important facts as to its geographical distribution. It has been accom- plished with much care and patience by Mr. N. E. Brown, A.L.S., Assistant in the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, And finally it has been subjected to the invaluable revision of Mr, H. Bolus. The orthography adopted for the local names has met with ~ some criticism from South African botanists. It has been thought advisable, however, to adhere to the standard, no doubt in great measure conventional, of authoritative maps. Those which have been relied upon principally are :— Cape of Good Hope. By J. Arrowsmith, 1834. (Useful for old names of localities.) Vili PREFACE, A Map of the Colony of the Cape of Gvod Hope and neighbouring Territories. By A. de Smidt, 1876. Map of the Transvaal and the surrounding Territories. By F. Jeppe, 1880. Spezial-Karte von Afrika. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1885. Reviewing the contents of the present volume, two points may seem to invite some criticism, A considerable number of species appear never to have been collected but once. Many are still only known from descriptions and figures pub- lished in the last century, and are unrepresented in herbaria. It is difficult, however, to believe that they are really extinct. The fact is more probably accounted for by the extremely - local limitation of species in South Africa, which is hardly paralleled in this respect by any other Flora in the world. In the case of succulent genera, such as Aloe and Haworthia, herbarium speciniens are lamentably deficient. But Mr. Baker has had the advantage of having had under observation for years the collection of succulent plants at Kew, which in extent is undoubtedly unique. Many of these have been, in all probability, under cultivation in the Royal Gardens since their introduction in the last century. The advantage of con- sulting living specimens is of peculiar importance in describing the Petaloid Monocotyledons. But in the case of the suc- culent genera, it may be safely said that, without it, the task would not be possible at all. Unfortunately, when the majority of these plants were introduced, little importance was attached to their exact localization; and this, therefore, for the present, must remain for the most part unrecorded, It only remains to follow the example of my predecessors, and give some account of those among a great body of con- tributors who have supplied Kew with the most important recent collections. Two names will be for ever memorable in the history of South African Botany. More than thirty years have rolled away since Professor Harvey bore eloquent testimony to the indefatigable services of Peter MacOway, Esq., B.A., F.L.S.,then Principal of Shaw’s College, Grahamstown, now Government Botanist, ‘Time has PREFACE, ix not staled his enthusiasm for the beautiful Flora amidst which he has spent the best years of his life, nor his energy in in- vestigating it. Without his self-sacrificing aid the present undertaking would have been miserably incomplete. By a correspondence which has never intermitted, he has done all in his power to keep Kew abreast of the progress of botanical discovery in South Africa. And he possesses the happy art of communicating some touch of his enthusiasm to others, and has thus secured the investigation of many parts of the area of the Flora which might otherwise have remained all but unknown. To Harry Bouvs, Esq., F.L.S., the gratitude of Kew is no less due for aid and encouragement of the most varied kind. His admirable researches into the difficult problem of the geographical distribution of South African plants, and his patience and accurate investigation of the Orchidex and other groups, will, it may be hoped, always ensure his close per- sonal association with the present work. Mr. Bolus has farther contributed to Kew many hundreds of specimens—a large proportion of which were new to science, and many of great interest and rarity. At the risk of seeming to make an invidious choice amongst a formidable list of Kew contributors, I cannot but further single out the following for particular acknowledgment :— Sir Henry Barty, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S., was inde- fatigable while Governor of Cape Colony in procuring for Kew many of the rarer and more remarkable of South African plants. He paid especial attention to those of a succulent habit. Amongst many interesting introductions to European cultivation, the remarkable Tree-Aloe (Aloe dichotoma) de- serves especial mention. And it was due to his support that the approval and aid of the Legislatures of Cape Colory and Natal was secured for the continuation of this work. Joun Mepitey Woop, Esq. A.L.S., the Curator of the beautiful Botanic Gardens at Berea, Durban, in the Colony of Natal, and the only institution of the kind in South Africa, has investigated the Flora of Natal with conspicuous energy, and has done more than any other botanist to reveal x PREFACE, its riches. Kew is indebted to him for large and invaluable collections. The Rev. Lzorotp Ricwarp Baur has sent to Kew a large and interesting collection of Tembuland plants, chiefly from the neighbourhood of Bazeia. Maovrice 8. Evans, Esq., of Durban, has furnished collec- tions which, though not numerically large, have proved very rich in new species. H. G. Fuanagan, Esq., has especially studied the rich local Flora of the Kei River Basin. Beautifully preserved specimens from him have reached Kew chiefly through Mr. Harry Bolus. Ernest H. Gatpin, Esq., of Queenstown, has sent collections rich in undescribed species from the Transvaal, Swaziland, and the Queenstown district. Dr. Emit Hotvs contributed the entire collection made by him during his travels in South Africa between the years 1872 and 1879. Wim Netson, Esq., of Johannesburg, has sent an ex- tensive collection of plants from the Transvaal and adjoining territory. The Rev. Witu1am Movie Rogers, of Bournemouth, has contributed a parcel of plants from various parts of Cape Colony, containing several novelties. Mrs. Karnarine Saunpers has communicated from time to time interesting plants from Natal, Zululand, and the Lobombo Mountains. — Wituamu Tyson, Esq., of Kokstad, Griqualand East, has sent a large and interesting collection of plants from the Eastern districts of Cape Colony, Griqualand East, and Pondoland, containing numerous new species. He is com- memorated in the Boragineous genus, Tysonia. It only remains to add that the expense of preparation and publication of the present volume has been aided by — from the Governments of Cape Colony and Natal. Wet, ts; Kew, May, 1897, SEQUENCE OF ORDERS CONTAINED IN VOL. VI. WITH BRIEF CHARACTERS, Continuation of Series II. Eprrayna. Ord. CKXXII[—CXXXVII. CXXXIII. HASMODORACE (page 1). Flowers hermaphrodite, in, or slightly irregular. Perianth corolline, in the Cape genera _ inferior, half-inferior or superior, glabrous or hairy outside. Stamens 6 or 3. Ovary superior, half-inferior or inferior. Fruit usually a 3-celled capsule with loculicidal dehiscence. Seed with embryo placed in a marginal hollow of the fleshy albumen. CXXXIV. IRIDEAE (page 7). Flowers hermaphrodite, ny ig or irre, . Perianth corolline, superior, glabrous. Stamens 3, placed opposite the outer lobes of the perianth. Ovary inferior. it a 8-celled capsule, with loculicidal dehiscence. Seed with embryo surrounded by horny albumen. CXXXV. AMARYLLIDE 42 (rege 172). Flowers hermaphrodite, regular, or nearly so. Perianth corolline, superior, glabrous outside, except in Hyporis and Vellosia. Stamens usually 6. Ovary inferior. Fruit a 3-celled capsule with loculicidal dehiscence or indehiscent. Seed with embryo enclosed in the usually fleshy albumen. CXXXVI. DIOSCOREACE (page 246). Flowers regular, dicecious. Perianth small, green, rags superior. Stamens 6 or 8. Fruit in the Cape genera an acutely-angled triquetrous capsule, with loculicidal dehiscence. Seed with embryo enclosed in the fleshy albumen. CXXXVII. LILIACE A (page 253). Flowers regular, hermaphrodite in the Cape genera, except in Smilar. Perianth weagaial preter Stamens 6. Ovary superior. Fruit a capsule, with | cidal or septicidal dehiscence ora berry. Seed with embryo enclosed in fleshy or horny albumen. FLORA -CAPENSIS. Orpaxr CXXXITT. HE MODORACEZ, (By J. G. Baxer), Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or slightly irregular, Perianth corolline, with or without a tube, the segments usually persistent and biseriate, Stamens 6, all perfect, or 3, opposite the inner segments of the perianth ; filaments usually free; anthers 2-celled, versatile or erect, dehiscing longitudinally, rarely by terminal pores. Ovary wholly or partially free, 3-celled; ovules axile, one or many in a cell; style usually filiform, with a capitate stigma. Fruit usually a 3-celled capsule with loculicidal dehiscence, rarely 1-celled and 1-seeded by abortion. Seeds 1, few or many in a cell, globose or compressed ; testa thin or coriaceous; embryo placed in a marginal hollow of the fleshy albumen. Perennial herbs, often densely pilose, rootstock short, tuberous, never bul- bous. Leaves often distichous and firm in texture, Inflorescence various, usually racemose or panicled. Distris. A widely-spread small Order, concentrated in Australia, forming a connecting link between Jridea, Amaryllidee@ and Liliaceae. Tribe 1, EvunzMopoREx, Perianth persistent, pilose, I. Wachendorfia.—Stamens 3, Fruit free, 3-celled, II. Barberetta.—Stamens 3. Fruit free, 1-celled. IIL. Dilatris.—Stamens 3. Fruit inferior, 3-ce led. 1V. Lanaria.—Stamens 6. Fruit inferior, 1-celled. Tribe 2, OPH1opoGONER. Perianth glabrous, Pericarp bursting at-anu early stage. Seeds fleshy. Pedicels articulated, V. Sansevieria.—Pertanth with a long tube, Fruit free. Tribe 8. ConantagREa. Perianth glabrous, deciduous. Fruit a 3-celled loculieidal capsule, VI, Cyaneila. Stamens all perfect, but unequal. Ovary 4-inferior. TI. WACHENDORFIA, Linn. Perianth rather oblique, funnel-shaped ; segments oblong, subequal, 3 outer firmer, hairy outside, 3 upper shortly joined and sometimes obscurely spurred at the base. Stamens 3, opposite the inner seg- ments ; filaments included, filiform, declinate ; anthers small, ovate- sagittate. Ovary free, 3-celled ; ovules solitary in the cells ; style filiform, declinate; stigma capitate. Capsule acutely 3-lobed, dehiscing loculicidally. Seeds solitary in each cell, laterally affixed. Rootstock tuberous. Leaves lanceolate, plicate. Inflorescence copiously panicled. Flowers usually bright yellow. Stains paper red, DistRiB. Endemic. (1) thyrsifiora, Panicle dense, cylindrical ; seed smooth sia aad o Panicle lax, deltoid; seed pilose as Ae leaves; inflorescence a lax deltoid panicle 3-1 ft. long, with finely hairy branches; upper bracts ovate; perianth 4-1 in. long, bright yellow, turning reddish-black when dried; 3 upper segments spotted inside at the base; 2 upper inner not contiguous; outer upper hairy and ribbed, all over; stamens included ; capsule hairy, acutely 8-lobed at the sides and emarginate at the top ; seeds covered all over with brown bristly hairs. Burm. Monog. 4; Thunb. Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 307 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 616; Smith Ic. Pict. i.t. 5; Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 485. Var. 8, hirsuta (Thunb. Prodr. 12, sp.); leaves more hairy; stem more slender, reddish-brown ; branches of the panicle more hairy and more divaricated ; perianth bright yellow, the upper inner segments contiguous. Fl, Cap. i. 808; Ker in. Bot. Mag. t. 614; Roem, et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 485. W. villosa, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 398. Var. y, brevifolia (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1166, sp.); stem shorter, panicle closer and leaves shorter and broader than in the type; flowers dull greenish purple, withthe two upper inner segments contiguous. Roem, et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 486; Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 21.107. ~ 5! Vag. 8, tenella (Thunb. Prodr. 12, sp.); a small slender variety, with narrow 8-nerved leaves, 3-3 in, broad. Fl, Cap. i. 308. W. graminea, Thunb. Prodr. 12°; Fl. Cap.i. 309? W. graminifulia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 101? " Sourn Argica: without locality, var. 8, Harvey, 88! Wright! Burchell! var. 7, Thom, 770! Coast Region: Malmesbury Div., Thunberg/ Dutoit’s Kloof and Draken. stein Mts., Drége, 8573! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6597! 6865! Var. 3, Simons Bay, Wright! II. BARBERETTA, Harv. Perianth funnel-shaped, petaloid ; tube 0; segments oblanceolate, equal, 3-5-nerved. Stamens 3, attached to the base of the outer segments ; filaments filiform, longer than the perianth; anthers small, ovate, dorsifixed. Ovary free, glabrous, oblique; 1-cell Barberetta.] HEMODORACEZE (Baker). 8 perfect, containing a single ovule ; 1-2 small, empty ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit unknown. Diste1s. Endemic. 1, B. aurea (Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. edit. 2, 377); rootstock tuberous ; leaves about 3, superposed, sessile, lanceolate, glabrous, membranous, 4-1 ft. long, 4-1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed very gradually to both ends, furnished with five very distinct vertical ribs, with several finer ones between each pair; stem weak, 4-1 ft. long, slightly hairy upwards ; raceme deuse, simple, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels ascending, lower 4-3 in. long; bract lanceolate, persistent, wrapped round the pedicel ; perianth bright orange, glabrous, } in. long ; stains paper red. Eastern ReGion: Kaffraria; Isomo tiga Bowker and Mrs. Barber, 880 ! Natal; York Bush, in damp shady places, McKen! ~ : ; III. DILATRIS, Berg. Perianth slit down to the ovary; segments subequal, linear or oblong. Stamens 3, attached to the base of the inner segments; filaments filiform ; anthers small, versatile. Ovary globose, inferior, 3-celled ; ovules solitary in the cells; style filiform ; stigma minute, terminal. Capsule globose, hairy, rigid, indehiscent or finally dehiscing loculicidally, Seeds solitary, discoid. Rootstock short, woody. Leaves several in a distichous basal rosette, rigid. Peduncle hairy, elongated, with a few reduced leaves. Flowers numerous, forming a short congested panicle. DistR1B. Endemic. Perianth-segments oblong; hairs not viscous ... nee ». (1) corymbosa. Perianth-segments linear; huirs gland-tipped... ... ... (2) viscosa. 1. D. corymbosa (Berg. Cap. 9 t. 3, fig. 5); basal leaves numerons, linear, rigid, subglabrous, 6-15 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, acuminate ; ribs immersed; peduncle 1-14 ft. long, densely hairy upwards, with a few small erect linear leaves ; flowers very numerous, arranged in a very dense panicle 2-3 in. diam.; main branches umbellate ; ovary globose, clothed like the branches with short, dense, soft, spreading, whitish hairs; perianth-segments oblong, much im- bricated, purplish, 34 in. long ; stamens shorter than the perianth- segments ; capsule globose, very hairy, the size of a small pea, crowned by the accrescent scariose segments; seed orbicular, hairy, discoid. Thunb. Prodr.10; Smith, Exot. Bot.i.29t.16. D, wmbel- lata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 101; Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 483. D. ixioides, Lam. Ill. Gen. 127. Ixia hirsuta, Linn. Mant. 27. Coast Region: Camps Bay, Pappe! Burchell, 323! Simons Bay, Mac- Gilivray, 472! Milne, 176! = Div. and Dutoit’s Kloof, Drége! Baviaan’s Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7865! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1658! 2. D. viscosa (Linn. fil. Suppl. 101); rootstock very thick, short, vertical; basal leaves ensiform, glabrous, coriaceous, 6-9 in. long, 1-4 in. broad ; stem very hairy, }-1 ft. long, with a few 4 HEMODORACES® (Baker). [ Dilatris. clasping, erect, lanceolate leaves ; flowers very numerous, arranged in a dense, short, corymbose panicle ; ovary densely clothed, as are the segments and branches, with soft, spreading, brown, gland-tipped hairs ; perianth-segments linear, brownish, 4-5 in. long ; stamens as long as the perianth-segments; capsule ovoid, densely hairy, % in. long; seed oblong, discoid, dull black, closely punctate. Thunb. Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. i. 259; Lam. Ill. Gen, t. 34; Roem, et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 483. Coast Region: Table Mountain and vicinity, Burchell, 530! Milne, 183! Pappe ! Villette! Riversdale Div., Langebergen, Burchell, 7071! IV. LANARIA, Ait. Perianth regular, with a tube above the ovary ; segments 6, sub- equal. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform, shorter than the segments: anthers small, ovate- sagittate. Ovary inferior, except at the apex, 3-celled ; ovules twoin a cell, collateral ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Cupsule subglobose, crowned by the persistent perianth, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed globose ; testa shining, black, crustaceous. Disrris. Endemic, 1. L. plumosa (Ait, Hort. Kew, edit. 1,i, 462) ; rootstock woody, with a dense tuft of fleshy cylindrical root-fibres; leaves several, in a basal rosette, surrounded by the fibrous relics of the old ones, linear, glabrous, rigid, closely ribbed, 1-14 ft. long; stems 1-2 ft. long, with 2-3 reduced leaves; flowers in a dense panicle, with scorpioid cymose branches, beth branches and perianth densely and persistently coated with spreading, soft, plumose hairs ; perianth, including ovary, 4-4 in. long. Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. vii. 294 ; Schnitzl. Iconogr. i. t. 62, fig. 5. Argolasia, Juss. Gen. 60. Augea, Retz. Obs. v. 3. Coast Reeion: Port Elizabeth Div., Leadmine River, Burchel/, 4606! Riversdale Div., Langebergen, Burchell, 6871! Uitenhage Div., Vanstadens- hoogte, MacOwan, 2088 ! V. SANSEVIERIA, Thunb. Perianth glabrous ; tube long, cylindrical ; segments 6, subequal, spreading, linear. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the perianth- tube ; filaments filiform; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary free, 3-celled ; ovules solitary in the cells ; style long filiform ; stigma capi- tate. Pericarp bursting before the seeds ripen. Seeds 1-3, globose ; testa fleshy. Rhizome thick, wide-creeping. Leaves rosulate from the nodes, rigid, flat, subterete, or terete, containing an abundant supply of strong fibre. Peduncle elongated, with only a few scariose bract-leaves. Flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme or spike, whitish ; pedicels articulated, usually fascicled. Sansevieria. ] HEMODORACES (Baker). 5 wen: Species about 12, spread through the warmer regions of the Old orld, Leaves nearly flat : Inflorescence racemose __..,, ae Be oa ... (1) thyrsiflora. Intlorescence subspicate .., ela aes 2) subspicata. Leaves subterete = bse i ... (3) zeylanica. 1. S. thyrsiflora (Thunb. Prodr. 65) ; leaves 6-12 in a cluster, nearly flat, oblanceolate, rigid, 6-18 in. long, 14-2 in. broad above the middle, narrowed gradually to a concave base, obscurely fasciated with cross-bands of white, margined with a distinct red-brown line ; peduncle a foot or more long; raceme cylindrical, 9-12 in. long ; pedicels 2—6-nate, 4-4 in. long, articulated at the middle; bracts lanceolate, scariose ; perianth 1}-1} in. long; segments rather shorter than the tube; anthers oblong, pale yellow; style ex- serted beyond the segments, J. Cap. edit. Schult. 329; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiv. 547. 8. spicata, Haw. Syn. Succ. 66; Kunth Enum. v. 20. 8S. fulvo-cincta, Haw. Suppl. Succ. 30. S. guineensis, Kunth Enum. v. 16, ex parte. 8. angustiflora, Lindb. in Act. Soe. Fenn. x. 130, t. 5. S. rufo-cincta, Hort, Salmia spicata, Cav. Ic. iii. 24, t. 246. Coast Reeion: Uitenhage Div., Thunberg! Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 612! Albany Div., Cooper, 3269 ! Enon., Baur, 1099! Stockenstrom Div., Scully, 163! 2. 8. subspicata (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1889, ii. 436) ; leaves up to ten in a cluster, rigid, plain green, pale, not red on the edge, oblanceolate, nearly flat, 8-9 in. long, 14-2 in. broad. at the middle, narrowed gradually to the concave base; peduncle terete, stiffly erect, shorter than the leaves; inflorescence dense, subspicate ; flowers all solitary ; bracts minute, lanceolate, scariose; perianth 2 in. long ; tube cylindrical, more than twice as long as the seg- ments ; stamens a little longer than the perianth-segments ; anthers small, oblong; style much overtopping the stamens. Easte&gN Ree@ion: Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro! Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, Oct., 1889. 3. §. zeylanica (Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 159); leaves 8-15 in a cluster, semiterete, 4-1 ft. long, an inch broad at the base, 4-4 in. thick at the middle, rounded on the back, deeply channelled down the face, margined with a distinct red line; peduncle a foot or more lung ; raceme dense, cylindrical, 4-1 ft. long; pedicels 3—-6-nate, ~s-t in. long, articulated above the middle ; perianth 1} in. long; seg- ments about as long as the tube ; stamens shorter than the segments ; anthers oblong, 4 in. long ; style exserted beyond the tip of the seg- ments. Red. Lil. t. 290; Bot. Reg. t. 160; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 548. Aletris hyacinthoides, var. zeylanica, Linn. Sp. Plant. 456. Aloe zeylanica, Jacq. Hort. Vind. 310. Aletris zeylanica, Mill. Dict. edit. 8, No. 4. S. xthiopica, Thunb. Prodr. 65; Kunth Enum. v. 19. Coast Recron: Uitenhage, Burchell, 4420! Zaurbergen, Cooper, 3267! Albany Div., Cooper, 3268! 6 H=MODORACEH (Baker). [ Sansevieria. Centrat Reaton: Near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 720! Katauari Recton: Griqualand West, near Griqua Town, Burchell, 1824! Also in Tropical Africa and ‘Tropical Asia. _ 8. paniculata (Schinz Conspect. Fl. Afric. 141), from Port Alfred, Schoenland, 290! proves to be Dracena Hookeriana, K. Koch. VI. CYANELLA, Linn. Perianth cut down to the ovary ; segments subequal, acute, or obtuse, petaloid, glabrous, laxly nerved. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the segments, 3-5 arcuate, the others declinate ; filaments short ; anthers dehiscing by two large terminal pores. Ovary adnate towards the base, globose, 3-celled ; ovules numerous and superposed ; style filiform; stigma capitate. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds ovoid, turgid. Corm with matted fibrous tunics. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, terete, or linear, persistent. Flowers usually racemose; bracts persistent. Distris. Endemic, Leaves terete .., ons ee var see .-» (1) alba. Leaves flat: Stamens 3 arcuate, perianth-segments obtuse ++ (2) orchidiformis. Stamens 5 arcuate, perianth-segments acute : Perianth 4~} in. long “a “ ... (3) capensis. Perianth 3-3 in. longs ... ae cad ok AY as 1. C. alba (Linn. fil, Suppl. 201); corm globose, with a neck 3-4 in. long ; basal leaves numerous, erect, slender, terete, 4—6 in. long ; peduncles 3-6 in a cluster, simply 1-flowered, 6-9 in. long, leafless, or with a single small leaf; perianth spreading, whitish, 4-# in. long ; segments oblong, acute, 3 outer with green cusps; stamens half as long as the perianth, 5 arcuate, 1 declinate, all with short filaments and anthers } in. long ; capsule globose, adnate only at the very base. Thunb. in Act. Holm. 1794, t. 7, fig. 2 ; Prodr.65; Kunth Enum. iv. 640; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 497. Pharetrella alba, Salish. Gen. 47. Coast Reeion: Clanwilliam Div., Masson / Mader, 135! 2. C. orchidiformis (Jacq. Collect. iv. 211; Ic. t. 447); corm globose, 4 in. diam., with a short neck; basal leaves 8-4, oblong- lanceolate, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-6 in. long, 3-14 in. broad ; peduncle branched, a foot long, ineluding the lax raceme; racemes 2-4 in. long ; pedicels cernuous, 4~1 in. long, sometimes bracteolate; bracts lanceolate ; perianth bright red, 4 in. long ; segments obovate- cuneate, with a yellow claw; stamens 3, arcuate, with longer filaments and small anthers, 3 declinate, with shorter filaments and anthers 3 in. long; capsule adnate at the very base only. Kunth Enum. iv. 637; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 497. Trigella orchidiformis, Salish. Gen. 46. Sourn Argica: without locality, Pappe! Wxsrern Region; Namaqua- land, Drége/ Cyanella.] HEMODORACEX (Baker), 7 3. C capensis (Linn. Sp. Plant. 443); corm globose, with a neck 3-6 in. long ; basal leaves 6-8, linear, moderately firm, 3-1 ft. long, © finely ribbed; peduncle 1-1} ft. long, including the inflorescence, often with several arcuate branches; racemes very lax ; pedicels arcuate, lower 1-I} in. long, with a linear bracteole at the middle ; bracts lanceolate ; perianth white or pale red, }-4 in. long; segments oblong, outer 5-nerved, inner 1l-nerved; stamens 5, arcuate, with shorter anthers, 1 declinate with an anther } in. long; capsule globose, adnate in the lower third. Thunb. Pro/r. 65; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 330; Bot. Mag. t. 568; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 141; Jacq. Hort. Vind iii.t. 85; Red Lil. t.373; Kunth Enum. iv. 636 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 498. C. ewrulea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 4. Coast Reeton: Clanwilliam Div., Ebenezer, Drége, 8606! Lion Mt., Burchell, 129! 135! ‘Table Mt., Macgillivrzy, 478! Mountains above Simons Bay, Milne, 142! Groenekloof, Zeyher! 1718! Riversdale Div., between Valsche RB. and Zoetmelks R., Burchell, 6532 ! 6534! 4. C. lutea (Linn. fil. Suppl. 201); corm ovoid, 3 in. diam., with a neck 1-6 in. long; basal leaves linear, 4—6 in. long, about 3 in. broad ; peduncles 6-18 in. long, including the inflorescence, often branched ; racemes many-flowered, lax or dense, 2—4 in. long; lower pedicels 1-1} in. long, with a bracteole at the middle, and a large lanceolate bract at the base; perianth milk-white, }—-$ in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate; stamens, 5 arcuate, with anthers 4 in. long ; 1 declinate, with an anther } in. long ; capsule.globose, adnate in the lower third. Thunb. Prodr. 65; Act. Holm. 1794, 175, t. 7,. fig.1; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 330; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1252; Kunth Enum. iv. 6389; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 498. C. lineata, Burchell Travels ii. 589. OC. odoratissima, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 231%; Var. 8, rosea (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 259). Flowers pale red. C. rosea, Eckl, MSS. Coast REoton: Malmesbury Div., Drége! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4256! Mossel Bay Div., Burchell, 6174! George Div., Burchell, 6100! Bathurst Div., Burchell, 4148! (C. lineata, Queenstown, Cooper, 270!) Var. 8, Zoetmelks R., Gill! Near Grahamstown, Galpin, 369! CrenTRAL RecGion : Somerset Diy., Drége, 8604! WestEgN Recion: Var. 8, Namaqualand, Scully, 177! Karanart Reeion: Near the Orange R., Burchell, 1630! Bechuanaland, Burchell, 2346! (C, lineata, Bechuanaland, near Moshowa R., Burchell, 2256-2! Basutoland, Cooper, 2273 !) : Orper CXXXIV. IRIDEZ, (By J. G. Baker.) Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or irregular. Perianth superior, corolline, with or withont a tube above the ovary; lobes biseriate, equal or unequal. Stamens 3, placed opposite the outer lobes of the perianth, divaricated equally from the style, or more or less distinctly unilateral ; filaments filiform and free, or sometimes united in a tube ; 8 1rRIDEX (Baker). anthers 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally extrorsely, or down the margin, Ovary inferior, almost invariably 3-celled; ovules axile, anatropal, usually many in a cell, and superposed ; style filiform ; branches 3, variously stigmatose, filiform, cuneate, or petaloid, some- times bifid. Fruit a 8-celled capsule with loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds globose, angled or discoid ; testa thin, membranous ; albumen horny, with the minute embryo enclosed in it near the hilum. - Perennial herbs, very rarely annual herbs or undershrubs, Leaves narrow, sessile, dry, usually firm in texture and persistent, often equitant and distichous, Flowers very various in colour, either comparatively persistent, each sessile in a 2-valved spathe and arranged in simple or panicled spikes, or fugitive, stalked and clustered in muny-valved spathes from which they successively emerge, Distris, About half the kuown species are corcentrated at the Cupe; the © bers are spriad wide'y through beth hemispheres, mainly in temperate regions. Sab-Order 1, Monmex, Inflorescence corymbose; flowers comparatively fugi- tive, generally more thun one to a spathe, Stamens opposite the style-branches and adpressed to them, I, Morma,— Style-branches large and petaloid, transversely stigmatose at the buse of the large crests. II, Bomeria,—Style-branches petaloid, with two small divergent crests, papillose round their edges. Ill, Ferrari: —Sty/e-branches small, petaloid, bifid, densely ciliated on the edge. 1V, Hexaglottis.—tyle-branches not petaloid, deeply forked. Sub-Order 2, Sisyrincnigz. Inflorescence corymbose. Stamens alternate with the style-branches, Tribe 1. GALAXIEZ, Spathes 1-flowered. V. Galaxia.—Spaches sessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves, Stamens monadelphous, Stigma peltate, VI, Syringodea,— Spathes sessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves, Stamens free. Style with three clavate branches, VII, Romulea.—Spathes peduncled. Tribe 2. ARISTEH, Spathes usually more than 1-flowered. VIII. Bobartia.— Style-Lranches long, subulate, IX. *eSiasatabedaatinlgitacie short. Perianth lobes equal, shorter than the tube, X. Cleanthe,— Style-branches short. Perianth lobes unequul, XI, Aristea.—Sty/e-branches short, Perianth lobes subequal, longer than the tube, not unguiculate, XII, Klattia.—Style-branches short. Perianth lobes subequal, longer than the tube, unguiculate, Sub-Order 3, Ix1Em. Inflorescence spicate ; flowers not fugitive, solitary, each subtended by a pair of spathe-valves, * Style-branches simple, Flowers regular. Stamens equilateral. XIII, Schizostylis.—Like Heaperantha, but rootstock not thickened into a corm. XIV. Hesperantha.—Style short ; branches long, subulate. Spathe-vaives green. XV. Geissorbiza,—Style longer than in the last; branches short, subulate. sige Petipa all green or membranous at the tip, XVI. Ixia.— Style long; branches short, subulate. Outer spathe-valve short, brown, emarginate, XVII, Streptanthera.—Style long ; branches short, clavate. Spathe-valves both membranous, lacerated. Leaves short, XVIII. Dierama.—Style long; bianches short, clavate, Spathe-valves both membranous, entire. Leaves long, rigid. - IRIDEX (Baker). 9 ** Style-branches bifid, Stamens unilateral, XIX, Lapeyrousia.—Perianth-tube slender, with the stamens inserted at its throat. Ovules many, superposed. XX. Micranthus.—Perianth-tube cylindrical, with the stamens inserted at its throat. Ovules 2, erect, collateral, XXI. Freesia.—Perianth-tube broad, with the stamens inserted below its throat. Spathe-valves small, green. XXII. Watsonia.—Per:anth-tube widened at the middle where the stamens are inserted. Spathe-valves moderately large, rigid. #** Style-branches simple, Stamens unilateral, arcuate. XXIII. Babiana.—Differs from the following genera by its plicate hairy leaves. Perianth irregular or subregular, XXIV, Melaspherula.— Perianth without any tube; segments acuminate. XAV. Spar —Perianth regular, with a short funnel-shaped tube. Spathe- valves membranous, deeply lacerated, XXVI. Tritonia.—Perianth subregular, with a short cylindrical tube. Spathe- valves small, oblong, brown, emarginate. | XXVII. Crocosma,—Perianth subregular, with a cylindrical tube. Spathe-valves short, oblong. Capsule isllateddenals 3-lobed. XXVIII, Acidanthera.—Perianth subregular, with a long subcylindrical tube, Spathe-valves long, green, XXIX. Synnotia.—Perianth irregular. Spathe-valves membranous, deeply lacerated. XXX. Gladiolus,—Perianth irregular, with a funnel-shaped tube. Spathe- valves large, green, lanceolate. XXXI. Antholyza.—Perianth irregular; tube dilated at the middle, Spathe- valves obloug-lanceolate. I, MORZA, Linn, Perianth funnel-shaped, without any proper tube; segments un- equal, more or less distinctly unguiculate, 3 outer obovate-oblong, 3 inner always smaller, usually oblanceolate, Stamens opposite the style-branches ; filaments nearly always more or less connate ; anthers linear. Ovary 3 celled, obtuse or rostrate; ovules crowded, superposed ; style-branches large and petaloid, as in Jris, with the stigma at the base of the petaloid crests. Capsule ovoid or ellipsoid, dehiscing loculicidally. Seeds ovoid or subglobose, often angled by pressure, Rootstock, usually a tunicated corm, rarely a rhizome, Produced leaves usually few, linear sometimes forming a distichous rosette ; upper rudimentary sheathing. Spathes cylindrical; outer valves green, more or less rigid. Flowers smaller and more tive than in Iris, usually lilac or yellow, _Disrris. Species about 60, many Tropical African; the rest inhabiting Madagascar and Australia. The line of limit between Iris and Morea bus been differently drawn by different authors, but the two genera are extremely close, Subgenus I. Eumorn#a. Rootstocka corm. Inner segments of the perianth oblanceolate-unguiculate. Orary not produced into a beak. ACAULES. Spathes sessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves. Basal leaves 2-4: Sputhe 14-2 in. long... oe ee aoe --» (1) ciliata. Spathe 2-4 in, long wee eee eee oo ove (2) macrochlamys, 10 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Morea. Basal leaves many : Leaves linear-conyolute : Flowers lilac... et ove as . (3) galaxioides. Flowers yellow ... ce sae oy «= (4) «fasciculata. Leaves Janceolate.... pee tae ie - (5) faleifolia, BREVICAULES. Stems very short. Leaves hairy all over . ae aa - (6) papilionacea. Leaves hairy on the edges only aie i ... (7) fimbriata. MONOCEPHALZ. Stems long, usually 1-headed. Leaves terete : Lowest leaf only produced, very long OS ... (8) angusta, Leaves 3-4 produced, all short _.... as ... (9) Baurii. Leaves linear: Stem slender. Flowers red-brown... ois .-» (10) lurida. Stem robust. Flowers yellow ... 11) spathacea. CORYMBOSZ. Stems elongated. Inflorescence laxly corymbose, Stems viscous below the nodes ... vee ee = ans—s« (12) «viscaria, * Stems glabrous: Comparatively dwarf, with small flowers : Spathes 4-3 in. long: Leaves linear-complicate Ane ie «» (18) juncea, Leaves linear crisped ... is oes ... (14) erispa. Spathes 3-1 in. long : Leaves glabrous ..,. aad on eat ... (15) arenaria. Leavés strongly ciliated... ae is «. (16) serpentiaa, Spathes 1-1} in. long: : Leaves subulate ... ap = ia «ee (17) Cooperi. Leaves linear-subulate ... ore ots ... (18) polyantha. Leaves narrow linear : : Basal leaf only produced ... oi «-» (19) iriopetala, 1-2 leaves produced se 10 eee tar} mira. 2-8 leaves produced sis oes .» (21) tristis. More robust, with larger aonens : Flowers lilac... ee ae ... (22) polyanthos, Flowers yellow; Spathes an inch long aie van ..» (23) ramosa, Spathes 1} in. long eee oes (24) gigantea. SUBRACEMOSZ. Clusters of flowers few or many, senile or shortly peduncled. _ Stems with 1-2 produced Jeaves remote from the inflor- escence : Leaves subulate, very slender ove ove + (25) setacea. Leaves linear : Flower lilac saa ee ah er ws» (26) undulata. Flower yellow ... .» (27) Bolusii. Stems with only one leaf produced "from the base of the inflorescence : Perianth 4-1 in. long... hae a a .. (28) natalensis. Perianth 1-1} im. long «4s ses ves, wwe (29) @dtlis, Subgenus II. Herixyra. Rootstockacorm, Inner segments of the saetouth oblanceolate-unguiculate, Ovary produced into a long beak at the top, likea perianth-tube. Leaf terete: Spathes 4—-{ in. long ... sé sue +e .»- (30) spiralis. Spathes 1~1d in. long : Stem scarcely any ‘ oe oe ... (31) Bogersii, Stem shortly produced .. vse nee wee, (82) Burcheollii. a ee ee et og Oe) ee Morza.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 11 Spathes 14-2 in. long: . Stem very short .., sat ses ie ... (33) longiflora, Stem elongated .., ae pe we es. (34) simulans. Leaf linear ... eos oss + 0h see ese nee (85) Cladostachya. Subgenus III. Vreussruxra. Rootstock a corm. Inner segments of the perianth much smaller than the outer, usually tricuspidate. Inner segments of perianth entire ; Inner segments linear, minute ee eet a Inner segments oblanceolate obtuse si -»» (837) Elliotii. Inner segments of the perianth with a large central cusp and two lateral lobes : Outer segments with a short distinct claw... ... (38) glancopis. Outer segments without any distinct claw: Flower coloured... «2. + see _- oes ove (89) pavonia. Flower white... os make) aoe ... (40) candida. Inner segments of the perianth with three large cusps : pe eg the outer segments about as long as the e3 Leaf linear-subulate ... ... ss» ~~ swe. (41) unguiculata. Leaf linear = So eg ... (42) tricuspis. Claw of the outer segments half us long as the blade toe eee oes wee aes oe (48) tenuis, Subgenus IV. Dizrzs. Rootstock a short creeping rhizome. Flowers white ... Say eee Ses oe ... (44) iridoides. Flowers yellow sage ogee nan ase ... (45) bicolor. 1, M. ciliata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 241); corm small, globose, coarsely honeycombed ; basal leaves 3-4, lanceolate, acuminate, finally } ft. long, firm, sometimes crisped, glabrous on the faces, distinctly ciliated on the edge; spathes solitary, rather inflated sessile in the centre of the tufts of leaves, 1-3-flowered; valves lanceolate, 13-2 in. long; perianth lilac or yellow, very fugitive, 1} in. long ; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both dis- tinctly unguiculate, with a spreading limb; filaments united in a column in the lower part; ovary clavate, } in. long; crests of stigma lanceolate ; capsule clavate,an inch long. Bot. Mag. t. 1061; Ait, Hort. Kew, edit. 2, i. 114; Ker, Gen. TIrid. 42; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 558; Erganz.31; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130; Handb, Irid. 48. Tris ciliata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss. No. 1; Prodr.11 ; Fl. Cap, i. 284. Var. 8, M. barbigera (Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soe. i., 306). Flowers red, outer segments bearded on the claw. Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 557; Erganz. 31; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180. M. ciliata, Ker in Bot. Mag, t. 1012. M. pilosa, Wendl. Obs. Bot.42? M. hantamensis, Klatt, Ergdns. 31. Van. y, M. tricolor (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 83); leaves broader, flowers red; outer segments with a yellow spot at the base of the blade. Salisb. in Trans, Hort. Soc.i. 806; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180; Klatt, Erganz. 31. Vaz. 3, M. minuta (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 241). A dwarf form, with a yellow flower smaller than in the type ; leaves not more than 2-3 in. long, obscurely ciliated on the edge. Ker, Gen. Irid. 43 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130. Iris minuta, Linn, fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss. No. 2; Fl. Cap. i. 285, SovurH Arrica: without locality, Masson! Pappe! Villette! Var. y, known only from Andrews’ figure. 12 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Morea, Coast Region: Near Cape Town, Thunberg! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4072. Var. 5, Leuwestaart, near Cape Town, Thunterg ! CxentraL Region: Var §, Calvinia Div., Hantam Hills, Meyer / 2. M. macrochlamys (Baker, Handb. Irid. 49) ; corm not seen ; basal leaves 3—4, lanceolate-acuminate, nearly an inch broad at the dilated base ; 4-1 ft. long, moderately firm, glabrous on both surfaces, minutely ciliated on the edge; spathes 1-2, nearly or quite sessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves, inflated, 24 in. long; outer valves lanceolate, foliaceous; perianth fugitive (culour uncertain), an inch long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both dis- tinctly unguiculate; filaments connate at the base only; ovary clavate, 1-1 in. long; style-crests lanceolate. Crentrat Region: On the Sneeuwberg range, 4000-6000 ft. alt., Drége, 2186 | 3. M. galaxioides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130) ; corm small, ovoid; outer tunics with wiry parallel strands connected by short transverse fibres; basal leaves a dozen or more, narrow linear, convolute, 1-14 in. long, falcate, glabrous; spathe under an inch long, 1-flowered, sessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves; perianth lilac, fugacious, 3-3 in. long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both distinctly unguiculate; filaments connate in the lower half ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; style-crests small, lanceolate. Handb, Irid. 49. Katanari ReGion: Griqualand West, in rocky places, Dutoit’s pan, Tuck, 13! Klip Drift, Mrs. Barber, 14! 4, M. fasciculata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 32); corm small, ovoid; outer tunics of thick fibres; leaves 6-10 ina basal rosette, narrow linear acuminate, convolute, glabrous, falcate, 2-3 in. long; spathes 1-flowered, short, sessile, hidden in the centre of the rosette of leaves ; perianth yellow, fugacious, 4 in. long; outer segments ob- long, inner oblanceolate, both distinctly unguiculate ; ovary clavate, % in. long; style-column 4} in. long; crests of stigmas lanceolate. Baker, Handb, Irid. 49. M. polyphylla, Bakerin Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. = (name only). M. longiflora, Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 725, non Ker. Soutn Arrica: without locality, Drége, 2301a! Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div., at Langevalei, Drége, 2600! 5. M. falcifolia (Klatt, Erginz. 32); corm small, ovoid ; tunics rigidly fibrous; leaves many, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, 1—1 in. long ; peduncle very short; spathes 3-4 sessile, an inch long; valves unequal, the outer acute, herbaceous; perianth reddish, fugacious, under 4 in. long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both unguiculate ; style-crests lanceolate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 49. CenTkaL Rea@ion: Calvinia Div., Hantam Hills, Meyer. 6. M. papilionacea (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 750) ; corm globose, }in. diam. ; outer coats of brown imbricated lanceolate processes; basal Morza,] 1nIDEz (Baker). 13 leaves 2-4, linear, rigid, 3-6 in. long, strongly ribbed, densely hairy ; stems 1-2 in. long, simple, or with 2-4 short arcuate branches ; spathes cylindrical, pubescent, 1-2 in. long; valves green, outer short ; perianth very fugitive, lilac or red, in, long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both with a distinct claw and spreading blade ; filaments connate in the lower half; ovary clavate, glabrous, ¢ in. long; crests of stigma linear, 4-4 in. long; capsule small, clavate. Ker, Gen. Irid. 43; Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 2, i. 114; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 560 ; Ergdnz. 31; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi, 129; Handb, Irid. 49. Iris. papilionacea, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss. No. 37, tab. 2, fiz. 1; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 298: Jacg. Collect. Suppl. 159, tab. 3, fig. 2. Morea ciliata, Herb. Dréege,non Ker. M. hirsuta. Ker, Gen. Irid. 43. Iris hirsuta, Licht. in Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 478. Vieusseuxia eiliata and nervosa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 11-12. Coast Reeton: Hills and Flats near Cape Town, Thunberg! Bolus, 2832! 8693! Drege! Zeyher, 1640! Ecklon, 818! Wright! Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 4071! Paarl Berg, Drége ! 7. M. fimbriata (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 561); corm globose, 4 in. diam. ; outer tunics thick, with close, wiry, parallel strands ; basal leaves 4-6, linear, 2-3 in. long, firm, much crisped, glabrous on the faces, minutely ciliated on the edge ; stems slender, 1-3 in. long, single or fascicled; spathes cylindrical, 1}in. long, 1-3-flowered ; valves lanceolate, scariose at the tip, outer short; perianth lilac, very fugacious, # in. long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both distinctly unguiculate ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; style-column Ki long; crests of stigma small, lanceolate ; capsule clavate, } in. ong. Klatt, Ergaénz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 130; Handb. Irid. 50. Vieusseuxia erispa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 12. Coast Region: Klein River Berg, 1000-3000 ft, alt., Zeyher, 4091! A near ally of M. papilionacea. 8. M. angusta (Ker in Bot. Mag., t. 1276) ; corm globose, 4-1 in. diam., with parallel, brown, wiry strands, and a crown of long bristles ; stem simple, wiry, flexuose, 1-2 ft. long, with one long, wiry terete leaf low down, and two or three others higher up, short and rudi- mentary; spathe cylindrical, 2-2} in. long, 3-4-flowered ; valves rigid, pale green, obtuse ; outer short ; perianth bright tn fuga- cious, 1} in. long; outer segments oblong-unguiculate, 4 in. broad ; inner nearly as long, oblanceolate; filaments united towards the base ; ovary clavate, in. long; style-crests lanceolate, } in. long; capsule oblong, an inch long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 37; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 559; Ergdnz. 32; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130; Handb. Irid. 50. Iris angusta, Thunb. Diss., No. 28; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 294; Willd. Sp. Plant. i, 235; Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 473. M. teretifolia, Soland. MSS. Coasr ReGion: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Masson! Wright, 240! ‘Bolus, 3802! Elliot, 1095! 1198! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4076! 14 tRIDEZ (Baker). [ Morea. 9. M. Baurii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 50) ; corm not seen ; stem a foot long, simple, slender, 1-headed, bearing about four superposed sheath- ing leaves with short, free, erect, enrolled linear tips; spathes cylindrical, 1—2-flowered, 2 in. long; valves rigid, lanceolate- acuminate, nearly equal; perianth yellow; outer segments 14 in. long, with a reflexing obovate-connate blade as long as the claw ; inner shorter, oblong-unguiculate, erect ; filaments connate only at the base ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; style-crests 4 in. long; capsule clavate, an inch long. Eastegn Reoion: Kaffraria, Bazeia Mts., 2000-3000 ft. alt., Baur, 247! 10. M. lurida (Ker in Bot. Reg., t. 312); corm globose ; } in. diam. ; stem a span long, very slender, glabrous, bearing one long, narrow linear, glabrous, produced leaf, } in. broad, and two rudi- mentary ones higher up; spathe single, terminal, cylindrical, 4 in. long ; perianth fugacious, bright reddish-brown, an inch long ; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, } in. broad ; inner oblanceolate ; fila- ments united at the base ; style-crests linear. Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 559; Erganz. 32; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130; Handb, Irid. 50. Sours Avrrica: locality unknown, Known only from the figure cited. Habit of a Vieusseuxia. 11. M. spathacea (Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1103); corm large, ovoid, with a dense coat of brown-black, wiry fibres ; stem short, 2-4 ft. long, simple or rarely branched, with a single leaf produced from the base, which is thick, rigid, linear, acuminate, flat, strongly ribbed, 13-2 ft. long, 3—} in. broad, low down, and several rudimentary stem- leaves ; spathes 3-5 in. long, 2-5-flowered ; valves with a long cusp ; outer much shorter than the inner ; perianth bright yellow, 14-2 in. long ; outer segments oblong-unguiculate, #-1 in. broad; inner oblanceolate ; filaments connate in the lower half; ovary clavate, 3 in. long ; style }-3 in. long ; capsule ellipsoid, obtusely angled, 14 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 39; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; Handb. Frid. 51. Iris spathulata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99. Tris spathacea, Thunb. Diss., No. 23; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 292; Eckl. Top. Verz. 11. Morea longispatha, Klatt in Linnea xxxv, 308. Dietes Huttoni, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6174. Vax. 8, natalensis (Baker) ; flowers large; segments more distinctly un- guiculate; style-crests larger. Vag. +, Galpini (Baker) ; leaves long, very narrow, convolute; flowering stem not above } ft. long; flowers in August, the type in February. Coast RuGion: Paal Berg, Drége! Knysna Div., Burchell, 5552! Drage, 8301! Near George, Burchell, 60°! Near Grahamstown, MacOwan! Stockenstrom Div., Scu’/y, 12! 65! Queenstown Div., Cooper, 316! Eastern Reaion: Kaffraria; Bazeia, along streams 200) ft. alt., Baur, 514! Var. 8, Griqualand East, Haygarth in Hb. Wood, 4183! Natal, ascending to 5000 or 6000 ft., Sanderson, 355! Wood, 487! 4526! Mrs. K. Saunders! Katanart Reeion: Var. 8, Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, Nelson, 502! Var. y, Transvaal, Saddleback Range, near Barberton, Galpin, 459! Morea.) In1DEx (Baker). 15 12. M. viscaria (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 240); corm ovoid, I in. diam.; outer tunics thick, with parallel wiry strands and close cross-bristles; produced leaves 1-2, narrow, linear, rigid, channelled, strongly-ribbed, glabrous, 1-2 ft. long; inflorescence a lax panicle, with 5-20 clusters of flowers; branches short, arcuate, viscose, subtended by rudimentary leaves; spathes. cylindrical, 1-1} in. long, 2-3-flowered ; valves rigid, lanceolate, scariose at the tip; perianth very fugitive, brownish, 2 in. long; outer segments eblong-unguiculate ; inner, oblanceolate ; filaments free nearly or quite to the base; ovary clavate, } in. long; style-crests small, lanceo- late ; capsule ellipsvid, obtusely angled, 4 in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 696; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 113; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 567; Erganz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; Handb. Irid. 55, Iris visearia, Linn. fil Suppl. 98 ; Thunb. Diss., No. 41; Prodr.12; Fl. Cap. i. 304. Vieusseuxia viscaria, Eckl. Top, Verz. 12. Var. 8, M. bituminosa (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 240); taller, with broader leaves, bright yellow flowers, and green branchlets. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1045, Iris bituminosa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss., No, 42, tab. 2, fig. 2; Proir.12; Fl. Cap. i. 305. Vieusseuzia bituminosa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 14. Coast Re@ion: Saldanha Bay, Thunberg! Paarl Div., Drége! Dutoit’s Kloof, Drége, 8819! Near Cape 'Town, Burchell, 23! Ecklon, 819! Bolus, 3803! Baviaan’s Kloof, near Genadendal, Drége, 8320! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 16485! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6598! 6639! Mossel Bay, Burchell, 6296. Karanari Reaion: Orange Free State, between Rhenoster R. and Vaal R., Zeyher, 1648! 13. M. juncea (Linn. Sp. Plant, edit. ii. 59); corm globose ; 2 in. diam.; outer tunics with thick, parallel, wiry strands ; stem slender, 6-8 in. long, with two falcate, firm, linear-conduplicate leaves pro- duced near its base, which are 2-3 in. long, 4 in. broad, not at all crisped ; clusters of flowers 2-3, peduncled, corymbose, the leaves from their base rudimentary ; spathes cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, about 2 in. long; valves lanceolate, green, the outer much the shortest ; perianth lilac, fugacious, } in.. long; outer segments oblong-un- guiculate, ianer oblanceolate ; anthers oblong, ;’; in. long, shorter than the filaments; ovary oblong, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180; Handb. Irid, 52. Sours Argrica: without locality, seen only in the Linnean herbarium. 14 M. crispa (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1284); corm small ; outer tunics very thick, with strong, parallel fibres, and short transverse strands; stems slender, 4-14 ft. long, with about two produced linear leaves near the base, which are 3-1 ft. long, }-3 in. broad, glabrous, in the type much crisped ; clusters of flowers few or many, laxly corymbose, with long, ascending peduncles ; spathes }—} in. long ; glabrous, moderately firm ; valves lanceolate, outer short ; perianth 2 in. long, fugacious, lilac or yellow, rarely whitish ; outer segments oblong-unguiculate, inner oblanceolate ; ovary oblong, + in. long; style-crests linear, { in. long; filaments connate in the lower 16 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Morea. half ; capsule ellipsoid, 4 in. long. Gen. Irid, 41; Ait. Hort. Kev, edit. 2, i. 114; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 566; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 181; Handb. frid. 53. M. decussata, Klatt, Ergénz. 33. Iris crispa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss., No. 36, tab. 1, fig. 1. Var. £, rectifolia (Baker) ; leaves narrower, more rigid, not crisped. Baker, Handb, Irid. p. 53. M. crispa, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 759. Coast Recion: near Cape Town, Thunberg/ Between Paarl and Pont, Drege, 8318! Var. 8, Between Pearl and Pont, Drege, 8328! Simous Bay, Wright, 257! Table Mt, 1200 ft. alt., Bolus, 4718! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4088 ! : 15. M. arenaria (Baker, Handb. Irid. 52); corm not seen ; stem 3-6 in. long, very slender; glabrous; with 2-3 basal, terete, glabrous, spirally-curled leaves 2-3 in. long ; clusters of flowers 2-4, laxly corymbose, with short erect peduncles; spathes cylindrical, %-1 in. long; valves lanceolate, strongly ribbed, outer small ; perianth fugacious (colour uncertain), with very long claws to the segments; ovary clavate, glabrous, 4 in. long ; capsule ellipsoid, obtuse, + in. long. Coast ReGion: Clanwilliam Diy., Ebenezer Sandhills, under 590 ft. alt., Drége, 8324! lhitermediate between M. iriopetala and M. setacea. 16. M. serpentina (Baker, Handb. Irid. 52) ; corm ovoid, }-3 in, diam., with thiek outer tunics strongly cancellate towards the top ; stem slender, 3-4 in. long, with two subulate, spreading, very thick leaves, curling up spirally and strongly ciliated on the margin ; clusters of flowers 2-4, corymbose, on short erect peduncles ; spathes cylindrical, #-1 in. long, 2-3-flowered ; valves lanceolate, strongly ribbed, outer small; perianth fugacious (colour uncertain), } in. long, with long claws to all the segments ; capsule ellipsoid, 3-2 in, long. Westeen Reaton: Little Namaqualand, Roodeberg and Ezelskop, 4000-5000 ft. alt., Drége, 2599! Near Ookeep, Bolus, 6571! 6572! 17. M. Cooperi (Baker, Handb. Irid. 54); corm not seen; stem slender, terete, 1-1} ft. long, with two long subulate, terete, wiry leaves, one from near its base, and the other from halfway up to the inflorescence ; inflorescence of 6-20 clusters in a subcorymbose panicle, the ascending peduncles not over }-} in. long; spathes cylindrical, it in. long, 2-3-flowered, smooth, glossy, glabrous ; valves acute, rigid to the tip ; perianth fugitive, lilac, {-1 in. long; outer segments oblong, spathulate ; inner oblanceolate ; filaments connate in a cylindrical column } in. long; ovary clavate ; style-crests lanceolate ; capsule not seen, Coast Reaion: Tulbagh, on Mount Winterhoek, 1500 ft., Bolus, 5248! Central Resion: Worcester Div., Cooper, 1661! (18. M. polyanthos (Thunb. Diss., No. 14); corm ovoid, 2 in. diam. ; outer tunics thick, dark brown, cancellate ; produced leaves about three, one from near the base of the stem, and the others from Morea. | 1RIDEx (Baker). 17 the lower forks, linear-subulate, 3-1 ft. long; clusters of flowers 5-20, laxly corymbose ; spathes cylindrical, glabrous, 2-3-flowered, 1-1} in. long; valves firm, scariose at the tip, strongly ribbed, outer small ; perianth lilac, fugacious, {—1 in. long, outer segments obovate- unguiculate, inner oblanceolate ; filaments connate towards the base ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; style-crests large, lanceolate ; capsule ellipsoid, obtuse, under 3 in. long. Thunb. Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 276; Linn, fil. Suppl. 99; Ker, Gen. Ivid. 88; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 563; Ergdnz. 38; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 130, Vieusseuxia graminifolia, Eckl. Top. Verz. 11. Sourm Arrica: without locality, Harvey, 908! Masson! Bowie! . Coast Reaion: Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4080! Mossel Bay Div., Burchell, 6386! Albany Div., Cooper, 1529! CrntRat Reoion: Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 522! Eastern Kxaion: Kuffraria, Cooper, 3216 ! Burchell’s 6149, collected on the west side of Great Brak R., Mossel Bay Div., differs by its clavate trigonous capsule, }-$ in. long. Plants from the Transvaal, MeLea in Hb. Bolus, 5789! and Apies R., Burke! and from Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Hb. MacOwan, 2168! ave forms or near allies. 19. M. iriopetala (Linn. fil. Suppl. 100); corm ovoid, 3~ in, diam., with thick, wiry coats; stems slender, erect, glabrous, 4 ft. long, with one narrow, linear, long leaf of firm texture from the base, and another shorter from the lowest fork; clusters of flowers 1-4, laxly corymbose, with short, slender, erect peduncles; spathes eylin- drical, 13 in. long, 2-4-flowered; valves lanceolate, strongly ribbed, green to the tip, outer short; perianth lilac, fugitive, 4 in. long, outer segments oblong-unguiculate, inner oblanceolate ; ovary clavate, ¢ in. long; style-crests small, lanceolate; capsule ellipsoid, } in. ong. M. vegeta, Linn. herb/ non Mill. nec Jacq. M. plumaria, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 240; Gen. Irid. 40; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130; Handb. Irid. 53. Tris. plumaria, Thunb, Dise. No. 16; Prodr.11. Vieusseuxia plumaria, Eckl. Top. Verz. 14. South AFRIOA: without locality, Harvey, 94! Drége, 2827, ! Coast Region: Wynberg, Bolus, 2833! Devils Mountain, Thunberg ! 20. M. mira (Klatt in Trans. Cape Phil. Soe. iii. pl. 2, 202); corm small, globose ; tunics scaly, reticulated ; stem slender, flexuose, glabrous, 14-2 in. long, with a single, produced, narrow, linear, strongly ribbed, glabrous leaf of firm texture, 3-4 in. long from its base, and a single shorter one from a little above it ; clusters 1-2 ; peduncles erect, mf in. long; spathes cylindrical 1-1} in. long, 3-flowered ; outer valves green, firm in texture, with a uarrow, mem- branous edge and tip , outermost shorter than the next, conspicuously cuspidate; perianth bright violet, fugitive, } in. long, segments oblong-unguiculate ; pollen bright scarlet ; ovary turbinate, glabrous, in. long; style-crests deeply fimbriated. Baker, Handb. Irid. 53. Coast Reeron: Caledon Div.; in damp places on the Zwartberg, near the bot springs, Templeman in Hb. Ma: Owan, 2612! 18 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Morea. 21. M. tristis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. Bot. i. 241); corm globose, $ in. diam., outer tunics of matted parallel fibres; stems slender, 4-1 ft. long, with 2-3 produced, linear, grass-like leaves from near the base, which are glabrous, 1-2 ft. long, $4 in. broad; clusters of fluwers 4-6, laxly corymbose, 3—4-flowered, with peduncles 2-3 in. long, the lower subtended by short leaves ; spathes cylindrical, 1-1} in. long; valves green, firm, strongly ribbed, scariose at the tip; perianth fugacious, # in. long, dull lilac, ochraceous or salmon-coloured, outer segments oblong-unguiculate, with a yellow eye, inner oblanceolate ; filaments connate, high up; ovary clavate, 4 in. long, glabrous or pilose; style-crests small, lanceolate ; capsule ellipsoid, obtuse, 4 in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1108; Gen. Irid. 41; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 564; Hrgdnz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; Handb, Irid. 53. Iris tristis, Linn. fil. Suppl. 97; Thunb. Diss. No. 39; Prodr. 12 ;- Fl. Cap. i. 302; Ker in Bot. Mag.t. 577. MM. sordescens, Jacq. Ic. t. a Collect. Suppl. 29; DC. in Red. Lil. t.71. Miller Ic. t. 238, gs. 1-2. Coast Recion: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Rogers! Elliot, 1097! 1148! Bolus, 3745! 22. M. polystachya (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 240); corm ovoid, #-1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, with parallel wiry strands, connected by short cross-bristles; stems stout, erect, 2-3 ft. long; produced leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 1-2 ft. long, 3 in. broad; panicle a lax corymb of 5-20 clusters; spathes cylindrical, 13-2 in. long, 3-6-flowered; valves with very long, membranous cusps; perianth fugacious, bright lilac, 1-14 in. long, outer segments oblong-unguiculate, $ in. broad, with a large, bright yellow spot at the base of the blade, inner oblanceolate; ovary clavate, } in. long; crests of styles large, lanceolate; filaments con- nate towards the base; capsule clavate-oblong, obtuse, } in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 39; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131. Iris poly- stachya, Thunb. Diss. No. 40; Prodr.12; Fl. Cap. i. 303. Iris lacera, Lam. Encyce. iii. 804; Illustr. i. 125. Vietsseuxia poly- stachya, Eckl. Exsic. M. multiflora, Solander MSS. Coast Recion; near Grahamstown, MacOwan, 10! Cenrrat Keeton: U tenhage Div., Zeyher! Somerset Div., Bowker! Sneeuw Berg, Burchell, 2831! Near Graaff Reinet, Burchell, 2941! Between Sunday R. and Fish B., Thunberg ! Totally different from M. catenulata, with which Dr. Klatt has united it, Erganz, 34. 23. M ramosa (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 771) ; corm small, globose, surrounded by dense, short, spreading, branched, spine-like fibres, bearing, as do the lower nodes of the stem, a copious supply of small ovoid bulbille; stem stout, erect, 2-3 ft. long; produced leaves about six, from the base of the stem, linear, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, glabrous, 1-1} ft. long, 4-} in. broad; inflorescence a lax corymb of often 20-30 clusters, the lower branches copiously com- Morza.]} IRIDEZ (Baker). 19 pound; spathe cylindrical, 1 in. long, 2—3-flowered; outer valve very small; perianth bright yellow, 1-1} in. long, outer segments obovate, maculate at the base of the limb, inner oblong, both un- guiculate ; filaments free nearly or quite down to the base; ovary small, globose ; crests of the style large, lanceolate ; capsule globose or turbinate. Ker, Gen Irid. 40; Ait. Hort, Kew. ed. 2, i. 113; Klatt, Erginz. 33; Baker, Handb. Irid. 54. M. bulbifera, Jacg. Hort, Schoenbr. 1. 197; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 565; Hook, fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5785. Iris ramosa, Thunb. Diss. No. 24; Prodr. 12; Fl, Cap. i. 293. I. ramosissima, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99 ; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 470. Morea racemosa, Herb. Drege. Freuchenia bulbifera, Eckl. Top. Verz. 14. South Arrica: without locality, Drége! distributed as M. racemosa. Coast Reaion: Malmesbury Div., Zwartland, Thunberg! Mostertsberg, Bolus, 5249! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 1645! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 7143! Near George, Burchell, 6098! At the foot of Wittklip, MacOwan, 399! 24. M. gigantea (Klatt in Linnza, xxxv. 381); corm not seen; stem 2 ft. or more long, stout, erect, terete; produced leaves about 3, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, lower 14-2 ft. long, 3—} in. broad at the base; inflorescence a dense corymb of 20-30 clusters, with short, crowded, erect peduncles; spathes cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, 1} in. long; valves with a very long scariose cusp; perianth very fugitive, yellow, above 1 in. long; ovary clavate, 4 in. long ; capsule subcylindrical, obtusely-angled, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; Handb. Irid. 54; Klatt, Ergdnz. 33. Centrat Resion: Fraserburg Div.; between Great and Little Reed Rivers, Burchell, 1388! near Little Quaggas Fontein, Burchell, 1431! 25. M. setacea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 240) ; corm ovoid, 4-4 in. diam., coats thick, fibrous; stems slender, 4-1 ft. long, with 1-2 very slender, subulate, glabrous leaves, }-1 ft. long, springing from it a distance from both base and inflorescence ; clusters 1-3, erect, nearly seseile, springing from the axils of lanceolate, rudimentary leaves ; spathes cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, about an inch long; valves subequal, cuspidate, strongly ribbed, scariose only at the tip; perianth fugitive, lilac, 4 in. broad, inner segments oblanceolate; crests of style lanceolate ; filaments connate at the base; ovary clavate; capsule ellipsoid, 4 in. long, Ker, Gen. Irid. 39; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 562; Erganz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 130; Handb. Frid. 56. Tris setifolia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99. Iris setacea, Thunb. Diss. No. 29, t. 1, fig. 2; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 295. Vieusseuxia setacea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 13. Sourn Aragica: without locality, Thunberg! Masson! 26. M. undulata (Ker, Gen. Irid. 43) ; corm small, ovoid, with thick coats of matted fibres; stem 4 foot long, with a single, long, glabrous, linear leaf, spreading from near its base, 3-1 ft. long, plain, or frilled along the edge ; clusters of flowers 2—3, shortly peduncled, erect ; spathes 2—3-flowered, 1-1} in. long; valves cuspidate, strongly 20 : IRIDEX (Baker). [ Morea. ribbed, glabrous, scariose at the tip; perianth lilac, fugacious, 3-1 in. long ; segments with long claws, outer oblong, inner oblanceolate ; filaments united at the base only; ovary oblong, 4 in. long; style-crests very small. Baker, Handb. Irid. 56. M. crispa, Thunb. Diss No..17; Prodr. 11; £1. Cap. i. 279; Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 244; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 453. Klatt, Erganz. 33, non Ker, Sovutn Arrica: without locality, MacOwan, 2102! CENTEAL REGION: Fraserburg Div. ; Roggeveld, Thunberg / 27. M. Bolusii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 57); corm not seen; pro- duced leaf solitary, spreading, basal, linear, coriaceous, much crisped, 6-8 in. long, } in. broad; flowering stem 4-6 in. long, bearing several erect, sessile clusters ; spathe 1}-13 in. long; outer valve short; perianth fugacious, yellow, an inch long, outer segments obovate, inner smaller ; filaments connate ; style-crests lanceolate. Westzxn RxGIon; Little Namaqualand, Ookiep, 3000 ft., Bolus, 6574! 28. M. natalensis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 56); corm not seen; stem slender, wiry, 1-1} ft. long, without any produced leaf below the inflorescence ; leaf from the base of the inflorescence like a con tinuation of the stem, terete, rigid, glabrous, 3-6 in. long ; inflorescence of 2-5 ascending, subracemose clusters; spathes cylindrical, 2-3- flowered, 13-1} in. long; valves rigid, strongly ribbed, scariose only at the cusp; perianth fugitive, lilac, $-1 in. long, outer segments obovate-unguiculate, with a yellow eye decurrent down the claw, inner shorter, oblanceolate ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; crests of style lanceolate, 4 in. long; capsule ellipsoid, 4-3 in. long, truncate. Eastran Recon : Natal, 2000-6000 ft., Sanderson, 258!.Pietermaritzberg, Sutherland / Drakensberg, near the sources of the Tugela R., Allison! Wood, $442! Liddesdale, Wood, 4255! near Curry’s Post, Wood, 3436! 29. M. edulis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 241); corm globose, at in. diam. ; coats with wiry strands connected by short, rallel fibres ; stems wiry, terete, 1-2 ft. long, without any produced eaves below the inflorescence; leaf one from the base of the inflorescence, wiry, rigid, narrow linear, cunvolute, 1-2 ft, long; clusters 2-20, on a short or elongated axis; peduncles short, stiff, ascending ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long, 2-4-flowered ; valves rigid, strongly ribbed, scariose at the tip perianth fugitive, lilac, 1-14 in. long, fragrant, outer segments oblong-spathulate, _ with a bright, yellow eye, inner shorter, oblanceolate; ovary cylindrical, 3 in. long, narrowed to the top; crests of style lanceo- late, 4 in. long; filaments connate, in a cylindrical tube; capsule cylindrical, an inch long, narrowed to the apex. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 613; Gen. Irid. 38; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 564; Ergédnz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soe. xvi. 130 ; Handb. Irid, 56. Tris edulis, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss. No. 88; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 800. Tris capensis, Burm. Prodr.2, Vieusseuxia edulis, Eckl. Top. Verz. 14. M. vegeta, Jacq. Ic. t.224, non Linn. nec Mill. M. fugaz, Jacq. Hort. Vind, iii. 14, t. 20. Morea. ] IRIDEX (Baker), 21 Var. 6, M. odora (Salisb, Parad. t. 10), Flowers white. Var. y, M. longifolia (Sweet, Hort, Brit. edit. 2, 497), Flowers yellow, Tris longifolia, Andr. Bot. Rep, t. 45. M. edulis, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t, eae Vicusseuwia longifolia, Eckl. Top. Vere. 14. V. aristata, Delaroche, iss. 33, Var, 5, M. umbe.lata (Thunb. Diss, No. 16). Main axis of inflorescence short; clusters numerous, erect. Prodr., 11; Fl. Cap. i. 279. M. fasciculata, Soland. MSS. Bobartia umbellata, Ker, Gen. drid, 81. Aristea umbellata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 158. Var. e, gracilis (Baker), More slender than in the type, with acute spathes scarcely over an inch long, smater flowers, and much smaller capsules (4 in. long) narrowed into a distinct beak. Pentiy Arrica; without locality; Var. 7, Zeyher, 4079! Var. 3, Thunberg / asson ! Coast ReGion: Malmesbury Div.; Groenekloof, Thunberg! Zeyher, 1646! Table Mountain and vicinity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 823! Thunberg! Bolus, 4676; Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4087! Mosrel Bay, Burchell, 6295! Var. y, near Cape Town, Bolus, 2830! Var. e, near Tulbagh, Zeyher, 1647 | 30. M. spiralis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 57); corm not seen; stems very slender, 3-4 in. long, with a single, produced, subulate leaf, 3-6 in. long, springing from the stem above the base, spirally twisted, and sometimes very wavy ; clusters 2—4, erecto-patent, close, nearly sessile ; spathes cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, 4-8 in. long, glossy, glabrous, not ribbed, not cuspidate at the tip; perianth fugitive, lilac, under 4 in. long, outer segments oblong-spathulate, inner oblan- ceolate ; ovary clavate, narrowed into a neck above } in. long. WestFrn Reeion: Little Namaqualand ; near Ookiep, Morris in Hb. Bolus, 5788 ! Kook Fontein Mountains, 3000—4v00 ft., Drége, 2604! 31. M. Rogersii (Buker, Handb, Irid. 57); corm not seen; stem very short, with a single terminal cluster of flowers, and from the base of it a single, falcate, linear-subulate, glabrous leaf of firm texture, 3-4 in. long; spathe cylindrical, 1-1} in. long; valves pale and scariose, long-pointed, with a few strong ribs; perianth fugacious, 2 in. long, lilac; all the segments with long claws, outer obovate, with a yellow spot at the base of the blade; ovary cylindrical, with a short pedicel, narrowed into a filiform beak, 4 in. long. Coast Region: the Point, Mossel Bay, Rogers / Habit of the dwarf forms of Zris Sisyrinchium, L. 32. M. Burchellii (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 132); corm not seen;. stems 3-6 in. long, with 1-3 clusters of flowers, the side ones sessile, and a single, slender, terete, glabrous leaf, }—1 ft. long, produced from its base; spathes cylindrical, 1-1} in. long; valves long-pointed, pale, and scariose at the flowering season, strongly ribbed; perianth fugacious, pale lilac, 4 in. long, outer segments oblong-unguiculate, with a claw as long as the lamina, inner oblanceolate; filaments free nearly to the base; ovary cylindrical, with a short peduncle, narrowed into a filiform beak, an inch long ; style-crests lanceolate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 57. Karanart Raoion: Bechuanaland; Jabira Fountain, near Old Litaku, Burchell, 2250! VOL. VI 2 22 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Morza. 33. M. longiflora (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 712); corm small, ovoid ; produced leaves 1-2, subulate, glabrous, 4 ft. long ; stem very slender, ending in two sessile clusters ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long; valves lanceolate, acute; perianth bright yellow, fugacious, about an inch long, outer segments obovate-unguiculate, 4-4 in. broad, inner shorter, oblanceolate; ovary with a long filiform beak, which is protruded from the spathe ; style-crests small, lanceolate. Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 2,1. 112; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 455; Ker, Gen. Irid. 39; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 1382; Handb, Irid. 57. Helixyra flava, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 305. SoutH Argica: without locality. Known only from the figure cited. 34, M. simulans (Baker, Handb. Irid. 58); corm small, ovoid ; stems 6-15 in. long, apparently decumbent amongst sand ; leaves 1-2, produced from the base of the inflorescence, often with large bulbille in their axils, linear-convolute, 4 ft. long, very thick in texture, glabrous, strongly ribbed ; clusters 2-4 to a stem, the side ones sessile, or shortly peduncled ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long ; valves pale and scariose at the flowering-time, long-pointed, laxly, strongly ribbed ; perianth-limb lilac, fugaeious, under an inch long, all the segments with long, distinct claws, blade of outer obovate, inner oblanceolate ; filaments free nearly to base ; ovary cylindrical, narrowed into a long beak; style-crests small. Sours Arkrica: without locality, Elliot, 1250! Katanari Recion: Transvaal; Bloemhof, Nelson, 203! Habit of the well-known M. Sisyrinchiuwm, Ker (Bot. Mag. t, 1407), of the Mediterranean region. 35. M. cladostachya (Baker, Handb. Irid. 58); corm not seen; stem above a foot long, with a single, produced leaf, with a large bulbil in its axil, springing from it a space below the inflorescence, which is narrow linear, flat, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 2-3 ft. long, } in. broad ; clusters 8-10, arranged in a panicle, with three ascend- ing, spicate branches ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long; valves pale and scariose at the flowering time, with long points and few distant ribs ; perianth fugacious, small, lilac ; ovary cylindrical, with a short pedicel, narrowed into a slender beak, nearly an inch long. Sours Arrica: without locality, Burchell / Western Reaion : Little Namaqualand ; near Verleptpram, Drége, 2610 ! CentkaL ReGion: Eastern Frontier of Cape Colony, Mrs. Barber ! _ 36. M. tripetala (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 702) ; corm globose, 3-1 in. diam., coats thick, fibrous or cancellate ; produced leaf one, sub- basal, long, narrow linear, firm, glabrous ; stem very slender, 1-2 ft. long, simple, or with 1-3 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 2-2; in, long, 1-3 flowered; valves cuspidate, scariose only at the very tip; perianth-limb 1-1} in. long, fugitive, lilac, rarely blue or reddish, outer segments with a claw nearly as long as the spreading, Morea.] 1RIDEX (Baker). 23 oblong lamina, inner linear }- 4 in. long ; column very short; ovary clavate, -4 in. long ; style-crests linear, }-} in. long ; capsule clavate, obtusely angled, 3 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 35; Baker, Handb. Irid. 60. Tris tripetala, Linn. fil. Suppl. 97 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 14 ; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cup. i. 286; Jarg. Collect. iii. 272; Ic. tab. 221. Vieusseuxia tripetaloides, DC. in Ann. Mus. ii. 138; Roem. et Schult, Syst. Veg. i. 489; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 620; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 133. Var. 8, mutila (Biker). Leaf pilose. Vicusseuvia mutila, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 621. Iris mutila, Licht. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 477. Coast ReGion: Hills and plains in the neighbourhood of Cape Town and Simons Bay, Thunberg! Wright! Bolus, 3393! 8732! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Normale, 251! Paarl Div., Drége! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 1650! Var. 8, Lion Mountain, Bergius. 37. M. Elliotii (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1891, 70) ; corm not seen; basal leaf single, radimentary ; stem slender, 1-1} ft. long, bearing a single, long, linear leaf from the middle; clusters of flowers 1-2; spathe cylindrical, 2 flowered, 1} in. long; valves lanceolate, rigid, the outer short ; perianth bright lilac, outer segments oblong-ungui- culate, 2 in. long, with a pale spot at the base of the blade, inner - about half as long, entire, oblanceolate-unguiculate, obtuse; style- crests lanceolate ; capsule small, oblong-clavate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 58. Vieusseuxia Elliottii, Klatt in Durand and Schinz Conspect, Fl. Afric. 154, Karawart ReGron: Transvaal; marshes near Lake Chrissie, Elliot, 1592! Habit of M. tenuis, but in the flower connects Vieusseucia with Eumorea. 38. M. glaucopis (Drap. Enc. iv. (1836) cum ic.) ; corm globose, 3 in. diam.; coats cancellate; produced leaf subbasal, long, firm, narrow linear, glabrous ; stem 14-2 ft. long, terete, with 2-3 sheaths, simple, or with 1-3 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 2-24 in. long, 2-3-flowered ; valves cuspidate, scariose only at the very tip ; outer much shorter than inner; perianth $~1} in. long, fugi- tive, outer segments obovate or sub-orbicular, with a short claw, white, with a blue-black circular spot at the base of the blade, inner with a filiform claw, a large central cusp, and two small side ones ; ovary clavate, 4-3 in. long; style column short ; crests of stigmas large, lanceolate; capsule clavate, cbtusely-angled, larger than in tricuspis and tripetala, Baker, Handb. Irid. 59. Iris Pavonia, Curt. in Bot. Mag. t. 168, non aliorum. I. tricuspis, Jacq. Collect. iv. 99, t. 9, fig. 1. Vieusseuxia glaucopis, DC. in Ann. Mus, ii. 141, t. 42; Red. Lil, t. 42; Flore des Serres, t. 423; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 133 ; Klatt, Erganz, 34. Coast ReGgion: Devils Mountain, Thunberg ! Bolus, 4004! Table Mountain, Rogers ! 39. M. Pavonia (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1247); corm small, globose ; coats thick, cancellate; produced leaf one, subbasal, long, linear, pilose ; stem long, slender, terete, with several sheaths, simple, 24 IRIDEX (Baker), [ Morea. or with 1-8 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrieal, 2-23 in. long, 2-3-tlowered ; valves lanceolate, euspidate, scariose only at the very tip; outer much shorter than inner; perianth-limb fugitive, 1-14 in, long, outer segments orbicular-cuneate, without any distinct claw, bright red, with a large blue-black or greenish-black spot at the glabrous base, inner + in. long, with a linear, central cusp, and two small side ones; ovary clavate, } in. long; style-column cylindrical, 4 in. long; erests of stigma laneeolate ; capsule clavate, % in. long, Ker in Ann, Bot. i, 240; Gen. Irid. 34; Baker, Handb, Lrid, 59. Iris Pavonia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss, No, 35, t i. fig. 3; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 296; Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 6, t.10; Andr, Bot. Rep.t. 364. Vieusseuxia Pavonia, DC, in Ann. Mus, ii. 139; Spreng. Syst. i. 166 ; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 622; Erganz. 34; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 133. Var, B, villosa (Baker). Leaf pilose; outer segments of perianth bright purple, with a hairy claw decorated with a blue-black spot. Jris villosa, Ker in Bot, Mag. t,571. Vieusseuwia villosa, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 166; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 628, excl. syn.; Ergdnz. 34; Baker in Journ. Bot, xvi. 183. Morea villosa, Ker in Ann. Bot. i. 240; Gen. Irid. 36, Var, y, lutea (Baker), Leaf glabrous; flower yellow; outer segments without a distinct spot on the claw. Vieusseusia spiralis, Delaroche, Deser. 81, t. 5; DC, Ann, Mus, ii. 140; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 490; Baker in Linn, Journ, xvi, 183; Klatt, Erganz. 34. Morza tricuspis, var. lutea, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 772; Gen. Irid. 86, V. Bellendeni, Sweet, Hort, Brit. edit, ii, 498; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv, 624, ' Sourn Arrica: without locality, Masson! Harrey, 93! Var. lutea, Drege, 2329! Thom/ ; Coast Rreion: Malmesbury Div.; Zwartland, Thunberg! Var, lutea, near Wynberg, Bolus, 2831! Swellendam Diy., Zeyher, 4081! 4082! 40. M. candida (Baker, Handb. Irid. 59); produced leaf one, grass-like, twice as long as the stem; stem simple, 14-2 ft. long, with several sheaths; flowers white, twice the size of those of M. Pavonia lutea; outer segments with a purple, densely-bearded claw, crowned by a spot of two circles, the inner one yellow, the outer one purplish and dotted, inner segments with a large, straight, central a Vieusseuxia fugaz, Delaroche, Deser, 33; DC, Ann, Mus. ii. Sourn Arica: without locality. Known only from the description of Delaroche, M. fugax, Jacq., to which it is referred by De Candolle, is totally different. 41. M, unguiculata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 593); corm globose, % in. diam.; coats coarsely cancellate; produced leaves 1-2, long, linear-subulate, glabrous; stem very slender, terete, 1-14 ft. long, simple, or with 1-4 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 14 in, long, 2-8-flowered ; valves cuspidate, scariose only at the very tip; perianth 1-1j.in. long, very fugitive, outer segments with a claw about as long as the oblong lamina, which is white with reddish- purple Ya inner segments with three linear cusps, and a long filiform claw ; ovary clavate, } in, long; column cylindrical ; crests of stigma linear ; capsule small, clavate. Ker, Gen. Irid. 37 ; Ait. Hort. Morea. | 1R1DEX (Baker), 25 Kew. ii. 112; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 562; Baker, Handb. Irid. 59. Vieusseuzia wnguicularis, Roem. et Schult, Syst. Veg. i. 491; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi, 133 ; Klatt, Ergdanz, 34. Coast Reaion: Mossel Bay Div., Burchell, 6377! George Div., Burchell, 6102! Queenstown Div., Cooper, 317! Westexn Reaion: Little Namaqualand, Bolus, 6573! 42. M. tricuspis (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 696) ; corm small, globose; coats thick, fibrous; produced leaf one, basal, long, tirm, linear, glabrous ; stem 1-2 ft. long, with 2-3 short, sheathing leaves, simple, or with 2-4 short, erect branches ; spathes cylindrical, 2-24 in. long, 2-3-flowered ; valves cuspidate, seariose only at the very tip ; perianth figitive, }-1 in, long, whitish or lilac, outer segments obovate, obtuse, with a spreading lamina about as long as the claw, inner segments with a long claw, and three filiform cusps; ovary clavate, } in, long; column cylindrical; crests of stigmas linear; capsule clavate, 4 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 36, in part; Baker, Handb. Irid. 58. Iris tricuspidata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98. Iris tricuspis, Jacg. Collect. iv. 99; Ic. t. 222, in part ; Thunb. Diss. No. 15; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 289; Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. 482. Vieusseuxia tricuspis, Spreng. Syst. Vey. i. 165; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 133; Klatt, Erganz. 34, V. aristata, Houtt. Handi, xii, 92, t. 80, f. 1, non Delaroche. Coast Keeton: Devils Mountain, and Malmesbury Div., Thwnberg ! Simons Bay, Wright! Dutoits Kloof, Drége/ Eastegn Rzoion; Faku’s Territory, Sutherland! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 414! 1116! KataHaki Reeion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 884! 1028! 43. M. tenuis (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1047); corm small, globose ; coats thick, fibrous or cancellate; produced leaf one, basal, long, narrow linear, glabrous; stem long, very slender, terete, simple, or with 1-2 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 14 in, long, 2—3-flowered ; valves cuspidate, scarious only at the very tip; outer much shorter than inner; perianth fugitive, under an inch long, yel- lowish-brown, outer segments with a filiform claw about half as long as the spreading, oblong, cuspidate lamina, inner with a long claw, and three large linear cusps; ovary clavate, } in. long; style-column _ eyhndrical, as leng as the claw of the perianth-segments; crests of stigma large, lanceolate; capsule small, clavate-oblong, obtusely- angled. Ker, Gen. Irid. 37 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2,i. 112; Baker, Handb. Irid. 58. Tris tricuspis, var, Jacq. Ic., tab, 222, Vieusseuxia tenuis, Roem, et Schult. Syst. Veg. i.491; Spreng. Syst. Veg.i. 165 ; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 622; Ergdnz. 34; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc, xvi, 183. Iris gracilis, Licht, in Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 477 4 Coast Recion: Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4083! Mossel Bay Div., Burchell, 6202! Eastern Recion: Natal, Buchanan! near Nottingham Road Station, 4800 ft., Wood, 4896! Liddesdale, 5000 ft,, Wood, 4252! 44, M. iridioides (Linn. Mant. 28); rhizome short-creeping, as thick as a man’s finger ; leaves in crowded, fan-shaped, hasal rosettes, 69 a trIDFz (Baker). [ Morea. equitent, dark green, rigid in texture, 1-2 ft. long, }-- in. broad ; stems 1-2 ft. long, with many short, sheathing, lanceolate, rudimen- tary leaves, sometimes procumbent, elongated, and viviparous; clusters few, laxly corymbose; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long, 3-4flowered; valves firm in texture, not pointed; outer small; perianth white, about 1} in. long; all the segments spreading outer obovate-unguiculate, with a beard down the claw, and a yellow keel at the base of the blade inner narrower, concolorous ; ovary cylindri- cal, 4 in. long; style and filaments joined in a tube at the base ; style- crests lanceolate, 4-4 in. long; capsule ellipsoid, obtusely-angled, 1-14 in. long. Thunb, Diss. No. 18; Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 196 (excl. syn.); Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 693. Iris compressa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss. No. 12; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 147 ; Handb. Irid. 60. Dietes iridifolia, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 8307. D. compressa, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 584. D. tri- dioides, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. edit. ii. 497. Morea vegeta, Mill. Dict. edit. viii. No. 1; Icones, tab. 239, fig. 1, non Linn. nee Jacq. Tris crassifolia, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1861. I. moreoides, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1407; Gen. Irid. 64. Dietes crassifolia, Klatt, Erganz. 40. Var. B, M. prolongata (Hort. Leichtlin), Flowers pure white, with segments an inch long. Coast Region: George Div., Drége, 4555a! Burchell, 6047! Humansdorp Div., near Zeekoe R., Thunberg; Uitenhage, Zeyher, 797! Bathurst Div., Burchell, 4011! Albany Div., Cooper, 1528! CentrRat Recion: Somerset Div., Boschberg, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 1845! Katanari Rea@ion: Transvaal; Barberton, 3500-4000 ft., Galpin, 1206! Eastern Recion: Natal; Groenberg, Wood, 1099! Also hills of Zambesi country, Kirk ! 45. M. bicolor (Spae in Flore des Serres, tab. 744); habit of M. iridioides ; rhizome short-creeping; leaves in a distichous, basal rosette, 13-2 ft. long, } in. broad ; stems 1-2 ft. long ; clusters few, laxly corymbose ; spathes cylindrical, 2—3-flowered, 1}-14 in. long; valves rigid in texture; outer short ; expanded flower 2 in. diam., lemon-yellow, outer segments obovate-unguiculate, with no beard down the claw, and a blackish spot at the base of the blade, inner segments oblong-unguiculate, concolorous, 4-3} in. broad; style- crests small, lanceolate-deltoid. Baker, Handb. Ivid. 60. Dietes bicolor, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 584; Ergdnz. 40. Iris bicolor, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1404; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1886; Pazxt. Mag. 1x, 29. Coast Recion: Bathurst Div.; among shrubs on the banks of the Kap River, MacOwan, 2986! and Herb. Aust, Afr., 1538! King Williamstown Div. ; near Komgha, Flanagan, 232! It was originally described and figured from the en of the Comte de Vandes at Bayswater in 1831. size ge II. HOMERIA, Vent. Perianth infundibuliferm, cut down very nearly to the ovary; segments oblanceolate-oblong, not distinctly unguiculate, subequal, Homeria.) IRIDEZ (Baker) 27 or the three inner narrow. Stamens with filaments connate in a cylindrical column, and large linear anthers opposite the style- branches. Ovary clavate, with the ovules crowded and superposed ; style filiform, with three small, petaloid, emarginate branches, papil- lose round the outer margin. Capsule clavate, operculate. Seeds small, globose, angled by pressure. Rootstock a tunicated corm ; produced leaf usually one only, linear, overtopping the stem; clusters one or few, the side ones shortly peduncled; spathes cylindrical, with few successive fugacious flowers, yellow or fulvous, Disteis, An endemic Cape genus. Perianth-segments with a blotch in the middle, Segments all obtuse, with a minute cusp ... ie .. (1) elegans. Inner segments lanceolate, acute ... ive ai ... (23) maculata. Perinnth-segments not blotched in the middle. Flowers large; spathes 24-3 in. long: 3 Leaf not vittate jes ‘ss es see eee «. (3) colliva. Leaf with a white central band oe TC ..» (4) lineata, Flowers small ; spathes 14-2 in. long: Flower pale yellow... = see ies a ... (5) pallida. Flower fulvous red... tee edi im Re ... (6) miniata. | 1. H. elegans (Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498); corm globose, 3 in, diam., with thick brown tunics ; produced leaf one, subbasal, linear, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, a foot or more long, $4 in. broad, over- topping the stem ; stem a foot or more long; clusters 1-4, on short, erect peduncles; perianth-limb broadly infundibuliform, 1-12 in. long, the outer segments fulvous, and the inner yellow, or all the six yellow, oblanceolate-oblong, with a cusp 4-3 in. broad, the three outer with a large green or yellow-brown blotch in the middle; stamens 3 in. long, the linear anthers equalling the cylindrical column ; ovary cylindrical-trigonous, 4 in. long; style-branches with two small quadrate crests ; capsule clavate, ? in. long, with three rigid valves, Baker, Handb. Irid. 74. Morea elegans, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 6, t.12; Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1103 ; Pers. Syn. i, 49; Ker, Gen. Irid. 33. Sisyrinchium elegans, Willd. Sp, Plant. iii. 577 ; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 491, excl. syn. H. spicata, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 626, in part; Hrgdnz. 52. Morea spicata, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1103 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1283 ; Gen. Irid, 33, South AFrica: without locality, Thunberg! Stanger! Mundt! Coast Reeton: Caledon Diy., Kleinriver Kloof, 1000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 4078 ! on the Zwartberg near Caledon, 400 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 799! 2. H. maculata (Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 627) ; corm globose; tunic: thick and cancellate ; produced leaf narrow linear, overtopping the stem, 1 in. broad ; stem 3-1 ft. long ; spathes cylindrical, peduncled, 2-21 in. long; perianth an inch long, the segments yellow, with a greenish claw, and a semilunar, greenish blotch above the base, the outer 4 in. broad, obtuse, the inner oblanceolate, acute; forks of stigma linear, acute ; capsule, cylindrical, § in. long. Ergdnz. 52; Baker, Handb. Irid, 74. Coast Reaction : Caledon Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 38, 259, fide Klatt. 28 1rIDEx (Baker). _ [Homeria. 3. H. collina (Vent. Decad. 5); corm globose, $-1 in. diam., with thick, dark brown, cancellate tunics; produced leaf one, linear, rigid in texture, strongly ribbed, glabrous, 1}-2 ft. long, }-} in. broad; stem 1-14 ft. long, with 1-4 clusters, the side ones on short, erect peduncles, and several lanceolate, sheathing, rudimentary leaves of firm texture; spathes cylindrical, 2~—3-flowered, 23-3 in. long; valves cuspidate, firm in texture, except the tip, closely ribbed ; perianth-limb bright red, 1j]-14 in. long, the segments oblanceolate- oblong, obtuse, #-3 in. broad, with a yellow throat inside; stamens $—-% in. long, the anthers as long as the tube of filaments; ovary clavate, #-1 in. long; style-crests minute, subquadrate ; capsule clavate, an inch long. Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 8307; Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498; Baker, Handb. Irid. 74. Morea collina, Thunb. Diss. No. 13; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 273; Jaeq. Ic. t. 226 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1038. Stsyrinchium collinum, Cav. Diss. vi. 346 ; Red. Lil, t. 250, SS. elegans, Red. Lil. t. 171, non Willd. Var. 8, H. aurantiaca (Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498); habit more slender ; leat narrower ; segments of periunth light scarlet, with a yellow claw, narrower and more acute. M. collina, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1612. Var. y, H. ochroleuca (Sulisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 308); habit of the type, but flower pale yellow. Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498. M. collina, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1103. M. grandiflora, Eckl. Top. Verz. 14. Vaz. 3, bicolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 75); habit of the type; flowers pale yellow ; the segments flushed with lavender colour in the middle. Coast Rxcion: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Drege! Bolus, 3790! Var. 6, Cape district, Cooper, 3218! Culedon Div. Zeyher, 4074! Vur. y, Table Mountain, Ecklon, 534! 685! Bolus, 2811!- Caledon Div., Zeyher! Var. 3 Stellenbosch, Sanderson ! 4. H. lineata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 178); corm large, globose, bristly round the neck ; produced leaf rigid in texture, 4 in. broad, strongly ribbed, and furnished with a distinct white band down the midrib on the face; stem 1}-2 ft. long, bearing 4-5 clusters ; spathes cylindrical, 2} in. long; flower copper-red, the segments an inch long, oblong, acute, ¢-} in. broad, with a small, yellow-dotted blotch inside ut the base; ovary clavate, pubescent, + in. long ; stamens 4 in. long, with anthers shorter than the column. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 105; Handb. Irid. 75. Sour AFRIcA: without locality, Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn in Mr. Colvill’s nursery in 1837, from a plant introduced by Mr. Synnot. 4H. porrifolia, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 498, is said to be like this in leaf and habit, but to have bright scarlet flowers, 5. H. pallida (Baker, Handb. Irid, 75) ; corm globose, 3 in. diam., with hard, black, cancellate tunics; produced leaf one, subbasal, narrow linear, twice as long as the stem, firm in texture, strongly — ribbed ; stem a foot long, with 2-3 clusters, the side ones on short, erect peduncles ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in, long, the valves firm in texture, closely ribbed, with long, scariose cusps ; perianth-limb fugacious, pale yellow, {7-1 in. long, the segments unspotted, subequal, Homeria. } 1R1DEZz (Baker). 29 oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse; stamens half as Jong as the perianth, the linear anthers as long as the tube of filaments; ovary clavate, under } in. long; capsule much smaller than in 4. collina. Katawart Recton: Bechuanaland; at the Moshowa R., near Old Litaku, Burchell, 2252/1! Transvaal, Matebe Valley, Holub, 1543! 1544! 6. H. miniata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 152) ; corm globose, with thick, rigid, black, cancellate tunics; produced leaves two, linear, rigid in texture, overtopping the stem, without a white central band, sometimes with bulbillz in their axils; stems 4-1} ft. long; clusters several, on short, erect peduncles; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in, long, the valves green and firm, except the long scariose tip; perianth fulvous, #1 in. long, the segments subequal, oblanceolate, + in. broad, obtuse; stamens half as long as the perianth; anthers much shorter than the column of filaments; ovary clavate-trigonous, = in. long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 75. Morea miniata, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 404. Coast Recion: Tulbagh, Thom! Caledon Div.; Zonder Einde R., Gill! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4075! CENTRAL ReGion: Worcester Div.; Klein Roggeveld, Burchell, 1301 ! III. FERRARIA, Linn. Perianth-segments joined in a tube at the very base, distinctly unguiculate above it, with a spreading limb much crisped at the edge, the blade of the outer a little broader than the inner. Stamens with filaments connate or connivent, in a cylindrical tube ; anthers small, ovate, placed opposite the style-branches. Ovary eylindrical- trigonous ; ovules crowded, superposed ; style filiform inside the column of stamens, with three small, spreading, emarginate, petaloid branches strongly fimbriated on the margin. Capsule ellipsoid, membranous, acute, or rostrate. Seeds globose, angled by pressure. Rootstock a large tuber-like corm; produced leaves few, linear, distichous, passing gradually into ovate-amplexicaul membranous bracts; spathes large, cylindrical; flowers large, fugitive, lasting only through the morning, lurid in colour, with an unpleasant scent like those of Stapelia. Distris, A single species in Angola, Anther-cells distinctly divaricated : Expanded perianth 14-14 in. diam., greenish-purple .,, (1) autherosa. Expanded perianth 2 in. diam., brownish-purple .. (2) divaricata, Anther-cells parallel : -Perianth greenish, with narrow, very acuminate seg- ieee oe «as + ss eee “ae wee eee erianth dull, brownish-purple : Leaves long, narrowed toa point ... oss ose, (4) tndulata. Leaves short, obtuse .., 5 a i sc ‘83 obtusifolia, Perianth dark purple bie Awe ie ae .. (6) atrata. 1. F. antherosa (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 751); stem stout, erect, 1 ft. long, with two linear produced leaves of firm texture from its base, glabrous, strongly ribbed, glaucous, ¢ in, broad; ovate- (3) uncinata. 30 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Ferrara. amplexicaul, upper bract-like leaves, firm in texture, acute, strongly ribbed, 2 in. long; spathes inflated, 2-33 in. long; valves closely ribbed, pale green, firm in texture, flowers smaller than in F. undulata, dull, greenish-purple, 1-1} in. diam. when expanded, the claw of the segments about as long as the blade; anthers sagittate, with divari- cating cells; capsule narrowed into adistinct beak. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. Irid. 72. F. viridiflora, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 285. F. Ferrariola, Willd. Sp. Plant. iii.581; Dryand in Att. Hort. Kew, ed. 2,iv. 136; Ker, Gen. Irid 28. F. minor, Pers, Syn. i. 50. Morea Ferrariola, Jacq. Collect. iv. 141; Hort. Schoenbr. t. 450. F, viridis, Hort. Coast Reaion: Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Malmesbury Div. ; Groenekloof, Ecklon, 305 ! F. angustifolia, Sweet, Hort. Brit. 499, is said to have a flower like 7. an- therosa, and linear-subulate leaves. 2. F. divaricata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 192); stem flexuose, attaining a height of 14 ft.; produced leaves firm in texture, ensi- form, glaucous, strongly ribbed; upper bract-like leaves, firm in texture, ovate-amplexicaul, acute, 2 in. long; spathes cylindrical, 2 in. long, 3—4-flowered; perianth dull brownish purple, 2 in. diam. when expanded, the segments 1} in. long, with a claw nearly as long as the blade, the three outer rhomboid, } in. broad, the three inner narrow ; ovary rostrate ; filaments as long as the claw of the segments, united in a tube nearly to the top; anther cells divari- cated. Loudon, Ornam. Bulbs, tab. v., fig. 3; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. frid. 73. Sout Arrica: without locality. Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn from a plant that flowered in Mr, Colvill’s nursery in 1838, sent from the Cape by Mr. Synnot. 3. F. uncinata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 161); stem short, little branched; produced leaves 2-3, linear, } in. broad, acute, overtopping the stem, pale green; upper rudimentary ovate- lanceolate, acute, 1} in. long; spathes ventricose, 13 in. long, 2-flowered ; perianth greenish, the segments an inch long, the claw not more than half as long as the very acuminate blade, the outer 4 in. broad, the inner lanceolate, } in. broad; ovary cylindrical, ros- trate; filaments under 3 in. long, united in a tube nearly to the tip; anthers small, with nearly parallel cells. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. Irid. 73. SourH Arrica: without localitr. Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn in Mr. Colvill’s nursery in 1838, from a plant introduced from the Cape by Mr. Synnot, 4. F. undulata (Linn. Sp, Plant. 1353); stem stout, erect, sometimes above a foot long ; basal leaves ensiform, above a foot long, thinner in texture, more finely veined than in F. antherosa, flat, }-} in. broad above the dilated clasping base ; upper passing gradually into the ovate-amplexicaul bracts, which are scariose in texture, 13-2 in. Ferraria. } IRIDEX (Baker). 81 long, with a white margin; spathes ventricose, 13-2 in. long, 2-3-flowered ; perianth dull purple, segments with a claw not more than half as long as the lamina, which in the outer ones is deltoid, } in. broad, in the inner }in. broad; stamens and styles 3 in. long; anthers oblong, } in. long; cells not diverging ; ovary cylindrical, 13 in. long, narrowed to the apex. Ourt. Bot. Mag. t. 144 ; Jacg. Hort. Vind. t. 63 ; Cavan. Diss. vi. 343 ; Ic. t. 190, fig. 1 ; Red. Lil. t. 28; Ker, Gen. Irid. 28; Baker, Handb. Irid. 73. Morea undulata, Thunb. Diss. No. 21. F. punctata, Pers. Syn. i. 50. Flos indicus, Ferr. Cult. 170, t. 173. Gladiolus indicus, Moris. Fist. ii. 344, s, 4, t. 4, fig 7.—Barrel. Ic. 1216; Rudb. Elys. ii. 49. fig 9; Miller Ic, 187, t. 280. Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div., Between Lange Kloof and Heeren Loge- ment Berg, Drége! Piquetberg, Drege! vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg / Mossel Bay Div., Rogers! Burchell, 6196! Introduced into the Dutch gardens about 1640. Lapeyrousia macrochlamys, Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 338, proves to be this plant. 5. F. obtusifolia (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 148); stem stout, erect, densely branched, attaining a height of 13 ft.; produced leaves short, ensiform, obtuse; upper rudimentary, ovate-amplexicaul, obtuse, with a minute cusp; spathes ventricose, the valves green to the tip; perianth brownish-purple, 14 in. diam. when expanded, the claw of the segments not more than half as long as the blade, the outer segments deltoid, 4 in. broad, the inner lanceolate, } in. broad ; ovary cylindrical, not rostrate; filaments 4 in. long, united in a column nearly to the top; anthers small, with parallel cells, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. Irid. 73. SovrH Arnica: without locality. Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn from a plant that flowered in Mr. Colvill’s nursery at London, in 1838; introduced from the Cape by Mr.’ Synnot. 6. F. atrata (Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1356); stem 3 ft. long, densely fastigiate; produced leaves about 4, ensiform, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, falcate, overtopping the stem, a foot long, } in. broad ; spathes ventricose, 3—4-flowered, 1}-2 in. long; the valves acute, firm in texture, green to the apex, the flowers protruding from the side; perianth bright dark purple, 1}—2 in. diam. when fully expanded, segments 13 in. long, the outer three deltoid, acuminate, } in. broad, with a claw not more than half as long as the blade, three inner rather smaller ; stamens 3 in. long; filaments free in the upper half; anthers oblong, with parallel cells. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 106 ; Handb. Irid. 73. Katanari Reeion: Victoria West; Buffels Bout, Burchell, 1599! IV. HEXAGLOTTIS, Vent. Perianth cut down to the ovary, rotate, twisting up spirally in fading; segments subequal, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse. /ilaments 82 inipEz (Baker). [ Hewaglottis. very short, flattened, connivent in a tube; anthers large, linear. Ovary cylindrical, 3-celled; ovules crowded, superposed; style short, the three branches patent with two linear forks, which are stigmatose at the tip. Capsule firm, cylindrical, 3-valved. Seeds minute, oblong, turgid. Rootstock a small tunicated corm. Produced leaves usually two, long, linear, or terete. Inflorescence a panicle with spicate branches; flowers fugacious, yellow, 3-4 to a spathe. Disrais. An endemic Cape genus. Leaf narrow linear ia és ey) ssa see 1) longifolia. Leaf terete Ay] sae pe aga Bei iat 2) virgata. 1. H. longifolia (Vent. Decad. 6); corm ovoid, 3-1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, of hard, black, parallel ribs; produced leaves 1-2, over- topping the stem, narrow linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed; stem slender, erect, 1-13 ft. long; inflorescence a panicle with long spicate branches, the central one sometimes a foot long, bearing 6-8 clusters; spathes cylindrical, 1-14 in. long, 3—-4-flowered; valves firm in texture, closely ribbed, with long scariose cusps; perianth yellow, 3 in. long, segments } in. broad, with a many-ribbed keel ; anthers linear, 4 in. long; style-branches } in. long, forked half- way down; capsule clavate {-? in. long. Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 313; Baker, Handb. Irid. 76. Morea flexuosa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 100; Thunb. Diss. No. 12; Prodr. 11; Fl Gap. i. 272; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 695; Gen. Irid. 33. Homeria spicata, Klatt tn Linnea, xxxiv. 626, in part. Stsyrinchium fleeuosum, Spreng. Syst. i, 167. Ixia longifolia, Jacq. Hort. Vind. iii, 47, t. 90; Morea longifolia, Pers. Syn. i. 49. Hegaglotiis fleruosa, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 498. Plantia flava, Herbert in Bot. Reg. xxx. Misc. 89. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 16431 1644! Coast Brcion: Clanwilliam and Piguetberg Div., Thunberg! Vicinity of Cape Town and Rondebosch, Ecklon, 9b! 586! Burchell, 34! 202! 252/1! MacGillivray, 479! George Div., Bolus, 2484! Burchell, 6107! 6151! Uiten- — hage Div., Van Staden’s Hoogte, MacOwan, 2055! 2. H. virgata (Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 498); very near H. longifolia, of which it is likely only a variety, and from which it only differs by its more slender habit and terete leaves, Baker, Handb. Irid. 76. Morea virgata, Jacq. Ic. t. 228; Collect. iii, 194; Ker in Bot. Mag., sub t. 1103 ; Gen. Irid. 33. Ixia virgata, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 202; Vahl. Enum. ii. 59. Homerta spicata, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 626, in part. Coast Reaton: near Paarl, Drége! Table Mountain, Ecklon, 586! Near Cape Town, Bolus, 3801! V. GALAXIA, Thunb. Perianth with a cylindrical tube, and a campanulate limb with subequal obovate segments, Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments connate in a cylindrical column ; anthers Galazia.] 1R1DE# (Baker), . 83 lanceolate, sagittate at the base. Ovary cylindrical, 3-celled ; ovules crowded in the cells; style filiform, with a petaloid, peltate, 3-lobed stigma papillose on the margin. Capsule cylindrical, membranous. Seeds minute, subglobose. Rootstock a small corm, tunicated with parallel lamella; leaves several, multifarious, linear or broad; spathes 1-flowered, eylindrical, membranous, mag in the centre of the rosette of leaves; flowers small, fugacious, yellow or Disters. An endemic Cape genus. Outer leaves broad... isa sas ais ssa sui 1) ovata. All the leaves linear ius aes aa ies rT f graminea, 1. G. ovata (Thunb. Diss. Nov. Gen. ii, 51, eum icone) ; corm globose, § in. diam., thickly tunicated, furnished with a neck some- times 1-2 in. long below the rosette of leaves; leaves several, in a dense rosette, firm in texture, with several distinct ribs, and a thickened, pale, cartilaginous border, outer ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 3-1¢ in. long, inner narrower; spathe cylindrical, 4-1 in. long; perianth-tube filiform, exserted from the spathe ; perianth-limb bright yellow, about an inch in diameter, with imbricated obovate segments ; stigma exserted about } in. from the perianth-tube, overtopping the anthers. Cav. Diss. vi. 341, tab. 189, fig. 2; Jacq. Ie. tab. 291, upper figure; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 94; Baker, Handb, Irid. 97. G. obtusa, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc.i. 315. Inia Galazia, Linn. Jil. Suppl. 93, Ovieda fasciculata, a and b, Herb. Drege. Vaz. 6, G, grandiflora (Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i, 314) ; flower larger, yellow, 14 in. diam. when expanded, with imbricated obovate segments. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 164. G. ovata, a, Ker in Bot. Mag. t, 1208. Vag. y, G. mucronularis (Salisb. loc. cit. 315) ; flower lilac, with a yellow throat, segments narrower than in the type, obtuse, with a minute cusp. G. ovata, Jacq. Ic. t. 291, lower left hand eee Vag. 8, G. versicolor (Salisb. loc. cit. 315) ; flower smaller than in the type, dark lilac, with a yellow throat; segments obtuse, without a cusp. G, ovata, Jacq. Ic. t. 291, lower right hand figure. Var. ¢, Eckloni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 97) ; flowers lilac, about an inch in diam., with imbricated broad segments; leaves more humerous than in the type, the inner linear. G. violacea, Eckl. Top. Vers. 17. Coast Reeion: Clanwilliam Div., Drége, 2614a! Cape Div., near Tyger Berg, Burchell, 971! Lion Mountain, MacOwan, 2552! and Herb. Norm. Au-t. Af?., 253! Near Cape Town, Thunberg/ Var. ¢, Devils Mountain, Ecklon, 308! 2. G. graminea (Thunb. Diss. Nov. Gen. ii. 51, cum icone) ; corm ovoid, $4 in. diam., with thick, much-raised ribs, and often furnished with a cylindrical neck, 1-2 in. long, below the rosette of leaves; leaves numerous, in a rosette, all linear, convolute, 1-2 in. long, dilated and membranous at the base, and often furnished with bulbill# in their axils; spathe about } in. long; perianth with a filiform tube 1-2 in. long, and a lilac or yellow limb 1-1} in. diam. when expanded, with obovate obtuse segments; style reaching half- way up the limb, overtopping the anthers. Thunb. Prodr 10; Cav. Diss. vi. 341, t. 189, fig. 3; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1292; Jacg, Coll. ii. 866, t. 18, fig. 2; Ker, Gen. Irid.71; Baker, Handb. Irid. 97. Ixia FSugacissima, Linn. fil. Suppl. 94. 84 iziDEzZ (Baker). — [Galawia. Coast Region: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Burchell, 8396 ! Ecklon, 306! Bolus, 4806! MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afric. 1539! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 4065 ! VL. SYRINGODEA, Hook. fil. Perianth hypoerateriform or infundibuliform, with a long cylindrical tube and subequal, entire or emarginate segments. Stamens inserted.at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments short, free; anthers large, linear, sagittate at the base. Ovary oblong- eylindrical ; cells 3, many-ovuled ; style long, filiform ; style-branches slender, clavate. Capsule membranous, oblong-cylindrical. Seeds minute, turgid. Rootstock a corm with many membranous tunics. Leaves usually narrow, multifarious. Spathes cylindrical, membranous, 1-flowered, subsessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves. Flowers small, usually purple. Distris. An endemic Cape genus, representing Crocus of the northern hemisphere. Subgenus Syzincopea PROPER. Perianth hypocrateriform, with spreading emarginate segments, The only species ... Sig = a +s .» (1) pulchella. Subgenus Crocopsis. Perianth infundibuliform, with ascending entire segments, Leaves terete : Leaves several : Spathe ; in. long soo one wee swe (2) Montana, ate ins ate eee oo eee (3) Fused. pai in,long ats as we (4) Fi Spathe 13-2 in. lon ae co = ... (5) bicolor. Leaves single ore tor oo eee eee eee -(6) rosea. Leaves linear asa eco: 5 ek aie os .. (7) minuta. Leaves lanceolate ... oon ooo wer eee eee (8) latifolia. 1. 8. pulchella (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6072); corm globose, 3 in. diam., with thick, dull brown, outer tunics, 1—2-flowered ; leaves 4-6, falcate, setaceous, glabrous, firm in texture, much overtopping the flowers, 3-4 in. long, 4 lin. diam.; spathe membranous, cylindrical, an inch long; perianth with a cylindrical tube 14-2 in. long, much exserted from the spathe, and a rotate purple limb 4~} in. long, with all the segments cuneate-unguiculate, and distinctly emarginate; anthers linear, 4 in. long, much exceeding their filaments ; style-branches cuneate at the tip, just overtopping the stamens. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 67; Handb. Trid. 95. CzntTRrat Reaion : Graaff Reinet Div., Sneeuw Berg, 4500 ft., Bolus, 1852! 2. 8. montana (Klatt, Erganz, 69); corm oblong, } in. diam., 1-3-flowered tunics shining, castaneous ; leaves setaceous, curved or spiral, hairy, 3 in. long, } lin. diam, ; valves of spathe equal, white, ape ip F in. re gs — with a cylindrical tube # in. long, a yellow throat, and obovate violet segments + in, | in, b: Baker, Handb. Irid. 95. ee Central Reaion : Hantam Mountains, near Calvinia, Meyer. Syringodea.] IRIDEX (Baker). 35 3. 8. filifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 67); corm oblong, 4 in. diam., with dark brown shining tunics, and a neck an inch long ; leaves 6-8, setaceous, glabrous, 1-1: in. long, very slender ; spathe membranous, cylindrical, } in. long; perianth with a filiform tube an inch long, and a dark lilac limb } in. long, with a yellow throat, and obovate segments; stamens half as long as the limb. Baker, Handb, Irid. 96. Sour Arrica: without locality, Bowie / Described from a specimen at the British Museum, gathered by Bowie. 4, §. Flanagani (Baker in Kew Bullet. 1893, 158); corm oblong, } in. diam., with brown, membranous tunics produeed above its neck ; leaves 6-9, filiform, glabrous, recurved, 1-2 in. long, spathe 3—$ in. long ; perianth-tube yellow, twice as long as the spathe, segments of the limb dark purple, 4 in. long, outer oblanceolate, inner oblanceolate-oblong ; stamens more than half as long as the perianth- segments. Coast Region: King Williamstown Div., summit of Gonubie Hill, near Komgha, 2400 feet, Flanagan, 720! 5. 8. bicolor (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 67); corm globose, $ in, diam., 1-3-flowered, with brown, membranous tunics, and a neck 2-3 in. long ; leaves 6-8, setaceous, firm in texture, glabrous, much overtopping the flowers, 6-8 in. long, 3 lin, diam.; spathe pale, membranous, cylindrical, 1-14 in. long; perianth with a cylindrical tube 13-2 in. long, and a purple limb # in. long, with a bright yellow throat, segments obovate-oblong, in. broad; stamens half as long as the limb, the anthers exceeding the free filaments; style- branches clavate, 4 in. long, overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Trid. 96. Trichonema longitubum, Klati in Linnea, xxxiv. 665. Var. 8, concolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 96). Perianth-limb } in. long, dark purple, like the tube, without a yellow throat. Coast Region : near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 827! CrnTRAL Reqion: Graaff Reinet, Bowker,9! Somerset, Bowker! Coles- berg, Shaw! Var. 8B, Valley at Coetzier’s Kraal, near Murraysburg, Tyson, 346! Eastgeen Reeion: Kaffraria, Hutton / A plant gathered by Drage (No. 3498) on the Wittebergen, Aliwal North, at 7000-8000 f.., with ak core slender leaves, and a concoloroas lilac limb, } in. long, may be an alpine form of this species. 6. 8. rosea (Klatt, Erginz. 69, excl. syn.); corm 1-3-flowered ; leaf single, thick, terete, obtuse, curved, channelled down the face, 2-3 in. long, 1 lin. diam.; spathes with subequal, membranous valves 3-1 in. long, 1-2 lines broad, with a one-nerved herbaceous midrib ; perianth with a cylindrical tube } in. Jong, and a rose-red limb, with oblanceolate segments } in. long, } in. broad. Baker, Handb. Irid. 96. Crentrat ReoGron : Hantam Mountains, near Calvinia, Meyer. 7. 8. minuta (Klatt, Erginz. 69, excl. syn.) ; corm globose, 1-4 flowered ; leaves linear, flat, glabrous, erect ; spathe with two, small 36 1EIDEz (Baker). [ Syringodea. linear-filiform valves; perianth with a white tube with purple streaks, and a limb with coneave white segments with two purple streaks. Baker, Handb. Irid. 96. Sourg Argica: without locality or collector, but said to grow in sandy inun- dated places. I only know this from Dr. Klatt’s description. Zia minuta, Linn. fil., which he cites as a synonym, is Pauridia minuta, any Abe Hypowidew. I have examined the type specimens, both in the Linnean and Thunbergian herbaria. 8. S.: latifolia (Klatt, Erginz. 69); corm ovoid, 4 in. diam., 1-flowered, with brown, cuspidate tunics; leaves 4, lanceolate, flat, patent, prominently 1-nerved, 4-1 in. long, tin, broad ; spathes with equal valves 4 in. long, hairy on the keel; perianth with a cylindrical tube nearly an inch long, purple and hairy at the throat, and a limb } in. long, with oblanceolate segments } in. broad, Baker, Handb, Irid. 96. Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand; Kamiesbergen, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 2633. VII. ROMULEA, Maratti. Perianth infundibuliform, with a short tube, and a regular limb with subequal, imbricated, obovate segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments short, usually free; anthers lanceolate, sagittate at the base. Ovary 3-celled; ovules crowded in the cells; style filiform, with three bifid branches with clavate forks papillose round the inner margins. Capsule globose or ellipsvid, Joculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose or angled by pressure. Rootstock a small globose corm, with tunicated, membranous, brown coats. Leaves narrow, usually overtopping the flowers. Stems produced, simple or branched, Spathe of two lanceolate valves, Flower lilac, purple, yellow or pale, always solitary in the spathes. Wasted Abie about 60; many Mediterranean, a few Central European, two can. Subgenus RomuLga PRoPER. Filaments free. Lutea. Flowers bright yellow. Perianth-tube very short : Leaves setaceous, long, str aight tee one fs sublutea. Leaves setaceous, short, tortuose 2) tortuosa, Leaves flat... ee wal oe «+ (8) bulbocodioides. Perianth-tube 4-} in. long : Peduncle long een oe ~- ose eee (4) filifolia. Pedunele short ... —... a aes -» (5) citrina. Perianth-tube#in, long... ae sis ... (6) Macowani. Chloroleuce. Flowers whitish, the outer segments on the back, Leaves 1-1} lin. broad oe eae ase «» (7) latifolia. Leaves setaceous, }-} lin. broad : Flower large ... ... se. = sen. ave ~—s (8) ‘tridentifora, Flower middle-sized ; es long, aie : os (9) ehloroleuca, ves short, spi wis ie «= (10) spiralis, Flower small : “sine! ee Perianth-limb 4 in. long... —_... »» (11) similis. Perianth-limb fin, long... ... .., (12) minutiflora, Romulea.} — 1rtpEz (Baker). 37 Rubro-lilacine, Flowers bright rose-lilac. Peduncle short, sometimes only 1-flowered. Leuves very slender : Perianth-tube very short : Perianth bright orange in the lower half (13) hirsuta. Perianth yellow at the very base -+ (14) longifolia. Perianth-tube halfas long asthe segments .,. (15) gracillima, Leaves stouter and more rigid : All the perianth-segments rose-lilac ... ... (16) rosea. Inner segments white; outer red, with a pale blotch in centre (17) elegans, Perianth yellow outside, with purple plumose stripes, fulvous and yellow inside .., »-» (18) cuprea. Peduncle elongated, 2-4 flowered : Perianth-tube half as long as segments .., (19) arenaria. Subgenus SPaATHALANTHUS. Filaments connate in a tubetothetop _... ese soe wae =~ eee, (20) -monadelpha, 1, BR. sublutea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88) ; corm globose, 4—} in. diam., with rigid, brown tunics cut round at the base; basal leaves 1-2, setaceous, 3-6 in. long, } lin. broad, l-ribbed, with con- volute edges ; stem simple, 2-3 in. long, or forked low down, with 2-5 branches, with a small green lanceolate leaf from the base of each; spathe of two green lanceolate valves about 3 in. long; perianth a uniform bright yellow, with a short, funnel-shaped tube, and a limb $-1 in. long, with oblong segments ; anthers bright yellow, 4 in. long, about equalling the filaments; styles reaching to the top of the anthers. Klatt, Ergdnz. 65; Baker, Handb. Irid.100, Inia crocea, Thunb., Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 55. ' I. sublutea, Lam. Enc. ili. 335. Geissorhiza sublutea, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224. I. filifolia, Red. Lil. tab. 251, fig. 2. Trichonema filifolium, Ker, Gen, Irid. 82. R. aurea, Klatt, Ergénz. 65. Souta Arxrica: without locality, Thunberg! Grey! Pe Rxcion: Simons Bay, Wright, 279! Zwartberg, near Caledon, Zeyher, CenrTeat Region: Hantam Mountains, near Calvinia, Meyer. 2. BR. tortuosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88) ; corm ovoid, with brown, rigid tunics; basal leaves 3-4, setaceous, tortuose, spreading, 14-2 in. long, firm in texture, 3-nerved, 3 lin. diam. ; flowers 2-3, subsessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves ; spathe of two green lanceolate valves 4 in. long; perianth bright yellow, with a short tube, and a limb 3 in. long, with oblong, lanceolate segments } in. broad; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb, the filaments as long as the lanceolate-sagittate anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 100. Izia tortuosa, Licht. in Roem, et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 375. Trichonema tortuosum, Ker, Gen. Irid. 83; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 666. Centrat Recion: Fraserburg Div., Middle Roggeveld, between Jakhals Fontein and Kuilenberg, near Sutherland, Burchell, 1343! Lichtenstein. 3. RB. bulbocodioides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 88, non Eckl.) ; corm globose, 4-} in. diam., with pale brown, smooth, rigid 88 1R1DEz (Baker), [Romulea. tunics ; basal leaves 1-2, narrow linear, firm in texture, often a foot long, +1; in. broad, with several distinct ribs ; peduncle usually short, bearing 3-5 flowers on long pedicels, with a large linear leaf from the base of each, $+ in. broad; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, closely ribbed, $-1 in. long, inner smaller, brown, membranous ; perianth bright yellow, with a funnel-shaped tube 4-4 in. long, and obovate, obtuse segments in. broad, the outer tinged with green outside ; anthers yellow, 4 in. long, equalling the filaments ; styles equalling or just overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 101 ; Klatt, Ergdnz. 68. Ixia bulbocodicides, Delaroche, Deser. 19. I. recurva, Red. Lil. tab. 251, fig. 1. I. reflexa, Thunb., Fl. Cap. edit. Schult..55. Trichonema caulescens, Ker in Bot. Mag.t.1392; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 663. T. hypoxidiflorum, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 316. Ixia flava, Lam. Til. i. 109. RB. caulescens, Klatt, Erginz, 65. 2. chloroleuca, Eckl. Top. Verz., 20, excl. syn. Var. 8, Elongata (Baker). Peduncle a foot long. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Rogers! Viligtte! Bowie! Var. B, Thunberg! Coast Re@ion: near Tulbagh, Burchell, 986! Near Cape Town, Bolus, 2810! Caledon Div., Houwhoek Mts., 1000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 4046! There are fine specimens in the Linnean herbarium, named Jwia Bulbocodium. 4, RB. filifolia (Eckl. Top. Verz. 20, excl. syn. Red.); corm globose, 4 in. diam., with rigid, bright brown tunics; basal leaves 2, erect, setaceous, firm in texture, a foot long, } lin. broad,1-ribbed, with convolute edges; peduncle 6—8 in. long, bearing 3-4 flowers on arcuate pedicels 1-13 in. long, with a pair of leaves, one large and one rudimentary from the fork ; spathe-valves both green, lanceolate, firm in texture, } in. long; perianth bright orange-yellow towards the base, paler upwards, with a funnel-shaped tube, } in. long, and, Janceolate segments { in. long, 4 in. broad; anthers 4 in, long, exceeding the filaments and overtopped by the stigmas. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88; Handb. Irid. 101. Trichonema filifolium, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 671. Coast Reaion: Uitenhage, Zeyher! 5. BR. citrina (Baker, Handb. Irid. 100); corm small, globose; stem short, bearing 2-3 flowers on erect or spreading peduncles 1-2 in. long; leaves terete, much overtopping the flowers; outer spathe-valve 3 in. long; perianth with a narrowly funnel-shaped tube 4in. long, and oblong, plain yellow segments 3 in. long; stamens less than half as long as the perianth-segments ; style- branches just overtopping the anthers. 4 Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand, near Modder Fontein, 3000 ft. Bolus, 6619! eee Sheers; = 6. R. Macowani (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 236); corm globose, } in. diam., with rigid, brown tunics; basal leaves 4-6, faleate, setaceous, rigid in texture, 6-8 in. long, }-4 lin. broad, 3-nerved, with convolute edges; stems very short, l-flowered, or Romulea.] IRIDEH (Baker). 89 forked from the base, with 2-4 short, erect branches; spathe of two pale, almost membranous, lanceolate valves 1~12 in, long; perianth with a tube ? in. long, cylindrical in the lower two-thirds, and a limb an inch long, bright golden yellow in the lower part, paler upwards, and sometimes tinged with red, segments oblong, +4 in. broad ; anthers linear, } in. long, rather exceeding the filaments ; styles considerably overtopping the anthers. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 88; Handb. Irid. 101. CentRaL Reeion; Somerset Div., Bowker / summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 1547! 7. B. latifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237); corm globose, } in. diam., with crustaceous, brown tunics; produced basal leaf 1, narrow linear, firm in texture, 1-1} lin. broad, with several distinct ribs ; peduncle 1-flowered, or branched from the base, with 2-3 pedicels 1-1} in. long, with large flat leaves from their base ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, firm in texture, 3? in. long, obtuse, inner smaller, scariose; perianth whitish, with a yellow throat, with a very short tube, and a limb 3-1 in. long, with oblong- lanceolate segments 4—} in. broad, the outer tinged green on the back ; stamens less than half as long as. the perianth limb; stigmas over- topping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid.101. Trichonema lati- Solium, Herbert MSS. Ixia reflexa, var., Herb. Thunberg. Coast Rr@ron: vicinity of Cape Town, Pappe! Niven! Thunherg! Bur- chell, 8533! Bolus, 3696! 3734, partly! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm, Austr. Afr., 255! - This is, perhaps, merely a variety of 2. bulbocodioides, with pale-coloured owers, 8. R. tridentifera (Klatt, Ergiinz. 64); corm conic, comose, flat at the base; produced leaf subsetaceous, overtopping the flower, flexuose, 4 lin. broad, densely hairy on the midrib; peduncle 1-flowered, 2 in. long; outer valve of spathe # in. long, striped with red on the back, inner herbaceous at the tip; perianth with a very short, funnel-shaped tube and a dull yellow, semi-lurid limb an inch long, with segments }in. broad, the three outer with a 3-toothed violet blotch; styles as long as the stigmas. Baker, Handb. Irid. 101. CzntRaL Raion: Hantam Mountains, near Calvinia, Meyer. 9. BR. chloroleuca (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89); corm globose, 3 in. diam., with dark brown, membranous tunics ; produced basal leaves 2—4, setaceous, sometimes a foot long, erect, rigid in texture, 4-3 lin. broad; flowers 1-2 to a corm, on erect peduncles 3-6 in. long ; spathe of two lanceolate green valves of firm texture } in. long ; perianth whitish, with a yellow throat, with a very short, funnel-shaped tube, and oblong segments +-4 in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth limb ; styles overtopping the stamens, Baker, Handb. Irid. 102. Ixia chloroleuca, Jacg. Collect. iv. 180; Ic. t. 272. Trichonema chlorolkuca, Ker in Bot. Mag., sub t. 575; 40 IRIDEEZ (Baker). [ Romulea. Gen. Irid. 82. Ixia ochroleuca, Vahl. Enum. ii. 50. Trichonema ochroleuea, Ker in Konig and Sime’ Ann. i. 223. Coast Reaion: near Villiersdorp, Bolus, 6245! Cupe Flats, Zeyher, 1603! 10. B. spiralis (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soe. xvi. 90); corm globose, 1 in, diam., with shining, crustaceous, dark brown tunics, and a long neck ; leaves 4-5, linear-convolute, faleate, 1-1} in. long, much twisted spirally; peduncle very short, 1-flowered ; spathe of two lanceolate valves, under i in. long, the outer scariose at the tip, and the inner throughout ; perianth whitish, tinged with red lilac, with a very short tube, and a limb under 3 in. long, with obovate-obtuse, imbricated segments; .stamens half as long as the perianth limb; styles reaching to the top of the stamens. Baker, Handb. Irid. 102. Trichonema spirale, Burchell, Travels i. 260. CentRat Reeion: Fraserburg Div.; Middle Roggeveld, between Kuilenberg and Great Reed River, Burchell, 1356! lL. RB. similis (Eckl. Top. Verz. 19); corm globose, } in. diam., with smooth, brown, crustaceous tunics ; produced leaf one, subsetaceous, firm in texture, 4-6 in, long, 4 lin. broad; peduncle short ; pedicels 1-4, about an inch long, subtended by erect rudi- mentary leaves 1-2 in. long; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, firm in texture, 4 in. long, inner smaller, membranous; perianth funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, and lanceolate segments } in. long, the inner white, the outer green ; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments ; styles as long as the stamens. Buker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 89; Handb. Irid. 102. Ixia pumila, Herb. Banks. R. obscura, Klatt, Ergénz. 65. R. bulbocodioides, Eckl. Top. Verz. 191 Ixia Bulbocodium, Thunb. Diss. Ixia, p. 6 and 22 " Schult. p. 55, non Linnous. “iced , and F7, Cap. edi f~ Coast ReGion: Lion Mountain and Devils Mountai Bay, Ecklon! Near Cape Town, Bolus, 3734, partis | n, Thunberg! Camps This is the nearest representative at the Cape of the European R, Columna. 12. B. minutiflora (Klatt, Erganz, 65) ; corm in. di : ‘ . 65) ; globose, } in. diam. with crustaceous brown tunies; leaves numerous, meonid toy terete, spreading, firm in texture, 3-nerved, } lin. broad; flowers 9-4 to a Fin len 7; a ih an ne tong ‘ spathe of two lanceolate valves 4 j nth funnel-sha ight li i i Serle: oH egg oman ped, light lilae, } in. long, with a ceolate segments +, in. broad ; stamens more than half as long as the perianth-limb: ca voi i long, Baber, Haadd, id,103, |e OV hes? Reaion: Hex River Mts., Drége, 588. Mossel Bay; The Point, Mos R. hirsuta (Ecklon, Top. Verz. 19); corm globose, 4 in. fats with membranous, brown tunics cut off at the base; root- —— very slender, setaceous, 1-nerved, 2—4 in, long, } lin. diam., et or spreading, obscurely pilose or glabrous ; peduncles simple or branched at the base, with pedicels 1-2 in, long; spathe of two Romulea.] IR1DEZ (Baker). Al green, lanceolate valves of firm texture, 4-4 in. long; perianth 3-1} in. long, bright golden yellow in the lower half, bright red- purple in the upper, the tube 4 in. long, the segments } in. broad, the outer not distinctly striped on the back; stamens one-third as long as the perianth-limb ; styles reaching to the top of the anthers. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89; Handb. Irid. 102; Klatt, Erganz. 64. Trichonema hirsutum, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 6€5. Geissorhiza sublutea, Herb. Zeyher. R. uncinata, Klatt, Ergdnz. 67. Coast Region: near Paarl, Drége, 8450a! vicinity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 703! Bolus, 3760! Burchell! Zeyher, 5007! Tyson, 2454! MacOwan, 2274! 2565! 2616! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 254! 529! 14. R. longifolia (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89); corm small, globose; leaves 2-4, setaceous, suberect, 6-10 in. long, 3-nerved ; peduncle 1-flowered, 1-2 in. long; spathe of two lanceo- late valves } in. long, connate in the lower part; perianth with a short tube, pale yellow inside, and a red-lilae limb 3 in. long, the outer segments with three purple lines down the back; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers yellow, overtopping the stigmas. Baker, Handb. Irid. 103. Trichonema longifolium, Salish. in Trans. Hort, Soc. i. 316. 7. cruciatum, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 575; excl. syn. Jacq. Soura Arrica: without locality. I have described this from the Bot. Mag. figure and an unpublished drawing of Dean Herbert’s. ‘There are several varieties in colour, varying from dark reddish-purple to pale pink.” 15. R. gracillima ‘Baker, Handb. Irid. 103) ; corm globose, 4 in. diam., with pale brown, membranous tunics ; leaves 3—4, very slender, setaceous, ]-nerved, 3-6 in. long, } lin. broad; peduncle slender, erect, 1-flowered, 14-2 in. long; spathe of two green, lanceolate valves 4-4 in. long; perianth infundibuliform, pale red, 3 iu. long, with a tube as long as the three-nerved segments, which are 4 in. broad ; anthers just exserted from the perianth-tube. Trichonema cruciatum, a, Herb. Drege. _ Coast Region: Drakenstein Mountains, Drége ! 16. R. rosea (Ecklon, Top. Verz. 19); corm globose, 4-3 in. diam., with smooth, brown, crustaceous tunics ; root-Jeaves suberect, linear-setaceous, reaching a foot or more in length, } lin. broad, 3-5- ribbed ; peduncle 1-flowered, 2-4 in. long, or forked at the base, with 2~3 pedicels 1-8 in. long ; outer valve of the spathe lanceolate, firm in texture, 3 in. long, inner smaller, brown, scariose; perianth with a short, funnel-shaped tube, and a red-lilac limb about an inch long, with a yellow throat, and oblanceolate-oblong segments }-1 in. broad, with three faint stripes on the back of the outer; anthers yellow, } in. long, exceeding the filaments ; stigmas overtopping the anthers ; capsule subglobose, 2 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 88 ; Handb. Irid. 103. I. rosea, Linn. Syst. edit. 12, ii. 75; Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 56. Trichonema roseum, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228 ; 42 1EIDEX (Baker). [Romulea. Bot. Mag. t. 1225; Gen. Irid. 81; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 663.. Crocus capensis, Burm. Prodr. 2, in part. R. vulgaris, Eckl. Top. Verz.18. R. reflexa, Eckl. Top. Verz.18. Ixia fugax, Hornem. Hort. Hajn.i.50. RB. rosea, var. Celsii, Planch. in Flore des Serres, t. 799. R. Celsii, Klatt, Ergénz. 66. (Bulbocodium pedunculis nudis unt- flris foliis subulatis linearibus, Mill. Ic. 160, t. 140.) Var. 8, R. pudica (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89; perianth with a red lilac limb an inch long, with a white throat; segments with a dark purple keel down the face at the bottom. Jzia pudica, Solander in Herb. Banks! Tricho- on pudicum, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1244; Gen. Irid. 82; Konig and Sims’ Ann, i, 223. Var. 7, B. speciosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89); leaves often 1 lin. diam. ; flowers as large as in the type, with a bright yellow throat, the outer segments furnished with 3-5 very distinct purple stripes down the back, the outer ones beautifully feathered on the outer side. Trichonema speciosum, Ker “in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228; Bot. Mag. t. 1476. T. barbatum, Herd, M88. Romulea barbata, Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 89. Ixia Bulbocodium, var, flore speciosissimo, Andr. Bot. Rep.t. 170. J. cruciata, Jacq, Ie. t. 290? Romulea tabularis and cruciata, Eckl. Top. Verz. 18-19. Vaz. 3,B. parviflora (Baker, Handb. Irid. 104); flowers smaller ; spathe-valves and perianth segments not more than } in. long, the latter }$ in. broad. R. parviflora, Eckl. Top, Verz. 19? Trichonema recurvum, b, Herb. Drége. Var. ¢, B. dichotoma (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 89); peduncle _ elongated, bearing 3—4 flowers, with a large leaf from the fork. Trichonema dichotomum, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 666. R. flewuosa, Klatt, Ergéns. 66. R. tubata, Klatt, Erginz.67. Trichonema fragrans, Herb. Zeyher. R. fragrans, Eckl. Top. Verz. 19? Westeen Reaion: Little Namaqualand, near Ookiep, Bolus, 6620 ! Coast Region: Near Port Elizabeth, Bolus, 2239! near Grahamstown, Mac- Owan, 246! Eastern Reeion : Natal; top of Mount Erskine, Evans, 378! Drége 2637a, from hills north of the Olifants River, alt. 2000-8000 feet, is not distinguishable in a dried state. Ivia ecruciata, Jacq. Ic. t. 290, is not separable by the flowers, but the leaves are drawn as if cross-shaped in horizontal section. Geissorhiza Zeyheri, Herb. Zeyher (Romulea Zeyheri, Eckl. Top. Verz. 19 ?) differs from the type in having the perianth bright yellow in the lower half. 17. B. elegans (Klatt, Ergiinz, 66) ; corm globose, 3 in. diam., with brown crustaceous tunics; root-leaves setaceous, iy ft. long, _ erect, 3-nerved, } lin. diam. ; peduncle simple or forked at the base ; icels 1-3 in. long; spathe of two lanceolate valves $2 in. long; perianth with a funuel-shaped tube } in. long, orange-yellow inside, and a limb an inch long with oblong acute segments } in. broad, the inner plain cream-coloured, the outer red, with a yellow blotch in the centre ; stamens one-third as long as the perianth-limb; anthers equalling the styles, exceeding the filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 103. #. arenaria, Pappe MSS., non Eck!. VaR. viflora (Baker) ; leaves s = ing ; . ; and Sk ak inn Lao 3 in. cite een =! Tha Rera@ion: Cape Flats, Zeyher, 1602! Zwartberg, near Caledon, Zeyher, 18, R. cuprea (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 236); corm globose, Romulea.} 1RIDEZ (Baker). 43 % in. diam; leaves 3, setaceous, suberect, 3-4 in. long, with a thick, square midrib; peduncle forked at the base; the pedicels 2-3 in. long, with a linear-setaceous rudimentary leaf overtopping the flowers ; spathe of two lanceolate valves, the outer firm in texture, 4 in. long; perianth an inch long, with a very short tube, the divisions yellow on the back, with purple plumose stripes, fulvous on the face in the upper half, yellow in the lower half; stamens equalling the styles, half as long as the limb, the lanceolate anthers equalling the pilose filaments. Baker, Handb. Trid. 104. Tricho- nema cupreum, Herbert MSS. Sourn AFrica: without locality. Described from an unpublished drawing of Dean Herbert’s. Perhaps only a colour-variety of R. rosea. 19. R. arenaria (Eckl. Top. Verz. 18); corm globose, } in, diam., with brown crustaceous tunics ; peduncle elongated, sometimes a foot long, with a single, long, narrow linear, erect leaf of firm texture below the inflorescence ; flowers 2-4, on short, ascending pedicels, subtended by long or short leaves; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, firm in texture, # in, long, inner smaller and membranous ; perianth 3-1 in. long, lilac, with a tube half as long as the segments, the three outer of which are distinctly striped with dark purple down the back; styles falling short of the stamens. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 89; Handb. Irid. 104, R. ramosa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 19. Trichonema arenarium, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 667. Coast ReGion : Piquetberg Div. ; Sandhills, Bergvallei, below 1000 ft., Drége, 84491. Cape Flats, Zeyher! Wynberg; Ecklon. 20. R. monadelpha (Baker, Handb. Irid. 104) ; corm ovoid, with crustaceous brown tunies ; leaves about six, setaceous, 4—6 in. long; peduncle short, with about three branches 1}~2 in. long ; outer spathe-valve firm in texture, green, lanceolate, an inch long ; perianth 1-12 in. long, with a very short tube, and oblong segments } in. broad, bright, coppery-red inside, with a yellow throat, the outer segments with 3-5 distinct stripes on a yellowish: ground; filaments short, black, united to the top; anthers yellow, lanceolate, 4 in. long; style short, with three falcate branches. Trichonema monadelphum, Sweet, Hort. Brit. 399. Spatalanthus speciosus, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 300; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 104. Known only from a plant that flowered in Mr. Colvill’s nursery, sent by Mr. Synnot. Keitia natalensis (Regel. Descr. Pl. Nov. vi. 66), supposed to be a native of Natal, is probably identical with the American Eleutherine plicata, Herb. It was described from plants grown at Erfurt by Messrs. Haage and Schmidt. VII. BOBARTIA, Ker. Perianth slit down to the ovary, with equal, spreading, obovate segments, not twisted up spirally as they fade. Stamens inserted at 44, 1n1pEx (Baker). [ Bobartia. the base of the perianth-segments ; filaments short, free, flattened ; anthers lanceolate, sagittate at the base. Ovary turbinate-trigonous, 8-eelled ; ovules crowded in the cells ; style short, triquetrous, with three spreading subulate branches. Capsule firm in texture, opercu- late, globose, or turbinate. Seeds small, angular. Rhizome short-creeping. Stem produced at the base into a globose corm in B. filiformis only. Leaves rigid, terete, or ensiform. Clusters of flowers, one, few, or several in a head, usually overtopped by a rigid” bract; flowers more than one to a spathe, fugitive, pale yellow, Distx1B. An endemic Cape genus. Clusters of flowers single: Spathe bracteated at the base. =u. vss Sw (1) filiformis. Spathe not bracteated at the base one = .. (2) macrospatha. Clusters few in a head; Stems terete ; Spathe under an inch long lec RT: es .. (8) Buarehellii. Spathe 14-2 in. long ae sis pee “- »»» (4) aphylla. Stems flat nix uae Clusters many in o head; Stems terete: Capsule small, globose... te Capsule small, turbinate ... an Stem flat ine eee ae sia i oe ae ae .. (5) gladiata. .. (6) spathacea. aie BS ... (7) robusta. o- ae ... (8) anceps. 1. B. filiformis (Ker, Gen. Irid. 30) ; flowering-stem slender, erect, terete, 14-2 ft. long, dilated at the base into a small, globose corm, and subtended by 3-4 slender, subterete, rigid, closely-ribbed leaves ; clusters single, the main bract very small ; spathe cylindrical, 1-1} in. long, subtended by 2-3 rigid, adpressed lanceolate bracts ; perianth 1-1 in. long, the obovate-unguiculate segments nearly } in. broad ; anthers and style-branches } in. long, exceeding the filaments ; ovary turbinate-trigonous, } in. long. Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 555 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 114; Handb. Irid. 119. Morea jiliformis, Linn. fil. Suppl. 100; Thunb. Diss. No. 10, tab. 1, fig. 2 ; Prodr. 11 ; Fl, Cap. i. 269. Marica filiformis, Ker in Bot. Reg. sub t. 229; Hekl. Top. Verz. 15, Stsyrinchium filiforme, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 166. Hecaste filiformis, Soland. in Herb. Banks. Soutm Ararica: without locality, Thunberg ! Masson! Kitching! Coast Reeion: Muizenberg, near Kalk Bay, Bolus, 3330! Caledon Div., Banks of Zonder Kinde River, near Appelskraal, Zeyher, 4061! 2. B. macrospatha (Baker, Handb. Irid.119); stem terete, ending in a single cluster not subtended by a bract; leaves, none seen; spathe 13 in. long; one oblong-navicular, obtuse, closely-ribbed, outer valve of gon gk, without any small ones adpressed to its base ; perianth an inch long; anthers and style-arms 4 in, long, much edi the flaments, . Se ee oe Coast ReGion; Riversdale Div., about the waterfall on the Lange Bergen, Burchell, 6987 ! 3. B. Burchellii (Baker, Handb, Irid. 120); flowering stem slender, terete, 12-15 in. long, associated with 2-3 wiry, terete leaves; outer bract subulate, produced little or much beyond the at Valley River’s Poort, ere eal eee oa Bobartia.] tr1DEz (Baker). 45 head of flowers; clusters not more than 2-4 to a head ; spathes cylindrical, under an inch long, subtended by small, rigid, adpressed, lanceolate bracts ; perianth } in. long; stamens one-third as long as the perianth ; capsule smooth, globose, 4 in. diam. Coast Reeion: Riversdale Div., on or at the foot of the Lange Bergen, Burchell, 7145! 4, B. aphylla (Ker, Gen. Irid. 30); flowering-stem wiry, terete, several feet long, with a straight, rigid bract dilated at the base, equalling or overtopping the head of flowers; leaves none; clusters few to a head ; spathes cylindrical, 13-2 in. long, subtended by rigid, adpressed, lanceolate bracts at the base; perianth }#~1 in. long; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 1 in. long, twice as long as the filaments ; ovary turbinate-trigonous, + in. long ; style-branches subulate, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 114; Handb. Irid. 120. Morea aphylla, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99; Thunb. Diss. No. 9, tab. 2, fig. 1 ; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 269. Marica aphylla, Ker in Bot. Reg. sub t. 229; Eckl. Top. Verz. 15. Sisyrinchium aphyllum, Spreng. Syst. Veg.i. 166. Marica gladiata, c, Herb. Drege. Sourn AFrica: without locality, Thunberg / Coast Reeion: Worcester Div., Zeyher! Drakenstein Mountains, Drége/ Caledon Div., Donkerhoek, Burchell, 7968! Grahamstown, Elliot/ 5. B. gladiata (Ker, Gen. Irid. 0); stems flattened, 14-2 ft. long, associated with 3-4 distichous, closely-ribbed, rigid, ensiform leaves 2-3 ft. long; outer bract rigid, long or short; clusters 3-6 to a head ; spathes cylindrical, 13-2 in. long, furnished with 2-3 small, rigid, adpressed, bracts at the base; perianth 1-1} in, long, its oblong-unguiculate segments } in. broad; anthers } in. long, much exceeding the filaments; capsule turbinate, coriaceous, obtusely ‘angled, 2 in. long. Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 554; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 114; Handb, Irid. 120. Ixia gladiata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 93. Morea gladiata, Thunb. Diss., No.8; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 268. Marica gladiata, Ker in Bot. Reg.t. 229 ; Eckl. Top. Verz. 15. Sisyrinchium gladiatum, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 166. Sours Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 4062! Coast Recion: Table Mountain, Thunberg/ Devils Mountain, Bolus, 8842! Wynberg, Burchell, 869 ! 6. B. spathacea (Ker, Gen. Irid. 30); flowering-stem terete, 2-3 ft. long, associated with 2-3 rigid terete leaves; main bract lateral, subulate, much longer than the head of flowers; clusters 20 or more, in a dense, globose, terminal head ; spathes cylindrical, about an inch long, with 1-2 small ovate-lanceolate, rigid, adpressed bracts at the base ; perianth 3~} in. long; anthers and style-branches 4 in. long, exceeding the filaments ; ovary turbinate-trigonous, } in. long; cap- sule subglobose, smooth, } in. diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 114; Handb. Irid.120. Bobartia indica, Linn, Amoen. Acad. i, 387, ex parte. Mora spathacea, Thunb. Diss., No. 11, tab. 1, fig. 1; Prodr.11; Fl. Cap. i. 270; Lam. Jil. i. 114, tab, 31, fig. 2. 46 IRIDEZ (Baker), [Bobartia. Marica spathacea, Ker in Bot. Reg. sub. t. 229 ; Eckl. Top. Verz. 15. Aristea spathacea, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 158. Sisyrinchtum spathaceum, Pers. Syn. i. 50, Xyris altissima, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1900. Coast Rearon : near Cape Town, Thunberg! Bolus, 3805 ! Simons Bay, Milne, 143! MacGillivray, 407! Near Rondebosch, Burchell, 224! Paarl Mountains, Drége! Swellendam Diy. ; between Sparbosch and Tradouw, Drége, 8305a! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6601! Mossel Bay Div., Burchell, 6170! Humansdorp Div., Burchell, 4811! Albany Div., Burchell, 3489! Cooper, 1526! A form gathered by Villette has a rugose capsule. A plant sent to Herb. Kew, by Wallich, with fewer clusters in a head, spathes 14 in. long, and a larger turbinate capsule, is likely a distinct species. 7. B. robusta (Baker, Handb. Irid. 120); habit of B. aphylla. but stem much more robust; main bract subulate, rigid, 4-6 in. long, much dilated at the base; clusters 10 or more, aggregated in a dense head ; spathes 1-14 in. long; perianth an inch long; stamens one third as long as the perianth ; ovary turbinate, 4 in. long; capsule turbinate, 4 in. long, the rigid valves very rugose on the back, Coast Recion: George Div., between Malgat River and Great Brak River, Burchell, 6124! 8. B. anceps (Baker, Handb. Irid. 121); stems much flattened, 13-2 ft, long, associated with 3-4 rigid, ensiform, closely-ribbed leaves ; outer bract rigid, linear, a little overtopping the cluster of flowers, clusters 6-10 to a head ; spathes an inch long, subtended by 2-3 rigid, adpressed, laneeolate bracts at the base; perianth 3 in. long. jared ap 4 in. long; anthers 3 in. long, exceeding the filaments. Coast Reaton: Riversdale Div., between Little Vet River and Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 6913! IX. WITSENIA, Thunb. Perianth with a long tube gradually dilated upwards and six short ovate-lanceolate, connivent segments, the three outer pilose on the back. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments short, flat; anthers small, lanceolate-sagittate. Ovary oblong, 3—celled, crowned with an annular gland at the base of the long filiform style, which is minutely tricuspidate at the stigmatose tip. Capsule small, turbinate, glabrous, hard in texture, loculicidally 3—valved. Seeds few, angled. ; Distais. An endemic monotypic genus. 1. W. maura (Thunb. Diss. Nov. Gen. ii. 34, eum icone) ; stems woody, 2-4 ft. long; branches woody, strongly ancipitous, densely leafy up to the top; leaves distichous, ensiform, acuminate, amplexicaul, firm in texture, ascending, 4 ft. long, closely ribbed ; flowers in one or several congested oblong terminal heads, formed of Witsenia.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 47 closely imbricated, rigid, acute bracts; the outer smaller and sterile; the inner 1-1 in. long, containing a shorter obtuse brown spathe in their axil, subtending a single flower; perianth-tube 2 in. long, brownish downwards, blue-black upwards, glabrous, } in. diam. at the throat, segments } in. long, the outer clothed on the back with yellow-brown tomentum, the inner pilose at the tip only; stamens shorter than the perianth-segments; style not exserted ; capsule glossy, castaneous, }-} in. long. Thunb. Prodr.7; Vahl. Enum. ii. 47; Red. Lil. t. 245 and 463 ; Lam. Mil. i. 108, t. 30; Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 237; Gen. Irid. 8; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 109; Bot. Reg. t. 5; Maund. Bot. t. 125; Flore des Serres, t. 72. Baker, Handb. Irid, 146 ; Paxt. Mag. viii. 221, cum icone; Reich. Exot, t. 23. W. tomentosa, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 312. Antholyza maura, Linn, Mant. edit. 2, 175, Ixia disticha, Lam. Encycl. iii. 333. Coast Reeion: Cape Peninsula; Cape Point and Smitswinkel Bay, Mac- Owan, 2620! Noordhoek, Thunberg! Hottentots Holland Mountains, Zeyher, 3954! Swellendam Div., Tradouw Mountains, Bowie / X. CLEANTHE, Salisb. Perianth cut down very nearly to the ovary into six spreading, obovate-obtuse segments, the three inner larger than the three outer. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth-segments; filaments short, free; anthers lanceolate. Ovary cylindrical-trigonous, 3- celled ; ovules crowded in the cells; style cylindrical, with small, spreading, cuneate stigmas. Capsule cylindrical-trigonous, Seeds small, turgid. Distzis. Endemic and monotypic. 1. C. bicolor (Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 312); rhizome short-creeping, cylindrical, sending out dense tufts of wiry root- fibres; leaves in a dense, basal, distichous rosette, surrounded by bristles, linear, rigid in texture, glabrous, closely-ribbed, 3-6 in. long; stems 3-1 ft. long, bearing only 1-2 rudimentary leaves; clusters terminal, single or few, arranged in a lax corymb, 2-3- flowered ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, acute, green, with a hyaline edge; pedicels }-1 in. long; perianth fugitive, twisting up spirally, blue, inner segments entirely blue, 1-1} in. long, outer black, with a pale claw, not more than half as long as the inner; style 2 in. long, overtopping the stamens ; capsule 13-2in.long. Oleanthe melaleuca, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 112; Baker, Handb, Irid. 137. Morea melaleuca, Thunb. Diss. No. 1, tab. 1, fig. 3 ; Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. i. 261. Aristea melaleuca, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 236; Bot, Mag. t. 1277; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 553. Morea lugens, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99 ; Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 75, Coast Recion: at the foot of Paarl Mountains, and on, and around Paarde Berg, Thunberg ! . The plant distributed as Sisyrinchium melaleuewm by Ecklon and Zeyher is not this, but a form of Aristea spiralis. 48 < teipEx (Baker). [Aristea, XI. ARISTEA, Soland. Perianth rotate, with a short cylindrical tube and six subequal, patent, obovate segments, twisting up spirally after flowering. Sta- mens inserted at the throat ‘of the perianth-tube; filaments short, free ; anthers erect, linear-oblong. Ovary oblong or clavate, 3- celled; ovules crowded in the cells; style filiform, with three very short, spreading, flattened branches, stigmatose round the edges. Capsule rigid in texture, loculicidally 3-valved, oblong or cylindrical. Seeds small, globose or angled by pressure, Rootstock never bulbous. Herbs with the leaves in a distichous basal rosette, rarely undershrubs, with leaves not condensed. Leaves firm in texture, closely- ribbed, linear or ensiform. Inflorescence very various; flowers blue, clustered, appearing in succession ; clusters spicute, racemose or corymbose. Outer bracts wholly or partially firm in texture; inner membranous, brown or white, often lacerateg. DistkiB, Four outlying species in Tropical Africa, and several in Central r, Subgenus ARISTHA PROPER. Herbs with leaves in a dense distichous basal rosette, Perianth-tube very short, Capsule oblong, obtusely anyled : Clusters of flowers solitary terminal : Stem leafless ... er es er ae ss. (1) anceps, Stem with 2-8 bract leaves... ... ... .. (2) montana. Clusters of flowers spicate or racemose : Clusters of flowers small... es ++ ove ~~ (8): tornlosa. Clusters of flowers large = ..,, sve wep ane fo schizolena, Clusters many laxly panicled ; Stems broadly winged : ‘Bracts of lower branches small os +» (5) compressa. Bracts of lower branches large ++ ee ~~ (6) platyeanlis. Stems only narrowly winged : Leaves very narrow 44g ese «+ (7) majubensis. CO ihod et a ee i flexicaulis. Ca oblong, acutely angled ; lusters of flowers racemose : Epacnee PS in, ony eee eee eee oe — (9 racemosa. pa es 4-2 in, eee ore see eee eer 0) uncifolia, Clusters of flowers 12 Ory the gousereve oon eee oor eee eee 1) od ves linear ,., toe ove re ci +» (12) oligocephala. Clusters of flowers corymbose ; ‘ Spathe-valves not lacerated : Capsule distinctly peduncled ... .., ,,, (18) dichotoma, Spathe-valves very much lacerated... .,. .., (14) cyanea. Cloten of flowers panicled ; any upper clusters sessile ,,, se ones) © cent itata. All the clusters peduncled .., aaa oe a 8 ponte Copel eylindrical-trigonous ; ers of flowers spicate ; ers small eee ore eee eee ove — (17) pusilla, Flowers large . os a ae .» (18) spiralis. Clustersinalaxcorymb ., .., .., se sane. (19) Eokloni, Subgenus Niventa, Vent. Stems woody. Leaves not auiaeeet into a basal rosette. Perianth-tube longer, cylindrical, Cluster of flowers solitary, on # short peduncle... _.,, (20) fruticoss. Clusters of flowers many, in a dense corymb, with long peduncle .., ore eee nee eee (21) corymbosa. Arisiea. | 1R1DEZ (Baker). 49 1, A. anceps (Eckl., ex Klatt in Linnza, xxxiv. 550); tufts densely esespitose ; root-fibres slender, wiry ; leaves all in a distichous basal rosette, linear, firm in texture, 4-8 in. long, ;4,—} in. broad ; stems simple, 5-1 ft. long, leafless, strongly ancipitous throughout; cluster single, few-flowered, usually overtopped by a rigid linear bract; inner spathe-valves entirely membranous, brown, 4-4 in, long, slightly lacerated ; perianth-segments oblong, dark blue, 4 in. long; anthers oblong, equalling the filaments ; style half as long as the limb; cap- sule oblong, obtusely angled, nearly sessile, torulose, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc, xvi, 111; Handb, Irid. 140; Klatt, Ergénz, 47. Marica bermudiana, Thunb., Fl, Cap. edit. Schult. 69, ex parte. A, Thunbergii, Pappe MSS. Coast Recion : Grahamstown, Burchell, 3562! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 8213! CENTRAL REGion: Albany Div.; Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3435! near Riebeek, Burchell, 3474! Katanari Reaion: Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5769! Eastarn Recion: Griqualand East; Clydesdale, Tyson, 8070! Natal, Sanderson, 389! 386! 457! Cooper, 3214! Wood, 735! This is, in 'Thunberg’s Herbarium, confused with A, spiralis and American specimens of Sisyrinchium anceps. 2. A. montana (Baker); root-leaves linear, faleate, much shorter than the stem; stem: flexuose, 1-headed, flattened, and distinctly winged, hearing 2-3 large bract leaves ; head solitary, terminal ; pedicels very short; inner spathe-valves brown, membranous, lacerated ; outer firm, ovate; perianth blue, } in. long; segments oblong ; capsule oblong, obtusely angled, Eastern Ruoion; Natal; Amajuba Mountain, 6000-7000 ft., Wood, 4768! 3. A. torulosa (Klatt, Ergiinz. 48); rhizome short, cylindrical ; root-fibres very slender; leaves of the radical rosette linear, moderately firm in texture, 6-9 in, long, 3-1 in. broad; stems erect, 13-2 ft, long, ancipitous in the lower half, with several small, erect, sheathing leaves, slender and subterete upwards, as is the axis of the inflor- escence ; clusters several, small, arranged in a lax raceme, the upper ones sessile, the lower on short, alternate, erecto-patent peduncles ; spathes 4 in, long ; outer valves with a firm centre, and broad, white, slightly-lacerated, membranous edge; inner entirely membranous ; perianth-segments j in, long; capsule small, oblong, nearly sessile, obtusely angled, Baker, Handb. Jrid. 141. Var. 8, monostachya (Baker). Leaves smaller, clusters of flowers smaller, arranged in a lax simple spike, Katawdri Recton; Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5770! near Barberton, 4500 feet, Galpin, 1209! Eastern Keaion: Kaffraria, Drége, 4558! 4559! Baur, 447 partly! Natal, Krauss! Wood, 751! Var. 8, Natal, Buchanan / 4, A, schizolena (Harv. MSS. ; Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 267) ; rhizome very short, as thick as a man’s finger, erect; leaves of the radical rosette linear, moderately firm in texture, closely and finely 50 1RIDEx (Baker). [Aristea. ribbed, a foot or more long, 3-3} in. broad; stems stout, erect, 14-2 ft. long, strongly ancipitous in the lower half, furnished with several erect sheathing leaves, terete upwards, as is the axis of the inflorescence ; clusters several, large, globose, sessile, arranged in a lax spike, each subtended by an ovate cuspidate bract of rigid texture ; spathes } in. long; outer valves with a firm centre and brownish margin, not -lacerated ; inner entirely membranous; perianth-limb in. long; capsule oblong, subsessile, obtusely angled, }~4 in. long. aker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 111; Handb. Irid. 141; Klatt, Ergénz. 47. Coast Recion: Grahamstown, MacOwan, 195! Katanani Recion: Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4000- 5000 ft., Galpin, 1015! Eastern Recion: Griqualand East; near Clydesdale, Tyson, 2874! Natal, Wood, 738! 5. A. compressa (Buching. ex Krauss in Flora 1845, 309, nomen) ; thizome cylindrical; fibres short, wiry; leaves of radieal rosette linear, moderately firm in texture, strongly ribbed, 6-12 in. long, 3-4 in. broad ; stem 1-1} ft. long, moderately stout, compressed and ancipitous throughout, furnished with 2-3 sheathing short leaves ; clusters numerous, small, arranged in a lax deltoid panicle, with alternate erecto-patent branches, all sessile, or one or two of the lower peduncled; spathes j in. long; outer valves with a green eentre and white-brown edge; inner entirely membranous, not lacerated on the margin; perianth-limb } in. long, segments oblong ; stamens half as long as the limb; anthers small, oblong; capsule oblong, nearly sessile, black, glabrous, obtusely angled. + in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 111; Handb. Frid, 141, Eastzen Reoion;: Griqualand East: near Clydesdale, Tyson, 2872! Natal Krauss, 858! Sanderson, 376! Gerrard, 1141893! ’ 6. A. platycaulis (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 732); leaves firm, ensiform, a foot long, an inch broad ; peduncle as long as the leaves, flat, and broadly winged ; inflorescence a deltoid panicle 8—9 in. long ; main axis flattened, } in. diam.; clusters dense, lateral, sessile ; spathe-valves small, lanceolate ; perianth } in. long; capsule small, oblong, obtusely angled. Handb. Irid. 142, ; Eastern Reoion : Coast of Pondoland. eg pan: from a plant flowered in April, 1887, by Mr. J. H. Tillett, at Sprowston, 7. A. majubensis (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 70); basal leaves 3-4, rigid, linear, 3-4 in. long; stem slender, obscurely ancipitous, 6-8 in. long, bearing 1-2 rudimentary leaves ; panicle 1—2 in. long, composed of 3-4 clusters on short, ascending peduncles ; outer a antie el tree) a long, ge a brown centre and membranous e; perianth brig ue, } In. long; capsule small, oblong, obtusely pete Meme ne Handb. rid. 142. A. Cooperi, Baker, Handb. Aristea.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 51 KALAHARI ReGion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3212! Transvaal; near Barberton, 4500 ft., Galpin, 1210! EasTzEgN Reaion: Natal; Majuba, Inkwelo Mountain, Elliot, 1628! Tugela Valley, Allison / 8. A. flexicaulis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 143); basal leaves linear, moderately firm, a foot or more long, 1} in. broad; peduncle as long as the leaves, subterete upwards; inflorescence a rhomboid panicle, 6-9 in. long, with a flexuose subterete axis and several ascending branches ; lateral clusters sessile; outer spathe-valves } in. long, ovate, green, with a membranous edge ; inner not lacerated ; perianth + in. long; capsule subglobose, nearly sessile, } in. long. Eastern Recion: Natal ;. near Howick, Mudd. 9. A. racemosa (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 267); clusters densely tufted ; radical leaves slender, linear-subulate, very rigid in texture, a foot or more long; stems about a foot long, slender, subterete, flexuose, with 3-4 small sheathing leaves ; clusters several, arranged in a lax raceme, the upper ones sessile, the lower on short, ascending peduncles subtended by lanceolate, rigid bracts ; spathes oblong, 4 in. long, the outer valves with firm centres and narrow, brownish- white borders not lacerated, the inner entirely membranous ; perianth-limb 3 in. long; capsule oblong, acutely angled, } in. long, on a short pedicel. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 111; Hand. Trid. 148; Klatt, Erginz, 47. Witsenia spicata, E. Meyer in Herb. Drege. Coast Reeion: Dutoits Kloof, Drége! Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal» Burchell, 7883 ! 10. A. juncifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 267); tufts densely cxspitose; root-fibres long and wiry; leaves of radical rosette linear-subulate, 5-6 in. long, very rigid in texture, almost spinose at the tip, 3-1 lin. broad; stems }-1 ft. long, subterete throughout, flexuose, furnished with 2-3 small sheathing leaves ; clusters few, oblong, arranged in a short, simple raceme ; bracts large, rigid, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, navicular, finely ribbed ; spathes oblong, 3-3 in. long ; outer valves with a firm middle, and narrow, membranous, brown border, not lacerated ; perianth-limb $ in. long; capsule oblong, acutely angled, } in. long, with a peduncle as long as itself, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 111; Handb. Irid, 143; Klatt, Ergdanz, 47. Sour Arnica: without locality, Thom, 1005! Grey! Coast Reaion: Cape Peninsula; Muizenberg, 1500 ft., Bolus, 4626! 11. A. Zeyheri (Baker, Handb. Irid. 143); leaves slender, rigid, subterete, 4-6 in. long; peduncle slender, terete, 6-9 in. long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves; clusters 1-2, the lateral one sessile, outer spathe-valves ovate, 4} in. long, green, with a narrow mem- branous tip; inner lacerated ; perianth 3 in. long; ovary cylindrical, } in. long, shortly pedicellate ; mature capsule not seen. Coast Recion : Hottentotts Holland Mountains, Zeyher, 4050! May be identical with A. juncea, Eckl, MSS. setae 52 IRIDEX (Baker). [Aristea, — 12. A. oligocephala (Baker, Handb. Irid. 144); leaves of the radical rosette linear, firm in texture, 4 ft. long, 4 in. broad; stems — erect, 6-9 in. long, slightly compressed ; clusters of flowers 1-2, — large, terminal; spathes 4—$ in. long; outer valves oblong, firm in — the centre, with a narrow brownish-white, obscurely lacerated, mem- — branous border, inner entirely membranous; perianth-limb } inch — long; capsule oblong, acutely angled, 4 in. long, with a pedicel of — half its own length. P Coast Reon: Caledon Div.; Babylons Tower Mountains, Zeyher, 4049! Pappe! 13. A. dichotoma (Ker, Gen. Irid. 13); rootstock short-creep- ing, slender ; root-fibres slender, wiry ; leaves of the radical rosette — narrow, linear, firm in texture, glaucous, 6-9 in. long, 4; in. broad, closely ribbed ; stems a foot or more long, slender, flexuose, forked low down, rarely simple, terete ; clusters several, arranged in a lax — corymb, the ascending long peduncles ancipitous at the top; outer bract small, rigid, lanceolate ; spathes 3 in. long; outer valves with a firm keel and broad, white, membranous border, not lacerated ; perianth- limb } in. long; capsule oblong, very acutely angled, +-} in. long, or a short pedicel. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 111; Handb. Irid 144. Morea dichotoma, Thunb., Fl. Cap. i. 266; edit. Schult. 69. — A, intermedia, Eckl. Top. Verz.16; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 549. “2 pisses, Klatt, Erganz. 47, A bracteata, Zeyher in Linnaa, XX — Coast Ruaton : Clanwilliam Div., Drage, 8887! Mader in Herb. MacOwan, Lake vor 4 a hg ety org 758! Ecklon, 67! Bolus, 2808 | . es aisenber s, 4712! Caledon Div. ; b der Binde River, Burchell, 76391 a aledon Div.; by the Zonder A. bractenta, Zeyher, Kasic. 1639, non Pers,, is a dwarf form with often only one cluster of flowers to a peduncle. 14, A. cyanea (Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 67); clusters densely tufted; root-fibres long, slender, wiry ; leaves of the radical rosette linear, moderately firm in texture, 3-6 in. long, 4,-4 in. broad, finely closely ribbed ; stems 2-6 in. long, subterete ; clusters of flowers 1-4, globose, laxly corymbose ; spathes 4 in. long, outer valves with a firm centre and brown membranous, conspicuously fimbriated margin ; innet entirely membranous; perianthlimb } in. long; capsule oblong, acutely angled, $ in. long, with a very short pedicel. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 10; Red. Lil. t. 462; Ourt. in Bot. Mag. t. 458; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 548; Baker, Handb, Irid, 144. Iria africana, Linn. Sp. Plant.51; Burm. Prodr. Cap. 1. Morwaafricana,Murr. Syst.Veg. cote 95 ’ theo abet te no. 8; Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. i. 264. — or@ea ea, Lam. Ill. 114; Poir. Ency. iv. . A. ertopl 2 Pere, Syr:i. 41; Bekl. Top. Vers.1t, sh erie Coast ReGion: near Paarl, Drage! vicinit; { 3 , : ! vicinity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 58b! Thunberg! Zeyher, 4047! Burchell, 14 ‘ ¢ Div, Zeyher, 40476 '! » 144! 727! Bolus, 2802! Swellendam Aristea. } IRIDEZ (Baker), 53 15. A. capitata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 605); thizome short-creep- ing, as thick as a man’s finger ; root-fibres long, wiry; leaves of the radical rosette linear, very rigid in texture, closely ribbed, 2-4 ft. long, 3—} in. broad ; stems stout, terete, 3-4 ft. long including the inflorescence, with a few reduced, erect, sheathing leaves; clusters numerous, arranged in a long narrow panicle, sessile or the lower shortly peduncled ; spathe-valves 3 in. long, outer with a firm centre and brownish-white membranous margin, not lacerated; inner entirely membranous, brownish-white; perianth-limb 3 in. long; capsule oblong, rigid, very acutely angled, $1 in. long, with a short pedicel. Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 236 ; Gen. Irid. 12; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 550; Baker, Handb. Irid, 144. Gladiolus capitatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit 2, 53; Burm. Prodr. Cap. 2. A. major, Andr, Bot, Rep. t. 160. Morea cerulea, Thunb. Diss. No. 15, tab. 2, fig. 2; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 277. A. cerulea, Vahl. Enum. ii. 124. A. spicata, Pers. Syn. i. 41. A. bracteata, Pers. Syn.i. 41. Coast Rreeion: Paarl Mountains, Drége! Table Mountain, Bolus, 4584 ! 4667! Wynberg, Burchell, 759! 865! mountains near Swellendam, Burchell, 7416! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6879! George Div.; between Outeniqua and Langkloof, Thunberg / mountains north of George, Burchell, 6011! An allied plant from the province of Clanwilliam, Mader, 195, with narrower leaves and a few large clusters in a simple spike, will likely prove a distinct species. 16. A. paniculata (Baker, Handb. Irid. 144); leaves of the radical rosette just like those of A. capitata ; stems stout, terete, erect, 3-5 ft. long, including the inflorescence ; elusters many, arranged in a lax deltoid panicle, with erecto-patent branches, all on short erecto- patent peduncles; spathes 4 in. long ; outer valves with a firm centre and broad brownish-white membranous border, not lacerated ; inner entirely membranous ; perianth-limb } in. long ; ovary clavate, shortly peduncled ; capsule not seen. Fa Reeron : Uitenhage Div.; mountains near Vanstadens River, MacOwan, nna Recion: Natal; on the Drakensberg, 6000-7000 ft., Evans, 356 ! 17. A. pusilla (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 236); rhizome oblique, cylindrical, with very slender, wiry, root-fibres; leaves of the basal rosette linear, firm in texture, 3 ft, long, }~} in. broad; stem ancipitous throughout, 3-1 ft. long, flexuose, with 2-3 reduced leaves; clusters few, arranged in a lax simple spike, each subtended by a large lanceolate-navicular bract of firm texture; spathe-valves quite hidden by the bract; perianth-limb bright blue, } in. long; capsule cylindrical-trigonous, torulose, 1 in. long, shortly peduncled. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1231; Gen. Irid. 13; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 158; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 552; Baker, Handb. Irid. 145. Morea pusilla, Thunb. Diss. No. 4; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 265; Vahl Enum, ii. 154, Sisyrinchium pusillum, Ecklon herb. : without locality, Thunberg ! Becur ont arenaies Div., Saher 4056! Uitenhage Div.; Van- stadens Berg, Zeyher, 348! 4055! Bathurst Div., Pus chell, 3713! 3954 | 3 VOL, VIL. 54 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Aristea. 18. A. spiralis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 236); rhizome oblique, cylindrical; root-fibres slender, wiry; leaves of the basal rosette linear, rigid in texture, acuminate, 6-9 in. long, $-4 in. broad ; stem simple, ancipitous throughout, 2-3 ft. long, with several reduced sheathing leaves ; clusters few, arranged in a very lax simple spike, each subtended by a large lanceolate acuminate bract ; spathe-valves lanceolate, brown, membranous, }—} in. long, hidden inside the large bract; perianth-limb 1-1} in. long, segments oblong, -3-8in. broad, whitish, the outer furnished with a broad greenish- black keel; capsule cylindrical-trigonous, 2-23 in. long, with a short pedicel. Vahl Enum. ii. 124; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit 2, i. 109 ; Pers. Syn. i. 41; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 552; Baker, Handb. Irid, 145. Morea spiralis, Linn, fil. Suppl. 99 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 2; Prodr. 10; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 520. Sisyrinchium spirale and S. melaleucum, Eckl. Top. Verz. 16. Soutn ArrRica: without locality, Thunberg ! Coast Reeion: Table Mountain, Bolus, 4703! Wynberg, Elliot, 1085! Drakenstein Mountains, Drége, 8383! Robertson Div.; Reit Kuil, Zeyher, 4058 ! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6612! 6710! Knysna Forest, Bolus, 2477 ! 19. A. Eckloni (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 112) ; rootstock short, thick, ublique ; root-fibres slender, wiry; leaves of the basal rosette linear, not rigid in texture, 6-18 in. long, 3-3 in, broad ; stems strongly ancipitous throughout, a foot or more. long ; clusters many, arranged in a lax corymbose panicle with ascending branches; spathe-valves small, lanceolate, brown, entirely membranous, not lacerated ; perianth-limb bright blue, 4 in. long ; capsule cylindrical- trigonous, 4} in. long, torulose, distinctly peduncled. Baker, Handb. Irid. 144, A. dichotoma, Eckl, ex Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 551, non Ker. Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkop River and Vanstadens Berg, Ecklon, 235! near Uitenhage, Burchell, 4256! Near Grahamstown, Galpin, 331! MacOwan, 1207! Eastern Reeion: Kaffraria, Cooper, 346! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 192! 20. A. fruticosa (Pers. Syn. i. 41); a very dwarf, much-branched undershrub ; branches slender, ascending, rough downwards with the sears of fallen leaves, and above furnished with spaced out, distichous, rigid, erecto-patent, linear, amplexicaul leaves, much smaller than in A. corymbosa, 14-2 in. long; flowers in a single, oblong, terminal cluster on a short peduncle; spathe-valves rigid in texture, lanceo- late, acute, nearly an inch long; perianth with a cylindrical tube 2 in. long, and a blue limb with oblong obtuse segments, shorter than the tube. Baker, Handb. Irid. 145. Ixia Fruticosa, Thunb. Diss. No. 1; Lam, Iil. i. 108, tab. 31, fig. 4. Witsenia fruticosa, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 237; Gen. Irid. 8, W. ramosa, Vahl Enum. ii.47, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 256. W. capitata, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 546, Nivenia fruticosa, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 109; Klatt, Ergénz. 48. z ah Coast Region : Caledon Div. ; Mountains of Nieuw Kloof, Burchell, 8096! bu i ree — Le eee ON eat LY ON TORR YS AE RE RE my aE TNT : ss Sa oi epic) a ai cS ee A eh ae A i te ee a ane td ie sigs ee NE re et ere a eT aa a a SS as sR Aristea. | IRIDEZ (Baker). 55 Swellendam Div., Tradouw Mountains, Bowie! Riversdale Div. 3 Dear the summit of Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7100! 21. A. corymbosa (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 701); stems shrubby, erect, much-branched, ancipitous, branches rough with scars of fallen leaves; leaves spaced out along the stems, rigid, linear, distichous, amplexicaul, ereeto-patent, 4-6 in. long, 4 in. broad, clusters very numerous, arranged in a dense corymb, with a long ancipitous erect peduncle; spathes + in. long; outer bracts rigid, obtuse; inner membranous ; perianth with a cylindrical tube exserted from the spathe, and bright blue limb } in. long, with oblong segments; capsule rigid, oblong, 4 in. long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 145. Witsenia corymbosa, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 895; Gen. Irid. 8 ; Smith, Ezot. Bot. ii. 17, t. 68; Red. Lil. t. 453 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 254; Reich. Exot. t. 24; Paxt. Mag. iii. 269, cum icone. Nivenia corymbosa, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 109. N. stylosa, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 311. N. binata, Klatt, Erganz. 48. Sour ArFRica: without locality, Cooper, 3175! Coast ReGion: near Tulbagh, Drége, 1986! near Bains Kloof, Bolus, 4068! Caledon Div.; Appels Kraal, Zeyher! Oudtshoorn Div.; on the Great Zwarte Bergen, Drége, 2184! Undescribed Species. Wredowia pulchra, Eckl. Top. Verz. 16, from hills between Hemel and Aarde, in the division of Caledon, is said to have bright cinnabar-red flowers, and to be intermediate between Sisyrinchiwm (i.e. A. spiralis) and the typical Aristeas, : XII, KLATTIA, Baker. Perianth blue, not twisted up spirally, with a short cylindrical tube and six very long subequal segments, with a small lanceolate blade and a long filiform claw. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments long, free, filiform; anthers linear, sagittate at the base. Ovary turbinate, 3-celled; ovules few in a cell; style filiform, minutely tricuspidate at the stigmatose apex. Capsule turbinate, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds one or few in a cell, angular or compressed, - DistRis. An endemic monotypic genus, 1. K. partita (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 110); stems woody, much-branched, erect, 1-2 ft. long; branches ancipitous, leafy up to the top; leaves crowded, alternate, ensiform, amplexicaul, ascending, 6-9 in. long, firm in texture, acuminate, closely ribbed ; flowers bright blue, 10-15 aggregated in a dense oblong terminal head, subtended by large lanceolate, rigid bracts ; spathes 1-2-flowered, with lanceolate brown valves $-1 in. long. Perianth-tube cylindrical, 1_1 in, long; segments 2-22 in. long, with a lanceolate blade } in. long; stamens and style falling a little short of the perianth- segments ; capsule 4 in. long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 146. Witsenia 56 rr1DEx (Baker). [Klattia. partita, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 237 ; Gen. Irid. 8; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 147, excl. syn. ; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 546. Coast ReGion: Swellendam Div.; Tradouw Mountains, Bowtie! .on the Langebergen near Swellendam, Burchell, 7340! 7418! Riversdale Div.; near Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7050 ! 7159! XIII. SCHIZOSTYLIS, Backh. and Harv. Perianth hypocrateriform, with a cylindrical tube and a campanulate limb with six equal, oblong, acute, petaloid segments. Stamens in- serted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments free, filiform ; anthers large, linear, basifixed. Ovary clavate, 3-celled; ovules crowded in the cells ; style as long as the perianth-tube, with three long, spreading, subulate branches. Oapsule obovoid-oblong, mem- branous, obtuse. Seeds small, angled. Herbs with a few distichous grass-like leaves; rootstock not bulbous ; flowers arranged in a lax simple equilateral spike ; spathe-valves large, lanceolate, green. Disters. Anendemic Cape genus, differs only from Hesperantha by the root- stock not being bulbous, Flowers deep crimson... eee pres ae a ... (1) coccinea. Flowers pale red ... ‘se cea ae vee ia w+. (2) pancifiora, 1. 8. coccinea (Backh. and Harv. in Bot. Mag. t. 5422); root- fibres densely tufted, rather fleshy; leaves of basal rosette 2-8, linear, glabrous, grass-like in texture, 1-1} ft. long, }-3 in. broad, furnished with a distinct midrib; stems slender, terete 1-2 ft. long, bearing 2-3 erect, sheathing, reduced leaves; flowers 6-8, arranged in a lax distichous spike; outer spathe-valve entirely herbaceous and green, lanceolate, 1-1} in, long ; inner rather smaller and more membranous ; perianth-tube straight, erect, 1-1} in. long ; — limb deep crimson, as long as the tube, the oblong acute segments uniform in colour and texture ; anthers 3 in. long, equalling the filaments ; style-branches } in. long ; capsule sessile, obtuse, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 108 ; Handb. Irid. 147 ; Klati, Erginz, 48. Coast Reaion : Stockenstrom Div., Scully, 14! Elliot, 400! KaLanari Recion: Transvaal, Athérstone! Rhenoster Poort River, Welson, 401! Lydenburg district, Roe in Hb. Bolus, 2653! Easteen Reoion: Kaffraria, bills up to 4000 ft,; Bazeia Mountains, Baur, 164! sources of Buffels River, Murray in Herb. MacOwan, 1892! Fuakus territory, 5000 ft., Sutherland! Griqualand East, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1181! Natal, Gerrard, 1528! Swaziland, 3000-4500 ft., Galpin, 726 ! 2. 8. pauciflora (Klatt in Linnea, xxxv. 380); root-fibres slender ; basal leaves 2-3, linear, moderately firm in texture, 1 foot long, } in. broad ; stems erect, terete, 2-3 ft. long, bearing a few reduced, erect, sheathing leaves; flowers 2-8, in a lax simple equilateral spike; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, $-1 in. long; inner rather smaller; perianth-tube 1-1} in. long; limb purplish-pink, an inch long, with equal, membranous, oblong, acute segments ; stamens Schizostylis.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 57 and style-branches as in the other species. Klatt, Ergdnz. 48; Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc. xvi. 108; Handb. Irid. 147. 8. ixioides, MSS., Harv. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 108, Katawarr Reaion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 1197! 3217! Transvaal, Sanderson ! EasteRn Recion: Natal, Sutherland ! XIV. HESPERANTHA, Ker. Perianth rotate, with acylindrical tube and six subequal, oblong, spreading segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth- tube, divaricating ; filaments short, free ; anthers lanceolate. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules crowded in the cells; style as long as the perianth tube, with three long, subulate, falcate, entire branches. Capsule small, turbinate, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, globose, or angled by pressure. Rootstock a small tunicated corm, flat at the base; leaves few, narrow, distichous; flowers small, arranged in lax spikes; spathe-valves herbaceous in texture,’ lanceolate, usually about as long as the perianth-tube, Only — from Geissorhiza by its longer style-branches and longer green spathe- valves, Distris. Besides the Cape species there is one in Abyssinia and one in the Cameroon Mountains, Perianth-tube straight : Perianth-segments 4-4 in. long: Inner segments white ; outer red outside : Leaves short, spreading : Leaves much crisped ... weg a (1) cinnamomea. Leaves not crisped : Stems short one aee ore (2) montana, Stems long... oon ase tue (3) falcata. Leaves long, erect: — Leaves glabrous : Leaves linear-subulate ... ... (4) flexuosa, Leaves linear... = oat (5) graminifolia, Leaves pilose, linear (6) pilosa, Inner perianth-segments yellow; outer red outside ... abe tee se ies ya (7) lutea, Perianth-segments uniform, white: Perianth-tube shorter than the spathe ... 24 8) namaquensis. Periantb-tube as long as the spathe_... ... (9) leucantha. Perianth-segments uniform, lilac or reddish : Leaves short, lanceolate ... sia ee ove_-— (10) oucullata, Leaves long, linear: Perianth-tube half as long as the spathe ... (11) gracilis. Perianth-tube as long as the spathe : Leaves three: Corm-tunics produced into long fibres... oa ay «+ (12) fibrosa. Corm.tunics produced into short cusps eee eee ove ood (18) erecta, Leaves two: Perianth-tube rather longer than thespathe .., sos ..» (14) modesta, 58 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Hesperantha. Perianth-segments 4-1 in. long ... ae eee (15) subexserta. Perianth-tube not longer than the spathe : Acaulescent ... (16) humilis. Stems elongated : Flowers white: Leaves rigid... ies ose +» (17) lactea. Leaves grass-like ,., oe .. (18) candida, Flowers bright red : Perianth-limb 4 inch long... «. (19) Banrii. Perianth-limb $—1 in. long : Outer spathe-valve oblohg- lanceolate... ae ... (20) pulchra, Outer spathe-valve lanceolate- acuminate... as .. (21) Woodii. Perianth-tube longer than the spathe 22) longituba. Perianth-tube curved : Outer perianth-segments red ... ... «. « (23) radiata. Perianth-segments all white: Leaves without bulbille in their axils: Perianth-tube much shorter than the spathe (24) angusta. Perianth-tube as long as the spathe.., w» (25) Tysoni. Leaves with bulbillz in their axils Sie ... (26) bulbifera. 1. H. cinnamomea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 225); corm conical, 4-3 in. diam. ; tunics dark brown, membranous ; basal leaves 2, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, firm in texture, obtuse, much crisped, 2-3 in. long, }-4 in. broad ; stem slender, terete, simple, 3-9 in. long, with 1-2 sheathing, erect, strongly ribbed leaves at the base ; flowers 3-12 in a short, often secund spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, green, herbaceous, 4 in. long ; perianth-tube cylindrical, straight, or rather curved, equalling or a little exceeding the spathe segments oblong-lanceolate, patent, } in. long, the three outer usually claret- red, and the three inner white ; anthers 4 in. long, 2-3 times as long as the filaments; style-branches shorter than the anthers. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1054; Gen. Irid. 91; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 84; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 650 ; Ergdnz. 60; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 95: Baker, Handb. Irid. 148. Ixia cinnamomea, Linn. Jil. Suppl. 92 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 9, cum icone; Fl. Cap. i. 227; Vahl Enum. ii. 56. Sours Arrica: without locality, Pappe! Thom! Burchell ! Coast Region: Lions Rump, Thunberg! Rosebank, near C Town Bolus, 3768! f A oo : 2. H. montana (Klatt, Ergiinz. 59); leaves lanceolate, obtuse, strongly ribbed, the lower spreading 1} in. long, } in. broad, the upper narrower and longer, sheathing the stem; stems simple or forked, 3-4 in. long; flowers 1-3 on a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe- valve ovate, acute, }~$ in. long; perianth with a straight tube 4-4 in. long, and ovate, acute segments of the same length, the three inner white, the outer purplish.. Baker, Hand. Irid. 148. CznTRAt Recion: Calvinia Div. ; Hantam Mountains, Meyer. 3. H. falcata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i, 225); corm conie, $-} in, diam., with crustaceous black or brown tunics, with small Hesperantha.] IRIDEX (Baker). 59 cusps at the top; basal leaves 2—4, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, not crisped, 2-3 in. long, }-4 in. broad ; stems slender, terete, 3-1 ft. long, simple or forked, with 1-2 sheath- ing, erect, linear or lanceolate leaves below the middle; flowers 2-10 in a lax equilateral erect spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, z-t in. long, green, with a brown scariose edge ; perianth with a cylindrical tube as long as or a little longer than the spathe, seg- ments oblong, spreading, +—} in. long, the three inner white, the outer claret-red ; anthers lanceolate, } in, long, three times as long as the filaments ; style-branches } in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1254; Gen, Irid. 90 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit..2,i. 84. Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 647 ; Ergdnz. 59; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 96 ; Hundb. Trid. 148. Ixia falcata, Linn, fil. Suppl. 92; Thunb. Diss. No. 23 ; Prodr.10; Fl. Cap. i, 249; Jacg. Ic. t. 276; Bot. Mag. t. 566. Ixia cinnamomea, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 44, non Thunb. Coast Reeion: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Drége! near Simons Town, Bolus, 4690! Paarl Div., Drege! Dutoits Kloof, Drége! Riversdale Div. ; on the Langebergen, Burchell, 7045! 4. H. flexuosa (Klatt, Ergiinz. 60); corm globose, squamose ; scales castaneous, cuspidate at the apex; leaves narrow linear, superposed, 3 lin. broad ; stem flexuose, glabrous, forked, 9-10 in. long; flowers in a short flexuose spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, } in. long, green, with a brown scariose margin; perianth-tube cylindrical, reddish, 4 in. long, segments ovate, acute, the outer reddish, the ° 3 inner white. _ WESTERN Reeron: Little Namaqualand; near Elbvagfontein, Drége, 2639; Nababeep, 3200 ft., MacOwan and Bolus Herb, Norm. Austr. Afr. 694! 5. H. graminifolia (D. Don in Sweet Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 503) ; corm small, globose, with crustaceous brown tunics ; leaves 8-5, linear, glabrous, 4—6 in. long, ;); in. broad, the upper sheathing the lower part of the stem; stems terete, slender, simple or rarely forked, 3-1 ft. long; flowers 2-6 in a lax equilateral spike ; outer Spathe-valve green, oblong, } in. long; perianth with a straight cylindrical tube a little larger than the spathe, segments oblong- lanceolate, spreading, }-? in. long, the inner white, the outer reddish-brown or reddish green outside; anthers and style-branches asin H. pilosa. Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 649; Ergdnz. 59; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi.95 ; Handb. Irid. 148. H. pilosa, var. nuda, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1254; Gen. Irid. 90. Coast Reeron ; at the foot of Table Mountain, MacOwan, 2386 ! 6. H. pilosa (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 225) ; corm globose, in. diam.; tunics brown, erustaceous, with short cusps at the top; basal leaves 2, linear, ereet, pilose, strongly ribbed, 3-6 in. long, #, in. broad; stems slender, erect, terete, 3-1 ft. long, with a single sheath- ing erect leaf lower down ; flowers 2-10 in a lax equilateral, distichous spike ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, acute, green, herbaceous, 3 in. long; perianth with a cylindrical tube 4—} in. long, straight or rarely * 60 IRIDEx (Baker). [Hesperantha . curved in the lower flowers, segments of the limb oblong-lanceolate, 4-1 in. long, the inner white, the outer tinged outside with claret- red or green; anthers 4 in. long, much exceeding the filaments ; style-branches jin. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1475; Gen. Irid. 90, ex parte; Klaté in Linnea, xxxiv. 648 ; Ergdnz.59; Baker in Journ. Linn Soc. xvi. 95; Handb. Frid. 149. Izia pilosa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 92; Thunb, Diss. No. 5; Prodr.9; Fl. Cap.i., 222; Vahl Enum. ii, 54. Sour Arrica : without locality, Zeyher, 1595! Masson ! Coast Region: Malmesbury Div., near Groene Kloof, Drége! vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg ! Ecklon, 399! Bolus, 3767! %. H lutea (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 703) ; corm not seen; leaves 3-4, linear, erect, acute, firm in texture, glabrous, 2-3 in. long, in. broad, the upper sheathing the base of the stem; stems slender, terete, 3-4 in. long, simple or forked low down; flowers $-6 in a lax simple spike; outer spathe-valve oblong or oblong- lanceolate, green, with a seariose edge, +4 in. long; perianth with a _ eylindrical tube as long as the spathe, and oblong ascending segments 2 in. long, the three outer claret-purple on the back ; anthers lanceo- late, 4 in. long, much exceeding the filaments; style-branches over- topping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 149. Geissorhiza lutea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 21; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 652; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 95. Coast Recion: Swellendam Div.; Groote Vadersbosch, Ecklon; Caledon Diy., Zeyher ! 3 8. H. namaquensis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 149) ; eorm globose, small ; leaves 2—3, narrow linear, glabrous, 3-4 in. long ; stem slender, 8-4 in. long, simple or branched low down; flowers 5-6 in a lax -distichous spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve green, lavceolate, 3-3 in. long ; perianth with a straight cylindrical tube 2 in. long, segments white, oblong, as long as the tube; stamens reaching to the top of the perianth-segments. Coast Region: Little Namaqualand, Scully, 50! 9. H. leucantha (Baker, Handb. Irid. 150) ; corm not seen ; leaves 3, linear, erect, glabrous, the largest 6-8 in. long ; stem simple, very slender, } ft. long; flowers 3-4 in a short distichous spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, {4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, as long as the spathe, segments oblong, white, 4 in. long ; anthers 4 in. long ; style-branches nearly as long as the perianth-segments. EastERN Rzcion: Natal; Olivers Hoek Pass, Wood, 3437! 10. H. cucullata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 59); corm oblong, squamose ; © scales castaneous, equally slit at the top; leaves 3, the upper one sheathing the stem, lanceolate acute, 2~3 in. long, }—-2 in. broad ; stem erect, terete, 3-4 in. long; flowers 8, crowded on a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve ovate, herbaceous, truncate at the apex, Hesperantha.} IRIDEZ (Baker). 61 + in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, straight, violet, brown at the throat, +4 in. long, segments lilac, oblong-lanceolate, under } in. long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 149. Cznrrat Reaction: Calvinia Diy. ; Hantam Mountains, Meyer. 11. H. gracilis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 149); corm not seen; basal leaves 3, narrow linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 6-8 in. long, ', in. broad, with only a single distinct rib ; stem very slender, terete, 3 ft. long, with a short sheathing leaf at the middle; flowers 2, distant ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, acute, 3—§ in. long, firm and green to the tip; perianth with a greenish, cylindrical, straight tube 4 in. long, and a bright red limb 2 in. long, with oblong uniform segments ;, stamens half as long as the limb ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long ; style-branches } in. long. EASTERN ReGion: Natal; in the bush at the base of perpendicular rocks at Isangwaan, Wood, 923! . Habit and perianth very like that of Geissorhiza secwnda. 12. H. fibrosa (Baker, Handb. Irid. 149); corm globose, 2 in. diam., with brown crustaceous tunics produced into long fibres at the top ; produced leaves 3, linear, superposed, glabrous, firm in texture, 46 in. long, $ in. broad, obtuse, with revolute edges, the upper sheathing the stem some distance from the base; stems slender, terete, simple, 6-9 in. long; flowers 3-6 in a lax equilateral spike ; outer spathe-valve green, oblong, obtuse, 1-2 in. long ; perianth with a cylindrical tube as long as the spathe, and six oblong concolorous segments + in. long; anthers 4 in. long, with short filaments ; style- branches 4 in. long. Coast Rreion: Culedon Div. ; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 3960! 13. H. erecta (Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 703); corm globose, } in. diam.; tunics brown, crustaceous ; leaves 3, linear, superposed, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, erect, 3-4 in. long., s,—} in. broad ; stems slender, terete, 6—8 in. long, simple or forked ; flowers 4-8, in a short, erect spike, with a very flexuose axis ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 3 in. long; perianth pale red, with a straight tube 2 in. long, dilated into a funnel at the apex, and oblong, ascending, concolorous segments not longer than the tube; anthers 4 in. long, exceeding the filaments ; style-branches nearly as long as the perianth-segments. Geissorhiza erecta, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238; Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi, 93. Westen Reaion: by the Olifants River, Drége, 8468! 14, H. modesta (Baker, Handb. Irid. 150); corm not seen ; basal leaves 2, narrowly linear, erect, glabrous, 2-3 in. long ; stem very slender, 4 ft. long, with a small sheathing leaf at the middle ; flowers 2-4 in a lax distichous spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, }-1 in, long; perianth-tube straight, as long as the spathe, 45 62 rrIppR (Baker). [ Hesperantha. segments oblanceolate, pink, 3~} in, Jong ; anthers 4 in. long; style- branches } in. long. Eastern Rucron: Natal; near Beygan River, Wood, 3201!—not Beevari River, as given in the Handbook of I*deg, 15. H. subexserta (Baker) ; Conn not seen ; leaves 2, linear, erect, superposed, glabrous, 2-3 in. long; stems flexuose, usually simple, 6-9 in, long, spike very lax, few-flowered; outer spathe-valve green, oblong, acute, } in. long; Peri@ath-tube 4 in, long, segments oblong, pinkish, } in. long; apthers linear, large; style-branches long. Eastern Reaion: Natal; in a valley neat Bothas Hill, 2000 ft., Wood, 4543! 16. H. humilis (Baker in Jou™, Bot. 1876, 239) ; corm globose, 1 in. diam., with numerous very thjck, rigid, dull brown tunies, lace- rated from the base and ending in Short cusps ; leaves 3-4, very falcate, linear-oblong, obtuse, firm in teXtyre, glabrous,*l~2 in. long, } in. broad, furnished only with a distinct midrib ; stem scarcely any ; flowers 2, remote ; outer spathyalve ovate-naVicular, very firm in texture from base to tip, brOWnjsh-green, not ribbed ; perianth with a straight cylindrical tuhe } in. long, suddenly dilated into a distinct funnel at the apex, and agceNding obovate segments of the same length ; colour uncertain; Styje Teaching to the top of the funnel ; branches }in. long. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 95 ; Handb. Irid. 150 ; Klatt, Ergan. 59. Central Recion: Fraserburg Diy-i in the Mi Rogge akhals Fontein, Burchell, 1320 ! seh pase ae” : Habit and leaves of Streptanthera, bUt gpathe very different. 17. H. lactea (Baker, Handb, Ivig, 151); corm not seen ; leaves 3—4, superposed, linear, glabrous, fiym in texture, erect, sheathing the stem, 4~8 in. long, ,—} in. broad ; stems slender, erect, terete, simple, 1-1} ft. long; flowers seV@ra}, arranged in a lax erect equi- Jateral spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe ovate or oblong-. lanceolate, green to the top, ri In, long ; perianth with a straight cylindrical tube -} in. long, and a yellowish-white limb 4 in, long, with ascending, uniform, oblong-laneoolate segments; anthers and style-branches half as long as the limp, . BN REGION: 3 : i i wad ues near Vouk tte ! mig thi cow dbnantiad phates was May be a colour-variety of H. Bawr#s with which it agrees in habit, leaves, and inflorescence. 18. H. candida (Baker, Handb. Iyjd- 151); corm globose, 3 in. diam., with brown crustaceous tUNies; leaves 3-4, linear, grass- like, glabrous, the lower 6-9 in. Jong, 4 in, broad, the upper small and stem-sheathing; stems slender, serete, simple, 4-9 in. long ; flowers one or few, arranged in ® gx erect spike; outer spathe oblong-lanceolate, $-1 in. long, green, membranous towards the tip; perianth with a straight cylindrical tube 2 in, long, and a limb Hesperantha.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 63 $-4 in. long, with spreading, oblong, uniform segments ; anthers and style-branches } in. long, Var. 8, bicolor, Baker. Outer segments of the perianth tinged and ribbed with claret-red on the outside, Katanari Reeton: Orange Free State, Cooper, 746! Centra Reaion: Var. 8, Somerset Div. ; Boschberg, 4000 ft., MacOwan, 61 partly ! Habit of H. longituba, from which it differs by its short perianth-tube. 19, H. Baurii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 182) ; corm globose, 3 in. diam. ; tunics crustaceous, castaneous, ending in short cusps; leaves 3, linear, glabrous, superposed, firm in texture, 3-1 ft. long, 3-t in. broad, strongly ribbed, sheathing the lower half of the stem; stems slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long; flowers several, arranged in a very lax equilateral erect spike, with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe- valve entirely green, firm in texture, obtuse, 3—3.in. long; perianth with a cylindrical straight tube equalling the spathe, and a limb 2 in. long, withuniform bright rose-red, ascending, oblong segments ; anthers yellow, lanceolate, }-} in. long, with very short filaments ; style-branches filiform, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 96; Handb. Irid. 151; Klatt, Ergdénz. 60. H. rubella, Baker in Journ, Bot. 1876, 239; Klatt, Erganz. 60. H. disticha, Klatt, Eryanz. 59. ; _ Katanari Region: Transvaal; summit of Saddleback Range near Barberton, 5000 ft., Galpin, 827! Wood, 4509! MThorncroft, 112! Orange Free State, Cooper, 1027! Eastern Recion: Kaffraria; between Umtata R. and Umzimvubu R., Drége, 4548! Buzeia Mts., Baur, 628! Natal, Buchanan! grassy hill, Eisdumbini, 1800 ft., Wood, 4346! 20. H. pulehra (Baker, Handb. Irid. 150); corm not seen; leaves 3—4, all superposed, narrow linear, glabrous, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, a foot or more long, 7; in. broad, with very long sheaths ; stems slender, terete, simple, erect, 14-2 ft. long; flowers several, arranged in a lax erect equilateral spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, green to the tip, 1-1} in. long; perianth with a straight cylindrical tube, $-1 in. long, and a bright pink limb ¢ in. long, with ascending oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, three times as long as the filaments; style-branches subulate, } in. long. Eastern Recion: Kaftraria, Bazeia Mts., 2500-3000 ft., Baur, 159! 21. H. Woodii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 150); corm not seen ; pro- duced leaves 2, narrow linear, superposed, firm in texture, glabrous, 1 ft. long, }; in. broad ; stem slender, terete, 1} ft. long, with two long, sheathing leaves with short, free, linear points ; flowers 3-6, bright mauve-purple, arranged in a very lax erect spike; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, an inch long ; perianth with a slender tube an inch long, and oblong segments nearly as long; anthers 64 IRIDEX (Baker). f Hesperantha. lanceolate, bright yellow, 2 in. long, twice as long as their filaments ; style-branches as long as the anthers. Eastern Region: Natal; stony places on the Peak of Byrne, 3500 ft., Wood, 1868! Intermediate between H. pulchra and H. longituba. 22. H. longituba (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 96); corm ovoid, } in, diam., with black erustaceous tunics, ending in small cusps; leaves generally 3, linear, not rigid in texture, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, }-1 in, broad, the upper erect, sheathing the lower part of the stem; stems slender, terete, simple, 3-2 ft. long; flowers few, arranged in a very lax equilateral spike; outer spathe-valve green to the tip, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 3-1 in. long; perianth with a cylindrical tube 1-1} in. long, and a spreading limb ~-} in. long, _ with oblong segments }-} in. broad, the three inner usually white the outer tinged with claret-red ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long; style- branches 3 in. long. Handb. Irid. 151; Klatt, Erganz. 60. Geissorhiza longituba, Klatt in Linnea, xxxv. 383, CentraL Reeion: near Fraserburg, Burchell, 1430! near Murraysburg, 4700 ft., Tyson, 303! Cave Mountain, near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 686! Somerset Div,; Bowker! rocky places near Boschberg, MacOwaa, 61 partly! Eastern Racion: Kaffraria, Cooper, 1810! Katberg, Baur! between - Umzimvubu R, and Umtsikaba R., Drége, 4540! Hi. acuta, Ker, Gen. Trid. 91 (Ixia acuta, Lichten, in Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 383) from the Roggeveld, differs, according to the description, by its secund spike and acute perianth-segments,. 23. H. radiata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 225); corm globose, 4 in. diam., with thick, rigid, brown-black tunics, lacerated from the base; leaves 5-6, the lower, narrow linear, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, the upper with long sheaths and small free points ; stem slender, simple, 1-1} ft. long ; flowers few or many in a long, secund spike; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, }-} in. long; perianth with a much-curved tube } in. long, and a limb 3-3 in. long, with oblong-lanceolate segments, the inner usually white and the outer claret-red ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long, with very short filaments ; style-branches 4 in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. sub 790 and 1254; Gen, Irid. 89 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit.2, 1.84; Klatt.in Linnea, xxxiv. 649 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 96; Handb. Irid. 152. Ixia radiata, Jacq. Ic. t. 280 ; Ker in Bot. Mag.t.573; Red. Lil. t. 441. I. fistulosa, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 69. Gladiolus recurvus, Thunb. Diss. No. 9. J2ia recurva, Vahl Hnum. ii. 58. Vag. 8, caricina (Ker in Bot. Mag..sub t. 573); lower leaves subterete ; flowers smaller. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 790. H. caricina, Klatt, Ergdns. 61. be Ecos Top. Verz. 23, : ‘OAST ion: Tulbagh, Burchell, 1087! near George, Burchell, 6086! Stellenbosch, Sanderson, 9661 Fish River, ain ! Var. B, Vicinity of Cape ‘own, ge! v3. ! wellendam Diy, her! Grah MacOwan! Galpin, 283! Baie snag TTT 5787! a Hesperantha. ] IRIDEX (Baker). : 65 Cenrrat Recion: Victoria West; Karee Bergen, Burchell, 1548! near Murraysburg, 4100 ft., Tyson, 305! Somerset Div., Bowker ! Western Rugion: Little Namaqualand, between Pedros Kloof and Lily Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 2638! Eastern Recion: Natal; Mooi River, 4000 ft., Wood, 4€56 ! 24, H. angusta (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 225); corm ovoid, 7-3 in. diam; tunics brown, crustaceous, ending at the top in short cusps; leaves 3-4, linear, glabrous, grass-like, lower 4-6 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, upper sheathing the stem half-way up; stems slender, terete, simple or forked, $-1 ft. long ; flowers few, arranged in a lax spike; outer spathe-valve greon, oblong, }—3 in. long; perianth-tube curved, cylindrical, } in. long; limb } in. long, with six oblong white segments, reflexed when fully expanded ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long, three times as long as the filaments ; style-branches subulate, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. (96; Handb. Irid. 152; Klatt, Erganz.61. H. radiata, var. angusta, Ker, Gen. Irid. 89, Ixia radiata, var. angusta, Ker in Bot, Mag. sub t. 573. I. angusta, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 202. J. linearis, Jacq. Ic. t. 279; Coll. iv. 183, non Thunb. H. virginea, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 225; Gen. Irid. 91. J. virginea, Soland. MSS. Diasia tridifolia and D. reflexa, Harvey MSS. Coast Reaion: Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Hex River Kloof, Drége! CENTRAL REGION: near Somerset East, MacOwan, 345! 345b ! WESTERN Region: Little Namaqualand, near Ookiep, Morris in Hb. Bolus, 8 25. H. Tysoni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 151); corm not seen ; leaves 2-4, narrowly linear, erect, glabrous, } ft. long ; stem slender, 1} ft. long ; flowers 5-6 in a lax secund spike ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceo- late, 4 in. Jong; perianth-tube eylindrical, curved, as long as the spathe; segments oblong, whitish, } in. long; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the segments. Eastern Reaion: Griqualand East; banks of streams near Kokstad, 4700 ft.. Tyson, 1585 { 26. H. bulbifera (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 183); corm not seen ; leaves about 4, -like, linear, glabrous, above a foot long, flaccid, }—2 in. broad, furnished with bulbille in their axils ; stems weak, simple, 1} ft. Jong; flowers few, arranged in a lax simple spike ; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, ?-1 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, } in. long; limb white, an inch long, with uniform oblong segments; anthers nearly 3 in. long, twice the length of the filaments; style-branches 3 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 96; Handb, Irid. 152; Klatt, Erganz. 61. CentREat Reaion: Somerset Div.; Boschberg, in fissures of the cliff at the cataract, MacOwan, 2215! Perhaps only a form of H. angusta, grown in damp shade, XV. GEISSORHIZA, Ker. Perianth rotate. with a cylindrical tube and six spreading, subequal, oblong segments, Stamens divaricating, inserted at the throat of the 66 rkipEz (Baker). [ Geissorhiza. perianth-tube ; filaments short, free, filiform ; anthers lanceolate, basifixed. Ovary oblong, 3-celled; ovules crowded in the cells ; style longer than the perianth-tube, with three short, falcate-subulate, undivided branches. Capsule small, oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose or angled by pressure. Rootstock a small tunicated corm; leaves few, narrow, distichous ; flowers arranged in simple or forked lax spikes, very various in colour; outer spathe- valve oblong, obtuse, generally green and herbaceous, with a brown membranous edge. Very near Hesperantha, from which it only differs by its longer style, with shorter branches, and by its more membranous spathe-valves. Distets. Besides the Cape species, there is only one, with a very different capsule from any of them, in Central Madagascar. Perianth-tube shorter than the spathe : Flowers small; limb rarely above } in. long: Outer spnthe-valve entirely green : Flower typically yellow; throat concolorous : Leaves and stem glabrous : ‘Flowers permanently yellow ... (1) humilis. Flowers turning blue when dried (2) ornithogaloides. Leaves and stem hairy sc fa 3) flava. Flower bright yellow, with a purple-black throat... eos oS ass .» (4) purpureo-lutea. Flowers reddish, with a concolorous throat : Leaves filiform, long... ... ... (5) filifolia. Leaves filiform, short ... oi wee ee wepped. Leaves linear ... .... ... =... (7) Wrightii. Outer spathe-valve brown and membranous in the upper half: Stem and leaves glabrous .., pa . (8) secunda, Stem and leaves hairy : Leaves very short... tax .» (9) gracilis. Flowers larger : fecg es gern (0) Cauline sheath slender... .., (11) furva, eae: sheath loose and ventricose : OR RE ng oe an, vt AR Leaves glabrous : ) ee hess narrow, few-ribbed : erianth-segments with q nectaryat the base ... (13) rochensis. Perianth-segments without any nectary ‘as -. (14) Bellendeni. Basal leaves broad, many-ribbed (15) latifolia. Flowers yellow, or outer segments flushed with red outside : Throat of perianth concolorous : Basal leaves subterete --» (16) corrugata. wae oe ~_ = (17) imbricata. Wieder eee. GD) gamut, er as long as or a little longer than the Flowers one or few to a spike : Perianth-limb } in, long von ove wee (20) Dama. Geissorhiza.] 1R1DEZ (Baker). 67 Perianth-limb } in, long: Dwarf, with narrow lexves... ee ae a setacea. Tall, with broader leaves ... see nee 23} bracteata. Flowers many to a spike: Flower small : Leaves concentrated at the base of the stem: Perianth-limb 4-4 in. long ... --» (23) Dregei. Perianth-limb 4 in, long ne «+ (24) foliosa. Leaves distinctly superposed we +. (25) Bolusii. Flower very large + (26) grandis. Perianth-tube much exserted from the spathe ‘ Dwarf: perianth-limb shorter than the tube o« (27) minima, Tall: perianth-limb as long as tube : . Leaf terete on fa << ce +. (28) geminata. Leaf lanceolate or oblong sey aa «.. (29) excisa, 1. G. humilis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224); corm globose, $-tin. diam. ; tunics brown, crustaceous, ending in short cusps; leaves 3, linear-subulate, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, 4 lin. broad, thick in texture, with inflexed edges, upper much shorter, sheathing the lower part of the stem and dilated towards the base ; stems slender, terete, flexuose, glabrous, 3-6 in. long; flowers few, in a lax spike with a flexuose axis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, green to the tip, closely ribbed, 4-4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, } in. long; limb bright lemon-yellow, $-4 in. long; segments oblong; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, exceeding the filaments; style as long as the anthers, the falcate spreading branches } in. long. er, Gen. frid. 85; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 93 ; Handb. Irid, 153. Ixia humilis, Thunb. Diss., No. 4; Prodr.9; Fl. Cap. i. 221. G. Brehmii, Eckl. Top. Verz.21; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 653. G. setacea, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1255, excl. syn. G. plicata, Pappe MSS. Var. 8, grandiflora (Kaker, Handb. Irid. 153); more robust, with broader leaves and larger uniform yellow flowers. : Var. y, bicolor (Baker, loc. cit.); outer perianth-segments bright red down the centre of the back. JIaia scilluris, 8, Herb. Thunberg ! ; Var. 3, juncea (Baker, loc. cit.) ; stems longer, with two sheathing leaves, the two basal very long, slender, terete ; flowers plain yellow. G. juncea, Link. in Unio Itin. Exsic. No. 314. Ixia juncea, Link. Enum. 50. Sourn Arrica: without locality; Var. 8, Niven! Var. y, Thunberg! Coast RzGion: Piquetberg, and near Cape Town, Thunberg! between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8475! Cape Flats, Zeyher, 3964! near Malmesbury, Bolus, 4339! Simons Bay, Wright, 253! Var. 8, Cape Flats, Pappe! near Cape Town. Bolus, 4602! Var. y, Cape Flats, Zeyher, 1599! Simons Bay, Wright, 265! Muizenberg, MacOQwan, 2474! MaeOwan and Bolus, Herb. Normale, 257 ! Var. 6, by the Berg River near Paarl, Drége, 8472! Table Mountain, Ecklon, 314! 2, G. ornithogaloides (Klatt in Linnza xxxiv. 656) ; corm globose, 4-} in. diam.; tunies brown, erustaceous, ending in a ring of short bristles ; basal leaves 2-3, subsetaceous or narrowly linear, 1-nerved, weak, glabrous, faleate, 2—4 in. long, }~} lin. broad ; stems 1-flowered, simple or forked, very slender, with one short leaf with a dilated sheath ; spathe-valves oblong, thin, green, fin. long; flower blue when dry, but pale yellow when fresh; perianth-tube $ in, long; segments oblong, obtuse, }-4 in. long; anthers lanceolate, reaching 68 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Geissorhiza- nearly to the tip of the perianth ; style much exserted from the tube, with 3 short spreading branches. Klatt, Ergdnz. 57; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 153. G. romulevides, Eckl. Top. Verz. 21. Coast Recion: Zwartberg, near Caledon, Zeyher, 3966! 3. G. flava (Klatt, Ergiinz. 58); corm globose, flat at the base ; tunics squamose, lacerated; leaves erect, narrow linear, 1-ribbed, those of the stem with a ventricose sheath; stem erect, hairy, terete, flexuose, branched, 4 in. long; branches 1—2-flowered ; outer valve of spathe green, fin. long; perianth greenish-yellow ; tube cylindrical, 2 in. long ; segments obovate, obtuse, 3 in. long; style overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 153. Waitzia flava, Reich. MSS. Souta Arica: without locality, Breutel. Described by Dr. Klatt from a specimen in the Liibeck herbarium, gathered by Breutel, which I have not seen, 4, G. purpureo-lutea (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238) ; corm ovoid, 4 in. diam., with very thick, lacerated, rigid, dull brown tunics ; leaves 3, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, thick in texture, the lower 2-3 in. long, 3,—} in. broad, the upper one clasping the base of the stem, with a short free point ; stems simple or forked from the base, slender, glabrous, flexuose, 2-4 in. long; flowers 1-2 to a stem; spathe-valves oblong, green, almost membranous, 44 in. long; perianth-tube straight, purplish-black, 4 in. long, suddenly dilated into a purplish-black throat, 4-4 in. long ; segments oblong, lemon- yellow; anthers yellow, lanceolate, 4 in. long; filaments shorter than the anthers, yellow with a purplish-black base; style overtopping the anthers, with short faleate branches. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe, xvi. 93; Handb. Irid. 154; Klatt, Erganz. 56. Ixia bicolor, a, Herb. Thunb. / ms tla Arnica: oe — » Thunberg ! OAST REGION: Malmesbu iv. $ Div. ; between Paarl and Pont, Drage, 8176! Se ee 5. G. filifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238) ; corm the size of a pea ; leaves 3, distant, filiform, erect, the lower 6-7 in. long, over- topping the flowers, the upper shorter, placed halfway up the stem ; stem slender, straight, glabrous, } ft. long; flowers 3, distant ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, } in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, 3 in. long; limb with a purple throat 4 in. long, and oblong, whitish segments ; stamens one-third shorter than the perianth-limb. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 154; Klatt, Erginz. 58. Sourn Argica: without locality, Prior! in the British Museum. 6. G. Pappei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 154); corm globose, din. diam., with brown membranous tunies anda bristly neck ; stem very slender, filiform, glabrous, 2-3 in. long, with two superposed, erect terete leaves 1-1} in. long, dilated towards the base ; flowers 3-4 in a short spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve oblong, 4 in. long, green with a hyaline edge; perianth reddish, concolorous ; tube cylindrical, § in. long; segments oblong, under + in. long; oy anna ek ia eae Geissorhiza. | IBIDEZ (Baker). 69 anthers slightly shorter than perianth-segments. G. pusilla, Pappe MSS.,no Klatt. Coast Re@ion: Zonder Hinde Mountains, Pappe! Zeyher, 3965! 7. G. Wrightii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238); corm globose, 3 in. diam.; tunies crustaceous, castaneous, ending in short cusps ; basal leaves 2-8, narrow linear, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, 4-1} lin. broad, closely and deeply ribbed; stems terete, } ft. long, simple or forked at the base, glabrous, sheathed at the base by a long erect leaf dilated downwards to a breadth of 3~1 in. with 10-15 prominent ‘close ribs ; flowers 6-8 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve ovate-oblong, }—! in, long, green to the tips; perianth- tube cylindrical, 4 in. long; limb dull red, 4 in. long, with uniform oblong segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, equalling the fila- ments ; style overtopping the anthers, with 3 falcate branches, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 154; Klatt, Ergdanz. 58. Coast Recon : Simons Bay, Wright, 243! 8. G. secunda (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224) ; corm globose, 3-1 in. diam., with bright brown, crustaceous tunics ; basal leaves 2, linear, glabrous, 4—6 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, not strongly or closely ribbed ; stems slender, 3-1 ft. long, with 1-2 superposed leaves with strongly-ribbed ventricose sheaths ; flowers 3-6 in a lax spike with a very slender flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve oblong, -3 in. long, green in the lower half, brown and scariose in the upper; perianth-tube cylindrical, 4 in. long; limb bright red, 4 in, long, with uniform oblong segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, _ exceeding the filaments ; style reaching to the top of the anthers, the falcate branches 4 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 85; Ait. Hort. Kew, edit, 2, i. 83; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 93; Handb. Trid. 154; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 658. Ixia secunda, Delaroche Deser. 17, excl. syn.; Berg. Pl. Cap. 6; Thunb, Diss. No. 7; Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap. i. 224; Bot. Mag. t. 597. I. pusilla, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 245. J. scillaris, a, Herb. Thunberg. Vaz. 6, G. setifolia (Eckl. Top. Verz. 22); leaves very slender, setaceous, flowers red. Kliatt, a 58. G. secunda, var. setifolia, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 155. : : Vag. y, @. ramosa (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 657) ; taller than the type, with deeply forked stems with several flowers. @. imbricata, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. Van. 3, @, pusilla (Klatt, Erganz. 58, ex parte); flowers pale rose or nearly white. G. seewnda, var. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1105. Izia scillarts, Linn. herb. / Var. ¢, bicolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155); stems tall, simple; leaves 7 long, filiform ; flowers smaller than in the type, white, the outer segments bright red down the keel. Sourn Arica: without locality. Var. ¢, Rogers / Coast ReGion: Malmesbury Div. ; Zwartland, Thunberg ! near Groene Kloof, Thunberg! Bolus, 4338! Tulbagh, Thom ! Paarl mountains, Drege, 8488a ! between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8483b and c! plains snd mountains near Cape Town, Ecklon, 315! Bolus, 2804! 3321! 4804! near Humansdorp, Tyson, 306, ! Var. 8, near Groene Kloof, MacOwan, 2165! between Paarl and Pont, D.ége, - 8460 } near Tulbagh Cataract, Bolus; 5388! Lions Rump, Pappe! near Roude- 70° 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Geissorhiza. bosch, Bolus, 4609! Witkamp, Zeyher, 1598! Var. 7, Clanwilliam Div. ; Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2165! Witsenberg and Skurfdeberg, near Tulbagh, Zeyher, 1596! Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 8481a! mountains neur Mitchell’s Pass, Bolus, 5246! Genadendal, Drége / Riversdale Div. ; on the Lange Bergen, near Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7044! 9. G. gracilis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155) ; corm not seen ; stem 3-1 ft. long, simple, with a rudimentary leaf at the base anda tight hairy sheath at the middle, produced into a small, erect, rigid, linear, strongly-nerved hairy blade; flowers 2-3 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, } in. long, brown and membranous above the base ; perianth pale lilac ; tube very short ; segments oblong, 4 in. long; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, as long as the filaments; style-branches short. Eastern Region: Griqualand East; Zuur Berg Range, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1872 ! 10. G. graminifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155); corm globose, 3 in. diam.; tunics entire, crustaceous, brown or squamose, cut up from below into slices ; leaves 3, linear, the lower 6-9 in. long, 14 in. broad, firm in texture, pilose on the ribs, especially beneath, the upper much shorter, ventricose, sheathing the stem some distance above the base, with many close, prominent hairy ribs ; stems slender, flexuose, simple, or forked, 4-1 ft. long ; flowers few, arranged in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; spathe-valves oblong, j—} in. long, greenish tuwards the base, brown and membranous in the upper half; perianth deep or pale red, or nearly white; tube very short, cylindrical ; segments oblong, $-} in. long ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, longer than the filaments; style reaching to the top of the anthers, with falcate branches tin. long. G. hirta, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 94, excl. syn. Hesperantha quinguangularis, Klatt, Ergdnz. 61, excl. syn. H. rosea, Klatt, Erganz. 61% Var. 8, bicolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 155) ; flowers white, bright red on the back of the outer segments. Izia humilis, 3, Herb. Thunberg. G. pilosa, Pappe MSS. Intermediate between G. hirta and G@, secunda, Soutn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg. Coast RrGion: near Swellendam, Drége, 3496! near George, Burchell, 6088! Var. 8, near Cape Town, Bolus, 485! Pappe! Hout Bay, MacOwan, - 2649! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 261! H d kcklon and Zeyher, 214! ’ ’ ottentots Holland, ll. G. furva (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann; i. 224); corm ver small, globose ; leaves filiform, 2 basal, 3-4 in. long, il prea! one, with close sheath, and short, free point ; stem slender, flexuose, 3-4 in. long, 1-flowered ; outer spathe-valve oblong, } in. long, brown and membranons in the upper half ; perianth bright red-purple ; tube cylindrical, $ in. long ; limb 4-3 in. long, with oblong segments; anthers lanceolate, longer than the filaments ; style reaching to the top of the filaments. Ker, Gen. Irid. 87; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 155. Ixia furva, Solander MSS. Souts Arica: without locality, Masson ! Coast Raaion: Between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8478! Tulbach, Eckl: nd Zeyher, 217! Malmesbury Div. ; near Groene Kloof, Bolus, 43411 eons A ap ee Pe RR Oe OE eee Wenn Geissorhiza.] — IRIDEZ (Baker). 71 12. G. hirta (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 224) ; corm globose, 2 in. diam.; tunics dull brown, crustaceous, cut up into slices; leaves 3, linear, hairy, moderately firm in texture, the outer basal, 4-6 in. long, } in. broad, the upper sheathing the lower part of the - stem for 4-6 in., with a short, free point; sheath very ventricose, hairy and closely ribbed; stems simple or forked, ‘slender, angular, $—1 ft. long ; flowers 2-6, arranged in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, } in. long, brown and membranous almost to the base; perianth bright red, concolorous; tube very short, cylindrical, } in. long ; limb $-1 in. long, with obtuse uniform seg-. - ments ; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long, equalling the filaments; style reaching to the top of the anthers ; branches falcate, 4 in. long. Ker, Gen, Irid. 86; Baker, Handb. Irid. 155. Ixia hirta, Thunb. Diss. No. 6; Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap. i. 223. G. ciliaris, Salisb. in Trans. Hort, Soc. i. 321! Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 94. G. rosea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 20. Hespe- rantha kermesina, Klatt, Erganz, 61. Var. 8, G. quinquangularis (Eckl. in Unio Itin, No. 312) ; flowersa uniform pale rose-red. Hesperantha guinquangularis, Eckl. Top. Vers. 23, H. ciliata, Klatt, Erganz. 60. Soutm Argica: without locality, Thunberg! Auge! Rogers! Var. B, Thom! Coast Region: near Tulbagh, MacOwan, 2678! Groene Kloof, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm.,590! between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8480! Var. B, Lion mountain, Ecklon, 312! 18. G. rochensis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 224); corm globose, } in. diam., with brown-black, crustaceous, lacerated tunics ; leaves 3, the two lower basal, subterete, 3-4 in. long, the upper sheathing the lower part of the stem, with a short, free point ; sheath very ventricose, with 8-10 strong ribs; stems simple or forked low down, 3-6 in. long, 1-flowered ; outer spathe-valve oblong, 2 in. long, green in the lower half, brown and membranous in the upper ; perianth dark bright violet-purple ; tube cylindrical, ¢ in. long ; limb 4-1 in. long, with obovate segments 3-} in. broad, with a pale band across below the middle and a dark blotch at the base of each seg- ment; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, } in. long, with long filaments ; style reaching to the top of the anthers ; branches falcate, 4 in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1105; Gen. Irid. 84; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2,i. 88; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 94. Ixia rochensis, Ker in Bot. Mag.t. 598. JI. radians, Thunb, Fl. Cap. i. 217, G. rocheana, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2,503. G. setacea,a, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1255. Rochea venusta, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 322.. G. tulipifera, Klatt, Ergdnz. 56. a. weet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 503); one-flowered, flower Bel ig tebe: le kes concolorous on tbe claw. Ixia monanthos, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 226. G.monanthos, Eckl, Top. Verz. 21. ene Beat eine ak Pie tae ee Somes tomlin C6 m= ; -} in. broad, with a : : spike shatv a ‘wisp tadeons rachis. Joie violacea, Soland. MSS. I. secunda, Houtt, Handl. xii. t. 78, fig. 1, non Delaroche. 72 1RIDEE (Baker). [ Geissorhiza. Sour ArRica: without locality, Thunberg! Var. 8, Thunberg! Var. 7, Masson! Thom! Coast Reaion: near Paarl, Drége, 8486! Var. y, Malmesbury Div. ; Groene Kloof and vicinity, Bolus, 4340! MacOwan, 2281! MacOQwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 506! Pappe! 14. G. Bellendeni (MacOwan in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 393) ; corm globose; outer tunics of imbricated scales ; basal leaves 2, linear-subulate, 6-9 in. long; stem 4-8 in. long, simple or forked, bearing a broad, sheathing leaf at the middle ; flowers 3-5 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, 3 in. long; perianth-tube }—2 in. long; segments obovate, # in. long, deep blue above, the rest subpeliucid without any foveole in the claw ; anthers lanceolate, 3 in. long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 156. Coast Ru@ion: Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 810! 15. G. latifolia (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 94) ; corm un- known ; basal leaves ensiform, nervose, a little shorter than the stem; cauline with a long sheath; stem a foot long, simple, rather flattened; flowers in a simple spike; spathe-valves marcescent ; perianth blue-purple ; segments oblong. Handb, Irid. 156. Inia latifolia, Delaroche Descr. 22. Sours Arica: withont locality. A doubtful species, known only from Delaroche’s description. 16. G. corrugata (Klatt, Erginz. 57) ; corm ovoid ; tunics shining, castaneous ; leaves 4, linear-subulate, 3 lin. broad, corrugated ; stems simple, 1-flowered, 14-2 in. long; spathe-valves green, oblong, membranous, } in. long ; perianth-tube cylindrical, J, in. long, throat brown ; limb bright yellow, $ in. long, with oblong segments ; style overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid, 156. CeyTRaL Recion: Calvinia Div.; Hantam Mountains, Meyer. This may be a variety of G. humilis. I have not seen it. 17. G. imbricata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224); corm globose, 4 in. diam., with thick, dark brown, rigid, lacerated tunics; basal leaves 2, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, 3-8 in. long, $4 in. broad, with very close, prominent ribs; cauline one, with a long, free point, and very broad, loose sheath, with close, prominent ribs ; stems simple or forked, 3-1 ft. long; flowers few or many, arranged in a spike with a very flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green nearly to the tip, 4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, 4 in. long ; limb 4-3 in. long, the segments oblong, the inner whitish, the outer bright red on the back ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, exceeding the filaments; style reaching to the top of the filaments ; branches falcate, 4 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 86; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 156. Ixia imbricata, Delarorhe Descr. 17. G. arenaria, Eckl. Top. Verz. 21. G. sabulosa, Klatt in Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 203. a B, concolor (Baker); flowers concolorous, pale sulpbur-yellow or milke eee Geissorhiza. | IRIDER (Baker), 73 Var. y, G. obtusata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 672); perianth larger, with a limb #-1 in. long, the outer segments flushed red outside; habit more robust, and leaf broader and more obtuse. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 94. Joia obtusata, Soland. MSS. SoutH AFRICA: without locality, var. y, Roxburgh / Coast Rxraion: Cape Flats, Ecklon, 318! Pappe! Zeyher, 1597! Camps Bay, MacOwan, 2273! foot of Table Mountain up to 400 ft., Bolus, 4710! Mac- Owan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 258! Worcester Div., Cooper, 3205! Tulbagh, Thom! Algoa Bay? Cooper, 3203! Var. 8, near Somerset West, Bolus, 5567! Hottentots Holland, Ecklon and Zeyher, 211! 18. G. inflexa. (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224); corm globose, 4 in. diam., with thick, rigid, much lacerated tunics ; basal leaves 2, linear, 4-6 in. long, 4-4 in. broad, thick in texture, strongly and closely ribbed ; cauline one, with’a large, free point and very loose, strongly ribbed sheath ; stems 4-1 ft. long, terete, simple or forked, low down ; flowers several, arranged in a spike with a very flexuose axis; outer spathe-valve oblong, }~3 in. long, brown and scariose towards the tip; perianth with a cylindrical tube } in, long, throat dark purple; limb pale yellow, 3-1 in. long; anthers yellow, lanceolate, ¢ in. long, exceeding the purple filaments; style reaching to the top of the anthers; branches falcate, } in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 87, excl. syn.; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 94 ; Handb. Irid. 157. Ixia inflexa, Delaroche Descr.15. G. vaginata, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 138. Sourn AFRica: without locality, Masson ! Coast Raion: Tulbagh, 1hom/ near Malmesbury, MacOwan, Herb, Aust. Afric. 1568! : _ A near ally of G. imbricata, from the concolorous variety of which it differs mainly in the purple throat of its perianth, 19. G. quadrangula (Ker, Gen. Irid. 88) ; corms superposed, the outer ‘cite produced into bristles ; leaves few, sheathing, rigid, sub- quadrangular, 1-2 lower overtopping the flowers; stem slender, simple; flowers few, arranged in a lax spike; spathe-valves per- sistent; perianth blue ; tube much shorter than the spathe ; segments ovate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 157, Ixia quadrangula, Delaroche Deser. 16 ; Vahl., Enum. ii. 52. Soutn A¥Fagica: without locality. A doubtfal plant, known only from the original description of Delaroche. 20. G. nana (Klatt, Erginz. 57); corm very small, globose ; leaves 3-4 at the base of the stem, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 3-1 in. long, 3 lin. broad; stems 1-2 in. long, very slender, 1-flowered, simple or forked from the base ; outer spathe- valve oblong, green, obtuse, } in. long ; perianth-tube blue, reaching to the tip of the spathe ; limb funnel-shaped, 3 in. long, with oblong segments, the outer bright blue, the inner white; anthers reaching halfway up the limb; style-branches overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 157. Coast Reaion: Culedon Div.; banks of the Zonder Einde River, near Appels Kraal, Zeyher, 3967 ! 74 tRIDEz (Baker). [ Geissorhiza, 21. G. setacea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 95); corm ovoid, 2 in, diam. ; outer tunics ending in short bristles ; basal leaves 3-4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 1-3 in. long, 4-1 lin. broad ; stems 2~3 in. long, very slender, simple or deeply forked, 1-flowered, with 1-2 reduced sheathing leaves below the middle ; spathe-valves oblong, }-4 in. long, firm in texture, green to the tip; perianth-tube as long as, or rather longer than the spathe, funnel- shaped at the top, and often blue; limb 4 in. long, with oblong white segments, often tinted claret-red outside; stamens half as long as the limb; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long; style reaching the top” of the anthers, with three falcate branches 4 in. long. Handb. Irid. 157; Klatt, Ergdnz. 57, non Ker. Ixia setacea, Herb. Linn.! Thunb. Diss. No. 13! Fl. Cap. i. 233. G. recurvifolia, Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 655, excl. syn. SoutH AFRica: without locality, Villett / ’ Coast ReGion: near Cape Town, Thunberg! Bolus, 4803! mountains near George, Rogers! along the rivulet at Grahamstown, Burchell, 3546! This is the Ixia setacea of the Linnean, Thunbergian, and Smithian herbaria, the plant figured by Ker being G@. humilis. 22.G. bracteata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 57) ; corm not seen; leaves 5-6, concentrated at the base of the stem, linear, glabrous, thin in tex- ture, 2-4 in. long, 3-3 in. broad ; stems slender, 6-8 in. long, with 1-2 distant branches, and 1-2 reduced, lanceolate, loosely-sheathing leaves ; flowers solitary, terminal; outer spathe-valve oblong, 3 in. ‘dong, green to the tip; perianth-tube reaching to the tip of the spathe, blue at the throat; limb white, 4 in. long, with oblong segments ; stamens and style half as long as the perianth-segments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 158. Weithea elatior, Eckl. Top. Verz. 22, ee ease G. tabularis, var. elatior, Ecklon in Linnea xx. Coast Reaton: Uitenhage, Zeyher! Duivelsbosch, near Swellendam, Boil. _23. G. Dregei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 158); corm ovoid, } in. diam.; tunies brown, membranous; leaves 5-6, concentrated at the base of the stem, lanceolate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, zl in. long, », in. broad; stems 2-3 in. long, very slender, simple, flexuose, with one reduced, lanceolate, loosely-sheathing leaf below the middle ; flowers 4-6 in a short erect spike with a very flexuose axis; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, } in. long, green to the tip; perianth-tube straight, reaching to the tip of the spathe, bright blue at the throat; limb pure white, 3-4 in. long, with oblong segments ; stamens one-third as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate ; filaments _very short; style-branches not overtopping moe Ixia excisa, B, Herb. Thunberg/ G. secunda, B, Herb. e. Sout Ar¥gica: without locality, Thunberg ! oe ReGion: Paarl Mountains, Drége! Olifants Hoek, Ecklon and Zeyher, Intermediate between G. secunda and G@ foliosa, SERRE Geissorhiza. | IRIDEX (Baker). 75 24. G. foliosa (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 658); corm globose, 4-4 in. diam.; tunics brown, crustaceous, ending in short cusps; basal leaves 4—6, lanceolate, glabrous, firm in texture, 2-3 in. long, —% in. broad, with many prominent ribs; stems 4—6 in. long, simple or forked, with 1-2 reduced leaves with dilated sheaths; flowers 3-6 in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, } in. long; perianth-tube erect, cylindrical, } in. long; limb whitish, 4 in. long, with oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, equalling the filaments ; style much exserted from the tube; branches } in. long. Klatt, Ergdnz. 58; Buker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 95; Handb. lrid. 158, Coast Rearon: Swellendam Div. ; near Riet Kuil, Ecklon and Zeyher, 218! Zeyher, 3961! Oudtshoorn Div. ; near Olifants River, Gill !— Resembles Hesperantha falcata in habit and leaf. 25. G. Bolusii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 158) ; corm ovoid, 2 in, diam. ; tunics brown, membranous, ending in short bristles ; leaves 4-6 to a stem, all superposed, thin in texture, linear, glabrous, +-4 in. broad, the lower 2-3 in. long, the upper becoming gradually shorter; stems simple, very slender, flexuose, terete, 4-8 in. long; flowers 6-8 to a spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, % in. long, obtuse, green, with a brown scariose tip; perianth-tube cylindrical, as long as the spathe ; limb white, }-} in. long, with oblong seg- ments; stamens half as long as the limb; anthers lanceolate, equalling the filaments ; style not overtopping the anthers. oe Reeion: On stony hills at Dutoits Kloof, alt. 2300 ft., Bulus, 26. G. grandis (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5877); corm globose, 2 in. diam. ; tunics of finely reticulated fibres ; basal leaves ensiform, glabrous, 6~8 in. long, 4 in. broad, strongly ribbed; stems about a foot long, with several reduced leaves ; flowers 4-8 in a lax simple spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, acute, herbaceous, finely ribbed, 1}-14 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, 1 in, long; limb rather longer, whitish ; segments ascending, oblong, obtuse, with a keel of claret-purple towards the base; anthers claret-purple, } in. long, about as long as the filaments; style slightly exserted from the perianth-tube, the ascending falcate branches 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 95; Handb. Irid, 158. Coast Reeron: Port Elizabeth, Wilson / Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1868. Differs from all the other species by its aah longer spathes and flowers and longer style-branches, and approximates towards Actdanthera. 27. G. minima (Baker in Journ, Bot. 1876, 239); corm not seen ; leaves 2~3, basal, terete, falcate, firm in texture, glabrous, 1~1} in. long, } lin. diam. ; scape very slender, shining, terete, 1 in. long, 1-2- flowered; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, herbaceous, green with a reddish-brown tinge, 4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, } in. long ; limb not more than half as long, with oblong 76 tRipEx (Baker), [ Getssorhiza. white segments ;.anthers lanceolate j, in. long, exceeding the fila- ments. Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 95; Handb. Frid. 159. Westeerx Reaion : Little Namaqualand, mountains near Modderfontein 4000- 5000 ft., Drége, 2632! 28. G. geminata (E. Meyer in herb. Drége) ; corm not seen ; leaves 3-4, all distantly superposed and sheathing the stem, setaceous, glabrous, firm in texture, 3-6 in. long ; stems slender, terete, 6-10 in. long, simple or deeply forked, the branches 1-2-flowered ; spathe- valves green to the tip, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 4 in. long; perianth- tube blue, funnel-shaped, 4-4 in. long; limb white, 4 in. long, with oblong segments; anthers 4 in. long, lanceolate, exceeding the fila- ments; style-branches not overtopping the anthers. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 95 ; Handb, Irid. 159 ; Klatt, Ergdanz. 58. Coast RrGion: between Slangenheuvel, Frenchhoek and Donkerhoek, Drége! 29. G. excisa (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 223); corm glo- bose, $ in. diam.; tunies brown, crustaceous, tipped with short cusps ; basal leaves 2-3, oblong or lanceolate, erect, glabrous, firm in texture, obtuse or acute, 4-1 in. long, not ribbed, furnished with copious minute black dots on both sides; stems flexuose, slender, glabrous, 2-6 in. long, rarely forked ; flowers 2-5, distant, erect ; outer spathe- valve oblong, green, obtuse, herbaceous, j-1 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, erect, 3-{ in. long; segments oblong, spreading, 4-4 in. long, the three inner white, the three outer claret-purple outside ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, $ in. long, exceeding the filaments; style overtopping the anthers, with short, spreading, falcate branches. Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1105; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 84; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 651; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 95; Handb. Lrid. 159. Ixia excisa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 92; Thunb. Diss. No. 24, tab. 1, fig. 4; Prodr.10; Fl. Cap. i, 250; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 584. Wethea excisa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 22. Ixia o Burm. Prodr, Cap. 1; Houtt. Handi, xii. 39. ee Coast ReGion: Between Paarl and Pont, Drége! Table M. i to 2000 it., Thunberg! Ecklon, 831! Bolus, 4704! Pong ena, and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 259! Lion Mountain, Zeyher! Simons Bay, Wright! pine ae Sanderson! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 3959a! XVI. IXIA, Linn, Perianth subrotate, with a straight, usually sh lindrical tube sometimes dilated into a funnel at the top pow ae pr Sedo paseo: oblong segments. Stamens equally divaricating, inserted at the psa of ee deireaggese: rarer short, filiform, rarely connate ; anthers ceo sagittate at the base, : ; ovules crowded, superposed ; ee ee style filif perianth-tube with three short, an edie. orm, exserted from the falcate branches. Capsule small, oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3- or ainiod - ee 5 ally 3-valved, Seeds globose Ieia.} 1RIDEZ (Baker). 77 Rootstock a small globose corm, with fibrous tunics 3 leaves few, linear, dis- tichous ; flowers arranged in simple or panicled spikes, very various in colour; spathe of two short, oblong, membranous or chartaceous valves. Distris, An endemic Cape genus; the species very variable and indefinite in limitation. Subgenus Ix1a Proper. Perianth-tube short, cylindrical ; filaments free to the base, much shorter than the anthers. Flowers small ; limb 3-4 in, long: Anthers lanceolate, 3 in. long: Flower white, concolorous 506 + cae 1) polystachya, Flower brightly coloured ne aa eas 2) flexuosa. Flower pale with a black throat ose, s<‘ nen. (9), bybeida, Anthers linear-oblong, ~, in. long ... coe =—s wee_~—s (4): micrandra. Flowers larger, concolorous*at the throat: Perianth-tube longer; limb white ... oo oo (5) aristata. Perianth-tube short ; Flower white... san ae fe «» (6) leucantha. Flower bright yellow... ane i --» (7) lutea. Flower bright lilac ee a ate «. (8) campanulata. Flower pale red ,.. is “ee vee eed (9) patens. Flower dark crimson es +» (10) speciosa, Flower larger, with a purple-black ‘throat : Flower white or yellow ees ese vee (11) maculata, Flower lilac... see Pee was ae .. (12) columellaris, Flower bright red... ius sie ae ... (13) ovata. Flower green ... aus ei ant ren ... (14) viridifiora, Subgenus Evryroxicz, Perianth-tube short, cylindrical; filaments more or less connate. The only species... eee we ne ey + (15) monadelphs. Subgenus Morpurxia. Perianth-tube short, dilated into a distinct funnel below the limb ; filaments free, as long as the anthers, Spathe-valves pale green with brown ribs : Leaves filiform or oe. Sean, conn (OO) Cueee, Leaves flat : sal sekeut Flowers lilac or ish : Leaves glabrous... ee oe ws (17) seariosa. Leaves hairy ~ we ewe (18) brevifolia, Flowers bright yellow .. .. ss» vs (19) odorata, Spathe-valves brown col ase down to the base (20) trichorhiza. Subgenus Hyatrs. Perianth-tube long, cylindrical, slightly and gradually dilated in the upper third.” Leaves terete oe ae Wek aes ace «+. (21) Cooperi. Leaves linear : Spathe-valves pale green with brown ribs,chartaceous (22) paniculata, Spathe-valves brown and rigid soe ove ws (23) nervosa. . I. polystach inn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 1.51); corm globose, A in. P secret dae santa fibres ; produced leaves about 4 at the base of the stem and 2 above, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 3—] ft. long, $-} in. broad, strongly ribbed, acuminate ; stem Slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long, simple or _branched ; flowers many, in erect, dense spikes with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, tricuspidate, pale green, } in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, mostly exserted from the spathe ; limb white, }-} in. long, with oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long; filaments short; style a little exserted with branches reaching to the top of the anthers, 78 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Tata. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 155% Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 58 ; Baker, Handb. rid. 161. Z. erecta, Berg. Cap.5 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 18 ; Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. i. 239 ; Bot. Mag. t. 623; Ker, Gen. Irid. 100, excl. syn. I, serotina, Salish. Prodr. 34 (Miller Ic. 104, tab. 155, fig. 2). Var. B, ornata (Baker) ; segments tinged with red ontside. — 7, I. bicolorata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 62); flower pale yellow, tinged violet outside. Var. 8, I, flaveseens (Eckl. Top. Verz. 26); flowers pale yellow; limb less campanulate than in the type. Soura AFRICA: without locality, Sieber, 130! Van. 8, Harvey, 912! Coast Region: Cape Flats, MacOwan, 2555! near Rondebosch, Burchell, 184! Table Mountain, MacGillicray, 476! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 264! Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 8370! Caledon Div.; Valley of Palmiet River, Bolus, 4214! Riversdale Div. ; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6708! Mossel Bay Div.; by the Great Brak River, Burchell, 6156! near George, Sls 6092! Var. y, near Cape Town, Spielhaus, Var. 8, Worcester, Zeyher ! 2. I. flexuosa (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 51); differs only from poly- stachya in the colour of the flowers, which is various shades of red or lilac or sometimes red flushed lilac outside, without any distinct basal blotch. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 624; Gen. Irid.97; Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 58; Kiatt in Linnea xxxiv. 642; Baker, Handb. Irid.161. I. erecta, Thunb. Diss. No. 18. I. capitata, var. stellata, Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 232. I. thyrsifora, Delaroche Descr.20. I. tenella, Klatt, Erganz. 62 (Miller Ie. tab. 156, fig. 2). I. polystachya, Red. Lil. t, 126. Sours Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Drege, 8365 ! » Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, Ecklon, 441! 1601! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1629! 1689! near Genadendal, Drége, 8377! Breede River, near Swellendam, Drége, 8371! _ I. pallide-rosea, Eckl., is a form with pale red flowers with narrow segments tinged with lavender outside. J, tenella, Klatt, aform with blueish flowers with a pale-yellow throat. ; _8. I. hybrida (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 227); interme- diate between polystachya and maculata ; flowers small, white with a tinge of pink, with a distinct blotch of black at the throat. Gen. Irid. 98; Baker, Handb, Irid. 161. I. flecuosa, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 128, non Linn. Coast Re@ion: Camps Bay, Papve! Paarl M i 362 | Worcester Div., Cooper, 1611! 1888! 7" sewmesustes 4. I. micrandra (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 237) ; corm globose, 4 in. diam, ; tunics of very fine fibres; leaves very narrow; stem very slender, always simple; flowers few, arranged in a short, erect spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, tinged brown, 4-} in. long; perianth-tube slender, about as long as the spathe ; limb pure white, = in. long, with a concolorous throat; anthers linear-oblong, 3; in. long, with very short filaments ; style not exserted from the perianth-tube. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 90; Handb. Irid. 162; Klatt, Erganz. 62. I. filifolia, P. M di. flora, Eckl. Top. Verz. 234 Jilifolia, Pappe MSS. Agretta grandi Inia] . Yripex (Baker). 79 Sovrn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Thom, 357! Stanger ! Coast Rzeion: Caledon Div. 1000-3000 ft.; Zwartberg, Pappe! Zeyher, 4009! Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 4010! Houw Hoek Mts,, Zeyher, 4011! near Palmiet River and Houw Hoek, Drége, 8372! Is in Herb. Thunberg as a doubtful variety of aristata. 5. I. aristata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 589, excl. syn. Thunb.); corm globose, with strong fibrous tunics; basal leaves 3—4, linear, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, }4 in. broad; stems slender, 1-14 ft. long, terete, simple or branched ; flowers many, arranged in a lax spike ; spathe-valves green, 4} in. long, herbaceous, with a mem- brarious border; perianth-tube slender, 4—} in. long; limb whitish, 4-4 in. long, with oblong segments; anthers 4 in. long, equalling the free filaments; style reaching to the top of the filaments; branches falcate, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 91; Handb. Frid. 162. Vaz. 8, elegans (Baker, Handb. Irid. 162); leaves narrower and not so rigid in texture; perianth-tube and limb each only } in. long; anthers smaller. Wurthia elegans, Regel Gartenfl. t. 46, fig. 2. Coast Reeton: Swellendam Div.; between Zonder Einde River and Breede River, Zeyher, 4016! Var. 8, Swellendam Div. ; without locality, Zeyher, 4014! I. aristata, Thunb., is a variety of I. Jeucantha. The plant so called by Aiton, Willdenow and Vahl, is Sparazis grandiflora. $ 6. I. leucantha (Jacq. Ic. t; 278); corm globose, } in. diam. ; tunics of parallel fibres; leaves linear, glabrous, acuminate, firm in texture, 3-1 ft. long, $4 in. broad; stem 1-2 ft. long, slender, terete, simple or branched ; flowers many, arranged in a dense, erect spike; outer spathe-valve green, tricuspidate, }4 in. long; perianth- tube slender, cylindrical, as long as or a little longer than the spathe ; limb pure white, }—$ in. long, with spreading oblong segments; anthers 4-4 in. long, bright yellow ; filaments shorter, free; style reaching to the top of the filaments ; branches } in, long. Jacg. Coll. Suppl. 11; Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 204; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 641; Baker, Handb. Irid. 162. JI. patens, var. leucantha, Ker, Gen. Irid. 98. I. candida, DC. in Red. Lil. t. 426; Eckl. Top. Verz. 27. Z. anemoneflora, Jacq. Ic. t. 273% I. conica, Herb. Drege. Vaz. 8, I. aristata (Thunb. Diss, No. 15, non Ker); outer segments flushed with red outside. : wi i ! r. ! SourH Arrica: without locality, Burchell! Var. B, Sanaa: OG Coast Rzcion: near Tulbagh, Eeklon, 444! between hoek and Donkerhoek, under 1900 ft., Drege! Var. 8, Tulbagh, Thom/ I. anemonefora, Jacq., referred by Ker to Sparavis, is probably a garden form of this with one very large flower. 7. I. lutea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 91); habit and leaves of J. leucantha, from which it differs by its flowers, which are uniformly deep bright yellow. Handb. Irid. 162. I. erecta, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t.18 (large figure). I. erecta, var. lutea, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 846. I. dubia, Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 644. I. auran- tiaca, Klatt, Ergdnz. 63. 80 IRIDEX (Baker). [Ivia. Soutn Arrica: without locality, Sieber, 130 (ex Klatt). Coast REGion: Cape Flats at Doornhoogde, Ecklon and Zeyher, 86. New Kloof, near Tulbagh, Ecklon and Zeyher, 87 (ex Klatt). 8. I. campanulata (Houtt. Handl. xii. 42, tab. 78, fig. 4); corm globose, 4 in. diam.; tunics fibrous; basal leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 6-9 in. long; stems simple, slender, terete, a foot long; flowers many, arranged in a dense spike ; spathe-valves membranous, tricuspidate, }-4 in. long ; perianth-tube slender, cylindrical, not longer than the spathe ; limb campanulate, 4-4 in. long, with oblong, concolorous, dark purple-lilac segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, much exceeding the free filaments ; style-branches reaching to the top of the anthers. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc.xvi. 91; Handb, Trid. 162; Klatt, Ergdnz, 62. I. latifolia, Klatt, Erganz, 63. Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2182! Worcester Div., Cooper, 3611! 9. I. patens (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 59); corm globose, }—? in. diam. ; tunics of fine brown matted fibres; produced basal leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, }-1 ft. long, moderately firm in texture; stems erect, terete, 1-14 ft, long, often branched, furnished with 2-3 re- duced leaves; flowers several, arranged in a moderately dense, erect spike ; outer spathe-valve green, tricuspidate, 4-4 in. long; perianth- tube slender, cylindrical, equalling or slightly exceeding the spathe ; limb campanulate, #-1 in. long, with pale red, concolorous segments ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long, exceeding the free filaments; style- branches not reaching to the top of the anthers, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 522; Red. Lil. t. 140; Willd. Enum. i. 56; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 646; Baker, Handb. Irid. 163. TJ. filiformis, Vent. Hort. Cele, #. 48; Red. Lil. t. 30. JL. aristata, Schneev. Ic. t. 32. I. Jlaccida, Salish, Prodr. 35. I. coccinea, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 241, in part, I. densiflora, Klatt, Erganz. 63. Sourn Argroa: without locality, Thunberg ! ! ‘ 8369! Thom! ys erg! Oldenburg! Burchell! Drége 10. I. speciosa (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 186); corm small, globose; tunics of matted fibre; basal leaves about 6, linear, glabrous, mode- rately firm in texture; stems slender, terete, usually simple ; flowers few, arranged in a short, erect spike; spathe-valves membranous, tricuspidate, 4-4 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, equalling or rather exceeding the spathe; limb campanulate, 1-% in. long, with oblong, concolorous, dark crimson segments ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long, exceeding the free filaments ; style-branches bright red, reaching nearly to the top of the anthers. Willd. Enum. i.56; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi, 91; Handb. Irid. 163; Klatt, Ergénz. 63. I. crateroidss, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 594; Gen, Irid. 102. I. coccinea, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i, 241, ex parte. I. patens, var. kermesina, Regel Gartenfl, t. 356. I. pulcherrima, Eckl. Top. Verz. 24. Sourn Arnica: without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Roeburgh! Ieia.] JRIDEZ (Baker), 81 Coast Recion: near Tulbagh, Ecklon, 4832! MacOwan, 2480! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 265! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1671! 1694! French Hoek Kloof, Drage ! _ 11. I. maculata (Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. 2, 1664) ; corm globose, 3-1 in, diam. ; tunics of strong parallel fibres; produced basal leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 4-1 ft. long, $+ in. broad, acuminate ; stems slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long, simple or branched; flowers many, arranged in dense, erect spikes; outer spathe-valve oblong, tricuspidate, membranous, }-4 in, long ; perianth-tube slender, usually twice as long as the spathe ; limb campanulate, yellow, $-1 in. long, with a dark purple or black blotch at the throat and oblong, obtuse segments; anthers yellow, lanceolate, }-} in. long, much exceeding the free filaments; style-branches 4 in. long, shorter than the anthers. Ait. Hort. Kew. i.60; Thunb. Diss. No. 19, ex parte ; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 21; Baker, Handb. Irid. 163. I. conica, Salish. Prodr. 36; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 539; Red. Lil. t. 188; Ker, Gen, Irid. 99 ; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 644. I. Milleri, Bery. Pl. Cap. 8 (Miller Ic. 104, tab. 156, fig. 1). I. eapitata, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 50. J. abbreviata, Houtt. Handl. xii. 41, t. 78, fig. 3. I. dubia, Vent. Choix,t,10.. I, fusco-citrina, Red. Lil. t. 86; Klatt, Ergins. 63. I. crocea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 25. I. alboflavens, Eckl. Top. Verz. 27. Var. 8, ochroleuca (Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 1285); flowers sulphur-yellow with a lenge Sag fe blotch at the throat. I. ochroleuca, G. Don in Sweet Hort. Brit. it. 2, 502. Var. y, I. nigro-albida (Klatt, Ergiinz. 62) ; flowers pure white, with a large black blotch at the throat. I. capitata, var., Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 159. Vaz. 3, ornata (Baker) ; flowers flushed with bright red or purple outside. Coast Reeton: Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb. MacOQwan, 2235! Mulmes. bury Div.; near Berg River, Thunberg/ near Paardeberg, Ecklon, 445! Groene Kloof, MacOwan, 2914! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. 941! Tul- bagh, Pappes Worcester Div., Cooper, 3610! vicivity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 433! Zeyher, 1600! MacOwan, 2277! Bolus, 3320! Camps Bay, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 263! Rondebosch, Drége / 12. I. columellaris (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 630); habit and leaves of I. maculata, from which it only differs by its deeply-coloured flowers, which in the type are bright mauve-purple, with a blue throat, Ker. Gen. Irid. 102; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit, 2,i. 88; Baker, Handb. Irid. 163. Morphizia columellaris, Klatt, Erganz. 50. Ixia maculata, Thunb. Diss. No. 19, ex parte; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. tt. 19, 20, 22. M. angustifolia, Klatt, loc. cit. SourH Arrica: without ity, Thunberg ! Villet ! Rowburgh ! Under this and A degen pocepoatedie a a of named garden varieties, of which about thirty are > ay by Jacquin. Watsonia (Betlia) campanulata, Klatt, Erganz. 20, founded on Andr. Bot. Rep. t, 196, and W. racemosa, Klatt, Erganz. 20 on Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 256, drawn with style-branches slightly emar- ginate at the tip, should both, I suspect, be referred here, 18. I. ovata (Klatt, Erginz. 62) ; habit entirely of I. maculata, from which it differs by its bright red flowers, with a purple-black 82 1n1pE® (Baker). { Txia. throat. Baker, Handb. Irid, 164. I. capitata, var. cvata, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 23. I. fulgens, Pappe MSS. Var. B, I. stellata (Klatt, Erginz. 62); throat of perianth yellow. I. capi- taia, var, stellata, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 232. Sourn ArRica: without locality, Pappe / 14. I. viridiflora (Lam. Encyc. iii. 340); corm depresso- globose, 4 in. diam. ; tunics fibrous; leaves narrow, linear, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, the lower a foot or more long; stem long, slender, simple, terete ; flowers numerous, arranged in a long, lax, erect spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, pale green, 4 in. long; perianth-tube -slender, cylindrical, as long as or a little longer than the spathe; limb campanulate, $-1 in. long, pale green with a black throat, the segments oblong; anthers linear, yellow, 4 in. long, exceeding the free black filaments ; style branches not reaching to the top of the anthers. Lam. Ill. i. 112; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1548. J. viridis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 62, I. maculata, Thunb. Diss. No. 19, et Ker, Gen. Irid. 99, ex parte. I. spicata, var. viridi-nigra, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 29. JI. pulchra, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Sec. i. 320. JI. maculata, var. viridis, Jarg. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 23; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 549. TI. spectabilis, Salisb. Prodr. 35. I. prasina, Soland. MSS. Vaz. 8, I. cana (Eckl. Top. Verz. 26); limb pale blue with a black throat. I. maculata, var. amethystina, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 579. Van. y, cesia (Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 530); limb pale lilac, with a small, greenish eye. South A¥FRioa: without locality, Forster! M ! Old ! Thom! Var. B, Ecklon, 440! ree oe Coast Beeion: Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Tulbagh Div.; between Breede River and the Bokkeveld, Drége/ near Tulbagh (Roode Sand), Thunberg ! Ecklon, 489! MacOwan,; 2692! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 542! 15. I. monadelpha (Delaroche, Descr. 22); corm globose, } in. diam., with fibrous tunics ; leaves linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 4-3 in. broad ; stems slender, terete, simple or branched ; flowers few, arranged in a short spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, pale green, tricuspidate, }-3 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, as long as or twice as long as the spathe; limb campanulate, 4—} in. long, very variable in colour, in the type lilac, with a greenish or blue throat ; filaments dark-blue, 3 in. long, united in a column; anthers linear, 7-3 in. long; style-branches thuch shorter than the anthers, Burm. Prodr. 1; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 607; Gen. Irid. 101; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 92; Handb. Irid. 164. Morphiaia monadelpha, Klatt, Ergiinz. 50. deg te ht: Prodr. 36. , Ergénz. 50. T. columnaris, Salis The following named forms differ from the type only in flower-colouring, Viz.: M. purpurea, Klatt, Erginz. 49 (Ixia columnaris, fern Bot. Rep. 208), limb concolorous, claret-red, with narrow segments; M. latifolia, Klatt, Ergiinz, 51 (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 213; Galazia iziefora vel ramosa, Red. Lil. —— Ieia.] IRIDEX (Baker). 83 t. 41), blue with a brownish throat; M. versicolor, Klatt, Erganz. 51 (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 211), pale yellow, with a large black spot with radiating reddish lines; M. curta, Klatt, Erginz. 50 (Iria eurta, Andr. Bot. Rep. t.. 564; I. monadelpha, var. curta, Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1378), limb fulvous, with a reddish- green throat, and large flowers with very broad segments. M. grandiflora, Klatt, Erginz. 49 (Bot. Rep. t. 250; Iaia grandiflora, Pers. Syn. i, 48) isa large- flowered form with a lilac limb with an obscnre blue throat. Sourn AFE1cA: without locality, Villett! Mund ! Drége, 8373! Coast Reeton: near Groene Kloof, Ecklon, 442! Hout Bay, MacOwan, 2431! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 263! 16. I, linearis (Thunb. Diss. No, 11); corm globose, } in. diam. ; basal leaves 2-3, slender, subterete, firm in texture, 4 lin. diam., reaching a foot or more in length; stem slender, terete; flowers 3—U, arranged in a lax simple spike; spathe-valves green, }—3 in, long; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, } in. long; limb lilac, 4 in. _long, with oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, equalling the free filaments; style branches shorter than the anthers. Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap. i. 231; Linn. jil, Suppl, 92; Baker, Handb. Irid. 165. Morphizia linearis, Ker, Gen. Irid. 106; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 97. Ixia eapillaris, Herb. Thunberg/ I. capillaris, var. gracillima, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 570. JI. tenutfolia, Vahl, Enum. ii. 62% Hyalis gracilis, Salish. in Trans, Hort. Soe. i. 317. Sours Argica: without locality, Masson / Coast Reeton: Stellenbosch, Thunberg! near the mouth of Bot River, MacOwan, 2657, and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm.. 262! George Div.; at Wolve Drift, Maigat River, Burchell, 6118! 17 I. scariosa (Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 243); corm globose, }-{ in. diam. ; tunics of fine, matted fibres; basal leaves 2-3, short, ensi~- form, rigid in texture, }-3 in. broad; stem very slender, branched, about a foot long; flowers 3-6 to a lax spike; spathe-valves oblong, thin in texture, pale green with a brown tip, }—} in. long ; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, }-} in. long; limb reddis or lilac, + in. long, with oblong segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, shorter than the free filaments; style-branches reaching. the top of the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 165. Morphizxia capillaris, aulica and insarnata, Ker, Gen. Irid. 106-7. M. capillaris and aulica, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 97. Ixia rapunculoides, Red. Lil. t. 431. Hyalis latifolia, marginifolia and aulica, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 317-318. I. incarnata, Jacq. Je. t. 282. I. lancea, Jacq. Ie. t, 281. I. striata, Vahl, Enum. ti. 65. I. aulica, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 57. I. phlogiflora, Red. Lil. t. 432. Var. 8, longifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 165); leaves linear, thinner in texture, a foot or more long. I. fucata, Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1379, is probably a garden hybrid, of which this is one of the parents, eee j : wi i n ‘asson oats sant h faaceg dos Gute Rive, Ecklon and Zeyher, 94! Var. B, + Warm Bokkeveld, near Ceres, Bolus, 2621! Uniondale Div.; mountains near Avontuur, Bolus, 2487 ! 84 -rgipgz (Baker). [ Tata. Centrat Rroion: Tulbagh Div.; on the Wind-heuvel, Koedoes Mts., Burchell, 1285 ! 18. I. brevifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 165); corm not seen; stem very slender, hairy, 6-9 in. long, with two sheathin grudi- mentary leaves, the upper with a short, free, erect, hairy, narrow linear tip; flowers 2-4 in a dense spike ; spathe-valves oblong, 1 in. long, turning brown ; perianth-tube a little lovger than the spathe, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments oblanceolate- oblong, pale lilac, as long as the tube; stamens half as long as the segments. Eastern Reeion: Griqualand East; on the Zuurberg Range, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1872! 19. I. odorata (Ker, Gen. Irid. 101); leaves linear, j-} in. broad ; stem slender, terete, distantly branched ; flowers fragrant, arranged in a short spike; spathe-valves oblong, in. long; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; limb bright yellow, 5 in. long, with oblong segments ; anthers 1} in. long, equalling the free filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 165. Morphixia odorata, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 97. I. erecta, var., Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 18.; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1173. South AFEIcA: without locality. Known to me only from the figures cited, 20. I. trichorhiza (Baker, Handb. Irid. 165); corm globose, 3 in. diam. ; tunics of copious fine fibres, prolonged as fine bristles an inch or more above its neck ; leaves 3-4, narrow linear, small, erect, all distantly superposed ; stem slender, terete, simple, 4-6 in. long; flowers 2, laxly spicate; spathe-valves ovate, brown, membranous, 7-3 in. long, entire or slightly lacerated; perianth-tube funnel- shaped, 3 in. long; limb concolorous, bright lilac, 4 in. long, with oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, + in. long, equalling the free filaments ; style protruded from the tube; branches short, spreading. Morphixia trichorhiza, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237. Coast Region : Stockenstrom Div. ; on the Katberg, Scully, 145! Eastren Reeion: Griqualand East; Zaurberg Ra : 1567! Natal; near Durban, Sutherland ! rg Range, 4000 ft., Tyson, 1 ee 4 Cooperi (Baker, Handb. Irid. (66); corm globose; leaves terete, firm in texture, the lower a foot or more long; stems simple, slender, terete, a foot or more long, bearing 2-3 reduced superposed leaves ; flowers several, arranged in a lax secund spike; spathe- valves oblong, pale green, tricuspidate, 4 in. long, brown at the very tip ; perianth whitish ; tube cylindrical, 2 in. long, slightly dilated in the upper third; segments of the limb whitish, patent, oblan- ceolate, obtuse, 4 in. long; stamens much exserted from the perianth-tube; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, deeply sagittate, equalling the free filaments ; style exserted from the tube; branches anaphase 7 Tria. } IRIDEZ (Baker). 85 falcate, in. long. Morphizia Cooperi, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237; Journ, Linn, Soc. xvi. 98. Tritonia Cvoperi, Klatt, Erginz, 24. Coast Reeton: Worcester Div., Cooper, 1628! 1683! 22. I. paniculata (Delaroche, Descr. 26, t. 1); corm globose, 3—? in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous ; produced basal leaves 2-3, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 3-14 ft. long; stems slender, terete, erect, 1-3 ft. long, often branched; flowers many, arranged in lax erect spikes ; outer spathe-valve oblong, pale, tricuspidate, $4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, 23-3 in. long, gradually dilated in the upper third; limb cream- white, #-1 in. long; segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, often tinged with red, with a concolorous or blackish base; anthers exserted wholly or partially from the perianth-tube, 4 in. long, © about equalling the filaments; style often included in the tube ; branches short, faleate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 166. Ixia longiflora, Berg. Cap. 7; Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 58; Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 256; Red. Lil. t. 34. Gladiolus longiflorus, Thunb. Diss. No. 22. Tritonia longiflora, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228; Bot. Mag. t. 1502; Gen. Irid. 115. Hyalis longiflora, Salish in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 318. Morphixia paniculata, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 97. Tritonia paniculata, Klatt, Ergénz. 24, Var. f, tenuiflora (Baker) ; perianth-tube 1}-2 in. long; segments shorter, concolorous at the throat. Tritonia tenuijlora, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1275; Klatt, Ergadnz. 24. Ixia tenuiflora, Vahl, Enum. ii. 66. Gladiolus longiforus, Jacq. Ic. t. 263. Tritonta concolor, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 502. Var. y, rochensis (Baker); perianth-tube much shorter than in the type and dilated into a broader funnel at the apex ; segments oblong, concolorous, 3-1 in. long ; filaments longer (4 in. long), and anthers distinctly exserted from the tube. Tritonia rochensis, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1503; Gen. Irid, 114; Klatt, Erganz, 24. South Arrica: without locality, Burchell! Zeyher, 1620! Var. y, Drege, 8409 ! Coast Region; Clanwilliam Div.; Lange Kloof, Thunberg/ between Berg Valley and Lange Valley, Drége! sandy places, St. Heleva Bay and Zwartland, Thunberg! near Cape Town, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 476! Var. 8, Caledon Div.; near Genadendal, Drége, 8375! Var. y, Tulbagh, Thom! Riversdale Div.; at the foot of the Lange Bergen, between Vet River and Krombeks River, Burchell, 7183! Uniondale Div. ; mountains near Avontuur, Bolus, 2483! 23. I. nervosa (Baker, Handb. Irid.166); corm small, globose ; basal leaves 4-5, rigid, linear, 1~14 ft. long, }—} in. broad, with 5 strong ribs; _stem simple, terete, 2-3 ft. long, with several superposed reduced leaves, flowers in a lax erect spike } ft. long; spathe-valves oblong, brown rigid in texture, reflexing, {3 in. long ; perianth white ; tube cylindrical, 1} in. long, slightly dilated in the upper half ; segments oblanceolate, obtuse, patent, } in. long ; anthers 4 in. long, exceeding the free filaments ; style protruded from the tube, the short branches VOL, Vi. 4 86 inipez (Baker). [ Twia. reaching to the top of the anthers. Morphixia nervosa, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237; Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 98. Coast Reeron: Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb. Bolus, 2175! Piquetberg Div.; Cardouw, Zeyher, 1632! XVII. STREPTANTHERA, Sweet. Perianth rotate, with a short funnel-shaped tube, and spreading, equal, obovate, obtuse segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments short, flattened, valvate; anthers linear, erect. Ovary 3-celled; ovules crowded in the eells; style filiform, reaching to the top of the filaments, with 3 short, spreading, clavate, entire branches. Capsule small, subglobose, membranous, Seeds small, subglobose. Rootstock a corm with fibrous tunics; leaves short, arranged in a fan-shaped rosette ; flowers 2-3 to a spike; spathe-valves large, membranous, much dotted and sheathed with brown. Distris: An endemic Cape genus, differing from Sparawis by its short perianth-tube and divaricating stamens, Flowers white in the outer half Re Oe lar & elegans. - Flowers coppery-yellow in the outer half 2) cuprea. 1. 8. elegans (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 209); corm ovoid, the size of a blackbird’s egg, with brown fibrous coats and a long neck ; leaves 6-8 in a fan-shaped basal rosette, lanceolate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 3-4 in. long, $4 in. broad; stems forked at the base, a little longer than the leaves, 1—2-flowered ; spathe 3 in. long, toothed at the top, wrapped round the tube and ovary ; perianth-tube } inch long; limb 3~1 in., white with a yellow eye bordered with dark purple at the top, the segments much imbricated, obovate, very obtuse ; stamens half as long as the perianth- segments. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1359; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi, 92; Handb. Irid. 160; Klatt, Erganz. 56. Coast Region: Talbagh, Thom! 2. 8. cuprea (Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 501); habit, corms and leaves as in S. eleyans; peduncle shorter than the leaves, 2—4- flowered ; spathe 4-$ in. long; perianth 1 in. long, copper-yellow, with a purple throat bordered with black and a yellow spot in the centre; stamens less than half as long as the limb, the anthers equalling the connivent filaments. Sweet, Brit, Flow. Gard. ser. ii. #122; Pazt. Mag. i. 8, cum icone ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 93; Handb. Irid. 160 ; Klatt, Erginz. 56. Sparaxis cuprea, Klatt in Linnea xxxv. 378. SourH Arica: without locality. a only from the plant figured, which flowered in Mr. Colville’s nursery XVIII. DIERAMA, K. Koch. Perianth infundibuliform, with a short cylindrical tube dilated at the throat and oblong, obtuse, ascending, subequal segments. Dierama. | IRIDEZ (Baker). 87 Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments short, free ; anthers linear, sagittate, erect. Ovary oblong, 3-celled ; ovules crowded in the cells; style longer than the perianth-tube, with 3 short, entire, clavate, spreading branches. Capsule small, membranous, obtuse, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, globose or angled by pressure. Tall herbs, with large corms; long, rigid, distichous, linear leaves; flowers in panicled spikes, and long-pointed membranous spathe-valves. Distrrs. Only one species, in a broad sense, which extends its range to the mountains of Tropical Africa, Perianth-limb 4-1 in. long ix cas ‘ae a (1) pendula, Perianth-limb 13-1} in. long... ae ses ae (2) pulche 1. D. pendula (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 99); corm large, globose, with cylindrical root-fibres, and dry coats of parallel fibres, splitting up into long bristles at the top; basal leaves about half-a-dozen in a rosette, linear, very rigid in texture, acuminate, strongly nerved, 14-2 ft. long, $ in. broad; stems erect, terete, very slender, 3-4 ft. long, including the inflorescence; spikes several, very slender, cernuous, with the flowers crowded at the top; spathe-valves lanceolate-acuminate, very thin in texture, white more or less brown dotted or brownish, not lacerated, the outer about # in. long; flowers varying in colour from white to pale or dark mauve-purple; perianth-tube 4-} in. long; limb ¥-1 in. long ; stamens half as long as the limb, the anthers much longer than the filaments; style-branches ~; in. long. Handb. Trid. 159. Ixia pendula, Linn. fil. Suppl. 91; Thund. Diss. No. 16; Prodr.9; Fl. Cap. i. 236. Sparaxis pendula, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 1360; Gen. Irid. 92. Watsonia palustris, Pers. Syn. i. 43. D. ensifolium, K. Koch and Bouché in Walp, Ann. vi. 43; Klatt in Linnea xxxii, 751. D. cupuliflora, Klatt in Decken Bot. Ost- Afrika 73, t. 3; Ergiénz. 54. D. ignea, Klatt, Erganz. 54. Var. 8, pumila (Baker); leaves very narrow, whole flower not more than 4 in. long, white or purple like the type. Coast Recion: Humansdorp Div.; near the Kromme Biver, Thunberg ! Alexandria Div,; Zuurberg Range, Drége! Albany Div.; along the rivulet at Grahamstown, Burchell, 3529! Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, Drége / Cenrrat ReGion: Somerset Div. ; Boschberg, 4500 ft., MacOwan. gpm REsion ; Transvaal ; pesca oy 1 near Barberton, 4000- . ; ! tate, Cooper, ! Easreus Reoron, Kaffrare; Hutton ? Tembuland; Bazcia Mts. 2000-3000 fe, Baur, 529! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, Tyson, 1558! and MacOwan and Sep Herb, Norm., 1201! Natal; _— oS | Ereee ee ag gg t ! on the C ood, ! Inanda, ‘ 1369 3 Var Bical Duckonss t Dualaaies 1 Baadérced, 761 Plater Mazitc- burg, 2000-3000 ft., Sutherland ! 2. D. pulcherrima (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 99); habit entirely that of D. pendula, but more robust, with broader leaves, stems sometimes 5-6 ft. long, spathes 1-1} in. long, and much larger flowers, typically bright blood-purple, with a funnel-shaped 88 1RIDEx (Baker). [ Dierama. limb 14-13 in. long. Handb. Irid. 160; Klatt, Ergénz. 54. Sparaxis pulcherrima, Hook. fil in But. Mag. t. 5555. S. atropur- purea, Hort. Coast Rxeiox: Uitenhage, Harvey, 8311! Albany Div.; Cooper, 1527! King Williamstown Div., Backhouse / Katanari Recion: Transvaal, Sanderson ! Eastern Recion : Kaffraria: on mountains, Mrs. Barber, 83! Tembuland, Bazeia Mts., 2500-3000 ft., Baur, 430! XIX. LAPEYROUSTA, Pourr. Perianth with a long or short subcylindrical tube slightly dilated towards the throat; segments subequal, spreading, oblong- lanceolate. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, unilateral, close, arcuate ; filaments short; anthers lanceolate, sagit- tate at the base, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled; ovules crowded, super- posed ; style filiform, with bifid branches. Fruit a small oblong or globose membranous capsule, with loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds small, globose or angled by pressure. Rootstock an ovoid corm flattened at the base with matted tunics; produced basal leaves 1-2 or several, distichous; inflorescence various; spathe-valves mostly herbaceous in texture ; flowers small, red, violet, yellow or white. Diste1s. Several species also occur in Angola, Abyssinia and Central Africa. Subgenus SopHRonia. Leaves and flowers congested in a dense sessile rosette. Point of central leaves lanceolate ne oe .» (1) fasciculata. Point of central leaves linear : Perianth-tube 3-1 in. long ... wes — we» (2) ewspitosa. Perianth-tube 1-1} in. long = ia «. (8) galaxioides. Subgenus Oviepa. Produced basal leaf usually one, spreading; stems elongated, usually branched. Spathe-valves small (3-4 in. long) : Flowers one or few in a lax raceme ocd Flowers very numerous, densely corymbose : Perianth-limb about as long as the tube; Perianth-segments lilac or white ... (5) corymbosa. Perianth-segments light yellow, with a _ Violet spotatthebase ... ... ... (6) purpureo-lutes, Perianth-limb shorter than the tube ... _.... +‘ (7) micrantha. Flowers fewer, arranged in panicled spikes : Perianth-tube 4 in. long ove wee wee = (8) Givaricata. Perianth-tube §-3in. long... ae «. (9) Pappei. ws (4) fistulosa. Perianth-tube 14-2 in. 1 se dene 10) Fabricii. Spathe-valves large : ~ ‘ie 2 gente Inflorescence a simple spike: Leaf flat, linear .,, (11) fissifolia. Leaf subterete oa ers a ave ». (12) montana. Flowers in panicled spikes : Perianth-tube about as long as the spathe : Segments of the limb oblong box .» (13) Barklyi. Segments of the limb oblanceolate : —— ry ge i es as coats Fy i en in. lon wis -. (15) Burchell Perianth-tube rather longer then the spath 89 delagoensis. Perianth-tube much longer than the spathe ; Outer spathe-valve }-} in. long ... .» (17) anceps. Outer spathe-valve 1-1} in. long (18) macrospatha. Lapeyrousia.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 89 Subgenus ANOMATHECA, Basal leaves 2~6 in a distichons rosette. Leaves narrow linear, firm in texture : Spikes numerous, few-flowered : Perianth-tube 4g in. long... ~~... (19) Sandersoni, Perianth-tube 1; in. long ane oe ... (20) Bainesii. Spikes 2~3, many-flowered ... ove ove .-. (21) leptostachya. Leaves linear, thin: Perianth-limb }-} in. long ... ons ee «. (22) cruenta. Perianth limb lin.long ... .. on Sos a grandifiora, Leaves lorate, obtuse Ae ae cs ee 24) juncea. 1. L. fasciculata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 238); corm ovoid, 4 in. diam., with thick, brown, cancellate tunics ending in short bristles and a neck 1-14 in. long below the surface of the soil ; leaves and flowers congested into a dense, globose, sessile rosette ; leaves with a dilated, ovate, scariose base } in. long, the outer one with a plane linear point 3-4 in. long; the inner with a crisped lanceolate point 1-14 in. long; spathe-valves ovate, scariose, under an inch long; perianth-tube whitish, cylindrical, about 1 in. long; segments spreading, lanceolate, }-4 in. long; stamens shorter than the perianth-segments. Ker, Gen. Irid.109; Baker, Handb. Irid. 174, Galaxia plicata, Jacq. Ic. t. 292; Collect. Suppl. 30. Ovieda Jasciculata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 147; Klatt in Linnea xxxii, 779 & xxxv. 381. Ixia heterophylla, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 159. Meristo- stigma heterophyllum, Dietr. Synops. i. 161. Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand, Bolus ! 2. L. cwspitosa (Baker, Handb. Irid. 174); corm globose, 3 in, diam., with thick, cancellate, brown tunics ending in short bristles and a neck 1 in. long below the surface of the soil; flowers and leaves congested into a dense sessile rosette; leaves with- an ovate, scariose base } in. long, the outer with a spreading, linear, strongly ribbed blade of firm texture -4—6 in. long, the inner with short, free points of the same kind, 3-14 in. long; outer spathe-valve ovate, scariose, } in. long; perianth whitish ; tube slender, $1 in. long ; segments spreading, lanceolate, {~} in. long; anthers lanceolate, yz in. long, sagittate at the base, equalling the filaments; style- branches very short. Sophronia cespitosa, Lichten. in Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 482 ; Ker, Gen. Irid. 10. CentRat Reoion: Frazerburg Div.; mountains near Zak River Poort, Lichtenstein. Between Great Reed River and Stink Fontein, Burchell, 1394! Prince Albert Div.; on the Zwarte Bergen near Klaarstroom, ft., Drége, 2188! Murraysburg Diy.; between Middelkop and Murraysburg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 276! : 3. L. galaxioides (Baker, Handb. Irid. 174) ; corm globose, 4 in. diam., with brown reticulated tunics ending in bristles at the top and a neck 1-13 in. long below the surface of the soil; leaves and flowers congested into a dense, globose, sessile rosette ; leaves with an ovate, seariose, pale base, 3-1 in. long; outer with a linear tip 4-6 in. long of firm texture with about 5 strong ribs ; inner with tips of the same kind 1-2 in. long; outer spathe-valve ovate-lanceolate, herbaceons, 3-3 in. long; perianth-tube slender, 1~1j in. long ; 90 1u1DEX (Baker). [ Lapeyrousia. limb spreading, violet or whitish, }-} in. long, with lanceolate acute segments; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. South Arrica: without locality, Hutton! Bowker ! Katanarr Ruaion: Transvaal, McLea in Herb. Bolus, 5790! Orange Free State; Diamond Fields at Klip Drift, Mrs. Barber, 31! Flowers fragrant, 4, L. fistulosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 155); corm globose, 3 in. diam., with thick tunics of brown reticulated fibres ; basal leaves 2, thin, oblong, obtuse, spreading, 1-2 in. long, 3-3 in. broad ; stem slender, terete, fragile, leafless, 4-12 in. long; flowers solitary, terminal, or few, arranged in a very lax raceme; spathe- valves oblong, green, } in. long; perianth lilac; tube slender, 1 in. long; segments spreading, oblanceolate, j-} in. long; stamens shorter than the perianth-segments; anthers lanceolate, deeply sagittate at the base. Handb. Irid. 169. Ovieda fistulosa, Spreng. MSS. ; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 781. CrnTrat Region: Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Tulbagh Div.; on the Wind Heuvel, Koedoes Mts., Burchell, 1282! Western Recion: Little Namaqualand ; near Concordia, Bolus, 695 ! Spurs of the Kamies Bergen, 3000-4100 ft., Drége ! 5. L. corymbosa (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 238); corm ovoid, 3% in. diam., with thick cancellate tunics of firm texture, lacerated at the base, ending at the top in a ring of bristles ; pro- duced basal leaf 1, spreading, falcate, ensiform, 4—6 in. long, j—-} in. broad, moderately firm in texture, with 5—7 strong ribs ; stem short, aucipitous ; inflorescence a dense corymbose panicle, with a few flowers at the tip of the numerous branchlets and a short ancipitous peduncle with 1-2 much-reduced leaves; spathe-valves oblong, obtuse, 4-} in. long, green with a brown tip ; perianth bright or pale violet ; tube funnel-shaped, }-2 in. long; segments oblong, of about the same length; stamens sometimes reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 4 in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 595; Gen. Irid. 108; Baker, Handb. Irid. 169. Ixia corymbosa, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. 2,i.51; Thunb. Diss. No. 10; Prodr. 9; Fl. Cap. i. 229; Houtt. Handl. xi. 27, t.77. fig..1; Jacq. Ic. t. 288. Ovieda corymbosa, Spreng. Syst. i. 147; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 780. Peyrousia coryn.bo:a, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2,499. Meris- tostigma corymbosum, Li-tr. Synops. i. 161. L. fastigiata, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 238. Ixia fastigiata, Lam. Ency. iii. 337. (Pluken. Almag. 87, t. 275, fig. 1.) Var. 8, L. azurea (Eckl. Top. Verz. $1) ; perianth-limb larger, 4 in. long. SouTH A¥Rica: without locality, Zeyher, 1594! Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2206! Malmesbury Div.; Zwartland, Thunberg ! sandy flats near Noordhoek, Hout Bay, Mac Owan, 2284! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 268! Lion Mountain, Bolus, 2819! Simons Bay, MacGillivray, 480! Great Drakenstein and foot-of the Paarl Mts., below 1000 ft., Drége, 8510! Var. 8, Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, MacOwan, 2284b! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb, Norm., 269! between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8509a! Tulbagh, Ecklon. Lapeyrousia.} IRIDEX (Baker). 91 6. L. purpureo-lutea (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 155); corm, leaves, and inflorescence exactly as. in DL. corymbosa ; outer spathe-valve ovate, acute, herbaceous, }—-3 in. long; perianth-tube } in. long, funnel-shaped towards the top ; segments of the same length, oblong, pale yellow, with a small bright violet spot on the face at the base; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. nan Trid. 169, Ovieda purpureolutea, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 80. Coast Reeron: Tulbagh, Thom! 7. L. micrantha (Baker in Journ Linn. Soc. xvi. 156); corm conic, } in. diam., with thick, blackish, cancellate tunics ending in a riug of short bristles ; basal leaf 1, spreading, falcate, ensiform, 6-9 in. long, 4-3 in. broad, moderately firm in texture; peduncle 3—1 ft. long including the inflorescence, strongly ancipitous, with a few much- reduced leaves ; flowers arranged in a dense corymbose panicle, 1-2 at the tip of a branchlet; spathe-valves oblong, obtuse, firm in texture, green with a brown tip, $-4 in, long; perianth dark lilac; tube cylindrical, }-4 in. long; segments spreading or reflexing, ob- lanceolate, 4 in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments, Handb. TIrid. 169. Ovieda micrantha, E. Meyer in Herb. Drege ; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 781. lL. manuleeflora, Eckl. Top. Verz. 31. Coast Region: mountains near Tulbagh, Bolus, 5250! Zeyher, 1593! Due toits Kloof, Drége/ Riversdale Div.; between Little Vet River and Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 6883! 8. L. divaricata (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 337); corm globose, 3 in. diam., with thick brown tunies; produced basal leaf linear, 6-9 in. long, firm in texture, strongly ribbed; stem 3-1 ft. long in- cluding the inflorescence, subterete, copiously branched from near the base; branches arcuate, ascending; flowers 6-10 in a spike, which is short and dense in the flowering, but elongated in the fruiting stage; outer spathe-valve ovate-navicular, with a recurved tip, j-4 in. long, green with a red edge; perianth-tube slender, { in. long ; limb 3-4 in. long, with oblanceolate segments ; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. Handb. Irid. 170. Gladiolus setifolius, Linn, fil. Suppl. 96; Thunb. Diss. No. 19; Prodr.8; Fl. Cap. i. 202; Ker, Gen. Irid. 137. Sovry Arnica: without locality, Thunberg! Thom! Coast Region ; Clanwilliawn Div., Mader in Hb. MacOwan, 2137 partly ! Western RecGion: Little Namaqualand; between Port Nolloth and the interior mountains, 200 ft., Bolus, 6575! 6577! 9. L. Pappei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 170); corm not seen ; produced leaf 1 from near the base of the stem, lorate, spreading, moderately firm in texture, 2-3 in. long, }-4 in. broad ; stem slender, subterete, 4-6 in. long including inflorescence; branches 2-3; spikes 4-8- flowered, lax, erect; outer spathe-valve ovate, green, 4 in. long ; perianth lilac ; tube in, long, slightly dilated towards the throat ; segments oblong, } in. long ; stamens half as long as the perianth- 92 IRIDEX (Baker). [Lapeyrousia. segments; anthers oblong, shorter than the filaments; style equalling or overtopping the stamens. Coast Region; Tulbagh Div.; Great Winter Hoek, Pappe! 10. L. Fabricii (Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1246); corm globose, with brown, cancellate tunics ending in short bristles and a long neck ; basal leaves 2-3, spreading, linear, 2-6 in. long, }-} in. broad, moderately firm in texture, with 7-9 strong ribs ; stems 3-1 ft, long including the inflorescence, copiously and diffusely branched from the base, slightly ancipitous ; flowers 2-4 at the tip of a branch in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, green, herbaceous, ¢ in. long ; perianth lilac or white; tube slender, 11~2 in. long ; segments patent, oblanceolate, $4 in. long; stamens half as long us the perianth-segments. Ker, Gen. Irid. 111; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 156; Hundb. Irid. 170. Gladiolus Fabricii, Thunb. Prodr. 186; Fl. Cap.i.200. Peyrousia Fabricti, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 499. Ovieda Fabricii, Spreng. Syst. i..147; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 778. Meristostigma Fabricii, Dietr. Syn. i. 161. Gladiolus anceps, Linn. Herb. ex parte! Diasia iridifolia, Eckl. Top. Verz. 31, non DC. SoutH ArRica : without locality, Thunberg ! Coast Reeion: Cape Flats, Pappe! Zeyher! Bolus, 2818! MacOwan 2517! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 267! New Kloof, near Tulbagh, under ‘1000 ft., Drége, 8507a ! ll. L. fissifolia (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 238); corm ovoid, with thick, blackish, cancellate tunics ending at the top in short bristles; produced basal leaf 1, lanceolate, spreading, 1-4 in. long, firm in texture, prominently ribbed; stem very short, with 2-3 reduced leaves like bracts, sometimes none ; flowers in a simple erect spike 2-3 in. long, dense at the top, lax below; outer spathe-valves ovate, amplexicaul, herbaceous in texture, lower 4—% in. long, uppet shorter and more obtuse ; perianth with a slender tube 1-1} in. long ; segments oblanceolate or oblong, 4 in. long, dark or light violet or whitish; stamens about half as long as the perianth-segments ; avthers 4 in. long; style-branches reaching to the top of the stamens. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1246; Gen. Irid. 109; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 155; Handb. Irid.171. Gladiolus fissifolius, Jacq. Ic. t. 268 ; Collect. iv. 464. Ovieda fissifolia, Spreng. Syst. i, 147. Gladiolus bracteatus, Thunb. Prodr. 186; Fl. Cap. i. 199. Lapeyrousia bracteata, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1246; Gen. Irid. 110. Peyrousia bracteata, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 499. Ovieda bracteata, Spreng. Syst. i. 147. Meristostigma fissifolium and bracteatum, Dietr. Synops.i.161. Morea ovata, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 280. South AFrica: without locality, Thunberg ! Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 100! near Olifants River, Drege, 8508! Hex River Kloof, near Worcester, 1000-2000 ft., Drage! Kluitjes Kraal, near Ceres Roud, 850 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1541! Caledon Div.; between Houw Hoek and Caledon, 600 ft,, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 805! Zonder Hinde River, near Appels Kral. Zeyher, 4025! Lapeyrousia. |} tRiDE£ (Baker). 93 CentraL Reeion: Tulbagh Div.; between Great Dvorn River and Little Doorn River, Burchell, 1213! WesTeRN ReGion: Little Namaqualana, up to between 1000 and 2000 ft.; region near the Groen and Zwartdoorn Rivers, Drége, 264la! 2641b! near Mierenkasteel, Drége, 2642 ! 12. L. montana (Klatt, Ergiinz. 25) ; corm ovoid; produced leaf 1, subterete, 4 in. long, } lin. diam. ; stem simple, terete, 2 in. long, flowers in a simple spike; outer spathe-valve ovate, amplexicaul ; foliaceous, 13 in. long ; perianth-tube cylindrical, 14 in. long ; seg- ments elliptic, acute, pale vivlet, blotched with yellow at the base, 4 in. long; anthers equalling the filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid, 171, CrentRAL Region: Calvinia Div. ; on the Hantam Mountains, Meyer. May be a variety of L. fissifolia, of which a form guthered by Drage on the mountains north of the Olifants River, alt. 1000-2000 ft., has subterete leaves, but much smaller spathe-valves, 13. L. Barklyi (Baker, Handb. Irid. 171); corm not seen; pro- duced leaves 3—4, subterete or narrow linear, } ft. long, },—} in. broad, with a dilated lanceolate base, moderately firm in texture, strongly ribbed ; stem } ft. long including the inflorescence, branched low down, ancipitous, the lower branches divaricate; flowers 3-5 in a lax spike with a triquetrous axis ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, herbaceous, acuminate, #-1 in. long; perianth lilac; tube slender, # in, long, dilated at the top; limb of the same length with oblong- unguiculate segments ; stamens half as long as the segments ; anthers 4 in. long, equalling the filaments. Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand; without precise locality, Barkly! near Abbevlakte, 600 ft., Bolus, 6576! : 14. L. silenoides (Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1246); corm ovoid, 3 in. diam., with thick, dark brown tunics; basal leaves linear, 14-2 in. long ; stem 4 ft. long including the inflorescence, ancipitous, branched from the base, with many reduced leaves; spikes few- flowered, very lax; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 1 in. long; perianth-tube whitish, subeylindrical, 1-1} in. long; segments oblanceolate, bright red, spreading, 4 in. long; stamens as long as the perianth-segments; style-branches overtopping the anthers. Ker, Gen. Irid. 111 ; Baker in’ Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 156 ; Handh. Irid. 171. Gladiolus silencides, Jacq. Ic. t. 270 ; Collect. iv. 468. Ovieda silenoides, Spreng. Syst. i. 147. Meristostiyma silenoides, Inetr. Synops. i. 161. Sovtn AFgica: without locality. Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 15. L. Burchellii (Baker, Handb, Irid. 171); corm globose, with reticulated brown tunics; basal leaves subterete or narrow linear, 6-9 in. long, firm in texture, strongly ribbed ; stems 3-1 ft. long including the inflorescence, subterete, diffusely and copiously branched from near the base ; flowers 4-8 to a branch, arranged in a very lax 94 1riDE# (Baker). [ Lapeyrousia. spike with a stiff subterete axis; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, acute, green, moderately firm in texture, $-1 in. long; perianth pale lilac ; tube slender, 1-1} in. long; segments of the limb lanceolate, 1_2 in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments, ' Kananarr Reoion: Bechuanaland; Chooi Desert, near Giraffe Station, Burchell, 2341! 2350! : Very near L. silenoides, from which it differs by its longer leaves and perianth- segments, 16. L. delagoensis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 171); corm not seen; produced basal leaf single, spreading, linear, 1-2 ft. long; stem branched from the base; branches of panicle 5-6, strongly ancipitous, 4-6 in. long, subtended at the base by reduced linear leaves ; spikes lax ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 1-1} in. long ; perianth- tube slender, 14-12 in. long; segments half as long as the tube, linear-lanceolate, reddish ; stamens half as long as the segments. Eastern Reaion: Delagoa Bay; sandy places, Lourengo Marquez, under 50 ft., Bolus, 7618 ! 17. L. anceps (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 238) ; corm ovoid; tunics brown, cancellate, plicate at the base; produced basal leaf one, linear, 3 ft. long, moderately firm in texture, strongly ribbed, $+ in. broad, the other leaves much shorter, lanceolate, amplexicaul ; stems 3-1 ft. long including the inflorescence, with several arcuate branches, very ancipitous; flowers 2-5, in lax spikes with an angled flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve ovate, herbaceous, pale green, 4-3 in. long ; perianth lilac or white, with a slender tube 1-1} in. long ; segments of the limb oblanceolate, 13 in. long, the three upper larger than the three lower; stamens about half as long as the perianth-segmeuts. Ker, Gen. Irid. 110; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 143; Baker, Handb. Irid.172. Gladiolus anceps, Linn, fil. Suppl. 94, ex parte ; Thunb. Diss. No. 17, t. 2, fig. 3; Prodr. 8; Fl. Cap. 1.198; Jacq. Ic. t. 269. Ovieda anceps, Spreng. Syst.i. 147; Klatt in Linnea xxxii.778. Meristostigma anceps, Dietr. Syst. i. 161. Ixia Fabricii, Delaroche, Deser. 18. L. compressa, Pourr. Mém. Acad. Toul. iii. 80, ¢. 6. Ixia pyramidalis, Lam, Ency. iii. 334. Gladiolus denti- culatus, Lam. Ill. i. 118. Witsenia pyramidalis, Pers. Syn. i. 42. Var. 6, L. aculeata (Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 396); outer spathe-valve denticulate down the keel; perianth-limb 4-3 in. long, with broader segments. Klatt, Erganz. 26. Gladiolus anceps, Herb. Linn., ew parte. Ovieda aculeat Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 777. Peyrousia aculeata, Sweet, Brit. Flow. ser. 2, t. 39. Soura Arica: without locality, Burchell! Var. 8, Zeyher, 1617! Coast ReGion : Tulbagh, Thom ! Maimesbury Div. ; alate and region of Saldanha Bay (including Var. 8), Thunberg! Var. 8, Clanwilliam Div., Mader tm Herb. MacOwan, 2136 ! Piquetberg, 1000-2000 ft., Drage ! Pl eimecse Region: Little Namaqualand ; near Ookiep, Morris in Herb. Bolus, 18, L. macrospatha (Baker) ; corm small; onter coats crustaceous, brown ; produced leaves 1-2, linear, firm, glabrous, falcate, 13-3 in. long ; inflorescence branched from near the ground ; spikes lax, few- Lapeyrousia.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 95 flowered ; rachis narrowly winged; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, herbaceous, 1-13 in. long; perianth lilac; tube much longer than the spathe ; segments oblanceolate, 3 in. long; stamens one quarter the length of the limb; capsule oblong, } in. long. L. cerulea, Bolus in Herb, Norm. Austr. Afric. No. 697, non Schinz. WrsteRn Recion: Little Namaqualand ; between Port Nolluth and Eleven- mile Station, 200 ft., Bolus, Herb. Norm., 697! 19. L. Sandersoni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 169); corm globose, $+} in. diam. ; tunics thick, brown, cancellate ; produced basal Jeaves 2, narrow linear, firm in texture, erect, strongly ribbed, acuminate, 1-14 ft. long; stems 1-1} ft. long including the inflorescence, ancipitous; flowers in a lax ample corymbose panicle, 1-2 at the tip of each branch; spathe-valves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1—} in. long, herbaceous or subscariose ; perianth white or lilac; tube slender, 3-2 in. long, rather widened towards the throat; limb spreading, 3 in. long with oblanceolate segments ; stamens more than half as long as the perianth-segments. L. Bainesit, var. breviflora, Baker tn Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 156. Katanari Recion: Transvaal ; without precise locality. Zoutpansberg Div. ; summit of Rhenosterpoort, Nelson, 402! Sanderson! Todd, 20! 211! Also in Tropical Africa. _ and leaves of L. Bainesti, from which it differs by its shorter perianth- tube. 20. L. Bainesii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 338); corm not seen ; produced basal leaves 2, erect, linear, firm in texture, 1-1} ft. long; 3-3 in. broad, acuminate, strongly ribbed ; stems ancipitous, 14-2 ft. long ineluding the inflorescence ; flowers in a dense corym- bose panicle, 1-2 at the tip of each branchlet; spathe-valves oblong- lanceolate, acute, greenish, herbaceous, }~} in. long; perianth whitish ; tube slender, 14 in, long, slightly dilated at the top ; segments of the limb oblanceolate, 4 in. long; anthers lanceolate, 3-3} in. long, equalling the filaments. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 156 ; Handb. Irid. 170. a ReGion: Transvaal, Todd, 19! Bechuanaland ; Sirorume River, 0. : Also in Tropical Africa. 21. L, leptostachya (Baker, Handb. Irid. 170); corm not seen ; produced leaves 3-4 in a close rosette, linear, glabrous, erect, moderately firm in texture, 6-9 in. long, % in. broad ; stem 12 ft, long including the infloreécence, slightly ancipitous; spikes 2-3, very lax, the end one 10-12-flowered ; outer spathe-valve ovate or ovate-lanceolate, chartaceous, ie Hee, 29 in. long; perianth pe lilac ; tube cylindrical, broader up , ¥ in. long; segments anceolate, half as long as the tube; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. ‘KAtanari Recton: Transvaal; Lydenberg Div., McMac, near Pilgrims Rest, Mudd! Not Natal, as given in the Handb. lrid. a tRIDEZ (Baker). [ Lapeyrousia. 22. L. cruenta (Baker, Handb. Irid. 173); corm ovoid, with finely reticulated, fibrous, brown tunics ; produced leaves about 6 in a distichous tuft, linear, thin in texture, erect, 1-1 ft. long, $-4 in. broad; stems slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long, simple or branched ; flowers 6-12, arranged in a lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve — ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, herbaceous, 1} in. long; perianth- tube slender, 1—12 in. long ; limb bright red, 3 in. long, with oblong segments, the three lower with a dark spot.at the base ; stamens less than half as long as the perianth-segments ; capsule small, globose. Anomatheca cruenta, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t.1369 ; Lodd. Cab. t. 1857; Past. Mag. i. 103; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 775. Soutsa Arrica: without locality, Drége, 8406! Coast Rea@ion : Howisons Poort, near Grahamstown, Hutton / near Grahams- town, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 378! CENTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div., Bowker ! Katanari REGION: Transvaal; damp shady places in wooded ravines around Barberton, 3000-3500 ft., Galpin, 1015! : Eastern Reaton: Kaffraria, Cooper, 457! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 406! Durban, Wood, 650! Nottingham, Buchanan! and without special locality, Gerrard, 553! Cooper, 1278! Plant, 28! Sanderson, 180! Krauss, 392! 23. L. grandiflora (Baker in Bot, Mag. t. 6924) ; corm globose, 2 in. diam. ; tunics brown, finely fibrous ; leaves 4-8 in a distichous basal tuft, linear, erect, a foot or more long, }—} in. broad; stem simple, terete, as long as the leaves; flowers 4—6 in a lax spike; _ outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 3 in. long, much exceeding the inner; perianth-tube pale, subcylindrical, 1 in. long; segments oblanceolate, bright searlet, as long as the tube, the three lower with a darker blotch at the base; stamens as long as the segments. Handb. Irid. 173. Anomatheca grandiflora, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 337. ao Reoion: Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro. Flowered at Kew, Oct., Also Highlands of the Zambesi country, collected by Dr. Meller, Sir John Kirk, and Mr, Buchanan, 24, L. juncea(Pourr. in Mém. Acad. Toul. iii. 79) ; corm ovoid, witu fibrous tunics ; produced basal leaves 4-6 in a distichous tuft, lorate, 6-8 in. long, in. broad, moderately firm in texture; stems 1-2 ft. long including inflorescence, subterete, branched from below the middle ; flowers 46 to a branch, arranged in a lax spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, green, 1} in. long ; perianth pale red ; tube slender, straight, 3-$ in. long, dilated at the throat; segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 3-1 in. long, the 3 lower spotted at the throat; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments; capsule globose. Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 606; Baker, Handb. Irid.173. Gladiolus junceus, Linn. fil. Suppl. 94; Thunb. Diss. No. 18; Red. Lil. t. 141. Anumatheca juncea, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 227; Gen. Irid. 112. Ixia spicata, Burm, Prod. Cap.1. I. emarginata, Vahl, Enum. ii, 70; Lam, Eneye. iii. 342 ; Jll.i. 112.. I. Gawleri, Schrad. Journ. Lapeyrousia. | IRIDEX (Baker). 97 iv. B. 67. Gladiolus polystachius, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 66. @. marmoratus, Lam. Encyc. ii. 727. G. paniculatus, Pers. Syn.i. 45, G. excisus, Jaeg. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 491. G. amabilis, Salisb. Prodr, 41. Coast Region: Uniondale Div. ; Lange Kloof, Thwnberg ! XX. MICRANTHOUS, Pers. Perianth with a short, curved, subcylindrical tube and subequal, spreading, oblanceolate, obtuse segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, arcuate, unilateral, close ; filaments fili- form ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 2 in a cell, erect, collateral ; style filiform ; branches short, filiform, bifid. Capsule oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 1~2 in a cell, lanceolate, erect. Rootstock a corm with thick, reticulated tunics; leaves sheathing the stem, superposed ; flowers small, red, arranged in dense, distichous spikes ; outer spathe- valve oblong-lanceolate, with a rigid centre and broad, hyaline border. Disteis, Endemic. Leaves narrowed gradually to the point ... re oe 1) plantagine Leaves lorate, ak es; tipped ist x'easers oS 0 Tutalones. ee 1. M. plantagineus (Eckl. Top. Verz. 43); corm ovoid, 4 in. diam. ; tunics thick, reticulated, ending in bristles at the top; stems 3-1 ft. long, simple or branched ; produced leaves about 3, super- posed, linear, acute, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, the lower 3-1 ft. long, the upper much shorter, loosely sheathing the stem to the base of the inflorescence; spikes 3-6 in. long, the lower flowers often abortive or replaced by bubille; spathes } in. long ; perianth-tube as long asthe spathe ; segments 4} in. long; stamens about as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers } in. long ; style-branches reaching to the top of the filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 179. Watsonia plantaginea, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 553; Gen, Irid. 123; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 159. Izia plantaginea, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 59 ; Red. Lil. #. 198. Gladiolus plantagineus, Pers. Syn. i 46. Gladiolus alopecuroides, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2,54, ex parte. M. alopecuroides, Eckl. Top. Verz. 43. Ixia triticea, Burm. Prodr, 1. M. triticeus, Klatt, Erganz.21. Phalangium spicatum, Houtt. Handl. xii, 115, t. 80, fig. 2. Watsonia compacta, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1577. W. triticea, Spreng. Syst. i. 150. Van. 8, juncea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 159) ; leaves subterete, Cc : Cape Div.; near Cape Town, Thunberg! Bolus, 2829! Lions Bump. Burchell 1101 near Rondebosch, Burchell, 1791 Muizenberg, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 270! Paarl Div.; Klein Drakenstein Mts., under 500 ft., Drége! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1621! Dutoits Kloof, 3000- 4000 ft., Drége! Riversdale Div. ; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6744! 6770! 6823 ! on the Lange n, near Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7043! Uitenhage Div. ; Galgebosch, MacOwam, 1935! Var. 8, Malmesbury Div. ; Groene Kloof and vicinity, under 1000 ft., Zeyher, 1611! Piquetberg Div., Zeyher, 1610! Paarl Div.; Klein Drakenstein Mts., under 1000 ft., Drége, 8444! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1679! Simons Bay, Milne, 193! MacGillivray, 480! Uitenhage Div. ; between Van Stadens Berg and Bethelsdorp, Drege, 8445 ! 98 tripex (Baker). [ Micranthus. 2. M. fistulosus (Eckl. Top. Verz. 44); corm }-1 in. diam., the tunics ending at the top in long bristles; leaves 3-4, superposed, sheathing the stem up to the base of the spike, lorate, falcate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, obtuse, with a conspicuous mucro, finely veined, the lowest 3-6 in. long, the upper shorter; stems simple, 3-1 ft. long; spike 2-5 in. long, dense, many lower flowers often abortive; spathe and flowers exactly like those of the other species. Baker, Handb. frid.179. Gladiolus alopecuroides, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 54, ex parte. G.spicatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 53, ex Ker, non Linn. Herb. Watsonia spicata, Ker im Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 229 ; Gen. Irid. 123. Ixia spicata, Willd. Sp. Plant.i.200. M. spicatus, Klatt, Ergdnz. 21. Ixia cepacea, Red. Lil. t, 96. J. fistulosa, Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 523. Gladiolus Jistulosus, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t.16 G. tubulosus, Burm, Prodr. 2. Coast Rraron: Devils Mountain, MacOwan, 2509! Ecklon, 524! Flats near ~ Rondebosch, Burchell, 198! between Cape Town and Simons Bay, Burchell, 8555! near Tulbagh, Burchell, 1034! Hottentots Holland Mts., Thwnberg / XXI. FREESIA, Klatt. Perianth with a long, funnel-shaped tube ; segments of limb sub- equal, oblong, Stamens inserted below the throat of the tube, close, arcuate; anthers linear. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules crowded in the cells; style filiform, arcuate; branches short, slender, bifid. Capsule loculicidal, 3-valved. Seeds turgid. oo Endemic, monotypic. Differs from Tritonia only by its bifid style- 1. F. refracta (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 678); corm ovoid, with thick, reticulated, fibrous tunics; stem terete, flexuose, distantly branched, with a few much-reduced leaves; basal leaves about 6, linear, firm in _texture, about 3 ft. long, $-4 in. broad; flowers very fragrant, resupinate, arranged in lax secund spikes with a flexuose rachis ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, scariose, not hiding the ovary ; perianth greenish-yellow or bright yellow, 1-1} in. long ; tube 3 in. diam. at thé throat, constricted suddenly below the middle ; limb distinctly bilabiate, its segments ovate-oblong, 3-1 in. long, those of both the two lips much imbricated, the central one of the upper lip broader and more obtuse than the side ones, and not reflexing in the fully-expanded flower; anthers lanceolate, just exserted from the perianth-tube, much shorter than the filiform filaments. Klatt, Erganz.26 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 167. Gladiolus refractus, Jacq. Ic. t. 241; Coll. Suppl. 26; Red. Lil. t. 419. Tritonia refracta, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 228; Bot. Reg. t. 185; Gen. Irid. 119. Gladiolus resupinatus, Pers. Syn. i. 45. G. Sparrmanni, Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 49. _ Van. B, F. odorata (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 672); 1 rigid than in the rt inflorescence less bi cehea ek yee + sme pee spathe-valves broader and more obtuse, covering the ovary, distinctly toothed at Freesia. | IRIDEZ (Baker). | 99 the apex; flowers bright yellow, with a suddenly-constricted tube, but the limb less distinctly bilabiate than in the type, with all the segments more oblong and obtuse. Baker, Handb. [rid. 167. ‘Tritonia odorata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1820. Var. y, F. alba (Baker, Handb, Irid. 167); leaves, inflorescence and spathe- valves as in 8; flowers larger, pure white, with the tube narrowed more gradually downwards, the limb very indistinctly bilabiate, and all the segments obtuse and nearly equal. South Arrica: without locality, Sparrmann in Herb. Thunberg ! Coast Recion: Swellendam Div. ; along the Buffeljagts River, Zeyher, 4027 ! Riversdale Div. ; Hooge Kraal, near Zoetmelks River, Drége! Var. 8, Bathurst Div.; between Blaauw Krans and Kowi Poort, Burchell, 3652! and between Blaauw Krans and Kaffir Drift Military Post, Burchell, 3711! Albany Div. ; uae Grahamstown, Galpin, 207! Zeyher! Var. y, Caledon Div., MacOwan, 482! The above are the three principal types, which I have characterized mainly from detailed notes kindly furnished by Prof. M. Foster. F. ganthospila, Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 673 (Gladiolus canthospilus, Red. Lil. t. 124), differs mainly from alba by its suddenly-constricted perianth-tube, and F. Leichtlinii, Klatt in Regel Gartenjt. ¢. 808, by the same character and its large pale-yellowish flowers. XXII. WATSONIA, Miller. Perianth with a long curved tube, cylindrical in the lower half, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments subequal, oblong, spreading. Stamens unilateral, arcuate, contiguous, inserted below the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments filiform ; anthers linear- oblong, versatile. Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; style-branches short, subulate, bifid. Fruit an oblong loculicidal capsule. Seeds globose or angled by pressure. Rootstock a tunicated corm; leaves usually rigid in texture, ensiform; flowers large, bright red, rarely white, arranged in simple or branched spikes ; spathe- valves oblong-lanceolate, entire, rigid in texture, brown or herbaceous. Disteis. One species in Madagascar. Subgenus WaTSoNIA PROPER. Flowers large; upper part of tube cylindrical or narrowly funnel-shaped. Perianth-segments §~}in. long... — ... | +s .. (1) aletroides, Perianth-segments }-} the length of the tube ... (2) angusta. Perianth-segments $-1 in, eg : Stems tall, often branched : Spikes lax, 12-20-flowered ... vee ... (3) Meriona. Spikes dense, 30-50-flowered ... se ... (4) densiflora. Stems shorter, simple, spikes few-flowered : : Perianth-tube 14-2 in. long ... ont .. (5) coccinea, - Perianth-tube 14-14 in, long : : Yuet din, diam. at throat... (6) humilis. Perianth-tube } in. diam. at throat... (7) strictiflora, Subgenus Nevseria. Flowers large; perianth-tube broadly fannel-shaped in ee - f the tube large unnel-shaped apper part of the : : Stem se and oat age an oe a brevifolia. Stem long and brane wat sat a ‘ Faishel-abaped upper part of the tube very small... (10) marginata. Subgenus Bertia. Flowers small; perianth-tube cylindrical, dilated a little at the summit. 100 1EIDEx (Baker). [ Watsonia. Lower leaves erect, 6-9 in. long: Spathe-valves 4-4 in. long... “vs ia .» (11) punctate. Spathe-valves 3 in. long: Tube as long as spathe (12) minuta. Tube much longer than spathe i oi (18) juncifolia. Lower leaves spreading, 1-3 in. long ... see ... (14) lapeyrousioides. Doubtful species ... .. ae (15) retusa. 1. W. aletroides (Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 533); corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics of reticulated fibres, ending in-long bristles at the top ; stems 1-2 ft, long, including inflorescence, simple or branched, with a few much-reduced sheathing leaves; basal leaves 4—6, ensl- form, rigid in texture, 6-12 in. long, }-2 in. broad ; flowers 6-12, in a very lax spike, the lower ones drooping; spathe-valves oblong- lanceolate, 1-1 in, long, not rigid; perianth bright scarlet or pale pink ; tube curved, 18-21 lin. long, dilated below the middle, + in, diam. at throat; segments oblong, 3-3 in. long; style sometimes protruded beyond the segments; stamens inserted at the bottom of the dilated part of the tube; anthers } in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 198; Ait. Hort. Kev. edit. 2, i. 96 ; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 742; Baker, Handb. Irid. 174. Antholyza alethroides, Burm. Prodr. i, Gladiolus aletroides, Vahl, Symb. ii. 96. Gladiolus Merianus, Thunb. Diss. Glad. No. 12; Prodr. 7. Gladiolus tubulosus, Jacq. Ic. t, 229; Coll. iv. 153. Watsonia tubulosa, Pers. Syn. i. 42. Antholyza tubulosa, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 174. SoutH Argica: without locality, Thom, 361! Harvey, 495! 841! Coast Region: Zwartberg, near Caledon, under 1000 ft., Zeyher, 4031! Drége! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm,,942! Riversdale Div.; Vals River, Thunberg ! 2. W. angusta (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 230) ; corm globose, 1-1} in. diam.; tunics fibrous; stems terete, reaching 8 height of 3-4 ft., usually branched; leaves few, distant, long- sheathing ; basal leaves 4—6, ensiform, rigid in texture, 1-2 ft. long, $+1 in. broad; flowers in a lax spike 6-9 in. long; outer spathe- valve oblong-lanceolate, brown, rigid in texture, 3-1 in. long; perianth bright scarlet, with a curved tube 18-21 lin. long, dilated in the upper half, } in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblanceolate, oblong, cuspidate, §-$ in. long; style reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, 4 in. long. Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 3, 500; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 739; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 157; Handb, Irid. 175. W. fulgida, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i, 323 ; Klait loc. cit. Antholyza fulgens, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 192. Ww. tridifolia, var, fulgens, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 600. Gladiolus Merianus, var. Jacq. Ic. t. 231. W. atrosanguinea, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 738. Gladiolus marginatus y, Herb. Thunb. on: Riv e Div.; between Li V i she- pore, Sate = (thee pas age upper part is i coerce “dleatain Rees SesGaan pote Oy » Burchell, 7698! Uitenhage Div.; near Van channel of Zwartkops River, her, 646! EasTERN Racion: Tembuland; margin ciau ae ee, 359! 4 4 : 4 ios a aE 3 = ek, ae Watsonia.] trIDEx (Baker), 101 __ 3. W. Meriana (Miller, Gard. Dict. edit. viii No. 1; Ie. ii. 184, t. 276); corm globose, 1-14 in. diam.; tunics of reticulated fibres, ending at the top in a ring of bristles; stems 3-4 ft, long including the inflorescence, usually branched; basal leaves 3-4, ensiform, rigid in texture, 1-2 ft. long, }-? in. broad; flowers 12-20, arranged in lax spikes 6-9 in. long, usually bright rose-red, rarely scarlet or white; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, brownish, rigid in texture, 3~1 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 14-2 in. long, cylin- drical in the upper half; throat }4 in, diam. ; segments oblong- cuspidate, about ~ in. long; style not reaching the tip of the perianth-segments ; anthers } in. long. Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 280; Baker, Handb. Irid. 175. Antholyza Meriana, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2,54; Ourt.in Bot. Mag. t.418. Gladiolus Merianus, Red. Lil. t. 11; Jacq. Ic. t. 230. G. marginatus, Thunb., ex parte. Mertana flore rubello, Trew, Ehret, 11, t. 40. W. litura, Klatt, Erginz, 19. Van. 8, W. iridifolia (Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 600); leaves broader than in the type; flowers closer and more numerous, white or pinkish. Gladiolus tridifolius, Jacq. Ic. t. 234. ‘ Var. y, W. roseo-alba (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 537); perianth-tube more slender ‘than in the type and segments narrower. Gladiolus roseo-albus, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 7, =.18. W. Ludwigii, Eckl. MSS. Var. 3, W. dubia (Eckl. Top. Verz. 36); leaves linear; spathes-valves 14-2 in. long; perianth-tube 2 in. long, } in. diam. at throat; segments narrower than in the type, oblong-spathulate, # in, long. Klatt in Linn@a xxxii. 741. Vag. ¢, platypetata (Baker); flowers many in a long spike, bright rose-red, with shorter, broader, rather imbricated segments. SourH Argica: without locality, Thunberg ! Coast Recion: Paarl Mouritains, 1000-2000 ft., Drége ! Worcester Div., Coo 1626! Algoa Bay, Cooper, 3179! Albany Piv.; near Grahamstown, Mictiek: 94! Var. B, Piquetberg, 1500-3000 ft., Drége, 8439! Var. 3, New Kloof, near Tulbagh, Drége / Karanari Reeioy: Var. y, Transvaal, Sanderson / Eastern Recion: Natal; on a stony hill near Byrne, 4550 ft., Wood, 1874! Kaffraria, Cooper, 67! 456! 3180! 4, W. densiflora (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 336) ; corm globose, lin. diam. ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres ; stems simple, terete, erect, 2~3 ft. long ineluding the inflorescence ; basal leaves 4-6, rigidly coriaceous, ensiform, 2-3 ft. long, }-} in. broad ; flowers 40-50, arranged in a dense spike 1 ft. long, all imbricated; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, acute, brown, rigid, 1 in. long ; perianth bright rose-red, rarely white; tube curved, 13-1} in. long, narrowly funnel-shaped in the upper half, $ in. diam, at the throat ; segments of the limb oblong, cuspidate, 3 in, long ; style not reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments ; anthers § in. long, just protruded from the perianth-tube. Bot. Mag. t.6400; Handb. Irid. 176; Klatt, Ergénz. 18. Katanart Recton: Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 3500~ 5000 ft., Galpin, 813! Orange Free State, Cooper, 886! . RasteRrNn ppd : Natal; Inanda, Wood, 538! Rodeborough, 4000 ft., Miss 102 tRIDFz (Baker). [ Watsonia. Armstrong! without precise locality, Plant, 29! Cooper, 3186! Pondoland ; between Umtata R. and St. John’s R., 1000-2000 ft., Drége, 4536! Mr. J. M. Wood sends a fine form with pure white flowers, which flowered for the first time at Kew in September, 1891. 5. W. coccinea (Herbert MSS. in Herb. Kew); corm depresso- globose, 1} in. diam.; tunies thick, of reticulated fibres, ending at the top in bristles; stem simple, about a foot long including the inflorescence; basal leaves linear, firm in texture, 6-9 in. long; flowers 4-6 in a very lax spike; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, brownish, rigid, the lower 1-13 in. long; perianth bright crimson ; tube curved, 13-2 in. long, dilated in the upper half, § in. diam at the throat; segments oblong-spathulate, cuspidate, an inch long, the lowest a little longer and more spreading than the others; styles reaching to the tipof the perianth-segments. Klatt, Ergdnz. 18; Baker, Handb. Irid. 175. W. pellucida, Eckl. Top. Verz. 36. W. Meriana, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1194. : Soutn Arrica: without locality, Thom ! Coast ReGion: Constantia, Zeyher! between Palmiet River and Houw Hoek, Grey! Stellenbosch and Hottentots Holland, Ecklon. A plant received from the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, July, 1887, differs by its smaller bright scarlet flowers. 6. W. humilis (Miller, Gard. Dict. edit. viii. No. 2; Ic. ii. 198, t. 297, fig. 2); corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, of reticu- lated fibres prolonged into bristles round the neck; stem usually simple, about a foot long including the inflorescence; basal leaves linear, firm in texture, 6-9 in. long, }-+ in. broad; flowers 4-6, arranged in a very lax spike, bright rose-red ; spathe-valves oblong- lanceolate or lanceolate, firm in texture, the lower sometimes 13-2 in. long; perianth with a curved tube 1}-13 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half, 4 in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong, } in. long, 3 in. broad; styles falling short of the tip of the perianth- segments; anthers linear oblong, } in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 631 and 1193; Gen. Irid. 127; Baker, Handb. Irid. 176. Antho- lyza caryophyllacea, Houtt. Handl. xii. 63, t. 79, fig. 3. Gladiolus marginatus, Thunb. Diss. No. 20, ex parte. G. laccatus, Jacq. Ic. t. 232; Red. Inl. t. 343. Neuberia laccata, Eckl. Unio Itin. No. 560. W. laccata, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 631; Eckl. Top. Verz. 86. W. maculata, Klatt, Erganz. 18. Soura Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! Coast Recion: near Cape Town, Bolus, 3800! Cape Flats, Zeyher, 1634! Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloot, Zeyher, 1635! near Tulbagh, Ecklon, 560! between Paarl and Pont, Drége, 8441! Swellendam Div.; near Karmelks River, under 1000 ft., Drége /! mountain ridges along the lower part of Zonder Kinde River, Zeyher, 4030! near George, Burchell, 6066! 6091! Eastggn Recion: Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 4000 ft., Baur, 499! Natal, Cooper, 3187! _T. W. strictiflora (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1406); corm globose, 1 in, diam.; tunics thick, fibrous ; stems simple, 13-2 ft. long, including the inflorescence ; basal leaves linear, firm in texture, 6-12 in. long, A Ea ee ee a — aes ae Watsonia. | IRIDEZ (Baker). 103 2 in. broad ; flowers few, arranged in a very lax spike ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, brown, firm in texture, 3-2 in. long; perianth bright rose-red; tube slightly curved, 14 in. long, sub- cylindrical in the upper half, 4 in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong-spathulate, patent, $ in. long; stamens and style reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 158 ; Handb. Irid. 176 ; Klatt, Ergadnz. 18; Eckl. Top. Verz. 36. Coast Region : Caledon, Zeyher! Houw Hoek, Ecklon! 8. W. brevifolia (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 601) ; corm globose, 1 in. diam, ; tunics of reticulated fibres, produced into a ring of bristles at the top; stems 1~1} in. long including the inflorescence, usually simple ; basal leaves about 4, linear, rigid in texture, 6-9 in. long; spikes lax, 6-8 flowered; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, brown, rigid, 3-{ in. long; perianth bright rose-red; tube curved, 2-1 in, long, dilated into a broad funnel in the upper half; segments oblong, 3-% in. long; style-branches reaching to the tip of the perianth- segments ; anthers just protruded from the perianth-tube, Gen. Srid. 125; Art. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 95; Baker, Handb. Irid. 176. W. hyacinthoides, Pers. Syn.i. 48. Antholyza spicata, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 56. Sovrn Argtca: without locality, Thom ! Coast Reeion : Swellendam Div.; near Groot Vaderbosch, Zeyher, 4029 | Bears the same relation to W. rosea that W. humilis bears to W, Meriana. 9. W. rosea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 230) ; corm large, globose; tunics thick, fibrous; basal leaves ensiform, rigid in tex- ture, reaching a length of 2-3 ft. and a breadth of 1~2inches; stems 4-6 ft. long including the inflorescence, usually much branched ; spikes lax or rather dense, the end one 4-1 ft: long, the others shorter; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, brown, rigid, Zin, long ; perianth bright rose-red ; tube 1-1} in. long, dilated into a broad funnel in the upper third ; segments oblong-spathulate, cuspi- date, as long as the tube; stamens and style reaching halfway up the perianth-segments. Bot. Mag. t. 1072; Gen. Irid. 125; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2,i. 94; Baker, Handb, Irid. 177. Neuberia rosea, Eckl. Top. Verz.37. Gladiolus pyramidatus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 335. G. tridifolius var., Jacq. Ic. t. 235. W. striata, Klatt, Ergdnz, 18. Gladiolus sceptrum, Forster MSS. : without locality, Grey! Thom, 955! Forster! seis races : Table etic’ mactuen. 2556! MacGillivray, 482! Simons Bay, Milne! between Simonsberg and Ban Hoek, Rogers! Paarl Moun- tains, 10002000 ft., Drége! Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, Hutton! Mrs. Barber, 3! : : Karanart Region: Transvaal; Pilgrims Rest, Roe in Herb. Bolus, 2655! Zoutpansberg Div., Houtbosch Berg, Rehmann, 5778! 6779! Habit and leaf of W. Meriana, from which it differs in the shorter tube and larger segments of its perianth. 10. W. marginata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 608); corm large, globose; 104 IRIDEX (Baker). [Watsonia, basal leaves ensiform, very rigid in texture, with a thick pale brown border, 1-12 ft. long, 1-14 in. broad; stems reaching a length of 4-5 ft. including the inflorescence, much branched, the dense end- spike 6-9 in. long, the others smaller and stiffly erect ; outer spathe- valve oblong-lanceolate, 3 in. long, paler and less rigid than in the preceding species, rather lacerated in the edge ; flowers fragrant, bright rose-red; perianth-tube $ in. long, dilated into a small funnel at the very top and spreading oblong segments #-1 in. long; stamens and style reaching halfway up the perianth-segments. Gen. Irid. 125; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, 1.94; Baker, Handb. Irid. 177. Neuberia marginata, Eckl. Top. Verz. 37. Ixia marginata, Ait. Hort. Kew.i. 59. I. sceptrum, Hort. Gladiolus marginatus, Linn. fil. Suppl. 95 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 20, ex parte. G. glumaceus, Thunb. Prodr. 186; Fl. Cap. i. 204. Ixia cartilaginea, Lam. Encyc. iii. 340; Ill, i. 112. Var. 8, minor (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1530); flower smaller, the expanded limb about an inch in diameter. Sourn Arnica: without locality, Thunberg ! Grey ! Var. 8, Zeyher, 1636! oo Fas Reeion: Heaths by the Breede River near Darling Bridge, Bolus, ! This very distinct species is the Gladiolus marginatus of the Linnean and Smithian herbaria, but Thunberg also included under the name several of the other species as here treated. 11. W. punctata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 229); corm globose, $ in. diam. ; tunics thick, cancellate in the upper half, pro- duced into fine bristles at the neck ; leaves 3-4, superposed, narrow linear or subterete, rigid in texture, the lower 6-9 in. long; stems simple, terete, 3-1 ft. long including inflorescence ; spike dense, 2—3 in. long ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, brownish-green, rigid in texture, }-} in. long; perianth dark red or dark violet, with a subeylindrical tube 3-1 in. long and spreading oblong segments 3 in. long; stamens and style reaching halfway up the perianth- segments. - Gen. Irid, 124 ; Klatt, Ergdnz. 19; Baker, Handb. Irid. 177. Gladiolus spicatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, i. 83; Thunbd. Fl. Cap. i, 193. Beilia spicata, Eckl. Top. Verz. 48. W. rubens, Ker, + Gen. Irid. 124. Gladiolus rubens, Vahl, Enum. ii. 98. Vak. 8, triticea (Baker, Handb. Irid. 177); spike shorter and denser; flowers swaller; leaves terete. Gladiolus triticeus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i, 194. Beilia triticea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 43. G. subulatus, Vahl, Enum. ii. 97. W. subulata, Klatt, Ergiinz. 19. W. filifolia, E. Meyer in Herb. Drage. W. sanguinea, zictoesd paper (Baker, Handb. Irid. 177); perianth slend i & . oo a : tube Lay in. long and a limb 4 in. long. A nein! a . SoutnH Argica: without i ! Poor tag locality, Thunberg! Var, 8, Thunberg! Zeyher, Coast Recion: Paarl Mountains, under 100 ft., Drége! Hottentots Hol- land Mts., Thunberg ! Bontebok Flats, between Cape Agulhas and Potberg, Drege, 3492! ‘Var. 6, Cape Flats near Constantia, and on Table Mountain, Paar 5! Worcester Div.; Cooper, 1615! Dutoits Kloof, Drége! Var. y, ey 12. W. minuta (Klatt, Erganz. 19); corm globose, 4 in. diam. ; Watsonia. } IRIDEZ (Baker). 105 tunics thick, cancellate; stem slender, simple, terete, under a foot long ; leaves 3~4, superposed, linear, rigid in texture, the lowest 4—6 in. long, ;—} in. broad; flowers dark red, arranged in a dense spike 1-15 in. long; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, brown, rigid, 3-3 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, not exserted from the spathe ; segments narrow, oblong, } in. long; stamens and style falling short of the perianth-segments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 178. W. punctata, var. Zeyheri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 159. ’ Coast Reaion: Piquetberg Div., m ! variety of W. puastictas Et ante DOL, Fees ae See 8 18. W. juncifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 178) ; corm globose, 2 in, diam. ; tunics of fine parallel fibres, prolonged more than an inch above its neck; stem slender, terete, simple, 1} ft. long; basal leaves usually 2, terete, firm in texture, a foot or more long ; flowers in a lax simple erect spike 4-5 in. long ; spathe-valves oblong, rigid in texture, } in. long, green with a brown tip; perianth bright lilac; tube cylindrical, under an inch long, limb spreading, }-} in. long, with narrow oblong segments; anthers Janceolate, 1 in. long, equalling the free filaments ; style-branches falling short of the top of the anthers. Morphixia juncifolia, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238 ; Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 98. Anomatheca calamifolia, Klatt, Ergdnz. 21. Iria Zeyheri, Baker, Handb, trid. 166, . Coast Reaion : Piquetberg Div., Zeyher, 1619! 14, W. lapeyrousioides (Baker, Handb. Irid. 178); corm ovoid, 4 in. diam.; tunics of reticulated fibres in the upper half; stem simple, 4-6 in. long, with 1-2 lanceolate, erect, small sheathing leaves; lower leaves 2, superposed; lanceolate, falcate, spreading, moderately firm in texture, 1-3 in. long, a in. broad; flowers 8-6 in a very lax spike; spathe-valves oblong, } in. long; perianth dark red; tube cylindrical, an inch long; segments oblong, } in. Jong; stamens and style-branches reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments. Anomatheca juncea, Herb. Drége, non Ker. Coast ReGion: Caledon Div.; Mountains between Villiersdorp and French Hoek, 2300 ft., Bolus, 5251! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-4000 ft., Drége! Bolus, 6497 ! 15. W. retusa (Klatt, Erginz. 20); stem slender, terete, simple ; leaves linear, like those of an Jzia ; flowers 6-8 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis; spathe-valves like those of an Izia in shape and texture, 4 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, cylindrical, twice as long as the spathe, dilated into a small funnel at the top; segments bright rose-red, oblong, 4 in. long; anthers very small, oblong, with very short filaments ; style-branches protruded from the perianth- tube, bifid at the tip. Baker, Handb. Irid. 178. Ixia polystachia, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 629. Sourn Argica: without locality. Known only from the figure cited. The habit is so entirely that ofan Ixia, that I fear the styles may have been drawn bifid by some mistake of the artist. In Gen. Irid. Ker refers it to Tritonia scillaris. 106 TRIDEZ (Baker). [ Babiana. XXIII. BABIANA, Ker. Perianth with a long slender tube, funnel-snaped at the top; seg- ments usually oblong or oblong-unguiculate, nearly equal. Stamens unilateral, contiguous, inserted near the throat of the tube, usually shorter than the segments. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed : style-branches short, simple, usually flattened at the tip. Capsule oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, globose or angled by pressure. Rootstock a tunicated corm ; leaves plicate, various in shape, strongly ribbed, hairy, often distinctly petioled and oblique at the base; flowers various in colour, arranged in simple or panicled spikes; spathe-valves various in texture, usually lanceolate, firm, pilose, finely ribbed. Disters. Besides the Cape species, only one, discovered by Prof. Bayley Balfour in Socotra, is known. Subgenus Evpapiana. Segments of the perianth rather unequal, oblong, spathulate or unguiculate. Perianth with a long tube: Leaves two or three times as long as the peduncle and spikes : Stamens half as long as the limb wi ... (1) hypogea. Stamens one-third as long as the limb .» (2) Bainesii. Leaves shorter than or a little overtopping the flowers : Tube much longer than the spathe : Perianth-limb } inch long : Leaves linear ... ‘ «+ ae (3) Tineolata. Leaves ensiform ras oon 4) spathacea. Perianth-limb 1 in. long: Leaves linear .., “ oie -.. (5) tubiflora, Leaves ensiform ee eee Tube = or but little longer than the Leaves hairy : Leaves overtopping flowers .., we sambucina. Leaves not overtopping flowers ... (8) densiflora. Leaves glabrous, very thick and rigid .. 3 Dregei. Perianth with a tube not more than 1-1} in. long: Spikes few-flowered : Peduncle very short : Leaves linear, spirally curled .,. ... (10) namaquersis. am ene ee =e oe8 ee Eto aves o os vee ove -.. (12) Sprengelii. Leaves deltord : Perianth-tube an inch long ... _—,... (13) flabellifolia. Perianth-tube 1} in. long ... ... (14) cuneifolia. Peduncle elongated ee ti} mononeura. wee oon oon Spikes 1-3, many-flowered : Leaves linear, glabrous or slightly hairy : Leaves straight ... e in. broad at the middle; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. G. Thunbergii, Eckl. Top. Verz. 837; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 173; Baker, Handb. Irid. 203. Sourn Arkrioa: without locality, Thunberg ! Coast Region: Table Mountain, Burchell, 8414! Bolus, 3883! Devils Mountain, Burchell, 8506! Simons Bay, Wright, 251! Riversdale Div.; on the Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7069 ! 7. G. gracilis (Jacq. Ic. t. 246); corm globose, 4 in. diam. ; tunics of strong, matted fibres; stems very slender, simple, 1-2 ft. long; leaves about 3, superposed, long-sheathing, subterete, rigid in texture, the lowest sometimes a foot or more long ; flowers up to 5-6 in a lax secund spike, scentless ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceo- late, an inch long; perianth pale lilac-blue ; tube curved, under an inch long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1-12 in. long; the upper segments oblong, shortly cuspidate, 4-3 in. broad, the three lower narrower, longer, distinctly unguiculate ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 182; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 562; Red. Lil. t.425; Ker, Gen. Irid. 138; Baker, Handb. Irid. 203. G. levis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 178; Ker, Gen. Irid, 135. G. elongatus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 180; Ker, Gen. Irid. 136. G. pterophyllus, Pers. Syn. i. 43. G. setifolius, Eckl. Top. Verz. 37. G. spilanthus, Spreng. in herb. Zeyher. Sour AFrica: without locality, Thunberg! Sparrmann! Sieber, 133! Coast Recion: Devils Mountain, Bolus, 4024! sides of Table Mountain near Camps Bay, 100 ft., MacOwan, 2275! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 281! mountains near Simons Town, Pappe! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, 1000- 3000 ft., Zeyher, 3986! Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens Berg, Pappe ! 8. G. tenellus (Jacq. Ic. t. 248); corm globose, } in. diam. ; tunics of strong, parallel strands of matted fibres ; stem simple, very slender, 1-14 ft. long; produced leaves about 3, long-sheathing, subterete, the lowest sometimes as long as the stem; flowers 2-5, in a very lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 1-14 in. long; perianth-tube curved, about an inch long, funnel- shaped at the top; segments oblong, subacute, an inch long, {4 in. broad, yellowish-white, tinged with lilac, and the lower ones much spotted at the throat; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb. Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 179; Schneev. Ic. t. 40; Ker, Gen. Irid, 137; Baker, Handb. Irid. 204. G. tristis, vars. humilis and luteus, Thunb. Diss, No. 8. Sourn Arrioa: without locality, Thunberg! Villette! Cooper, 220! Coast KeGion: at the foot of Devils Mountain, near Mowbray, 300 ft., Bolus, 4890! Cape Flats at Doornhoogde, Zeyher, 1628! Clanwilliam Div. ; between Berg Vallei and Lange Vallei, Drége! 9. G. trichonemifolius (Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 1483); corm globose, 4-3 in. diam.; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres ; stem very slender, terete, 4~14 ft. long ; leaves usually 3, superposed, lung-sheathing, slender, terete, rigid in texture, the lower often over- 142 IRIDEX (Baker). [Gladiolus. topping the stem; flowers 1-3, erect ; spathe-valves green, lanceo+ late, the outer 1-2 in. long; perianth yellow; tube nearly straight, 81’ in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments oblong, acute, subequal, —1 in. long, }~4 in. broad, the three lower blotched with purple at the throat ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Gen. Irid. 137; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 707; Baker, Handb. Trid. 204. G. citrinus, Klatt, Ergdnz. 6. Ixia spathacea, Soland. MSS.! G. tenellus, Thunb. herb., ex parte ! South Arrica: Without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Oldenberg ! Coast Bzaion: Piquetberg Range, 1000-4000 ft., Zeyher, 1625! Tulbagh Div,; Witsenberg Flats, Pappe! Cape Div.; near Tygerberg, Harvey! Paarl Diy. ; between Paarl and Paarde Berg,. Drége, 8457 ! 10. G. vomerculus (Ker, Gen. Irid. 142) ; corm globose, 4 in. diam. ; tunics of fine, parallel strands of matted fibres; lower sheaths more or less conspicuously mottled with purple; stem simple, 1-12 ft, long ; produced leaves 3-4, linear, }-} in. broad, strongly ribbed, firm in texture, the lowest about a foot long ; flowers 2-8, in a lax spike; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 1}—2 in. long; perianth lilac, with a curved tube 2-1 in. long; segments oblong, acute, 1-14 in. long, the three lower with a spade-shaped yellow blotch at the throat; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 205. G. hastatus, Ker in Bot. Mag. . ety ; Klatt in Linnea xxxii, 712, non Thunb. G. tigrinus, Coasr Rucron: Eastern declivity of Table Mountain, Ecklon, 158. Caledon Div.; grassy places near the Zonder Hinde River, Zeyher ! 11. G. strictus (Jacq. Ic. t. 260); corm globose, with thick tunics of parallel rigid strands ; stem about a foot long; leaves 3, super- posed, long-sheathing, glabrous, with free linear points not more than 2-3 in. long; flowers 2-3, yellowish, with purple dots and stripes, erect; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 1-14 in. long; perianth- tube nearly straight, an inch long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments acute, as long as the tube, the upper oblong, : in. broad, the others narrower; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 205. Sourn Arrica: without locality. Known only from the figure cited. 12. @. pubescens (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333); corm not seen; stem slender, terete, 1-14 ft. long; leaves about 3, super- posed, with long, hairy, strongly ribbed sheaths of firm texture and scarcely any free points; flowers 3-6, in a lax secund spike; spathe-valves green; outer oblong-lanceolate, very acute, }—{ in. long ; perianth pale pink, an fash load the oblong acute segments as long as the tube, j~} in. broad at the middle ; stamens reaching pany oA we the perianth-limb, Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 173 ; Handb, Gladiolus.] IRIDEZ (Baker), 143 Coast Reeion: British Kaffraria, Cooper, 458 ! EastERN REGION + Natal; bank of Mooi River, Wood ! 18. G. Lambda (Klatt in Linnea xxxii.708); corm globose; tunics thick, with obscure areola ; stem a foot long; leaves super- posed, long-sheathing, terete, 4 lin. diam., the lowest much over- topping the. stem; flowers 2, secund; spathe-valves unequal, obovate, purple at the base and tip, the outer # in. long; perianth white, an inch long; tube curved, as long as the spathe ; upper segments concolorous, subequal, ovate-lanceolate ; lower narrower, with two purple blotches at the base; filaments as long as the anthers, Baker, Handb. Trid, 204. South Argica: without locality, Reynaud (Berlin Herbarium). 14, G. rachidiflorus (Klatt, Ergiinz. 5); stem forked, 2 ft. long; leaves narrow linear, the lower nearly 2 ft. long, 1-6 in. broad; flowers in a dense spike more than 3 ft. long; outer spathe-valve ovate, acute, inner toothed at the tip; perianth reddish, tube } in, long; segments ovate, acute, subequal, under 3 in. long; fila- ments twice as long as the anthers, Baker, Handb. Irid. 205. Eastern Recion: Port Natal, around the bay, Drége, 4537 ! I have not seen this, and suspect it may belong to Tritonia, to which genus it is referred in Drdge’s catalogue. 15. G@. microphyllus (Baker, Handb. Irid. 206); corm small, globose ; tunics of parallel strands of fibres, prolonged at the top into bristles ; root-leaves narrow linear, rigid, 4-5 in, long; stem 6-8 in. long, with about 4 glabrous sheaths with short, free, linear tips; spike subsecund, lax, 2-4 in. long; outer spathe-valves oblong, 4-3 in. long; perianth-tube shorter than the spathe; seg- ments obovate, obtuse, pale red, 4-3 in. long; stamens nearly as long as the segments. Eastern Reoaioy: Griqualand East; Zuurberg Range, near Kokstad, 5500 ft., Tyson, 1852! 16. G. brevifolius (Jacq. Ic. t. 249); corm globose; tunics of parallel strands of fine matted fibres; leaf linear, firm in texture, glabrous, 14-2 ft. long, produced separately from the flowering stem ; flowering stem simple, very slender, 1-2 ft. long, with about 3 superposed leaves with long glabrous sheaths and short, free, linear points; flowers 4-12, in a lax secund spike, horizontal, pink or lilae ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, }~} in. long; perianth- tube curved, $ in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half ; limb about as long as the tube; upper segments obovate, 3 in. broad; lower oblong-unguiculate, — with purplish, spade-shaped marks at the throat; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb; capsule oblong, } in. long. Thunb. Fi. Cap. i. 17 7; Ker, Gen. Irid, 134; Baker, Handb. Irid, 206. G. aphyllus, Ker, Gen. Trid. 134. G. carneus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 240, non Delaroche. G. Orobanché, Red. Lil. t, 125. G. hirsutus, vars. aphylius and 144 | RIDE (Baker). (Gladiolus. brevifoltus, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 727. G. festivus, Herb. in. Bot. Reg. 1844, Mise. 89. G. spilanthus, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 711, ex parte. G. brevicollis, Klatt, Erginz.5. G. amcenus, Forst. MSS. G. Andrewsii, Klatt, Erginz. 6. G. jonguilodorus, Eckl. MSS. G. fragrans, Pappe MSS. Coast ReGion: near Cape Town, Thunberg! Zeyher, 1627! Burchell, 908! Wynberg, Burchell, 877! Devils Mountain, -Bolus, 4652! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 947! Table Mountain 1000-2000 ft., Drége! from the gardens at Cape Town, Burchell, 748! Stellenbosch Div.; between Stellen- bosch and Cape Flats, Burchell, 8362! and between Hottentots Holland and Jonkers Valley, Burchell, 8324! Bathurst Div.; between Blauw Krans and Kaffir Drift Military Post, Burchell, 3689 ! 17. G. tabularis (Eckl. Top. Verz. 38); corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine, parallel strands of matted fibres, produced at the top into long, scariose, linear blades; stem slender, glabrous, 1 ft. long including inflorescence, with 3-4 superposed, sheathing leaves ; free points none or very short; flowers 5-6, in a lax spike, white with a tinge of pink; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, }—-? in. long ; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, funnel-shaped inthe upper half; segments oblong, subequal, obscurely cuspidate, # in. long, }—4 in. broad; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Baker, Handb. Lrid, 207. Coast Region: Table Mountain, 2300-3500 ft., among Restiacee, etc., frequent, Bolus, 7057! Pappe! 18. G. inandensis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 207); corm globose, ‘2-1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine parallel strands of matted fibres; flowering stem simple, 1-1} ft. long, with 3-4 superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths, and short, free, rigid, linear points, or rarely the lowest leaf with a longer point; flowers 6-8, in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, 4 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, 5 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments white, with a red keel outside, obscurely cuspidate, 3-§ in. long; upper obovate, 4 in. broad; lower oblong, distinctly unguiculate; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Easteen Recion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 177! 237! without precise locality, Sanderson! A near ally of G. brevifolius, Jacg. . 19. G. Woodii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 207); corm globose; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres produced beyond it. aeck; flowering stem simple, 1-1} ft. long, with 3-4 superposed leaves with hairy sheaths and short, free, linear, rigid points; flowers 4—6, in a lax spike, dark red ; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceo- late, 3-{ in. long; perianth-tube curved, 4 in, long, broadly funnel- shaped in the upper half; limb }-% in. long; upper segments obovate, obscurely cuspidate, } in. broad ; lower oblong, distinctly unguiculate ; stamens reaching halfway up the perianth-limb; capsule subglobose, 4 in. long and broad, Gladiolus.) IRIDEX (Baker). 145 Katanart Reaion: Transvaal; Saddleback Range and Devils Kantoor, 4500 ft., Galpin, 1024! Eastern ReGion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 618! and without precise locality, Buchanan ! A.near ally of @. brevifolius, Jacq. 20. G. tenuis (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 335); corm not seen; flowering-stem very slender, terete, 13-2 ft. long, with 3 superposed leaves with long glabrous sheaths and produced linear points of moderately firm texture, the lowest 1-14 ft. long, }-¢ in. broad ; flowers 4—6, in a lax spike, pale pink, all ascending; outer spathe- valves green, oblong-lanceolate, 2-1 in. long; perianth with a straight tube 1 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments # in. long, obscurely cuspidate, the upper obovate, 1 in. broad, the others oblong, }—i in. broad ; stamens reaching more than halfway up the perianth-limb. Journ.'Linn. Soc. xvi. 174; Handb, Irid. 208. Coast Reeron : Swellendam Div.; Craggy Peak on the Lange Bergen near Swellendam, Burchell, 7303 ! 7421! 21. G. debilis (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 2585) ; corm globose ; tunics of strong wiry fibres ; flowering-stem very slender, simple, 1-13 ft. long ; leaves 3, superposed, with long glabrous sheaths and long, free, subterete prints of firm texture, that of the lowest overtopping the stem ; flowers 1-3, white, suberect ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceo- late, $-1 in. long; perianth-tube straight, } in. long, narrowly funnel-shaped up to the top; segments oblong, obtuse, subequal, as long as the tube, two of the inner with a spade-shaped lilac or claret-red blotch at the throat; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 705 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 207. Geissorhiza albens, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. Coast Recion: Cape Flats, Thunberg! Pappe! Mountains near Simons Town, 1000 ft., Bolus, 4949! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof and Drakenstein Mts., 2000-4000 ft., Drége! Culedon Div.; Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 3988! on the Zwartberg near the Hot Springs, 1000 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 280! Is in Herb. Thunberg, under Ivia linearis. 22. G. Bolusii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 208) ; corm not seen ; flower- ing-stem slender, simple, 13-2 ft. long, with 3 long-sheathing, gla- brous leaves with long, free, terete points, the lower overtopping the stem ; flowers 2-4 in a lax spike, bright pink, all ascending; spathe- valves oblong-navicular, green, }-1 in, long; perianth-tube funnel- shaped, $ in. long; segments obovate, 1 in. long, 3-3 in. broad; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. ‘ Ried Reeion: Winterboek Mountain, near Tulbagh, 3000 ft., Bolus, ! May be a variety of G, inflatus. 23. G. biflorus (Klatt in Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 197) ; corm globose, 4 in. diam. ; tunics dull brown, lacerated from the base upwards; flowering-stems slender, terete, glabrous, 6-8 in. long, with only one produced, strongly-ribbed, subterete leaf of firm texture, 146 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 5-6 in. long, } line broad, from near its base, and two rudimentary ones higher up, the lower with a short free point, the upper entirely sheathing ; flowers 2-3, bright lilac, laxly spicate, erect; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, firm in texture, 1-14 in. long; perianth-tube erect, }-3 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped at the apex; segments subequal, oblong, twice as long as the tube; stamens suberect, reaching halfway up the limb; anthers } in. long; style-arms reaching to the tip of the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 207. Coast Reaton: Cape Flats near Wynberg, in sandy places that are often inundated, under 100 ft., MacOwan, 2279, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 279! This is upon the very edge of the genus in the direction of Geissorhiza. 24, G. erectiflorus (Baker) ; corm small, globose, clothed with strong flattened strands; stem very slender, with one long, slender, subulate leaf from the middle and a small one higher up; flowers 2-3, erect ; outer spathe-valve of the lowest rigid, 14 in. long; perianth-tube 4 in. long; segments oblong-spathulate, obtuse, 13-1} in. long, apparently pale yellow; stamens shorter than the segments. we REGION : sandy places near Malmesbury, MacOwan, Herb. Austr. Afric. 25. G. cochleatus (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard, ser. 2, t. 140); corm small, globose ; flowering-stem very slender, 4-14 ft. long, with 3-4 superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths, the lower with a rigid terete blade overtopping the stem ; flowers 1-2 in a lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, #-1 in. long; perianth-tube, curved, }—3 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb pure white, 3-1 in. long ; upper segments oblong-spathulate, 4-4 in. broad’; lower shorter, unguiculate, with a purple spade-shaped mark at the throat ; stamens reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 208. Woaitzia hastulifera, Herb. Lubeck. fide Klatt, Ergiinz. 8. Coast Recion: Lion Mountain, Drége, 8447b! W. ter Div,; Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 1568! ae rh ate 26. G. Rogersii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 208) ; flowering-stem slender, a fout long, with 3-4 superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths, the lower with a slender subterete blade overtopping the stem; flowers 3 ina lax secund spike ; Spathe-valves green, oblong-lanceolate, } in. long; perianth bright red; tube curved, funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; three upper segments 3-% in. long, obovate or oblong-spathulate, 3-4 in. broad ; three lower longer, oblong, 4 in. broad, distinctly unguiculate, without any distinct blotch on the throat ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Coast Rrcion: Cape Flats, Rogers ! A near ally of G. inflatus. 27. G. Pappei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 208); corm small, globose ; atem slender, a foot long ; leaves 3, with glabrous sheaths and rigid, Gladiolus.) 1RIDEX (Baker). 147 linear, free tips, the lower 2 ft. long ; flowers 2-3 in a lax spike; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, lower outer 1} in. long:;. perianth pink ; tube slender, slightly curved, ascending, as long as the spate ; limb as long as the tube ; segments oblong, subacute, 3-4 in. broad at the middle; stamens less than half as long as the segments. Coast Rearon : summit of Table Mountain, Pappe! Intermediate between G. inflatus and gracilis, 28. G. inflatus (Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. 1, i. 181); corm small, globose ; tunics of fine fibres; produced leaves 3, superposed, with long glabrous sheaths and narrow linear or subterete rigid blades, the lower overtopping the stem ; flowers 1-4, pink ; spathe-valves green, long-pointed, the lowest 14-2 in. long; perianth bright pink ; tube curved, {-1 in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1-1} in. long ; three upper segments obovate or broad oblong, 3—# in. broad ; three lower oblong-spathulate, rather longer ; stamens reaching half- way upthe limb. Ker, Gen. Ivid. 138. G. ornatus, Klatt in Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 198. G. ringens, Eckl. non Red. G. bullatus, Thunb. herb. SourH Argica: without locality, Thunberg ! Coast Reaion: sand dunes near Cape Town, 50 ft., Bolus, 3741! Cape Flats at Doorn Hoogte, Zeyher, 1629! near Rondebosch, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 285! Worcester Div., Cooper, 3193! Swellendam Div.; Tradouw Mts., Drége ! near Groot Vadersbosch and Voormans Bosch, Zeyher, 3984! %9. G. spathaceus (Pappe, ex Baker, Handb, Irid. 208) ; corm small, globose ; tunies of thick wiry strands ; stem very slender, 1-1} ft. long; leaves 3, with glabrous sheaths and short, slender, subterete tips ; flowers generally solitary, horizontal ; spathe-valves green, lancevlate- acuminate, 13-2 in. long; perianth pink ; tube eurved, 3 in. long ; limb ventricose, above an inch long; upper segments obovate, $ in. broad ; three lower longer, oblong ; stamens more than half as long as the upper segments. gr oe : ivision; on the Zwartberg near t prings, sion ft, Sper aen Tea Bok Norm. 2821 Pappe! MacOwan, 2167 ! Klein River Berg and Zwartberg, Zeyher, 3985 ! Keklon and Zeyher, 148 ! 30. G. involutus (Delaroche, Deser. 28, t. 3); corm globose ; tunics with matted, brown, linear fibres ; flowering-stem 1} ft. long, with 3 superposed leaves with long, free, subterete points of firm rigid texture, the lower one equalling or overtopping the stem ; sheaths long, glabrous ; flowers bright pink, 4-8 in a lax secund ee : outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 1-1} in. long ; perianth-tube mue curved, } in. long; limb 1 in. long; three upper segments obovate, obtuse, $-$ in. broad ; three lower oblong-unguiculate, with spade- shaped purple blotches at the throat ; stamens halt the length of the limb. Ker, Gen, Inid. 142; Baker, Handb. Irid. 209. G. bimaculatus, Lam. Encye. ii. 727 (Miller Ic. 158, ¢. 236, fig. 1). G. suaveolens, her. : nei Recion: Knysna Div.; between Groene Vallei and Zwart Vallei, * Burchell, 6631! 5683! i 2 148 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. $1. G. hyalinus (Jacq. Ic. t. 242) ; corm globose, } in. diam. ; stem a foot long, simple, with 3 superposed leaves with glabrous sheaths and short, free, linear blades ; flowers 2, ascending, bright yellow with red dots; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, 1-14 in. long; perianth-tube 14 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segment oblong, obscurely cuspidate, 4 in. broad, the others narrower ; stamens reaching halfway up the perianth-limb. Ker, Gen, Irid, 137; Baker, Handb. Irid. 209. G. strictus, Jacg. Collect. iv. 170; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 704, SoutH AFRica: without locality. Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure and description. 32, G. vittatus (Hornem. Hort. Hafn. ii. 950) ; corm globose ; stem about a foot long ; leaves 3-4, superposed, linear, the lower with free blades 6—9 in. long, 4-3 in. broad; flowers 3-6 in a lax spike, suberect, pink; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long; perianth-tube slightly curved, about an inch long ; limb rather longer than the tube ; segments oblong-spathulate, subobtuse, the top one the longest, the three lower with red or lilac central blotches ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Baker, Handd. Irid. 210. G. fas- ciatus, Roem. et Schult.Syst. Veg. i.429. G.angustus, Thunb. herb. ! G. undulatus, Schneev. Ic. t. 19. G. undulatus, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 538; Gen. Irid. 143. G.vinulus, Klatt in Proc. South Afric. — Phit. Soe. iii. pt. 2, 199. Sovrn Arrica: inthe Karoo, Thunberg! Cape Flats near Wynberg, Mac- Owan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 287! MacOwan, 5651! 33. G. striatus (Jacq. Collect. v. 28); corm globose ; tunics with thick wiry strands ; flowering-stem simple, 1 ft. long; leaves many, long, glabrous, sheaths with free, linear points, 6 in. long; flowers - 2-8, yellowish and pale violet streaked with red; spathe-valves lanceolate, { in. long; perianth-tube broadly funnel-shaped, ? in. long ; upper segment the largest, oblong-spathulate, 4 in. broad, the others narrower, reflexing; anthers violet, just protruded from the throat of the tube. Baker, Handb. Irid. 209. Tritonia striata, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228; Gen. Irid. 117. Antholyza striata, Klatt, Erganz. 12. Sourn AFrRica: without locality. Known to me only from Jacquin’s description. 34. G@. paludosus (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 70); corm not seen ; stem simple, a foot long, bearing 2-3 reduced linear leaves; produced basal leaves 4, rigid, linear, erect, a foot long, } in. broad ; spike subsecund, moderately dense, 4-10-flowered, 4-6 in. long; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 2-1 in. long; perianth-tube 4 in. long; segments bright red-purple, obovate, subequal, ? in. long; stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments. Handb. Irid. 209. rape Region: Transvaal; marshy places near Lake Chrissie, Elliot, Gladiolus.] -rripEx (Baker). 149 35. G. Niveni (Baker, Handb. [rid. 210); corm small, globose ; stem slender, a foot long; produced leaves 2, narrow linear, glabrous, the lower 3 ft. long; flowers 3-4 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the Jower an inch long ; perianth bright lilac ; tube curved, } in. long; segments an inch long, the five lower undulated and reflexed, the upper obovate, obtuse, lateral oblong, acute; three lower oblong-lanceolate, tinged with yellow below the tip; stamensshort, G. ringens, var. undulatus, Andr, Bot, Rep, t. 275. Sours Arrica: without locality, Niven! Introduced into cultivation by Niven in the year 1800, 36. G. punctatus (Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 44, non Jacq.) ; corm not seen; stem 2 ft. long including the inflorescence, mottled with purple towards the base, with 3-4 superposed leaves with free, linear blades, 3-1 ft. long, $ in. broad, glabrous, strongly ribbed ; flowers 6-10 in a lax secund spike, 4 ft. long; spathe-valves lanceo- late, 1-1} in. long; perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 4 in. long ; limb an inch long; upper segments obovate, obtuse, nearly 3 in, broad ; lower narrower, oblong-unguiculate ; stamens reaching half. way up the perianth-limb. Baker, Handb, Irid. 209. Coast Region: Paard Island, near Cape Town, Thunberg ! 37. G. brachyscyphus (Baker, Handb. Irid. 210) ; corm not seen ; stem 14-2 ft. long, with 2-3 reduced leaves ; produced leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, moderately firm, $ ft. long, }-} in. broad; flowers 2—6 in a lax spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valva lanceolate-navicular, an inch long; perianth bright lilac ; tube much curved, 4 in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse, 1-1} in. long, the three lower shorter than the upper; stamens reaching to the tip of the lower segments, Eastern Recion: Griqualand East; damp grassy places near Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1427 ! 38. G. villosus (Ker, Gen. Irid. 133) ; corm globose ; cunics of strong, matted, wiry fibres; flowering-stem simple, 1-2 ft. long; sheaths conspicuously hairy, the lowest without any blade; the two upper with a produced linear blade of thick, rigid texture, 3~1 ft. long ; flowers 3-4 in a lax secund spike, bright red or lilac ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, green, 3-1 in. long; perianth with a curved tube, $-1 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half ; limb as long as the tube; segments obscurely cuspidate ; upper obo- vate, 4-4 in. broad; lower oblong, unguiculate ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 210. G. hirsutus, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 823. @. villosiusculus, Soland, MSS. G. laccatus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult, 45, excl. syn. (. pilosus, Eckl. Top. Verz. 38; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 709. G. puniceus, Lam, Encye. ii. 727% G@. Lamarcki, Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 445, VOL. VI. . 150 1RIpEX (Baker). [ Gladiolus. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Masson! Auge! Coast ReGion: sandy places near Cape Town and Wynberg below 100 ft., Bolus, 4724! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm.,288! Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 8433b! Drakenstein Mountains, Drége, 8433a! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1667! Caledon Div., Zeyher, 3983! 39. G. crassifolius (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 334); corm large, globose ; tunics of fine matted fibres ; leaves about 6 in a sub- basal distichous rosette, ensiform, rigid in texture, glabrous, with very thick stramineous ribs, sometimes 11-2 ft. long, }—{ in. broad ; stem simple, 2-3 ft. long including the inflorescence ; flowers bright red, very numerous, in a spike 3-1 ft. long; spathe-valves oblong- cuspidate or oblong-lanceolate, 4-1 in. long, sometimes brown down to the very base at the flowering time; perianth about an inch long; tube curved, funnel-shaped, } in. long; three upper segments obo- vate, obtuse, } in. broad, 3 in. long; three lower obovate, unguiculate, 4 in. broad; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth- segments. Journ. Linn. Suc. xvi. 175; Handb. Irid. 215. Katanart ReGion; Transvaal; Pretoria Div.; Apies Poort, Rehmann, 4031! Middleburg Div.; Botshabelo Mission station, Nelson, 143! Orange Free State; near Harrismith, Wood, 4825 ! and without precise locality, Cooper, 3185! 3199! Eastern Reoron : Natal; Coast-land, Sutherland / near Tugela, 3000-4000 ft., Wood, 4407! Allison! Polela, Wood, 4713! near Camperdown, Wood, 3175! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 561! 595! Griqualand East; near Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1350! Pondoland, Sutherland ! 40. G. Elliotii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 70) ; corm not seen ; stem simple, about a foot long, bearing 1-2 reduced leaves ; produced basal leaves about 4, rigid, ensiform, strongly ribbed, 6-9 in. long, 4 in. broad ; spike dense, distichous, 4-5 in. long; outer spathe-valve oblong, $-1 in, long ; perianth-tube as long as the spathe; segments oblong, acute, subequal, claret-red, an inch long; stamens shorter than the perianth-segments. Handb. Irid. 215. Katanart Region: Transvaal; Middelburg Division, in marshy places by Steenkool Spruit, Elliot, 1557 ! 41. G. Ludwigii (Pappe, ex Baker, Handb. Irid. 215); corm large, globose; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; leaves about 6 in a subbasal distichous rosette, rigid, ensiform, with thick, stramineous ribs, finely pilose, sometimes 2-3 ft. long, }-1 in. broad ; stem 2-3 ft. long including the inflorescence, finely pubescent ; spike distichous, often a foot long, with 20-30 flowers ; spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1} in. long, pubescent, scariose towards the edge and top ; flower plain pale yellow ; perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; limb about as long as the tube; three upper segments oblong-spathulate, 44 in, broad ; three lower narrower, unguiculate; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. | Antholyza hirsuta, Klatt in Linnea xxxv. 379. G. sericeo-villosus, B Ludwigti, Baker in Journ. Linn.. Soc. xvi. 175. Van. 8, calvatus (Baker); leaf, stem, rachis of spike, and spathe-valves glabrous. G. ochroleucus, Bot. Mag. t. 6291, non Baker. Gladiolus. | 1RIDEZ (Baker). 151 KALAHARI Reeron: Var. 8, Transvaal; Mountain sides, Umvoti Creek, near Barberton, 3000 ft., Galpin, 925! Orange Free State, Cooper, 1198! EasteRN Region: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 160! 601! Polela, 4090-5000 ft., Wood, 4636! Maritzberg Road, 600 ft., Sanderson, 454! 530! Between Um- komanzi River and Umlanzi River, Drége, 4541b! and without precise locality, Pappe! Griqualand East; Enyembi Mountain near Clydesdale, 4590 ft,, MacOwan, Herb. Aust.-Afr., 1547! Tembuland; banks of rivers near Bazeia, 200 ft., Baur, 144! 42. G. sericeo-villosus (Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5427); corm large, globose ; leaves about 6 in a subbasal distichous rosette, ensi- form, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 13-2 ft. long, 4-1 in. broad; stem 3—4 ft. long ineluding the inflorescence, clothed throughout with soft, crisped, white, spreading hairs; spike distichous, 20—30-flowered, with a flexuose, densely villose axis; outer spathe-valve oblong- lanceolate, villose, scariose in the upper half; flower bright yellow; perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 4—#in. long; limb rather longer than the tube; upper segments oblong-spathulate, } in. broad ; lower narrower, unguiculate ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 215. Katanari ReGion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 1198! Eastern Recion: Griqualand East; Zuurberg Range, near Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 216! Differs from G@. Ludwigii in vestiture alone. 43. G. ochroleucus (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 182) corm middle-sized, globose; leaves 4—6 in a basal rosette, rigid, ensiform, strongly ribbed, the longest 9-12 in. long, about 3 in. broad; stem 23-3 ft. long including the inflorescence ; flowers 8-12 in a lax secund spike 6-9 in. long ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 1-2 in. long ; flower plain creamy-yellow; perianth-tube curved, } in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb an inch long ; 3 upper segments oblong-spathulate, 3 in. broad; 3 lower oblong-unguiculate, 3 in. broad ; uppermost hood-shaped, not reflexing; stamens reaching halfway up thelimb, Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 175; Handb. Triad. 216, non Bot. Mag. t. 6291. Eastern ReGion: Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 2000 ft., Baur, 94! 44. G. Kirkii (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 524, non Handb. Trid. 222) ; corm depresso-globose, 1 in. diam., crowned with a ring of tibres; produced leaves 5-6, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, slightly glaucous, 1-13 ft. long, 3-¢ in. broad ; stem terete, 3 feet long including the inflorescence; spike ie secund, 4-1 ft. long; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the outer 1-1} in. long ; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, } in. long ; segments obovate, obtuse, distinctly cuspidate, pale pink, unspotted, an inch long; stamens shorter than the segments. Coast Region: King Williamstown Div. Described from cultivated plants sent by Sir John Kirk. Near G. Eckloni and crassifolius. I find I have used the specific name for two different species, 45. G. Eckloni (Lehm. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, vi. 107); corm » globose; tunics of strong, matted, wiry fibres ; produced 152 rR1DEx (Baker). [ Gladiolus. leaves 4-6, subbasal, ensiform, glabrous, rigid in texture, with thick stramineous ribs, not more than a foot Jong, sometimes 1-1} in. broad ; upper leaves 3-4, much reduced; stems robust, simple, 1}-3 ft. long including the inflorescence ; flowers 6-12, bright red, copiously and minutely spotted, arranged in a very lax spike ; spathe-valves green, oblong-lanceolate, the lowest 13-2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 3-1 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1 in. long, 3 upper segments oblong-spathulate, in. broad ; 3 lower obovate, } in. broad, distinctly unguiculate ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 712; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6835; Handb. Irid.216. Neuberia longifolia, Eckl. Top. Verz.37. G.carneus, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 722, non Delaroche. Coast Recion: Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, 2000-4000 ft., Hutton, 35! Fort Beaufort Div.; Kunap River, Murray, 520! Stntterheim Div.; rocky places near Kabousie River, 3900 ft., Murray, 520! ’ Katanart ReGion: Transvaal; at the base of mountains near Barberton, 2800 ft., Galpin, 864! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5777! plains near Pretoria, 4100 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 5794! Orange Free State; on the Drakensberg, Cooper, 1040! 3194! 3148! Basutoland, Bowker, 1! Eastern ReGion: Natal; Coast-land, Sutherland! Biggarsberg, Wood, 4712! upper part of Tugela River, Allison, 26! Griqualand East; Mount Currie, 5200 ft., Tyson, 1795! Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 2300 ft., Baur, 141! é 46. G. purpureo-auratus (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5944); corm large, globose; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibrés ; leaves ensiform, glabrous, rigid in texture, much shorter than the stem ; stem 3 ft. long including the inflorescence; flowers 10-15 in a lax secund spike a foot long; spathe-valves green, oblong-lanceo- late, 1-1} in. long; perianth primrose-yellow; tube much curved, funnel-shaped, under an inch long; upper segments plain, obovate- spathulate, 1j-13 in. long; ? in. broad; lower obovate-ungniculate, the two inner with a spade-shaped red-brown blotch at the throat ; stamens reaching halfway up.the limb. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 175; Handb. Irid. 216. Eastern Recion: Natal; upper part of Tugela River, Allison . Introduced into cultivation by Mr. Bull. Perhaps only a colour-variety of G. Papilio, 47. G. Papilio (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5565) ; corm middle-sized, globose ; tunics of parallel strands of fine matted fibres ; produced subbasal leaves about 4, ensiform, glabrous, rigid in texture, 1—14 ft. long, j-1 in. broad at the middle ; stem 2-8 ft. long including the inflorescence ; flowers pale purple, 6-12 in a lax spike; spathe- valves oblong-navicular, cuspidate, the outer 1-11 in. long; perianth horizontal ; tube curved, } in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb 1}-1} in. long; 3 upper segments obovate- spathulate, 4-3 in. broad, upper not: reflexing; 3 lower oblong. unguiculate, with a large reddish spade-shaped blotch edged with yellow at the throat; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi: 175; Handd. Irid. 216, Gladiolus. ] rripsx (Baker). 153 KAtadanI ReGton: Transvaal ; plains near Rustenburg, 3500 ft., McLea in Herb. Bolus, 3094! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5776! Lomatie Valley, near Barberton, 4000 ft., Ga/pin, 1193! and without precise locality, Sanderson! Orange Free State, Cooper, 995! 3188! KastERN ReGIon: Natal; near Durban, Sanderson, 867! Inanda, Wood, 442! Clairmont, Wood, 1729! in a swamp by the Mooi River, Wood, 3441! without precise locality, Gerrard, 647 ! ! 48. G. Rehmanni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 216); corm not seen; produced subbasal leaves about 4, linear, rigid, glabrous, with thick stramineous ribs, 13~2 ft, long, j-3 in. broad; stem 2 ft. long including the inflorescence, with about 4 reduced linear leaves; spike lax, secund, } ft. long; outer spathe-valve very large, oblong- lanceolate, firm in texture, 14-23 in, long; perianth bright red ; tube curved, an inch long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb tin. long ; 3 upper segments obovate-spathulate, § in. broad; 3 lower Oblong, an in. broad, distinctly unguiculate ; stamens not reaching halfway up the limb. KatawaRrt Rea@ion: Transvaal; Boschveld between Elands River and Klippan, Rehmann, 5096 ! Intermediate between G@. Eckloni and Papilio. 49. G. hirsutus (Jacq. Ic. t. 250); corm middle-sized, globose; leaves 4-6, short, ensiform, rigid in texture, very strongly ribbed, both blade and sheath finely hairy ; stems simple, hairy, 1-2 ft. long including the spike ; flowers 3-6 in a very lax spike ; outer spathe- valve lanceolate, 13-2 in. long; perianth bright red; tube curved, 14 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in-the upper half; segments as long as the tube, obovate, obscurely pointed, the a a about 2 in., the others 3 in. broad; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb. Red. Lil. t. 273; Ker, Gen. Irid. 132 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 217. G. hirsutus, var. roseus, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 574. G. roseus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t, 11. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! Burchell ! Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div. ; Groene Kldof, 300-500 ft., Zeyher! Bolus, 4342! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 585! G. similis, Eckl. Top. Vera. 40, is said to differ by its smaller, paler, less- spotted flowers. 50. G. salmoneus (Baker, Handb. Irid. 217) ; corm not seen ; stem a foot long; stem-leaves 6-8, rigid, linear, acuminate, finely pubescent, with strong raised ribs, 1-14 ft, long, 4 in. broad ; spike moderately dense, distichous, a foot long; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, 13-3 in. long ; perianth-tube slender, curved, 2 in. long ; segments obovate, obtuse, salmon-red, 18-21 lines long; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. Eastern ReGion : Griqualand East; mountain slopes around Kokstad, 4800 ft., Tyson, 1180! Near G, hirsutus and opposttiflorus, 51. G. scaphochlamys (Baker, Handb. Irid. 217); produced sub- basal leaves 8-4, ensiform, firm and rigid in texture, | ft. long, 4} in. 154 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. broad; stem 11-2 ft. long including the inflorescence, simple ; flowers 6-8 in a lax spike } ft. long; spathe-valves boat-shaped, oblong-lanceolate, firm in texture, 14-2 in. long; perianth pinkish- white; tube curved, 1-1} in. long; segments obovate-spathulate, obtuse, 1-1 in. broad ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. Coast Recion: Flats near Cape Town, MacOwan, 2553! Swellendam Div. ; Sparrbosch, under 1000 ft., Drége, 8427! Voormans Bosch, Pappe ! 52. G. floribundus (Jacq. Ic. t. 254), corm globose; tunics of matted fibres; produced leaves 3-4, ensiform, 1-2 ft. long; stems 1_2 ft. or more long including the inflorescence, branched when at all luxuriant ; flowers white with a pink tinge, 4-12 in a very lax. distichous spike, all ascending ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 14-2 in. long; perianth-tube nearly straight, 13-2 in. long, funnel- shaped in the upper third; segments as long as the tube, obovate- spathulate, deltoid at the tip, the upper #-1 in. broad; stamens reaching } or 3-way up the limb. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 610; Gen. Irid. 143; Baker, Handb. Irid. 218. G. grandiflorus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 118. Coast Reeion: Uitenhage Div.; near Van Stadens River, Bolus, 1633! MacOwan, 2062! near Uitenhage, Burchell, 4261. Searcely more than a variety of G. blandus, differing mainly from G. excelsus by its more obovate perianth-segments, 53. G. oppositifiorus (Herb. in Bot. Reg. 1842, Mise. 86); corm large, globose ; tunics of matted fibres; produced basal leaves about 4, ensiform, firm in texture, 1-1} ft. long, #-1 in. broad; stem 3-4 ft. long including the inflorescence, often branched ; flowers up to 30 or 40, arranged in a distichous spike often a foot long; spathe- valves green, lanceolate, acute, thin in texture, 1-14 in. long; perianth white ; tube curved, 1-1} in. long, slender up to the top; limb horizontal, 13 in. long, with oblong-spathulate acute segments not more than 4-3 in. broad at the middle; stamens half as long as the limb. Baker, Handb. Irid. 218; Bot. Mag. t. 7292. Eastern Recion: Transkei, MacOwan, 2254! Not uncommon about the Kei river, Flanagan. Said to ve a native of Madagascar, but not received thence in any of the recent collections. It is often wrongly called G. fortbundus in gardens. 54. G. blandus (Ait. Hort. Kew i. 64); corm globose, middle- sized ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; produced sub- basal leaves 4, ensiform, firm in texture, glabrous, the outer 3-1 ft. long, }-$ in. broad; stem 1-2 ft. long including inflorescence, sometimes branched ; flowers white with a tinge of red, 4-8 in a lax distichous spike, all ascending; outer spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 14-2 in. long ; perianth-tube about 1} in. long, much dilated and curved at the top; limb rather longer than the tube, segments oblong-spathulate, narrowed toa point, the top one about $ in. and the others about } in. broad at the middle; stamens reaching more Gladiolus.] 1e1pex (Baker), 155 than halfway up the limb. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 625; Gen. Irid, 140; Baker, Handb. rid. 217. G. angustus, Linn. herb. ex parte / Var. 8, G. albidus (Jacq. Ic. t, 256); flower pure white. @. blandus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 99. G. blandus, var. niveus, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 648. Vax. y, G. Mortonius (Herb. in Bot. Mag. t. 3680) ; flowers suberect ; segments white, with copious, faint, vertical, pink streaks. Var. 5, G. excelsus (Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2, 501); taller than the type, with longer leaves and a perianth-tube 2 in. long. Vag. e, G. carneus (Delaroche, Descr. 30, t. 4) ; more robust than the type, with more numerous, more spreading pink flowers, with broader, less acute segments. » a tceeteaece Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 188. G. blandus, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 645. Var. Hibbertti, Hort., has pink flowers with very distinct, red, spade-shaped marks on the three lower segments. SoutH AFRICA: without locality, Thwnberg! Oldenburg! Forster! Zeyher, 3980! Harvey, 918! Var. y, Harvey, 899! Var. «, from Hesse’s garden at Cape Town, Burchell ! : Coast Rreion: Devils Mountain, 8736! Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 8426b! Var. 5, Paarl Mountains, under 100 ft., Drége! Var. ¢, Tulbagh Div. ; Mosterts Berg, 1700 ft., Bolus, 5255! British Kaffraria, MacOwan, 1467! near Grahams- town, Baur, 1100! : 55. G. Milleri (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 632); corm globose, middle- sized ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; stem simple, 1-1} ft. long; produced basal leaves about 4, ensiform, shorter than the stem, 4—? in. broad ; flowers 4-5, suberect in a very lax spike: outer spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, moderately firm in texture, 13 in. long; perianth milk-white; tube straight, erect, 14-2 in. long ; segments oblong, subacute, the upper one the broadest, 3— in. broad at the middle; stamens reaching 4-3-way up the limb. Gen. Irid. 148; Baker, Handb, Irid. 218. Antholyza spicata, Miller, Gard. Dict. edit, 8, No. 2 (Ic. 27, t. 40). Coast Reaion: Port Elizabeth, Cult. Harpur-Crewe ! Close upon G. blandus and floribundus, 56. G. undulatus (Jacq. Ic. t. 251); corm globose; tunics of parallel strands of fine matted fibres ; produced basal leaves 4-6, ensiform, firm in texture, glabrous, 3-1 ft. long, }—{ in. broad ; stem simple, 1 ft. long including the spike ; flowers 4—6 in a very lax spike with a flexuose rachis, all suberect ; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, 1-14 in. long; perianth-tube nearly straight, 12 in. long; segments as long as the tube, oblong-spathulate, sub- acute, milk-white with a red keel, 3-3 in. broad ; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb. Red. Lil, ¢. 122 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t, 647; Gen. Irid. 142; Baker, Handb, Irid. 218. G. angustus, Herd. Linn. ex parte. G. vittatus, Zuccagn. in Roem. Coll, 121. : without locality, Thunberg! Bowie! ‘ Coase Peat Vitenhage Div, ies! Bathurst Div.; between Riet Fontein and the sea-shore, Burchell, 4081! 57. G. Macowani (Baker, Handb. Irid. 219); corm not seen ; stem 2-3 ft. long; produced leaves ensiform, more rigid in texture than 156 : IRIDEX (Baker). . [ Gladiolus. in the other Cardinales, 14 ft. long, }—} in. broad ; flowers 6-10 in a lax distichous spike, all suberect ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, lower 13-2 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube straight, 2 in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper third or quarter ; segments oblong, acute, subequal, 1} in. long, 3 in. broad ; stamens reaching halfway up the limb. G. secundus, Soland. in Herb. Banks/ CrntraL ReGion: Somerset Div.; on the Zuurberg and Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 236! Aliwal North Div. ; on the Witte Bergen, Cooper, 3600! Differs from the other Cardinales by the segments being subequal and shorter than the tube. 58. G. Adlami (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1889, v. 233); stem 1-1} ft. long; leaves ensiform, 1-1} ft. long, an inch broad at the middle, with distant, strong, unequal, stramineous ribs; flowers 5-6, aggregated in a moderately dense, equilateral, simple, erect spike; outer spathe- valve oblong-lanceolate, brown, 13-2 in. long; perianth greenish- yellow; tube erect, nearly straight, narrowly funnel-shaped, an inch long ; segments oblong, acute; upper slightly arcuate, as long as the tube, granulated all over with minute red dots; five others smaller, minutely cuspidate, the inner plain greenish-yellow, the two others granulated with red towards the tip; stamens and style a little longer than the perianth ; filaments white ; anthers linear, } in. long, granulated with red. Handb. Irid. 219. KatanArRiI Reeion: Transvaal, Adlam ! = ae from a plant grown in the Cambridge botanic garden by Mr. R. I. iy . _ 89, G. cardinalis (Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 135); corm large, globose ; stem 3-4 ft. long; produced leaves 4-6, ensiform, rather thin in texture, glaucous green, reaching 2 ft. or more in length, ?—1 in. broad; flowers 12-20 in a spike 3-1 ft. long, all more or less ascending; spathe-valves green, thin in texture, lanceolate, acute, 1}-3 in. long ; perianth bright scarlet ; tube nearly straight, 1} in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segments oblong- spathulate, acute, concolorous, 2 in. long, #-1 in. broad ; 3 lower shorter and narrower, conspicuously mottled with white at the throat ; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb; anthers lanceolate, 2 the length of the filaments. Schmeev. Ic, t. 27; Red. Lil. t. 112; Ker, Gen. Irid. 143; Baker, Handb. Irid.219. G. speciosus, Eckl. Top. Verz. 41, non Thunb. SoutH AFaica: without locality, Masson! Coast Region: Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, Drége / 60. G. splendens (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 333); corm not seen ; stem about 2 ft. long; produced leaves ensiform, not very rigid in texture, 1-1} ft. long, 3 ia. broad; flowers 4-6 in a lax distichous spike, all ascending ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 1}-2 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube nearly straight, 13 in, long, funnel-shaped in the upper third; upper segments obovate, Gladiolus. ] IRIDEZ (Baker). 157 minutely cuspidate, 2 in. long, above an inch broad; 3 lower rather narrower and shorter, with a pale keel through the lower half; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb. Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 176; Handb. Irid. 219. Coast Reeion: George Div, ; mountains near Oakhurst, Dumbleton ! A near ally of G. cardinalis. 61. G. cruentus (Moore in Gard. Chron. 1868, 1138); corm large, globose ; stem 2-3 ft. long ; produced leaves about 4, ensiform, dark glaucous green, 13-2 ft. long, }-1 in. broad; spike rather dense, distichous, 6-10-flowered ; bracts very large, lanceolate, the lower sometimes 3-6 in. long; perianth bright scarlet; tube 14-2 in. long, nearly straight, funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segments concolorous, obovate-spathulate, obseurely cuspidate, 2-23 in, long, 1j-1} in. broad ; 3 lower about 1} in. long, 1 in. broad, with a large white blotch at the throat with small red spots; anthers lanceolate, reaching halfway up the limb. Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5810; Baker, Handb. Irid, 219. Eastern ReGion: Natal, Hort. Bull. A near ally of G. cardinalis, _ 62. G. dracocephalus (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5884); corm large, depresso-globose ; stem simple, about 2 ft. long; produced leaves ensiform, 1-14 ft. long, $-1 in. broad, moderately firm in texture; flowers few, arranged in a very lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long; perianth-tube much- curved, greenish, 14-2 in. long; limb 1} in. long, yellowish-green, minutely grained and spotted with dull purple; upper segments obovate, permanently hooded, #-1 in. broad; lower lanceolate, reflexing ; stamens reaching near to the top of the segments; anthers Tanceolate, less than half as long as the filaments. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 176; Handb. Irid. 220. Eastern Recion: Natal, at the foot of the Drakensberg, Cooper, 3593! upper part of Tugela River, Allison ! : Also flowered at Kew, Aug. 1887, from bulbs sent by Mr. Adlam. 63. G. platyphyllus (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1893, xiv. 456); corm large, globose; stem 1} ft. long, bearing 4-5 leaves with long- sheathing bases ; leaves broadly ensiform, firm, green, the lowest a foot long above the sheathing base, 2 in. broad at the middle; spike lax, secund, 3-1 ft. long; outer spathe-valve oblong-navicular, green, 14-2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 1} in. long, 3 in. diam. at the throat; limb with fine red lines on a yellow ground; 3 upper segments oblong, acute, §-{ in. broad, standing forward, convex ; 3 lower much smaller, oblanceolate, reflexing; stamens 3 in. shorter than the upper segments. Eastern Rucion : Natal; Inanda, Wood, 422! Bothas Hill, 2000 ft., Wood, "4819! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1532! Transkei, Hort. Leichélin / 158 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. 64. G. psittacinus (Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 3032) ; corm very large, depresso-globose ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres ; pro- duced leaves about 4, ensiform, rigid in texture, 1-2 ft. long, 1-2 in. broad; stem 3-4 ft. long including the inflorescence ; spike very lax, reaching a foot or more in length ; spathe-valves green, oblong- lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, 14-2 in. long, sub- cylindrical in the upper half; limb about equalling the tube ; upper segments obovate, dark crimson, hooded, 3-1 in. broad; lower segments much smaller, reflexing at the top, red and yellow mixed ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the segments; anthers 4 in. long ; filaments about 13 in. long; capsule large, oblong. Bot. Reg. t. 1442; Reich, Exot. t. 116; Baker, Handb, Irid. 220. G. natalensis, Reinw. ex Hook. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3084 ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard, ser. 2, t. 281; Lodd, Bot. Cab. t. 1756. Watsonia natalensis, Eckl. Top. Verz. 34, Var. B, G. Cooperi (Baker in Bot. Mag. t.6202) ; perianth-tube 25-3 in. long; segments more acute. Crentrat Recion: Albert Div., Cooper, 689! Aliwal North Div.; on the Witte Bergen, 4500-5000 ft., Drége, 3502! Var. 8, Somerset Div., Bowker ! Katanari Region: Var. 6, Transvaal; Lomatie Valley near Barberton, 4000 ft., Galpin, 1192! Orange Free State; Riet River, Burke, 87! Eastern Region: Natal, Cooper, 3189! Buchanan! Var. B, Gueinzius ! Tembuland; Bazeia Mountain, 3000 ft., Baur, 461 ! 65. G. Leichtlini (Baker, Handb. Irid. 214); corm large, globose ; leafy stem, terete, 2 ft. long; produced leaves 4, ensiform, bright green, moderately firm, a foot long, under an inch broad ; flowers 6-8 in a moderately dense, secund spike 4 ft. long; spathe- valves lanceolate, erect, 1-14 in. long; perianth bright red ; tube arcuate, 1d in. long; upper segments obovate, permanently connivent, as long as the tube; 3 lower much smaller, acute, spreading, red at the tip, yellow below it, grained with minute spots of red ; stamens shorter than the upper segments, Katanari ReGion: Transvaal, Adlam ! Described from plants flowered by Max Leichtlin in 1889, 66. G. Tysoni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 220); corm small, globose ; produced leaves about 4, crowded, ensiform, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, strongly ribbed, very oblique at the base, the outer 6—9 in. long, 14 in. broad at the middle; peduncle about a foot long, with several lanceolate bract-leaves ; flowers bright red, 4—6 in a very lax spike; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, lower 2 in, long ; perianth 4 in. long, with a limb about as long as the curved, narrowly funnel-shaped pes upper segment oblong, very convex, } in. broad; lower much smaller. : seaerene Reaion: Griqualand East; near Fort Donald, 5000 ft., Tyson, 67. G. Saundersii (Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5878) ; corm large, depresso-globose ; produced leaves 4-6, ensiform, rigid in texture, strongly ribbed, 1-2 ft. long, 3-1 in. broad; stem 2-3 ft. long Gladiolus.] _ IRIDEE (Baker), 159 including inflorescence ; spike very lax, } ft. long, 6-8-flowered ; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, 13-2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, broadly funnel-shaped in the upper half; limb bright scarlet ; 3 upper segments concolorous, oblong-spathulate, acute, an inch broad ; 3 lower shorter, } in. broad, with a great blotch of white spotted with scarlet at the throat ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the segments ; anthers 3 in. long, half the length of the filaments. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soe. xvi. 176; Handb. Irid. 220. Cxentrat Reaton: Aliwal North Div.; summit of the Witte Bergen, Cooper, 605 ! and Avoca, 4000 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr. 1546! Katanari Reoion: Transvaal; New Scotland, MacOwan, 2253! Eastern Recion: Natal; Krans Kop, McKen, 17! Inanda, Wood, 1216! Midway between G. cardinalis and psitiacinus. 68. G. aurantiacus (Klatt in Linnea xxxv. 378); corm large, globose ; produced subbasal leaves 4—6, ensiform, moderately firm in texture, 1-1} ft. long, 4? in. broad ; stem simple, about 3 ft. long, inflorescence included ; spike lax, many-flowered, sometimes a foot long ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, thin in texture, 1-2 in. long ; perianth bright orange-yellow or tinged with red; tube curved, 2 in. long, dilated suddenly at the middle, and cylindrical in the upper half; upper segments obovate, 1-1} in. long; 3 lower oblong, shorter; stamens reaching halfway up the segments. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc, xvi. 176; Handb. Irid. 221. Eastern Recion: Natal; Pietermaritzburg, 2000-3000 ft., Sutherland! mverton: 2400 ft., Wood, 4968! and without precise locality, Sanderson ! Krauss, 77! ‘Booavd alive from Messrs. Dammann, of Naples, in July, 1886. 69. G. alatus (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, 53); corm small, globose ; tunics brown, membranous; basal leaves 3-4, linear, rigid in texture, the lowest the longest, 3-1 ft. long, 1-3 in. broad, closely and strongly ribbed ; stem 3-1 ft. long including the inflorescence ; spike usually simple, few-flowered, very lax, with a very flexuose axis ; spathe- valves broad, green, oblong-navicular, the outer 1-1} in. long; perianth pink ; tube 3 in. long, funnel-shaped at the top; Te segment cucullate, obovate, cuneate, with a short claw, 1f-1 in. long, 3—% in. broad ; side ones shorter, suborbicular, not unguiculate ; 3 lower deflexed, with a small obovate blade and a long distinct claw ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the upper segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long. Thunb. Diss. No. 15, ex parte ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t.8; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 586; Gen, Irid, 132; Baker, Handb. Irid. 223. G. speciosus, Thunb. Fl. Cap.i. 196. G. papt- lionaceus, Lichten. in Roem, et Schult, Syst. Veg. i. 408. Hebea galeata, Eckl. Top. Verz. 41, Vaz. 8, G. namaquensis fee: lad eae 2 t. rug Bests robust, gar a i 2 in. ’ wers, and upper perianth-segments a acai mee Trid. 182. G@. sethiin; Thunb. Fl. Cap. 192. G. galeatus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 122. Sour Argica: without locality, Pappe! Thom! Var. B, Thunberg! Coast Rreion : Cape Flats near Duiker Viey, below 100 ft., MacO:can, 2268 ! 160 i reipe® (Baker). [ Gladiolus. MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 278! near Paarl, Drége, 8447a! Stellen- bosch, Sanderson, 956! Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof and Zwartland, Thunderg! Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 98! Western Region: Var. 8, Little Namaqualand; near Ookiep, 3000 ft., Bolus, 5793! and without precise locality, Masson ! Scully, 147! 70. G. spathulatus (Baker, Handb. Irid. 223); corm not seen ; leaves linear, firm in texture, 1-14 ft. long, }4in. broad, with thickened stramineous midrib and edges ; stem | ft. long including inflorescence, slender, terete, simple; flowers 4-5 in a very lax spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve green, oblong- navicular, an inch long, 4 in. broad ; perianth dull red ; tube slender, funnel-shaped, + in. long; upper segment 1} in. long, 3—$ in. broad, obovate-spathulate ; 2 side ones rather shorter, similar in shape and size ; 3 lower deflexed, brownish-purple, obovate, 4 in. broad, with long claws ; stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments. Katanart ReeGion: Transvaal; De Beer, near the Nylstrom River, Nelson, 295 ! Allied to G. alatus and orchidiflorus, 71. G. orchidiflorus (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 241); corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of parallel strands of matted fibres; basal leaves 3~4, linear, firm in texture, $~1 ft. long, 4-4 in. broad ; stem 1-1} ft. long including inflorescence, usually simple ; flowers 4-6 in a very lax spike with a very. flexuose rachis; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, 1-1} in. long; perianth greenish-yellow ; tube slender, } in. long; upper segment curved over, oblong, an inch long, $4 in, broad, with a very distinct claw; side ones much shorter, = in. broad, with a short claw ; 3 lower decurved, with an obovate lamina 4 in. broad and a long claw ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the top segments ; anthers 4 the length of the filament. Baker, Handb. Irid. 224. G. alatus, Thunb, Diss. No. 15, ex parte; Jacq. Ic. t. 259. G. viperatus, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 688; Gen. Irid. 131; tae Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 156. G. virescens, Thunb, Fl. Cap. i, 196, Sour Argica: without locality, Thunberg! Oldenburg ! Thom! Burchell ! ob gig dekh Lene acu ae : amaq near Koo — 3000 ft., 72. G@. pulchellus (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 693); corm small, globose ; tunics pale brown, membranous; lowest leaf subterete, a foot or more long, the other 2-3, superposed, much shorter; stem 1 ft. long including inflorescence, simple or branched ; flowers 4-8 in a very lax spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, green, 3~{ in. long ; flowers pale pinkish-purple ; perianth-tube 4 in. long; mpper segment arched, oblong, with a long claw, 3 in. long, } in. broad; side segments shorter, ovate, acute, in. broad; 3 lower deflexed, obovate, with a long claw, } in. broad ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments; anthers } the length of Gladiolus.} IRIDEZ (Baker). 161 the filaments: Baker, Handb, Irid. 224. Hebea pulchella, Eckl. Herb. Gladiolus virescens B, Herb. Thunb. / South AFRIcA: without locality, Thunberg ! Bowie ! Coast Recion: Caledon Div.; near Appels Kraal, Zonder Kinde River, Zeyher, 3994! Humansdorp Div.; between Kabeljouw River and Gamtoos River, Drége, 8415! 73. G. bicolor (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178) ; corm small, globose ; tunics membranous ; lower leaf the longest, subterete, firm in texture, a foot long ; 2-3 others superposed, with short, free points ; stem simple, 6-9 in. long including inflorescence ; flowers 2~3 in a very lax spike; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-navicular, an inch long; perianth dull yellow; tube 3 in, long ; upper segment arching, 1-1} in, long, obovate, 4 in. broad, with a long claw; 2 side ones — much shorter, suborbicular ; 3 lowest deflexed, obovate cuspidate, 4 in. broad, with very long claws; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the upper segment; anthers 4 the length of the filament. Handb. Irid. 224. Hebea bicolor, Eckl. Top. Verz. 42. G. luteus, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 694, ex parte, G..Templemannii, Klatt in Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 197. Coast RuGion: Caledon Div.; on the Zwartherg, near the Hot Springs, Templeman in Herb. MacOwan, 2608! Caledon, Zeyher ! Rogers ! 74. G. arcuatus (Klatt, Erginz. 4); corm ovoid; tunics with rhomboid areole; produced leaves 2-3, narrow linear, firm in texture, 4-6 in. long, } lin, broad; stem 3 ft. long including inflorescence, simple; flowers 2-6 in a lax spike with a very flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 4—$ in. long; perianth pinkish, with a greenish tube } in. long; upper segment oblong-unguiculate, acute, arching, an inch long, } in. broad ; the other segments similar in shape, but rather shorter; stamens # the length of upper segment. Baker, Handb. Irid. 224. Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand ; near Koper Berg, 2000-8000 ft., Dréje, 2629c! Spektakel Mountain, near ’Naries, 3600 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb, Norm. 700! and without precise locality, Morris in Herb. Bolus, 5795! 75. G. formosus (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 692) ; corm ovoid ; tunics of thick, wiry, brown fibres ; leaves firm in texture, narrow linear or subterete, the lower a foot or more long ; stem 1-2} ft. long including inflorescence, simple or branched ; spikes lax, the end one 6-9 in. long; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, # in. long; flowers bright mauve- purple ; perianth-tube } in. long, funnel-shaped in the upper half; upper segment 1-1} in. long, cucullate, oblong-spathulate, acute, din, broad: 2 side ones similar in size and shape, but shorter; 3 lower deflexed, with a small obovate, cuspidate lamina and long claws; stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments, Baker, Handb. Irid. 225. Hebea formosa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 42. Coast Recrion : Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 192! 2163! 76. G. edulis (Burch. ex Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 169); corm ovoid; tunics of parallel pai of fine matted fibres; produced leaves about 3, 162 1RIpEZ (Baker) [ Gladiolus. narrow linear, firm in texture, the lowest sometimes overtopping the stem ; stems slender, 1-2 ft. long including the inflorescence, simple or branched ; flowers 8-15 in a lax distichous spike ; outer spathe- valve oblong-lanceolate, acute, subscariose,.j—}# in. long; perianth pale lilac or whitish; tube funnel-shaped, } in. long; segments all with a very distinct cusp; upper obovate-unguiculate, # in. long; 2 side ones oblong, with a long claw; 3 lower lanceolate, with a long claw; stamens reaching more than halfway up the limb; capsule membranous, oblong, $-? in. long. Baker, Handb. frid. 225. G. permeabilis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178, ex parte. Coast Rzaion : stony mountains around King Williamstown, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 840! Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, Cooper, 3195! 8196! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1809 ! CrenTRAL Reeion: Graaff Reinet Div. ; on the Sneeuw Bergen, 4000-5000 ft., Drége, 8417b! and hills near Graaff Reinet, 2500-4000 ft., Bolus, 408! near Somerset East, 2500 ft., MacOwan, 1891! Katanart Reeion: Bechuanaland; Pellat Plains, Burchell, 2240! Basuto- land, Cooper, 3317! Orange Free State; Nelsons Kop, Cooper, 877! Differs from G@. permeabdilis by its remarkably cuspidate perianth-segments. 77. G. Scullyi (Baker, Handb. Irid. 224); whole plant 1-13 ft. long ; corm 1-1} in, diam.; tunics thick, lacerated from the base and apex ; stem a few inches long; produced leaves 6-8, firm, linear, strongly ribbed, 4 in. broad, the lower 8-9 in. long; inflorescence a panicle of 3—4 lax spikes 3-4 in. long, with a flexuose axis; outer spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the lower an inch long; perianth reddish, about an inch long; segments obovate-unguiculate, the upper Zin. broad. Westekn Recion: Little Namaqualand, Scully, 158! Near G. edulis 78, G. Dregei (Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 693) ; corm ovoid, 3 in. diam. ; tunics brown, with rhomboid areole; produced leaves 3-4, narrow linear, firm in texture, 4—6 in. long, 3, in. broad; stem 6~9 in. long including the inflorescence, simple; flowers 6-9 in a very lax spike ; outer spathe-valve green, oblong-lanceolate, } in. long ; perianth- tube j in. long; top segment } in. long, arching hemispherically, with a small obovate lamina and a very long distinct claw; the other segments shorter, obovate, distinctly unguiculate; stamens reachi ra to the tip of the perianth-segment. Baker, Handb. Irid. Western Recion: Little Namaqualand; i between Kloof and Lily Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, ol rege ee _79. @. permeabilis (Delaroche, Deser. 27, t. 2) ; corm ovoid, 3 in. diam. ; tunics of parallel fibres ; produced leaves 3-4, firm in texture, natrow linear or subterete, }—1 ft. long; stems slender, 1-2 ft. long, inflorescence included, simple or forked; flowers 6-12 in a lax distichous spike; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, greenish, }—1 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; limb with a pink or lilac tinge; upper segment obovate, indistinctly euspidate, ne ee Gladiolus. ] IRIDEZ (Baker), 163 Z in. long, 3 in. broad; 2 side ones quadrate, with a lomg claw and distinct cusp; 3 lower oblong-unguiculate ; stamens reaching more than halfway upthelimb. Baker, Handb. [rid. 225. G. dichotomus, Thunb. Diss. No. 6; Ker, Gen. Irid. 147. Hebea Zeyheri, Eckl. Top. Verz. 42. Coast Rre@ion: Swellendam Div.; mountains near the Buffeljaghts River, 1000-2000 ft., Zeyher, 3990! Alexandria Div. ; Zuurberg Range, 2500-3500 ft., Drége, 8422! between Samtees Flats and Bushman River, under 500 ft., Drége, 4546a! Bathurst Div.; between Riet Fontein and the seashore, Burchell, 4115! rocky hills near Grahamstown, Galpin, 195! King Williamstown Div. ; between Yellowwood River and Zandplaat, 1000-200) ft., Drége, 4546c! Cathcart Div.; Windvogel Berg, 4000-5000 ft., Drége, 3501 ! Eastern Ree@ion: Tembuland; mountains near Bazeia, 3000 ft., Baur, 528! pn ea ser Reeion: Bechuanaland; Pellat Plams near Takun, Burchell, 80. G. arenarius (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 178); corm large, globose ; tunics thick, of copious wiry fibres produced 3-4 inches past its neck ; leaves linear, rigid, 4-6 in. long, }-4 in. broad at the middle, with 2-3 strong ribs; stem slender, terete, simple, 1-13 ft. long including inflorescence ; spike 2-4 in. long, dense upwards ; spathe-valves oblong, brownish, rigid, } in. long; perianth bright red or yellow; tube slender, about as long as the spathe; limb 3-? in. long, all the segments with a small obovate lamina 3-2 in. broad, and a very distinct claw ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the segments ; anthers small, oblong ; capsule ovoid, inflated, 1 in. long. Handb. Irid. 226. G. trinervis and G. montanus, ex parte, Herb. Thunberg! Antholyza orchidiflora, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 733. G. orchidiflorus, Pers. Syn. i. 44, non Andrews. Schweiggera montana, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. Hebea orchidiflora, Eckl. Top. Verz. 43. Coast Recton: Table Mountain, 2000-3000 ft., Thunberg! Drége, 8342! Burchell, 640! sandy places near Cape Town below 100 ft., Bolus, 3837! Muizenberg, near Kalk Bay, 750 ft., Bolus, 4002! Tulbagh Div.; near Ceres, 1500 ft., Bolus, 7455! Breede River, near Darling Bridge, 1000 ft., Bolus, 2821! Datoits Kloof, 2000-4000 ft., Drége! Alexandria Div. ; sund dunes at the mouth of Bushman River, Zeyher, 1612! : 81. G. montanus (Linn. fil. Suppl. 95) ; corm globose ; tunics thick, of copious, wiry, long fibres ; basal leaves linear, rigid in texture, 1-1} ft. long, }4 in. broad at the middle, with about 5 strong stramineous ribs ; stems 2-3 ft. long including inflorescence, simple or branched ; spikes lax, many-flowered, distichous, sometimes a foot long; spathe-valves oblong, rigid, brownish, }-} in. long; perianth pale red ; tube slender, rather longer than the spathe; limb an inch long ; segments all with a small obovate lamina 4 in. broad and a very long claw ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the segments ; anthers 4 the length of the filaments; capsule rigid, oblong, 5 in. long. Thunb. Diss. No. 1, t. 1, fig. 4; Prodr.8; Baker, Handb. Frid. 226. Antholyza montana, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 233; Gen. Irid. 156; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1022. G. parviflorus, Jacq. Obs. iv. 2, 1. 78. G. tabularis, Pers, Syn. i. 44. Hebea tabularis, Eckl. Top. Vérz. 43. 164 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Gladiolus. Van. 8, nemorosus (Baker); more robust than the type, with leaves 4-3 in. broad and much-branched stems 4-5 ft. long. Antholyza nemorosa, Klatt, Ergdnz.12, Schweiggera nemorosa, E. Meyer in herb. Drége. : Var. y, ramosus (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 178); stems slender, branched ; leaves narrow linear, with 2-3 ribs; spikes laxer than in the type; perianth-segments with a smaller lamina. Antholyza ramosa, Klatt in Linnea xxxii, 784; Erganz. 13. Hebea ramosa, Eckl, Top. Vers. 43. Coast ReGion: summit of Table Mountain, Thunberg ! Worcester Div. ; Drakenstein Mts., near Bains Kloof, 1600 ft., Bolus, 4069! Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 1680a! Caledon Div.; Baviaans Kloof and mountains near Genadendal, Burchell, 7848 ! 864! Nieuwe Kloof, Houw Hoek Mts., Burchell, 8113! Var. 8, between Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, below 1000 ft., Drége, 1579! Clanwilliam Div.; between Lange Vallei and Oliphants River, 1000-1500 ft., Drege! on the Witsenberg near Tulbagh, Burchell, 8276 ! Caledon Div. ; near Genadendal, Burchell, 7921! Var. y, Worcester Div., Cooper, 8314! Caledon Div. ; Ganse Kraul, Slang River, Burchell, 7559! Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7602 ! between Donker Hoek and Houw Hoek Mts., Burchell, 8012! George Div. ; on the Postberg near George, Burchell, 5949! Hybrid Gladioli. The following are the principal cultivated hybrid types which have originated from Cape species, to which Latin names have been given, viz. :— 1. G. GANDAVENSIS, figured in Flore des Serres, tome 2, liv. 3, t. 1, in which the psittacinus element predominates, The flower is similar to that of psitta- cinus in size ahd shape, but the red is pure and bright, instead of being mixed with yellow in minute grains and streaks. G. brenchleyensis, Hort., is closely allied, Most likely they are both hybrids between psittacinus and cardinalis. 2. G. GANDAVENSIS CITRINUS, Flore des Serres, t. 539. Flower like that of psittacinus in size and shape, but bright yellow. 3. G. WILLMOREANUS, Flore des Serres, t. 639. Said to be a hybrid between oppositiflorus and gandavensis. Flower like psittacinus in size and shape, but white, with radiating lines of pink. 4. G, Ramosus, figured in Paxton’s Mag. vi. p. 99. Said to be a hybrid between cardinalis and oppositiflorus. The flower resembles that of blandus, but is pink, with dark blotches at the base of the three lower segments. G. spofforth- tanus, raised by Dean Herbert by crossing cardinalis with blandus, is closely allied, These flower earlier and are more hardy than the gandavensis hybrids. 5. G, PuDIBUNDDS, figured in Paxton’s Mag. ii. p. 197. A type near G, flori- bundus, Jacq., with erect, pinkish-white flowers, with obovate segments, with a faint blotch at the base of the three lower. 6. G. CorvitiE1, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 155, raised from seeds of tristis var. concolor fertilized with the pollen of cardinalis. It has bright scarlet flowers with oblong acute segments, with a lanceolate blotch of bright yellow at the base of the three lower ones, G. insignis is closely allied. G. Colvillei albus (the bride) is a frequent form with white flowers. _ The following are rare hybrid Cape types to which Latin names have been given, viz. :— 7. G. MITCHAMIENSIS, a hybrid between tristis and hirsutus, figured by Dean Herbert in Trans, Hort. Soc. vol, iv. t. 2, as G. tristi-hirsutus. vi ee a hybrid between tristis and blandus, figured in the same plate as the 9. G, PRoPINQUUS, a hybrid between floribundus and blandus, very near the 10, G. FRaGRaNS, a hybrid between recurvus and tristis. 11 and 12, G. wayLockranus and G, pELICATUS, hybrids between recurvus and dlandus, EE Ae SUNT ee TS Gladiolus.] IRIDEX (Baker). 166 13, G. HERBERTIANUS, a hybrid between tristis and spofforthianus. 14, G, opoRatus, a hybrid between hirsutus and spofforthianus. 15. and 16, G, caNDIDUS and INCARNaTUS, hybrids between blandus and cardinalis. In the old series of the Floral Magazine there are plates of hybrid Cape Gladioli at tt. 36, 77, 123, 171, 184, 222, 266, 315, 363, 364, 405, 419, 463, 464, 507, 508 and 556; and in the new series on tt. 43, 102, 295 and 296. Of late years several hybrids have been raised, especially by M. Lemoine, of Nancy, between G@. gandavensis and G. purpureo- auratus, These are known in gardens under the name of G. Lemoineit. Three of them are figured in the ‘“‘ Garden,” July 24th, 1886. Max Leichtlin has lately raised several fine hybrids between G. Saundersit and gandavensis, which have been sent out in America under the name of G. Childsi. M. Lemoine has also lately crossed Lemoinei with Saundersit, and this is called G. nanceianus, Hort. XXXI. ANTHOLYZA, Linn. Perianth with a long, curved tube, filiform at the base, cylindrical in the upper half ; segments oblong or lanceolate, generally unequal, the uppermost the longest. Stamens unilateral, contiguous, arcuate, inserted low down in the perianth-tube ; anthers lanceolate, sagittate at the base. Ovary 3-celled; ovules superposed in the cells; style filiform ; branches simple, flattened and cuneate at the tip. Capsule membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds turgid or discoid, generally winged, Rootstock a tunicated corm; leaves generally linear or ensiform ; intiorescence a simple, rarely branched spike; spathe-valves lanceolate, entire, herbaceous or rigid in texture ; flowers large, usually bright red. : Disrk1s. Besides the Cape species there are four in Tropical Africa. Subgenus EvanTHOLYzA. Segments of the limb unequal, the upper lingulate- unguiculate, standing forward, the others shorter, spreading. U part of perianth-tube not saccate at the base : Lar Sores very long ; flowers few... +. ov (1) quadrangularis, Spathe middle-sized ; flowers many: pave a Ww ~~ ae eke +» (2) caffra, ves ensiform, in. : Perianth-limb bright red... -» (3) intermedia. Perianth-limb dall violet .-» (4) spicata. Leaves ensiform, 1-14 in. broad ... ... (5) ethiopica, Spathe small, valves rigid : edie ork «an i Leaves 2-3 in. broad oe (7) paniculata, Upper part of perianth-tube obscurely saccate_... Cunonia. Upper part of perianth-tube strongly saccate 9) saccata. Subgenus Homociossum. Segments of the limb nearly equal. Spikes few-flowered, secund : Leaf-sheaths glabrous .., sve ss» wes (10) revoluta, Leaf-sheaths ele wk oe bad COS 28 ikes dense, equila : Ts iasiven cainen eas coda _ wa. (12) Lucidor, Leaves ensiform, with 3-4 strong,distant ribs (13) nervosa, Spike long, lax... .. + ves wwe (14) laxiffora. . eee 166 rripgz (Baker). [Antholyza. 1. A. quadrangularis (Burm. Prod. Cap. 1); corm large, globose, stoloniferous ; stem slender, terete, simple, 2-3 ft. long ; leaves like those of Gladiolus tristis, superposed, narrow linear ; flowers 2-4 in a very lax spike; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, herbaceous, 15-2 in. long ; perianth variegated, bright red and yellow ; tube curved, 2 in. long, cylindrical in the upper half, not saccate ; upper segment red, lingulate, } in. long, the others much smaller, greenish, oblong or lanceolate, spreading ; anthers purple, lanceolate, reaching to the tip of the upper segment. Baker, Handb. Irid. 231. Gladiolus quad- rangularis, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 567; Gen. Irid. 131. Petamenes quadrangularis, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 324. Anisanthus quadrangularis, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 727. Gladiolus abbreviatus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 166. Antholyza abbreviata, Pers. Syn. i. 42. Sourn Arrica: without locality. 2. A. caffra (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 232) ; corm large, globose ; tunics brown, breaking up into fine bristles ; stem slender, terete, simple, 13—2 ft. long, with 2-3 much-reduced linear leaves ; leaves several, basal, narrow linear, firm in texture, 1 ft. long, green ; flowers 12-20, arranged in a lax spike 4-6 in. long, bright red; spathe-valves brown, lanceolate, 3-3 in. long; perianth-tube 1—]{ in. long, cylindrical in the upper half ; upper segment lingulate-spathu- late, $-1 in. long; the others much smaller, spreading, oblanceolate or lanceolate ; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment ; anthers lanceolate, }- in. long; capsule large, inflated; seeds triquetrous, narrowly winged. Ker, Gen. Irid. 156; Baker, Handb. Irid. 230. Anisanthus splendens, Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. ii. t, 84; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 727. Gladiolus splendens, Herb. in Bot. Reg. 1848, Misc. 46. Coast REGION: mountains near George, in damp places, 1000-2000 ft., Drége, 8494b! Burchell, 6010! Uitenhage, Harvey, 306! Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, Drége, 3494d ! Albany Div.; near Riebeek, Burchell, 3487 Grahai town, MacOwan, 15! : ‘ sees ae ne ——— Popes : eae Cooper, 3209 ! is is in Herb. Thun as a variety of A. wthiopica. Plant’s hybrid Antsanth, 4 ‘ : : : : Suara’ n Bot. erp - am is a hybrid between this and a hybrid Gladiolus 3. A. intermedia (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180); corm not seen; stem terete, simple, about as long as the leaves; basal leaves 6-10, linear, 6-9 in. long, moderately firm in texture, }—} in. broad at the middle, with 3 prominent ribs ; flowers many, a! in a moderately dense equilateral spike 4-5 in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, red-tinted, about $ in. long, the inner one rather the largest ; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, cylindrical in the upper half ; segments all bright red, lingulate-unguiculate, black on the claw, the upper one an inch long, the others considerably shorter ; — peeriat nearly to the tip of the upper segment. Handb. ri , Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; in rock MacOwan, 2070! ™ y ground at Van Stadens Hooghte, Comes in between A, ethiopica and A. caffra. ee the tube much shorter, 1-14 in. long; spathe shorter. A. ethiopica, Antholyza.] Inipgz (Baker), 167 4. A. spicata (Brehmer ex Klatt, Erginz. 11) ; stem simple, terete, 2-2 ft. long ; basal leaves 6-8, linear, 1 ft. long, } in. broad, with 8-4 strong ribs ; flowers arranged in a close spike 3—4 in. long; spathe- valves ovate, acute, reddish, the inner one the largest, an inch long ; perianth-tube slender, as long as the spathe, widened to a broadly cylindrical lurid throat; all the segments dull violet, the upper 3 in, long, the others subequal, oblong, } in. long; anthers one-sixth the length of the filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 229. Coast Rrea@ion : Worcester Div.; on hills near Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 1576, 5. A. ethiopica (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 54); corm globose, large ; tunics brown, membranous; stem branched, 3-4 ft. long ; basal leaves several, ensiform, forming a fan-shaped rosette, 1-14 ft. long, 1 in. or more broad, moderately firm in texture, green; flowers red- yellow, many, arranged in a moderately dense spike, which is sometimes 6-9 in. long ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, greenish, 4-3 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 18-21 lines long, cylindrical in the upper two- thirds ; upper segment red, lingulate, 1-1} in. long, the others much shorter, spreading ; stamens reaching to the top of the upper segment; capsule oblong, 3 in. long; seeds turgid, not winged. Thunb. Prodr, 7; Fl. Cap. i. 163; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 561; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 210; Baker, Handb. Irid. 230. A. prealta, Red. Lil. t. 387. A. ringens, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 82. A. floribunda, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i, 324. Var, 8, A: immarginata (Thunb. Herb.) ; not so tall; leaf narrower, about 4 in. broad ; flower red, with a little dull yellow, the limb as long as in pay yet . #. 110. Var. y, A. vittigera (Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i, 324); stature of the type; ianth-tube bright yellow, with stripes of red. Bot. Mag. t. 1172. — fg 8 6, A. Sieslox’ (Gaon. in Belg. Hort. ii. 145, cum icone) ; habit dwarfer than in the type; leaves narrower; perianth-tube red at the top, bright pale yellow in the lower half. 4, e¢hiopica, var. minor, Bot. Reg. t. 1159. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Masson! Vars. y and 3, cultivated. Coast Recion : Lion Mountain and Camps Bay, Pappe! near Cape Town, MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1549! George Div.; by rivulets in woods, Thunberg / Var. 8, Table Mountain, 200 ft., MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1550! Devils Mountain, 500 ft., Bolus, 4747! Swellendam Div.; Buffeljaghts River, near Sparrbosch, Drége, 8340! Mossel Bay Div. ; between Mossel Bay and Zout River, Burchell, 6339! George Div., Thunberg ! Knysna Div.; Melville, in the forest, Burchell, 5422! Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, MacOwan, 619! 6. A. fucata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180) ; corm large, globose ; tunics brown, membranous ; basal leaves ensiform, firm in texture, green, 2-24 ft. long, 3-} in. broad ; inflorescence branched, overtopping the leaves; flowers arranged in a lax, spreading, secund spike 3-4 in. long, with a flexuose rachis; spathe-valves ovate, under } in, long; perianth bright red and yellow ; tube curved, 18-21 lin. long, cylindrical in the upper half; upper segment red, lingu- late, } in. long; the others shorter, oblanceolate or lanceolate, yellow, spreading; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the ton 168 in1pEz (Baker). [ Antholyza. segment ; style protruding beyond it. Handb. Irid. 229. Tritonia fucata ; Herbert in Bot. Reg. 1838, ¢. 35. Sout AFRICA: witbout locality. Kuown only from the figure cited, which was drawn from specimens grown by Dean Herbert at Spofforth in 1837. ; 7. A. paniculata (Klatt in Linnea xxxv. 379); corm large, globose; stems stout, terete, 3-4 ft. long; fully developed lower leaves lanceolate, very oblique at the base, rigid, but thin in texture, 11-2 ft. long, 2-8 in. broad, with 9-11 distant prominent ribs ; inflorescence copiously panicled; spikes equilateral, close, many- flowered, with a very wavy rachis; spathe-valves rigid, brown, oblong, 4-4 in. long; perianth bright reddish-yellow.; tube curved, 1-1; in. long, gradually widened to a throat 4 in, diam.; upper segment lingulate, 4-2 in. long; the others smaller, spreading, lanceolate; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment. Baker, Handb, Irid. 229. Kaxarari Recion: 'l'ransvaal; by the side of streams, Lomatie Valley, near Barberton, 4000 1t., Galpin, 1211! MecMac, near Pilgrims Rest, Mudd / EasteRN Racion: Natal; upper part of Tugela River, Allison! Klip River oa! bank of » stream, Wood, 3499! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 0! : A very fine and distinct species, remarkable for its palm-like leaves, copiously- panicled spikes, and small rigid spathee. 8. A. Cunonia (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 54); corm small, globose; tunics membranous; stem simple, 1-1} ft. long, with several re- duced leaves with short, free, linear points; produced leaves about 4, linear, moderately firm in texture, 3-1 ft. long; flowers 4-6, bright red, arranged in a very lax spike ; spathe-valves herbaceous, green, lanceolate, $ in. long; perianth-tube an inch long, faintly saccate at the base of the cylindrical upper half; upper segment spoon-shaped, 14 in, long; lateral much shorter, obovate, adnate to the upper segment halfway up; basal very small and inserted lower down ; stamens reaching to the tip of the upper segment; capsule oblong, membranous, }-} in. long; seeds discoid, with a broad wing. Miller Ic. 75,#.113; Thunb. Diss. No. 4; Prodr. 7; Fl. Cap. i. 165; Red, Lil. t. 12; Baker, Handb, Irid. 231. Cunonia Antholyza, Miller, Gard. Dict. edit. viii. Gladiolus Ownonia, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 230; Gen. Irid. 180. Anisanthus Cunonia, Sweet, Hort. Brit, edit. 2,500; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 728. Coast ReGion: near Town, Thunberg ! ivi Muizenberg, Bolus, “S711 "aimone Bay, Wright hac 22 & rons ea tenets River, Rogers ! 9, A. saccata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi, 180); corm ovoid, small ; tunics brown, membranous ; stems 2-3 ft. long, simple or branched, with several superposed long-sheathing leaves with free linear points ; lower leaves narrow linear, moderately firm in texture, bright green, about a foot long, with 3 strong ribs; flowers 4-10 in lax secund. spikes; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, herba- ceous, 3-1 in. long; perianth-tube 1-1) in. long, conspicuously Antholyza.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 169 saccate at the base of the cylindrical upper part; upper segment lingulate, an inch long; lateral oblong-lanceolate, much shorter ; lower very small; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the upper segment; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 4 in. long. Handb. Irid. 231. Anisanthus saccatus, Klatt in Linnwa xxxv. 300. Westzen Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; Karoo-like heights near Holle River, under 100 ft., Drége, 2646! 10, A. revoluta (Burm. Prodr. Cap. 1) ; corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, cancellate; stem slender, terete, simple, 1-14 ft. long, with 2-3 reduced leaves with long glabrous sheaths; produced leaf - one, linear-subulate, 1 ft. long, firm in texture; flowers 2-4 ina very lax secund spike, bright red; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, herbaceous, 1-2 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 14-2 in. long, cylindrical in the upper half; upper segments oblong, $-1 in. long ; lower smaller, lanceolate, faleate; stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments; anthers } in. long; style-arms short, cuneate. Gladiolus Watsonius, Thunb. Diss. No. 10; Prodr. 8; Fl. Cap. i. 173; Jaeg. Ic. t. 2338; Bot. Mag. t. 450; Red. Lil. t, 369. G. precoz, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 38. G. recurvus, Houtt. Handl. xii. 49, t. 79, fig. 1, non Linn. Watsonia revoluta and precox, Pers. Syn. i. 42. Homoglossum revolutum, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 161. H. precoz, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 325, Var. 8, Gawleri (Baker); segments of the limb larger, variegated red and yellow over the lower half of the face. Homoglossum revolutum, var. Gawleri, Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 161. Gladiolus Gawleri, Klatt, Ergiins, 7. Coast Region: Lion Mountain, Thunberg! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 289 ! MacOwan, 2302! near Cape Town, 50 ft., Bolus, 3729 ; Malmesbury Div. ; between Kikenboom and Riebeeks Castle, Drége, 8448b! Albany Div. ; mountain sides of Broekhuzens Poort, near Grahamstown, 2000-2500 ft.; Galpin, 66! Western RxGion; Little Namaqualand ; hills along the Hartebeest River, . ft., Zeyher, 3976! 11. A. Merianella (Linn. Syst. Veg. edit. 13, 77) ; corm globose, lin diam.; stem slender, terete, simple, 1-1} ft. long ; leaves 3-4, superposed, all with short, narrow linear, strongly-ribbed free points and long hairy sheaths; flowers 3-6 in a very lax secund spike, pale pink ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, herbaceous, $13 in. long; perianth with a curved tube 18-21 lin. long, cylindrical in the upper half ; segments broad, oblong, subequal, obtuse, 3-2 in. long; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in, long; style-branches very slender. Gladiolus Merianellus, Thunb. Diss. 11; Prodr. 7; Fl. Cap. i. 172; Ker, Gen. Irid. 133 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 227. Homoglossum Meria- nella, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 161. Gladiolus hirsutus, var. Merianellus, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 727. Watsonia humilis, Pers. Syn. i. 42, non Miller. W. pilosa, Klatt in Trans. South Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 200. ie ge Ae : : wi ity, Oldenburg! Masson! Harvey, ig ere: pint ga the Cape Foran, 800-1000 ft., Thunberg ! 170 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Antholyza. Rogers! Bolus, 4869! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 290! MacOwan, 2510, and Herb. Aust. Afr., 1551! 12. A. Lucidor (Linn. fil. Suppl. 96); corm large; globose ; tunics brown, breaking up into fine fibres; stems simple, terete, 1-1} ft. long, with several superposed leaves with subulate free points; basal leaves rigid, narrow linear at the base, subulate upwards; flowers many, bright-red, arranged in a dense equilateral spike 3-6 in. long; spathe-valves oblong-navicular, rigid in texture, }—} in. long, the inner the largest; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, cylindrical in the upper two-thirds; segments oblong-unguiculate, subequal, 3-2 in. long; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long; style-branches short, slender, cuneate atthe tip. Thunb. Diss. No.1; Prodr.7; Fl. Cap. i. 162; Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 233; Gen. Irid. 156. Gladiolus Lucidor, Baker; Handb Irid. 227. Homoglossum Lucidor, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 161. Watsonia lucidior, Eckl. Tup. Verz. 36. Coast Region: near Constantia, Thunberg! Devils Mountain, Ecklon, 88! Paarl Mts., Drége! Caledon Div.; Donker Hoek Mts., Burchell, 7962! between Donker Hoek and Houw Hoek Mts., Burchell, 8013! mountains near Gena- dendal, Burchell, 7697/2! 8638! I know nothing of W. pottbergensis and tigrina, Eckl. loc. cit., named only, not described, said to be closely allied to this species, 13. A. nervosa (Thunb. Diss. No. 3); corm large, globose ; outer tunics breaking up into fine fibres; inner produced past its neck as flattened bristles; stems terete, simple, 1-2 ft. long; basal leaves 4-6, ensiform, 5-1 ft. long, rigid in texture, 4-1 in. broad at the middle, with 4—5 strong ribs; flowers bright-red, arranged in a dense equilateral spike 3-6 in. ong; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, firm in texture, 3-3 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, cylin- drical in the upper two-thirds; limb }—} in. long, all the segments oblanceolate-unguiculate, the lower spreading, the upper straight ; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments : ‘anthers lanceolate, 7—} in. long; style-branches very short, cuneate at the top; capsule large, inflated ; seeds flat, broadly winged. Thunb. Prodr.7; Fl. Cap. i. 164; Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1172; Gen. Trid. 156. Gladiolus nervosus, Baker, Handb. Irid. 228. South Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Zeyher, 1638! Coast Region: sides of Devils Mountain near Rondebosch, 500 ft., Bolus, 4528 ! Muizenberg, 600 ft., Bolus, 4870! Worcester Div.; Goudine, Cooper, 3181! mountains near Swellendam, Burchell, 7871! Riversdale Div. ; between pce sea ta pyr pe ee Burchell, 6599! near Zoetemelks River, : poor peter Bay, Te = age Div. ; near Wittklip Mountain, MacOwan, Pg vara) in the shape of its perianth Homoglossum with Euantholyza through 14. A. laxiflora (Baker) ; corm not seen ; stem simple, 3 ft. long, bearing 4 superposed, rigid, linear, strongly-ribbed leaves, the lowest 2 ft. long, § in. broad, the second a foot long, the uppermost short ; TE = ee ae Antholyza.] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 171 spike lax, many-flowered, a foot long; spathe-valves green, lanceolate, the outer reaching 2 in. long; perianth bright-red; tube curved, dilated at the middle where the stamens are inserted, 1} in. long, % in, diam. at the throat; 8 upper segments of the limb obovate-. cuneate, 7 in. long, 3 lower smaller; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the upper segments. Gladiolus antholyzoides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1891, 70; Handb. Trid. 227. KatawarRi Region: Transvaal; damp ground near Pretoria, Elliot, 1447! ; Near A. revoluta. Oxper CXXXV. AMARYLLIDEZ, (By J. G. Baxz.) Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or nearly so. Perianth corolline, with or without a funnel-shaped tube above the ovary; segments 6, biserial. Stamens usually 6, one opposite each segment of the perianth, rarely 3 or numerous ; filaments filiform, free or united in a cup; anthers long or short, basifixed or versatile, dehiscing usually by introrse longitudinal slits. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ; placentation axile; style entire; stigmas 3, distinct or confluent ; ovules usually numerous and superposed. Fruit usually a 3-valved capsule with loculicidal dehiscence, sometimes indehiscent. Seeds usually numerous and superposed, with a black membranous or crustaceous testa; albumen fleshy, rarely horny ; embryo small, central, Usually acaulescent herbs, with all the leaves radical, rarely shrubs, with leafy stems; rvotstock a tunicated bulb in the largest typical tribe, not so in the others ; flowers usually umbellate, sometimes solitary, corymbose or racemose. Distris. Genera 64; species 650; spread widely in the temperate and tropical regions of both hemispheres. Two tribes out of five restricted to the new world, Tribe 1. HYPOXIDEZX. Rootstock a tunicated corm, Leaves all radical, dry, persistent. Inflorescence not subtended by a spathe. Flowers usually yellow and hairy outside. I. Pauridia —Stamens 3. ? II. Cureuligo.—Stamens 6, Perianth with a tube. Fruit indehiscent. : Ill. Hypoxis.—Stamens 6. Perianth without a tube. Fruit a capsule with circumscissile dehiscence. ibe 2. LEZ. Rootstock a tanicated bulb. Leaves all radical, oar weet meee various in colour, never hairy on the outside, usually in an umbel subtended by a spathe. Stamens free. * Anthers basifized. IV. Hessea.—Anthers small, subglobose. Periantn cut down nearly or quite to th . : ee Wa Gaxpelyis,- dative small, subglobose, Perianth with a distinct tube, VI. Anoiganthus.—Anthers oblong, deeply sagittate. Flowers uubellate. : VIL. Gethyllis.— Flowers solitary. Perianth hypocrateriform, Stamens uni- seriate ; anthers linear. ; : VIII. Apodolirion.—Flowers solitary. Perianth funnel-shaped. Stamens bi- seriute ; anthers linear. 172 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [Pauridia. ** Anthers dorsifized, versatile. * Fruit indehiscent or bursting irregularly. Seeds one or few bulbiform, IX. Crinum.—Segments of perianth (in the Cape species) broad. Stamens declinate. Leaves persistent. ; X. Amaryllis.—Segments of perianth broad. Stamens declinate. Leaves short-lived. ; XI. Ammocharis.—Segments of perianth narrow. Stamens erect. ** Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seeds many, compressed. XII. Brunsvigia.—Perianth cut down tothe ovary. Style not swollen at the base. Capsule turbinate, acutely angled. XII. Nerine.— Perianth cut down to the ovary. Style not swollen at the base. Capsule globose, obtusely angled. : XIV. Strumaris.—Perianth cut down tothe base. Style swollen and triquetrous towards the base. . XV. Vallota.— Perianth with a tube rather shorter than the limb. XVI. Cyrtanthus.—Perianth with a tube longer than the limb, ##* Fruit baccate or capsular. Ovules 2 or few, clustered at the middle of the placentas. XVII. Clivia.—Buld imperfect. Spathe-valves several. Fruit baccate ; ovules few. XVIIL. Hemanthus.—Buld large, tunicated. Spathe-valves several. Fruit baccate; ovules 2, collateral. XIX. Buphane.—Fruit capsular. Spathe-valves 2. Tribe 3. VELLOZIEZ. Rootstock not bulbous. Leaves coriaceous, persistent. Flowers solitary, more or less glandular outside. , XX. Vellozia.—The only genus, I, PAURIDIA, Harv. Perianth with a short infundibuliform tube above the ovary; segments oblong, subequal, spreading. Stamens 3, inserted in the perianth tube opposite the inner segments ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary clavate, 3-celled; style short, entire ; stigmas 3, subulate, falcate, sometimes 1, 2, or all short and sterile. Capsule membranous, obconic, crowned with the faded perianth, Seeds many, globose, minute, Distris. Endemic, monotypic, 1. P. hypoxidoides (Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. 342) ; corm globose, } in. diam. ; outer tunics rigid, black, cancellate, with a ring of bristles at the top ; produced leaves 6-12, linear, faleate, glabrous, 1-2 in. long ; peduncles several to a corm, very slender, 1-flowered, about as long as the ieaves ; perianth-segments yellow, tipped with green, 3—5-nerved, glabrous, in. long ; ovary glabrous, } in. long ; capsule often oblique, with one or two of the cells abortive. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 126. Ixia minuta, Linn. fil. Suppl. 92; Thunb. Diss, Inia, No, 2, t. 1, fig.1; Prodr.9; Fl. Cap. i. 216. Galaxia minuta, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 241; Gen. Irid, 71. Romulea minuta, Eckl. Top. Verz. 19. Hypowis triandra, Pappe MSS. H,. nana, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. Pauridia. | AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 178 Coast Reeron: hills and flats near Ca t : pe Town, Thunberg! Burchell, 8448 ! Hs dal oe one oe sone eee. MacOwan and ‘Bolus, Herb. Norm., ! MacOwan, ! enbosch Div. ; bet Wert, below 1000 ft., Drage? iv.; between Stellenbosch and Somerset II, CURCULIGO, Gaertn. Perianth cut down to the ovary; segments 6, lanceolate, sub- equal, spreading. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth- segments ; filaments short, filiform; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled, narrowed into a long beak resembling a perianth tube ; style short, entire; stigmas 38, oblong, erect, adpressed. Fruit indehiscent. Seeds globose ; testa black, crustaceous. Rootstock tuberous ; leaves plicate, marcescent, broad or narrow ; flowers yellow, solitary or many, capitate. Disteis. Species 12, extending to Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia, and Tropical America. Rootstock a globose corm... us vss ave nse (1) plicaat. Rootstock arhizome ... .., ss. ase wees ove (2) MAMaquensis, 1. C. plicata (Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii, 253); corm depresso- globose, 3-$ in. diam.; outer tunies of brown reticulated fibres, crowned with bristles; produced leaves 2-6 to a corm, linear, weak, glabrous, 3-9 in. long; peduncles 1-3 to a corm, hidden like the ovary in the basal sheaths ; perianth-limb 3-1 in. long; pale green and glabrous outside, yellow within; segments acute, laxly 5—7- nerved; anthers linear, obtuse, } in. long; ovary with a filiform, green, glabrous beak 2-6 in. long ; capsule oblong, rostrate, indehiscent, narrowed into a persistent beak. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 755; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvii. 122. Hypozis plicata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 197; Thunb. Prodr. 60. Fabricia plicata, Thunb. in Fabric, Reise 29. Gethyllis plicata, Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 80. Hypoxis luzulefolia, D.C. in Red. Lil. t. 260. Empodium pliea- tum, Salish. Gen. 43. Forbesia plicata and angustifolia, Eckl. Top. Verz. 4. Var. 8, Barberi (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 123) ; leaves as in the type, but peduncle longer, so that the ovary is protruded from the basal sheaths; beak of ovary much shorter, 4-1 in. long. Var. y, C. veratrifolia (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 123); leaves 1-2, lanceolate, 1-1} in. broad at the middle ; beak of the ovary 1-4 in. long. Hypozis plicata, Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 55; Ic. t. 367. H. veratrifolia, Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 109. C. plicata B, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 345. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Sieber, 124! Var. y, Zeyher, 1664 ! Coast Recto : hills near Cape Town, Thunberg! Pappe! Burchell, 8441! Uniondale Div. ; on a rocky hill near Groot River in ange Kloof, Burchell, 4979 ! Stockenstrom, Scully, 198 ! CanTrat ReGton : Somerset Div.; shady places at the foot of Bosch Berg near Somerset East, 2500 ft., MacOwan, 1874! near Somerset East, Bolus, 836! Var. 8, Somerset Div., Miss Bowker / near Hopetown, Mrs. Barber! Eastern Reation: Natal; Klip River, 3500-4500 ft., Sutherland! Var. B; ! Inanda, Wood, 278 aya. AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). [Curculigo. 2. C. namaquensis (Baker); rootstock a tortuose rhizome 4 in. diam. ; leaves solitary, oblong-lanceolate, subpetiolate, thin, narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends, 15-18 in. long; flowers solitary, pedicel 2-3 in. long; tube as long as the ovary; segments 8, lanceolate, an inch long, pale yellow inside ; anthers pale yellow, ; in, long ; filaments very short; ovary cylindrical, ¢ in. long. — Recion: Little Namaqualand, near Ookiep, Bolus, 6629! in herb. us, Ill. HYPOXIS, Linn. Perianth cut down to the ovary ; segments 6, subequal, spreading, the outer often hairy on the outside. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth-segments; filaments short, filiform; anthers linear, sagittate, basifixed or versatile. Ovary 3-celled, rarely beaked ; style short, entire; stigmas 3, distinct or concrete. Capsule usually opening with circumscissile dehiscence below the apex. Seeds globose ; testa black, crustaceous, with a couple of prominences. Rootstock tuberous, small and monocarpic or large and polycarpic ; leaves plicate, persistent, linear or lanceolate; flowers generally yellow, svlitary, corymbose or racemose, rarely umbellate ; bracts small, acute. Distris. A genus of 50-60 species, with its headquarters at the Cape, extending to Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, Australia, and through a great part of America, Subgenus IanrHR. Whole plant entirely glabrous, Leaves linear or linear-subulate : Expanded perianth $in,dium. .., ... =... (1)-~—s minuta., Expanded perianth 9-1 in. diam, : Flowers usually solitary : Flowers white: leaves not denticulate... (2) alba. Flowers yellow: leaves not denticulate (3) eureuligoides. Flowers yellow: leaves denticulate ... (4) serrata. Flowers 3-6 in an umbel : Leaves subterete ... ae ite «. (5) aquatica, cchtheadlsson, ope’ Ge ee 6) Seullyi. Expanded perianth 14-2 in. diam. me + (7) stellata Leaves lanceolate : soe Expanded perianth about } in. diam. = .. (8) ovata, Expanded perianth about lin. diam. ... ni Andrewsii. Subgenus Eunyroxis. Leaves, peduncles, and outside of the flower more or less hairy. Flowers white or red, solitary : Leaves subterete .., ses ais ys ... (10) milloides, Leaves linear, flat i as ea ey LE ee; Flowers yellow, solitary on sae aie ioe’ 48} Flowers yellow, corymbose or racemose : Perianth-limb }-} in. diam. : Leaves subterete : Corm 4~} in. diam. wk ... (18) filiformis. Corm 1-2 in. diam. bas sis .. (14) kraussiana. Leaves linear : (4) Flowers corymbose : — veins slender : ves slightly hairy ... ... (15) angustifolia. Leaves very hairy... ..» (16) floccosa. Hypozis.} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker), 175 Leaves firm, strongly veined : Leaves glabrous ves cages Tad) Sepa. Leaves softly pilose ... +» (18) Gerrardi. Leaves silky ... ... « (19) argentea, Flowers racemose : Teonven Chim sis. sie sews ome ey Jacquini, Leaves rigid a ve «es (21) Arnottii. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate : Flowers corymbose : Leaves membranous : Dwarf: leaves hairy ... «+. (22) membranacea. Tall: leaves glabrous... ... (23) Woodii. Leaves moderately firm : Leaves lanceolate ... .»» (24) parvifolia. Leaves oblong-lanceolate ... (25) brevifolia. Leaves firm in texture: veinsthickened: Leaves obscurely bristly on the edge only __.., vo» wee (26) setosa, Leaves hairy on the surface .., (27) villosa, Flowers racemose : Leaves about 4 in. broad ... ... (28) obtusa. Leaves 13-2 in. broad --» (29) latifolia. Flowers larger (perianth-limb $-$ in. long): - Leaves subterete re ee ras +. (30) longifolia. Leaves linear : Flowers corymbose iy aa .» (81) Ludwigii. Flowers racemose : Leaves weak saa eee .-» (32) acuminata, Leaves rigidly coriaceous ... +. (33) rigidula, Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate : Flowers few, corymbose : Leaves glabrous) ww aes ae (s) colchicifolia, Leaves pilose ‘ 35) multiceps. Leaves matted with ‘persistent white tomentum beneath ia (36) stellipilis. Flowers many, racemose : Ovary glabrous... «+ ee (87) oligotricha, Ovary villose : Lower pedicels very short : Leaves lanceolate-acuminate (38) hemerocallidea. Leaves oblong-lanceolate : Leaves strongly ciliated (39) costata. Leaves not ciliated ... (40) Galpini. Lower pedicels 3-1 in. long ... (41) Rooperii. 1. H. minuta (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197) ; corm annual, small, ovoid, much flattened out at the base, crowned with a ring of black bristles ; leaves 3~4, linear, suberect, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, moderately firm in texture; peduncles 1-2, slender, erect, glabrous, simple or deeply forked ; bracts linear or subulate; perianth-limb j-} in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, pale yellow inside, the three outer glabrous and greenish on the back; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, basifixed ; filaments very short ; stigmas distinct; ovary obconic, glabrous, ;}; in. long and broad ; capsule turbinate. Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit, Schult. 303 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 773; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvii. 101. Helonias minuta, Linn. Mant. ii. 225, Hypoxis pumila, Lam. Encye. iii. 184. H. triflora, Harv. MSS. 176 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Hypowis. Souta Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 1665! : Coast Recon: Malmesbury Div.; by the Berg River, Burke! sandy places near Cape Town, Thunberg ! near Rondebosch, Pappe ! 2. H. alba (Linn. fil. Suppl. 198) ; corm globose, }—} in. diam. ; tunics densely beset with erect black bristles; produced leaves 3-4, erect, subterete, firm in texture, glabrous, 2-3 in. long; peduncle slender, erect, usually 1-flowered, with a lanceolate bract near the base, rarely forked; perianth-limb 3-4 in. long, white inside, glabrous, and tinged with red or green outside; segments oblong- lanceolate; anthers linear, basifixed ; ovary clavate, glabrous, } in. long, capsule green, obconic, membranous. Thunb, Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 303 ; Jacq. Collect. iv. 135, t. 2, fig. 1; Fragm. 13, t.7, jig. 4; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii.102. H. affinis and dubia, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 774-5. H.obliqua, Eckl. et Zeyher, asic. 420, non Jacq. H. crassifolia, Pappe MSS. H. tabularts, Eckl. Top, Verz. 10. Var. B, gracilis (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 102); leaves very narrow, and not so firm in texture; perianth-limb }-4 in. long. H. alba, Lodd. Hot. Cab. t. 1074. H. minor, Eckl. Top. Verz. 10. Var. y, Burkei (Baker, loc. cit.) ; peduncles usually forked low down; bracts linear, foliaceons, 1-2 in. long; ovary cylindrical, }-1 in. long, narrowed into a distinct beak. A robust aquatic variety. Sours Arrica: without locality, Sieber, 126! Harvey, 104! 105! Zeyher, 4132! Var. +, Thunberg ! : Coast Region: near Cape Town, Thunberg! Cape Flats, Burchell, 8570! Bolus, 2813! Schlechter, 624! Paarl Mountains, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! be- tween Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, under 1000 ft., Drege, 2395! Var. B, Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, 1000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 4131! at the foot of mountains near the mouth of Bot River, 400 ft., Bolus, 7478! Union- dale Div. ; Lange Kloof, between Wagenbooms River and Apies River, Burchell, 4940! Knysna Div.; near Melville, Burchell, 5495! Uitenhage, Harvev, 135! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 1222! Var. y, Worcester Div.; Wagenbooms River, Burke ! 3. H. curculigoides (Bolus in Hook. Ic. t. 2259 A); corm small, globose, crowned with a ring of fibres; leaves usually 2, rarely 3, linear, erect, entire, 2-3 in.long at the flowering time, } lin. broad ; peduncle slender, glabrous, 1-flowered, 8-4 in. long; perianth- segments oblong-lanceolate, 3 in. long, yellow, glabrous and much tinged with green outside ; stamens more than half as long as the perianth-segments ; ovary clavate, glabrous, } ia. long. Var. 8, H. Schlechteri (Bolus in Hook. Ic. t. 2259 B); flowers smaller - in the type, orange-yellow inside, tinged with red outside ; perianth-segments oblong. ; Coast Re@ton: Cape Flats in heathy places, near Kenilworth, Schlechter, 627! and near Wynberg, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1883! Var. 8, ane Rentwortts Schlechter, 628! near Wynberg, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. orm.,. ! 4. H. serrata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197); corm globose, annual, $+} in. diam., crowned with a ring of bristles ; produced leaves 6-12, linear, subulate, glabrous, 3-6 in. long, moderately firm in Hy poxis.]} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 177 texture, obscurely denticulate; peduncles 1-5 to a corm, very slender, simple, erect, with a linear clasping bract below the middle; perianth-limb about } in, long; segments oblong-lanceolate, pale yellow inside, the three outer glabrous, and pale green with a tinge of red on the back; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb; anthers linear, basifixed; filaments very short; ovary clavate, glabrous, +-3 in. long ; stigmas distinct, lanceolate ; capsule clavate, 3 in. long. Thunb. Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 304; Jacg. Ic. t. 369; Bot, Mag. t. 709 (excl. var. 8); Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 768; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 103. H. luzulefolia, Eckl. Top. Verz. 10, non DC. Coast Recron: Lion Mountain, Thunberg! near Hout Bay, 250 ft., Bolus, 7195! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1382! Ecklon and Zeyher, 649! Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand, Scully, 115! 5. H. aquatica (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197); corm small, globose ; leaves 4-6, weak, flaccid, glabrous, subterete from a lanceolate sheathing base, channelled down the face, 1-1} ft. long; peduncle 4-1 ft. long; flowers 4-6 in an umbel ; pedicels 1-3 in. long; bracts large, linear, foliaceous ; perianth-limb about } in. long, whitish inside, green outside ; segments oblong or oblong: lanceolate ; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, basifixed ; filaments very short, ovary clavate, glabrous, 4-3 in. long; stigmas distinct ; capsule 3-3 in. long. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 108; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 776; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 102. Soutn Arrtca: without locality, Oldenburg ! Drége, 8515a! 8515b! Coast Reeion; Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Mader, 172! near Cape Town, Thunberg ! Bolus, 2814! Cape Flats near Wynberg, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm,, 293! MacOwan, 2658. WestgEN ReEGIon: Little Namaqualand ; ment Klip Fontein, 3000 ft., Bolus, 6583 ! and without precise locality, W/ 6. H. Seullyi (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 2) ; corm small, globose ; leaves linear, membranous, glabrous, }-1 ft. long, $-} in. broad ; flowers 1-3 to a peduncle; pedicels 2-3 in. long, bracteated at the base by reduced linear leaves ; perianth-segments yellow, } in. long, glabrous outside ; stamens more than half as long as the segments ; anthers 4 in. long ; ovary clavate, glabrous, } in. long. Western Recion: Little Namaqualand, in moist places; near Ookiep, Bolus, 6581! between Nababeep and Modder Fontein, Bolus, 6582! and without precise locality, Sewliy, 10! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1381! 7. H. stellata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197); corm globose, annual, 3-3 in, diam. ; tunics brown, coarsely cancellate ; leaves 4-12 to a corm, subterete from a clasping linear base, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 4-15 in. long; peduncles 1-4, simple, rarely forked, with a lanceolate clasping bract below the middle; perianth-limb 3-1} in. long ; segments lanceolate, acute, plain white inside, the three outer green and glabrous on the back ; anthers linear, basifixed, } in. long; filaments very short; ovary clavate, glabrous, about 4 in. long; stigmas lanceolate, joined at the base ; capsule clavate, }~} in. long, 178 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Hypomis. dehiscing round the middle. Thwnb. Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 304; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii.776 ; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvii. 101. Fabricia stellata, Thunb. in Fabric. Reise Norw. 27. Amaryllis capensis, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2,420. H. elata, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 778. Var. 8, H. elegans (Andr.) ; perianth-segments with a large or small black, blue-black or purplish spot at the base. 4H. stellata, Jacq. Ic. t. 368; Ardr. Bot. Rep. t. 286; Bot. Mag. t. 1223; Flore des Serres, t. 1027. H. stellata, var, elegans, Pers. Syn. i. 362. H. tridentata, DU. in Red. Lil, sub t. 169. Spi- loxene pavonina, Salish. Gen. 44. H. cerulescens, DC. in Red. Lil. sub t, 169. Van. y, H. Gawleri (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 101); flowers large, pale yellow, with a black spot at the base of each segment. H. stellata, Bot, Mag. t. 662; DC. in Red. Lil. t. 169; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 101. Van. 3, H. linearis (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 171) ; leaves more slender than in the type; flowers smaller, pale yellow, without any spot at the base of the segments. Poir.. Encyc, Suppl. iii. 112; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 769. Ianthe linearis, Salish. Gen. 44. H. serrata, B, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 917. H. juneca, Eckl. Top. Verz. 10, South Arrica: without locality, Forster! Var. 8, Masson! Oldenburg! Var. y, Masson! ; Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; Zwartland and Groene Kloof (including vars. Band), Thunberg! Cupe Flats at Dornhoogte, Zeyher! between Cape Town and Simous Bay, Burcéhel/, 8572! near Rondebosch, Cooper, 3236! Var. 8, Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 144! moist places on the sides of Table Mountain, 250 ft., MacOwan, 2380! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm,, 292! Paarl Div.; Achter de Paarl, under 1000 ft., Drége! Var. 5, Table Mountain, —- 417 & sdeeggg bt F sian Mts., 2000-3000 ft., Drége! ESTERN ReGion: Little Namaqualand; near Lily Fontein, 4000-5000 ft. Drége, 2657 ! nid Ses cconae : H. geniculata, acwminata and laza, Eckl. Top. Verz. 9 (names only), probably —— here, as they are placed in a group of which the flowers are said to be 8. H. ovata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197); corm globose, perennial, 1 in. diam., densely coated with black wiry fibres ; produced leaves 4-8, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 2-3 in. long, in. broad; flowers 1-3 to a corm; peduncles slenier, erect, glabrous, 1-flowered, 1-3 in. long; perianth-limb yellow, 3-3 in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, tinged with red outside, glabrous ; anthers linear, basifixed, 4 in. long; ovary turbinate, glabrous, $-+ in. long ; stigmas linear, distinct. Thunb. Prodr.60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 306; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1010; Roem. et Schultes, Syst, Veg. vii. 771; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 103. anthe ovata, Salish. Gen. 44. South Arica: without locality, Thunberg! Oldenburg! Coast ReGion : Piquetberg, 1800 ft., Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 7559! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drdye, 1555! Caledon Div.; on the Zwartberg, near the Hot Springs, Zeyher, 4135! 9. H. Andrewsii (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 104) ; root- fibres copious, : long, slender; produced leaves 5-6, lanceolate, glabrous, spreading, 3-4 in. long ; peduncles 3 to a cluster, branched about the middle, 2-3-flowered ; bracts large, lanceolate ; perianth- Viel aaa a Hyporis.] AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). 179 limb } in. long, bright yellow inside, green and glabrous outside; segments ovate-lanceolate ; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers linear, basifixed, twice as long as the filaments ; ovary clavate, Gielen: ¢-$ in. long. H. obliqgua, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 195, non acq. Sour AFgica: without locality. Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn from a plant cultivated by Mr. G. Hibbert at Clapham in June, 1801. 10. H. milloides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 105); corm small, globose ; leaves 4—6, subulate from a lanceolate clasping base, erect, 2—4 in. long, moderately firm in texture, slightly hairy when young, glabrous when mature; peduncles solitary, erect, 1-flowered, 1-2 in. long; perianth limb 4-3 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, bright red on both surfaces, the outer slightly hairy on the back ; — very small; ovary turbinate, obconic, densely bristly, 4 in. ong. Eastern ReGion; Griqualand East; top of Mount Currie, 7500 ft., Tyson, 1357! Natal; mountains of Klip River, 3500-4000 ft., Sutherland! Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin, 58! and without precise locality, Krauss, 241! Is perhaps only a variety of H. Baurii. 11. H. Baurii (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 181); corm ovoid, } in. diam., crowned with a ring of bristles; leaves 6-8 to a corm, linear, firm in texture, erect, densely hairy, 13-2 in. long, }-2 in. broad ; peduncles 2-3, simple, erect, slender, densely hairy, 2-3 in. long ; perianth-limb 3 in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, bright red, the Outer hardly at all hairy on the back; stamens very small; ovary turbinate, 4 in. long, densely hairy; capsule turbinate, densely pilose, } in. long. Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 105; Gard. Chron. 1877, viii. 584, Var. 8, H. platypetala (Baker, loc. cit.) ; flowers whitish. _Eastern ReGion: Tembuland; Bazeia Mountains, 3500-4000 ft., Baur, 501 ! Griqualand East ; Mount Currie, 5500-6000 ft., Tyson, 1571! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 481! Vaal Bank, near Kokstad, Haygarth in Herb. Wood, 4182! Natal; Liddesdale, in marshy places, 5000 ft., Wood, 4261! Vur. B, Griqualand East; on the Zuurberg Range, 4000 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1212! Groom in Herb. Wood, 1976! between Durban and Kokstad, Groom in Herb. Wood, 1753! Natal ; Liddesdale, on a stony hill, 5000 ft., Wood, 4260! Dargle Farm, Mrs. Fannin! and without precise locality, McKenn! Sutherland ! 12. H. Flanagani (Baker); corm very small; leaves 4-6 to a corm, spreading, linear, very hairy, 1-1} in. long; 3-1 lin. broad ; peduncle slender, hairy, 1-flowered, 1-1} in. long; perianth-segments oblong, yellow, }-3 in. long, greenish and hairy outside; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; filaments as long as or shorter than the oblong anthers ; ovary clavate, hairy, 4 in. long; stigmas connate. — Coast Region: Komgha, Flanagan, 314! 180 AMARYLLIDEX (Baker). [Hypoais. 18. H. filiformis (Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc. xvii. 109); corm oblong, }-} in. diam., with a long neck and dark brown mem- branous tunics ; leaves 6-8, setaceous, strongly ribbed, rigid, 3-4 in. long, under a line in diameter, bright green, loosely hairy; peduncles 1-2, very slender, 2~5 in. long, 1-2 flowered ; perianth- limb 3-1 in, long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, pale yellow, the outer green and hairy on the back; anthers lanceolate, deeply sagittate ; filament as long as the anther; ovary turbinate, j—¢ 10. long, densely hairy; stigmas concrete. Coast Region: Queenstown Div., Cooper, 462 ! Katanart Reoion: Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4500- 5009 ft., Galpin, 1101! EAsteRN ReGion: Natal; Mohlamba Range, 5000-6000 ft., Sutherland / Inanda, Wood, 1030! 14. H. kraussiana (Buching. in Flora 1845, 311, name only); corm ovoid, 14-2 in. diam., crowned with a dense mass of bristles ; tunics blackish; leaves 10-15, subulate from a linear base, rigid in texture, strongly ribbed, glabrous, 1-1} ft. long, channelled down the face; peduncles 2-3, hairy upwards, 4—9 in. long ; flowers 2-5, corymbose; pedicels —1 in. long, densely hispid ; bracts linear-subulate; perianth-limb 3-} in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely hairy all over the back ; anthers 4 in. long, deeply sagittate; ovary between clavate and turbinate, densely hairy, 4 in. long; stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvii. 109. Coast Region: Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens River, MacQwan, 2123! Van Stadens Berg, Burchell, 4742! between Van Stadens Berg and Bethels- dorp, Drége, 8534a! Bathurst Div. ; between Riet Fontein and the sea-shore, Burchell, 4099 ! Eastean Recion: Natal; hills near Pictermaritzberg, Krauss, 104! Swazie- prt ae Peak, Havelock Concession, 4000 ft., Saltmarsh in Herb. 15. H. angustifolia (Lam. Encye. iii. 182); corm oblong, } in. diam., with along neck and brown membranous tunies; leaves 6-12, linear, thin in texture, 4-6 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, slightly hairy ; peduncles 1-4, slender, arcuate, hairy upwards; flowers often 2, corymbose; pedicels hairy, 3-1 in. long ; bracts setaceous ; periunth- limb {-} in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, pale yellow; outer green and hairy on the back; stamens half as long as the perianth- limb; anthers lanceolate, deeply sagittate ; filament short ; ovary turbinate, densely pilose, 4-4 in. long; stigmas concrete; capsule small, hairy, turbinate, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 767 ; Fisch. et C. A. Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. x. 49; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 111. H. bifora, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 181. Var. 8, Buchanani (Baker in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. xvii, 111); a large shade- pale variety, with longer leaves of very thin texture ; pedicels longer, very KaLawani Rea@ion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 1089 ! Hypoxis.} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 181 Eastern Recion: Tembuland; near Bazeia, 2000-2500 ft., Baur, 3471 Var, 8, Natal; Inanda, Wood, 426! 771! aud without precise locality, Buchunan ! Also found in Tropical Africa, Madaguscar, and Mauritius, 16. H. floccosa (Baker in Kow Bullet. 1894, 357) ; corm small, oblong ; radical leaves 5-6, linear, not rigid, 2-3 in. long, #4, in. broad at the middle, densely clothed with short, soft, spreading hairs ; peduncle very slender, shorter than leaves; flowers 1-2; bracts linear; pedicels very hairy, 3-% in. long ; perianth yellow, % in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, the outer very hairy out- 5 3 stamens much shorter than the perianth; ovary hairy, clavate, Coast Recion : hills near Swellendam, 500 ft., Bolus, 7469. 17. H. Zeyheri (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 112); corm oblong, $1 in. diam., crowned with a ring of bristles; neck elon- gated ; tunics membranous; leaves 6-10, linear, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 4-6 in. long, 3-3 in. broad ; peduneles 1-2, slender, flexuose, hairy upwards ; flowers 2-3, corymbose ; pedicels 3-1 in. long; bracts setaceous; perianth-limb 4-3 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the three outer hairy outside ; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, deeply sagit- tate, } in. long; ovary turbinate, 4 in. long, densely hairy ; stigmas concrete ; capsule } in. long. Coast Rraion: Albany, Williamson! Uitenhage? Ecklon and Zeyher, TV 18. H. Gerrardi (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 110); corm oblong, 4-3 in. diam., with a long neck and brown membranous tunics; leaves 6-10, linear, rigid in texture, strongly ribbed, 6-15 in. long, 4-} in. broad, acuminate, shortly and softly pilose all over ; peduncles 2—4, slender, hairy, 2-6 in. long; flowers 2—4, corymbose ; pedicels densely hairy, }~1 in. long; bracts small, linear or subulate ; perianth-limb $3 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely pilose all over the back; stamens more than hulf as long as the perianth-limb; anthers lanceolate, $ in. long; ovary clavate-turbinate, densely pilose, 4 in. long; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, densely pilose, j-} in. long. Eastern Recton: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 327! and witho precise locality, Gerrard! Buchanan! 19. H. argentea (Harv. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvii- 110); corm ovoid, 3-3 in. diam., with a long neck, and crowned with a dense ring of bristles; leaves 6-12, linear-subulate, firm in texture, faleate, acuminate, 4-6 in. long, ?; in. broad at the base, densely persistently silky all over both surfaces; peduncles 1-2, slender, densely silky; flowers often 2, corymbose ; pedicels 3-1 in. long; bracts setaceous; perianth-limb ~ in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, the outer densely silky on the back ; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb; anthers lanceolate, deeply VOL. VI. 7 182 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker) ; ( Typowis. sagittate; ovary clavate, silky, +4 in. long; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, } in. long. Var. 8, H. sericea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 111) ; leaves not so firm and thick in texture and less silky. H. sericea var. Dregei, Baker loc. cit. 112. Var. ¥, flaccida (Baker,); a large form with thinner longer leaves and longer pedicels, H. sericea var. flaccida, Baker loc. cit. 112. Souta AFRICA: without locality, MacOwan, 50! Coast Region: near Uitenhage, Burchell, 4469; Var. 8, near Swellendam, 500 ft., Bolus, 7468! Uitenhage, Zeyher, 950! Stockenstrom Div. ; Katberg, 8000-1000 ft., Drége, 8525! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1811! Var. y, Albany, Williamson ! Centrat Rreton: Var. 8, Cave Mountain, 4300 ft., near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 176! near Somerset East, MacOwan, 1593b! Fish River, Burke! Orange River, Burke! Katauari Reaion: Transvaal; plains around Pretoria, 4000 ft., Bolus, 176! Var. 8, Orange Free State; Bloemfontein, Rehmann, 3761 ! Var. y, Orange Free State; near Seven Fontein Mission-station, Burke! Transvaal; Apies River, Burke! bank of Vaal River, Burke, 447 ! Eastexn Reoion: Var. 8, Griqualand East ; near Kokstad, 4700 ft., Tyson, 1095! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 480! Natal; Berea, near Durban, “Wood, 101! Inanda, Wood,191! 20. H. Jacquini (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 112); corm oblong, 3-2 in. diam., with a long neck and brown membranous tunics ; leaves 10-12, linear, 4-1 ft. long, 44 in. broad, thin in texture, hairy on both sides and on the margin ; peduncles slender, pilose, 3 ft. long; flowers 3-4, racemose ; pedicels all very short ; bracts linear, }-} in. long; perianth-limb } in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer green and hairy on the back; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, J, in. long ; ovary clavate, densely pilose, 3-3 in. long; stigmas concrete ; capsule clavate, }-$ in. long. H. villosa, Jacg. Collect Suppl. 51; Te. t. 370, non Linn. Jil. : sf? : Sours Arxica: without locality, Hort. Jacquin. 21. H. Arnottii (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, viii. 552) ; corm globose, 3-4 in, diam., crowned with a dense mass of bristles; leaves 5-6, linear, erect, falcate, rigid in texture, strongly ribbed, a foot long, {-} in. broad, clothed with soft, short, spreading hairs ; peduncles 2, slender, arcuate, } ft. long; densely pilose upwards ; flowers 6-8, racemose ; pedicels }-} in. long; bracts linear-subulate, densely pilose, 3-3 in long; perianth-limb under 3 in. long; segments oblong or oblong-lanceolate, the outer green and pilose on the back ; anthers 4 in. long; filaments very short; ovary clavate, densely pilose, $ in. long; stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, 2 in. long, Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 112. CenTrat Reaion: Colesberg Div., Arnott! Cultivated at Kew in 1870. 22. H. membranacea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 106) ; corm globose, 3-3 in. diam., with a long neck; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 4-8, lanceolate, membranous, 1-3 in. long, -} m. broad, thinly clothed with long soft hairs; peduncles 1-2, TTR RR age TRIE: Hypozis.] AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). 183 very slender, flexuose, hairy, deeply forked; bracts minute, linear ; pedicels 4-2 in. long; perianth-limb } in. long; segments oblong- lanceolate, whitish-yellow inside, the outer green and rather hairy on the back; stamens as long as the perianth-segments; anthers lanceolate, versatile; filament as long as the anther; ovary turbi- nate, $ in. long, pilose; capsule small, turbinate. H. parvula, Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc. xvii. 113. Eastern ReE@Ion: Griqualand East; Pumugwan Mountain, near Clydesdale, 350u ft., Tyson, 2880! Natal; Tugela, Gerrard, 1835! Italamasi, Wood, 844! 862! and without precise locality, Sanderson ! Swazieland; mountain sides, Havelock Concession, 4000 ft., Sultmarsh in Herb. Galpin, 1049! 23. H. Woodii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 3); corm oblique, oblong, crowned with a ring of slender fibres; leaves about 6, linear or lanceolate, erect, thin in texture, with slender ribs, quite glabrous on both faces and margin, the longest at the flowering time about a foot long, 4-1 in. broad; peduncle slender, slightly hairy, 4—5 in. long; flowers 2-3, corymbose ; pedicels 3-1 in. long ; bracts linear-setacecous; perianth-limb 31-3} in. long; segments oblong, acute, yellow, the outer hairy on the back; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb; ovary turbinate, hairy, + in. long; stigmas concrete. Eastern Reeion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 426a! 24. H. parvifolia (Baker) ; corm oblong, } in. diam.; leaves 3-4, lanceolate, moderately firm, hairy, 1-14 in. long; peduncles very slender, hairy, 1-2 in. long, 1-2-flowered; segments oblong, bright yellow, hairy outside, } in. long; stamens 34 the length of the perianth-segments; ovary turbinate, very hairy, 4 in. long. Katanart Region: Transvaal; summit of Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 5.00 ft., Galpin, 1059! tS 25. H. brevifolia (Baker); corm very small ; leaves about 3, oblong- lanceola'e, acute, moderately firm, thinly and softly hairy, 1-1} in. long, }~3 in, broad ; peduncle very slender, hairy, always 1-flowered, 2-8 in. long; perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, + in, long, hairy outside; stamens } the length of the perianth-segments ; ovary turbinate, hairy, 4 in. long. Eastern Recion: Natal; Liddesdale, Wood, 3940! 26. H. setosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvii. 113); corm oblong, 1-12 in. diam., crowned with a dense ring of strong bristles 1-2 in. long; leaves 6-8, lanceolate, rigidly coriaceous, strongly ribbed, 4-6 in. long, 3-1 in. broad at the middle, quite glabrous on both surfaces, obscurely bristly on the margin ; peduncle shorter than the leaves, hairy upwards ; flowers 2-3, corymbose; bracts small, linear ; perianth-limb 4-3 in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer greenish and densely hairy on the back; anthers lanceolate, deeply sagittate, 4 in. long; ovary hairy, turbinate, 3 in. long; stigmas concrete. 184 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [Hy powis. Sourn AFRIcaA: without locality, MacOwan, 72! in Dublin Herbarium, Flowered at Kew in Sept., 1873, 27. H. villosa (Linn. fil. Suppl. 198); corm oblong, 1-1} in. diam., crowned with a dense ring of bristles; leaves a dozen or more, lanceolate, acuminate, moderately firm in texture, 4—6 in. long, about 4 in. broad, more or less densely clothed with appressed hairs ; peduncles 1-4, slender, finely pilose, 2-3 in. long; flowers 2-5, corymbose ; pedicels 4-1 in. long; bracts small, setaceous ; perianth- limb 3-4 in. long ; segments oblong or oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely hairy on the back ; stamens half as long as the perianth- limb; filament about as long as the lanceolate-sagittate anther; ovary turbinate, densely hairy, } in. long; stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, densely hairy, } in. long. Thunb. Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 305; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 765; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 118, non Jacq. Fabricia villosa, Thunb. in Fabric. Reise Norw. 31. H. tomentosa, Lam. Encyc. iii. 182. H. sobolifera, Jacq, Collect. Suppl. 53; Ic. t. 372; Red, Lal. t. 170; Bot. Mag. t.711; Fisch, et Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. x. 51. Var. 8, H, scabra (Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 970); leaves thinner in texture, scarcely at all hairy except on the margin. Var. 7, H. obliqua (Jacq. Collect. Suppl. 54; Ic. t. 371); more robust, with leaves clothed with deuse, short, pale, bristly hairs principally on the margin and keel beneath ; peduncle longer, densely clothed with short, stellate, bristly hairs. Roem. et Sehultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 766, non Andrews. Vag. 3, H. canescens (Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. x. 50); more robust than the type, with larger leaves, sometimes an inch broad, densely clothed with short, soft, often brown, stellate hairs; pedicels longer; perianth-limb longer. Walp. Rep. i. 847. Vag. ¢, H. pannosa (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1874, ii. 180); a large robust form with fluccid leaves xbove a foot long and an inch broad, densely clothed on both surfaces with long, appressed, fine, soft hairs, H. microsperma, Lallem, in Fisch. and Mey. Ind, Sem, Petrop. x. 50. Soutn Arrica: without locality, Var. e, cultivated at Kew in 1874. Coast Rea@ion: Swellendam Div., Thunberg! Mossel Bay Div.; between Duyker River and Gauritz River, Burchell, 6401! Uitenhage Div. ; Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 4138! between Van Stadens Berg and Bethelsdorp, Drége, 2192! Algoa Bay, Cooper, 3237! Var. 8, Mossel Bay, near the Landing-place, Burchell, 6307! Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadens Berg, Burchell, 4745! Albany Div.; Blaauw Krans, Burchell, 3632! Var. 8, Alexandria Div.; Zwartwater Poort, oar 3380-2! Albany Div.; Grahamstown, Burchell, 3542! MacOwan, CENTRAL Reaion: near Somerset East, 2500 ft., MacOwan, 1593! Var. B, Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 1898! Var. y, Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 1594a! 1594b! ; EastekN Reaion: Var. 8, Tembuland, Bazeia Mountains, 2000 ft., Baxr, 74! Var. 3,Natal; Inanda, Wood, 184! Var. e, Natal; slopes of the Drakens- berg, Wood, 34341 28. H. obtusa (Burch. in Bot. Reg. t. 159); corm globose, 13-2 in. diam., densely bristly at the crown ; leaves 8-12, linear or lanceolate, acuminate, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, hairy, especially on the margins and keel beneath, finally a foot or site ee, 3—$ in. broad ; soap sel Hypowis.} AMARYLLIDEX (Baker). 185 peduncles slender, hairy, much shorter than the leaves; flowers few or several, racemed; lowest pedicels + in. long; bracts linear ; perianth-limb 3-3 in. long; segments oblong, yellow, outer densely hairy on the back ; anthers lanceolate, deeply sagittate, 3 in. long ; filaments shorter ; ovary turbinate, densely bristly, } in. long ; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, densely hairy, circumscissile round the middle. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 766; Baker in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxix. 156; Journ. Linn. Soe. xvii. 114. KatAHARi ReGIon: Orange Free State, Mrs. Barber, 685! Bechuanaland ; Pellat Plains, near Takun, Burchell! Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 3200-4500 ft., Galpin, 412! EasTERN Reaion: Natal; Drakensberg, Bolus, 2572! Also mountains of Equatorial Africa. 29. H. latifolia (Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4817); corm globose, 23-3 in, diam., crowned with bristles; leaves 6-8, lanceolate, rigidly coriaceous, strongly ribbed, entirely glabrous, finally 14-2 ft. long, 3-2 in. broad at the middle; peduncles slender, hairy, 3—4 in. long; _ raceme 10-12-flowered, 1-2 in. long; lower pedicels } in. long. ; bracts linear; perianth-limb 3 in. long; segments oblong, yellow, the outer greenish and hairy on the back ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long ; filament much shorter; ovary turbinate, hairy, } in. long ; stigmas concrete. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 115. Eastern Reeron: Natal, Garden, ddlam! Described from plants cultivated at Kew in 1854 and 1887. 30. H. longifolia (Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6035); corm oblong, 14-2 in. diam.; leaves 8-9, subterete, rigidly coriaceous, deeply channelled down the face, 1-1} ft. long, 3-4 in. broad, shortly hairy mainly on the margins and keel beneath; peduncles 2-3, densely pilose, 6-9 in. long; flowers 2—4, corymbose ; pedicels }—1 in. long, densely pilose; bracts linear-setaceous ; perianth-limb }~ in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely pilose on the back; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, slightly versatile, 4 in. long; ovary turbinate, densely pilose, 4-} in. long; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, densely pilose, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 115, Soutu Arnica: without locality, Thunberg ! - Bh ees ReGion: Humansdorp Div,; Clarkson, Kiiching ! Queenstown, Cooper, Karanart Region; Orange Free State; Vet River, Burke! 31. H, Ludwigii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 181) ; corm oblong, 1-13 in. diam.; leaves 8-9, linear, subcoriaceous, with thickened ribs, 1-13 ft. long, }-4 in, broad, shortly bristly mainly on the margins and keel beneath ; peduncle 9-12 in. long, weak, loosely hairy ; flowers 4-12, corymbose ; lower pedicels 1-1} in. long; bracts linear; perianth-limb in. long; segments oblong or oblong- lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely hairy outside; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 4 in. long; filaments much shorter; ovary 186 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Hypowie. - turbinate, densely hairy, 1-} in. long; stigmas concrete. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 116. Eastern RecIon : Tembuland; Bazeia, Baur, 301! Originally described from a specimen from Baron Ludwig’s Garden. 32. H. acuminata (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 3); corm not seen ; leaves 6—8, erect, linear, not rigid in texture, loosely hairy all over, 12—15 in. long, } in. broad low down, tapering to the acuminate apex very gradually ; peduncles single, weak, villose, 6-8 in. long ; flowers 2-4, subracemose ; lower pedicels j—-} in. long; bracts small, linear-subulate; perianth-limb 3-# in. long ; segments oblong-lanceo- late, yellow, the outer densely villose on the back ; anthers lanceolate- sagittate, versatile, } in. long; ovary obconic, densely villose, $ in. long; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, villose, + in. long. EasteERN Reaion: Natal ; Inanda, Wood, 1347! 33. H. rigidula (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 116); corm oblong, 1-14 in. diam. ; leaves 5-6, linear, rigidly coriaceous, strongly ribbed, erect, shortly pilose, 1-1} ft. long, +-4 in. broad ; peduncles 2-3, sometimes a foot long, slender, shortly pilose; flowers 3-8, racemose; pedicels all short; bracts linear; perianth-limb §-# in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely pilose outside; anthers versatile, 4 in. long; filaments short; ovary turbinate, } in. long, clothed with dense, long, whitish, bristly hairs ; stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, densely villose, } in. long, slitting round the middle, not dividing into valves. Var. 8, pilosissima (Baker, loc. cit. 117); leaves uncle, and perianth shaggy, with denser, longer Sutra; ) » peduncle, and peria SoutH Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 1670! Coast Reaion: Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, 2000-8000 ft., Drége, 2194a! Bathorst Div.; between Blaauw Krans and Kaffir Drift Military Post, Burchell, 3694! Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, Baur, 904! British Kuffraria, Cooper, 3239! ; CENTRAL Ree@ion: Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 1649! Albert Div., Cooper, 1763! Mooyplaats, 4500-5000 ft., Drege, 2194d! Katanari Reoi0n: Orange Free State, Cooper, 883! Basutoland, Cooper, 3241! Transvaal; Worderfontein, Nelson, 261! Var. 8, Transvaal; Magalies A Burke, 156! Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 2300-4500 ft., Galpin, Easter» Recion: Griqualand East ; mountains around Kokstad, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1211! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 407! near Gorton, Wood, 8433! Var. 8, Natal; Tugela, Gerrard, 1826! 34, H. colchicifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 3); corm globose, 2 in. diam., crowned with bristles; leaves 6-8, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, moderately firm in texture, strongly ribbed, rather glaucous, quite glabrous on both surfaces and margin, the largest 6—8 in. long, 13-2 in. broad at the flowering time ; peduncle slender, much shorter than the leaves; flowers 3-4, corymbose; pedicels 3-1 in. long; bracts linear ; perianth-limb }-$ in. long; segments oblong, yellow, the outer green and hairy on the back ; stamens half as long as the Hypozis.] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 187 perianth-segments ; anthers lanceolate, 3 in. long; filaments shorter ; ovary obconic, hairy, 3 in. long ; stigmas conerete. Sout AFrRica: without locality. Described from a plant that flowered with Mr. Bull in 1884. 2 35. H. multiceps (Buching, in Flora 1845, 311, name only) ; corm globose, 13-2 in. diam., crowned with a dense ring of long, wiry bristles ; leaves 5-6, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, con- spicuously and closely ribbed, 4-6 in. long at the flowering time, 1-1} in. broad, elothed over both surfaces and margin with short, stellate hairs ; peduncle 4-6 in. long, densely coated with stellate hairs; flowers 2-4, corymbose ; pedicels 3-1 in. long; bracts linear ; perianth-limb $ in. long; segments oblong or oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely villose on the back; anthers lanceolate, + in. long; filaments short; ovary obconic, densely villose, } in. Jong; stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, villose, 3 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 117. Coast Reeion: Cathcart Div.; between Windvogel Mountain and Zwart Kei River, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 3518d! KatawaRI ReGion: Transvaal; Saddleback Range, 4500 ft,, Galpin, 1058! Eastern ReGion: Natal; near Pietermaritzburg, Krauss, 248! Inanda, Wood, 1011! 36. H. stellipilis (Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 663); corm globose, 14-2 in. diam., crowned with a ring of bristles; leaves a dozen or more, lanceolate, acuminate, neither rigid in texture nor conspicuously ribbed, 3-1 ft. long, 3-1 in. broad at the middle, green and glabrous above, covered with persistent white tomentum beneath; peduncles 3-4 to a corm, 4-6 in. long, densely villose; flowers 4-10, sub- corymbose; lower pedicels 1-14 in. long; bracts large, linear ; perianth-limb ? in. long; segments oblong, the outer villose on the back; anthers lanceolate, ¢ in. long; filaments shorter; ovary obconic, } in. long, densely clothed with long white hairs; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, villose, circumscissile round the middle. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 767; Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem, Petrop. x. 51; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 118. 4H. lanata, Eckl, Coast Reaton: Zwartkops River, near Uitenbage, 50-500 ft., Zeyher, 4140! Drége, 8527 ! Bedford Div.; Kagaberg, Elliot, 685! CenxtraL Recion: Somerset Div. ; Commadaggsa, Burchell’, 3303! _ 37. H. oligotricha (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 3); corm not seen; leaves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, erect, subcoriaceous, strongly ribbed, 15-18 in. long, 13-2 in. broad at the middle; peduncles ancipitous, glabrous, 6-8 in. long; flowers 10-15 in a lax raceme 3-4 in. long; lower pedicels }-4 in. long; bracts linear, j-1 in. long; perianth }-{ in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, the outer with only a few scattered adpressed hairs on the back ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long; ovary globose, nearly glabrous, } in. long and broad ; stigmas concrete. Eastern Reoion: Natal coast, Wood, 1170! 188 AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). [Hypowis. 38. H. hemerocallidea (Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop, viii. 64, x. 50); corm globose, 3-4 in. diam. ; leaves 6-8, lorate, acumi- nate, subcoriaceous, shortly hairy on the keel and midrib beneath, 13-2 ft. long, 13-2 in. broad in the lower half; peduncles 2-3, a foot long, ancipitous, densely pilose ; flowers 6-12 in a lax raceme; lower pedicels very short; bracts linear, villose ; perianth-limb ¢{ in. long; inner segments oblong, yellow; outer oblong-lanceolaie, densely pilose all over the back; anthers lanceolate, } in. long; filaments short ; ovary obconic, densely villose, + in. long; stigmas concrete. Walp. Ann. i. 847; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 119. H., elata, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5690, non Roem, et Schultes, Katanari Reeron: Basutoland, Cooper, 3242 ! Eastern Recion: Tembuland; near Entwanazana, Baur! 39. H. costata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 119); corm globose, 14-2 in. diam.; leaves 5-6, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, conspicuously and closely ribbed, 5-6 in. long at the flowering time, 1-14 in. broad at the middle, densely ciliated with long hairs on the margins and keel beneath, otherwise glabrous ; peduncles 1-2, as long as the leaves, densely hairy ; flowers few, racemose ; lower pedicels very short ; bracts linear, villose; perianth- limb 3—% in. long, the outer segments densely hairy on the back ; anthers lanceolate, } in. long; filaments short; ovary obconic, densely hairy, } in. long; stigmas concrete. Katanari Rea@ion: Orange Free State; Nelsons Kop, Cooper, 879! 40. H. Galpini (Baker) ; corm not seen; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, erect, reaching above a foot in length and above an inch in breadth, erect, strongly ribbed, nearly naked ; peduncle very hairy, 6-8 in. long; raceme many flowered, 3-4 in. long; pedicels short, ascending ; perianth-segments 3—$ in. long, very hairy on the outside ; stamens less than half as long as the perianth-segments ; ovary turbinate, very hairy, } in. long. Katanart Recion: Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4000- 4500 ft., Galpin, 1098 ! Very near H. oligotricha, except that the flowers are very hairy. 41. H. Rooperii (Moore in Gard. Comp. 1, 65, cum icone) ; corm globose, 2-3 in, diam., crowned with a ring of bristles; leaves 12-18 to a corm, lanceolate, acuminate, 1-2 ft. long, 1-1} in. broad in the lower half, moderately firm in texture, glabrous on the face when mature, shortly hairy on the back and margin; peduncles 2-6, 9-12 in. long, ancipitous, hairy upwards; flowers 4—10, racemose ; lower pedicels 4-1 in. long ; bracts linear; perianth-limb $ in. long; seg- ments oblong, yellow, the outer hairy all over the back; anthers lanceolate, } in. long; filaments shorter ; ovary turbinate, } in, long, densely villose ; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, densely villose, 3 in. long, circumscissile round the middle. Lemaire, Jard, Fleur. 2. 303; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 118. ee ee eee ee se eee Hypowis.| AMARYLLIDE® (Baker). 189 VaR. 8, Forbesii (Baker, loc. cit.) ; dwarfer, with leaves hairy only on the edge and keel beneath and a shorter perianth. Coast Recion: Albany Div.; near Bushman River, below 1000 ft., Drége, 8529! Stockenstrom, Scully, 117! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 154! 3240! KALAwARI ReGion: Transvaal; Potchefstrom district, Mooi River, Nelson, 302! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5810! plains around Barberton, 1800-2600 ft., Galpin, 1190! and without precise locality, McLea in Herb. Bolus, 5801! Eastern ReoGion: Griqualand East; mountains around Kokstad, 4300 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1210! Natal; Mooi River Valley, 2000- 3000 ft., Sutherland! Inanda, Wood, 373! and without precise locality, Buchanan ! Gerrard, 1828! Var. 8, Delagoa Bay, Forbes ! IVY. HESSEA, Herb. Perianth cut down nearly or quite to the ovary; segments sub- equal, patent, obtuse, 3-nerved in the middle. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth-segments ; filaments filiform or flattened towards the base ; anthers small, globose, basifixed. Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules few in a cell, superposed ; style subulate or strumose towards the base, tricuspidate at the stigmatose apex. Capsule globose, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 1-3 in a cell, globose, greenish. Rootstock a bulb with membranous tunics; leaves generally produced after the flowers, filiform, linear or lorate; flowers few or many in an umbel, small, reddish-purple ; pedicels elongated ; spathe-valves 2, linear or lanceolate. Distkis, Hndemic. : Subgenus Hussga ProPEe. Style not dilated at the base. Stamens much shorter than the oblong perianth-seg- ments: Style very slender, not swollen si .. (1) stellaris. Style stout, rather swollen ,., Dat ee «» (2) crispa. Stamens nearly or quite as long as the oblong-lanceo- late perianth-segments : Perianth cut down to the ovary: Leaves lorate... a Gas ... (8) dregeana, Leaves filiform ... Gas, Me isi ae (4) Rehmanni. Perianth with a short tube above the ovary : Perianth 4-} in. long... a als w+ (5) Zeyheri. Perianth } in, long sy ae oo ». (6) brachyscypha. Subgenus Imumorra. Style swollen at the base. Leaves filiform, Style-base much swollen : Peduncle straight ... os ses see + (7) Silifolia. Peduncle spiral ai ek ae gi .. (8) spiralis. Leaves lorate, Style-base slightly swollen pee +. (9) gemmata. 1. H. stellaris (Herb. Amaryll. 289); bulb subglobose, $-1 in. diam., with a long neck and brown or pale membranous tunics ; leaves 2, produced after the scape, lorate, glabrous, 6-12 in. long; scape lateral, 3-9 in. long, stout, for the genus; flowers 6-30; pedicels 1-2 in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, green; perianth- segments oblong, crisped, purplish-red, j-3 in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments; ovary globose, 4-4 in. diam. ; style slender, not swollen, subulate, not dilated at the base. Kunth, Enum. vy. 630; Baker, Handb. Amaryll. 21. Amaryllis stellaris, 190 AMARYLLIDEX (Baker). [ Hessea. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 37, t. 71; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 61; Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 2, ii. 229. Strumaria stellarts, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1363; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 790. 4H. crispa Kunth, Enum. v. 632, excl. syn. Amaryllis pulchella, Spreng. in herb. Zeyher. Periphanes stellaris, Salisb. Gen. 118. Souta Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Zeyher ! Coast Region: Near Cape Town; on the Lions Rump, Burchell, 8444! and on sand-dunes, Bolus, 4012! Cape Flats, near Claremont, MacOwan, 2567 ! and near Wynberg, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 297 ! 2. H. crispa (Kunth, Enum. v. 632, ex parte); bulb globose, 1 in. diam., with tunics produced an inch above its neck; leaves 2, produced after the scape, lorate, glabrous, } ft. long ; seape lateral, 4-6 in. long; flowers 6-8; pedicels 14-2 in. long; spathe-valves green, reflexing, lanceolate acuminate; perianth-segments oblong, much crisped, $ in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth- segments; ovary depresso-globose, 4 in. diam.; ovules 4—6 in a cell ; style cylindrical, as long as the stamens, slightly swollen, minutely tricuspidate at the apex. Baker, Handb, Amaryllid..22. Amaryllis crispa, Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i.-37, t=. 72 ; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 61; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 229. Strumaria crispa, Ker in Bot. Mag. t, 1363. Imhofia crispa, Herb. Amaryll. 290. Amaryllis cinna- momea, L'Herit. Sert. 16, t. 17. Imhofia cinnamomea, Roem. Amaryllid. 28. Periphanes crispa, Salisb. Gen. 118. Souta Arrica: without locality, Herb. Gowan! Herb. Gay! 3. H. dregeana (Kunth, Enum. v. 633); bulb globose, with several pale membranous tunics produced 1-14 in. above its neck ; leaves 2, lorate, glabrous, enveloped at the base in a long green funnel shaped sheath, like that of a Strumaria; peduncle 3-4 in. long; flowers 20-30; pedicels 14 in. long, all ascending; spathe- valves 2, green, lanceolate, reflexing ; perianth cut down to the ovary ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, { in. long, under ;; in, broad; stamens as long as the perianth-segments; ovary globose, ;}, in. diam. ; ovules 2-3 in a cell: style subulate, as long as the stamens, slightly thickened downwards, minutely tricuspidate at the tip. Baker, Handb. Amaryllid, 22, Coast Recion: Clanwilliam Div. ; between Berg Vallei and Lange Vallei, Drége, 252b'! . 4. H. Rehmanni (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 22); bulb globose, © under 1 in. diam. ; outer tunics brown, produced an inch over its apex ; leaves very slender, subterete, glabrous, shorter than the peduncle ; peduncle slender, subterete, 4-8 in. long; flowers 8-12; pedicels strongly angled, {-? in. long ;° spathe-valves 2, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, small, tinged with red ; perianth cut down to the ovary ; segments whitish, oblanceolate, much crisped, 3 in. long; stamens as long as the perianth-segments; filaments white, filiform ; anthers purplish, globose; ovary globose, 4, in, diam.; style rather shorter than the stamens, distinctly tricuspidate at the apex. Hessea. | AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 191 Katanaki ReGIon: Transvaal ; Hooge Veld, Donkershoek, Rehmann, 6549 ! near Johannesberg, Miss Saunders, 13! 5. H. Zeyheri (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 22) ; bulb globose, with pale membranous tunics produced 13-2 in. above its neck; leaves 2, contemporary with the flowers, linear, glabrous, 4-1 ft. long, 2 in. broad ; peduncle stout, 4-8 in. log; flowers 20-30 ; pedicels 11-22 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, greenish, reflexing ; perianth-segments lanceolate, {4 in. long, #; in. broad, joined in a very short tube at the base ; stamens as long as the perianth-segments, filaments connate at the base ; ovary globose, ,; in. diam. ; style as long as the stamens, nder, minutely tricuspidate at the tip. WeEstTegNn ReGion: Little Namaqualand; Hardeveld, Zeyher, 1661! 6. H. brachyscypha (Baker) ; bulb globose, 3 in. diam., with thick, pale, outer tunics produced 2 in. above its neck; leaves linear, glabrous; peduncle slender, 13-2 in. long; umbel 6-9 flowered; spathe-valves linear, reflexed, tinged red, 4 in. long; pedicels stiffly erect, $-1 in. long; perianth bright red, 3 in. long, with a distinct tube and oblong segments; stamens as long as the perianth; anthers uniform; ovary globose, 4in. diam.; style overtopping the anthers, Coast Rraton: Malmesbury Div.; Schaapplaats near Hopefield, Bachmann! 7. H, filifolia (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 721); bulb globose, 2 in. diam., with membranous tunics produced an inch above its neck; leaves 2-5, produced after the flowers, filiform, very slender, glabrous, weak, sometimes 6-8 in. long; peduncle very slender, 3-6 in. long, not twisted spirally; flowers 4-12; pedicels slender, 1-2 in. long; pevianth-limb } in. long, cut down to the base, whitish or red-purple ; segments oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3-nerved in the centre ; stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments; ovary green, globose, +s in. diam. ; style as long as the stamens, subulate from an ovoid base, minutely tricuspidate at the tip; capsule depresso-globose, membranous; seeds 1-2 in a cell. Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 22. Imhofia filifolia, Herb. Amaryl. 290, t. 29, fig. 8; Kunth, Enum. v. 626. Strumaria filifolia, Jacg. Ie. ii. 14, t. 361; Bot. Reg. t. 440. Leucojum strumosum, Thunb. Prodr. 58 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. i, 407, t. 5. Crinum tenellum, Linn, fil. Suppl. 194. : wi ity. Sparrmann! Masson! Oldenburg ! as eae : bees praca gt mabey Cape sand-dunes, Bolus, 4013! Cape Flats near Kondebosch, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 294! Mac- Owan, 2655! Tulbagh Div.; between Tulbagh and the Drostdy, Burcheli, 1030! Worcester Div., Hex River Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drége ! 8. H. spiralis (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid, 22, non Berg.) ; bulb glo- bose, 2 in. diam., with membranous tunics produced an inch above its neck ; leaves produced after the flowers, filiform, glabrous ; pedunele 2-4 in, long, very slender, spirally twisted ; flowers 2-8; pedicels slender, 1-2 in. long ; periantb-limb 3 in. long, pale reddish ; segments oblong-lanceclate ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth segments ; 192 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Hessea. ovary green, globose ; style as long as the stamens, cylindrical from an ovoid base ; capsule depresso-globose, membranous, deeply 3-lobed. Strumaria spiralis, Zeyher, exsic. non Ait. WEstTEEN Rearon: Little Namaqualand ; Hardeveld, Zeyher, 1662 ! §. H. gemmata (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 721); bulb globose, 1 in. diam., with pale brown membranous tunics, produced 13-2 in. above its neck; leaves 2-3, developed after the flowers, lorate, flaccid, ft. or more long, }—4 in. broad, pilose towards the margin ; peduncle stout, 3-1 ft. long; flowers 10-20; pedicels 1-3 in. long; spathe- valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, reflexing; perianth-limb j{-4 in. long, cut down to the base; segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 3-nerved in the centre; stamens nearly as long as the perianth- segments ; ovary green, globose, », in. diam.; style. as long as the stamens, with a slightly dilated conical base ; capsule depresso-globose, membranous, deeply 3-lobed, 4 in. diam. Baker, Handb. Amarylilid. 23. Strumaria gemmata, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1620; Potr. Encye. Suppl. v. 259. Imhofia gemmata, Herb. Amaryll. 291; Kunth, Enum. v. 628. I. burehelliana, Herb. Amaryllid. 290, t. 29, jig. 5. Kunth, Enum. v. 627. JI. bergiana, Kunth, loc. cit. Hessea burchelliana, Benth. Gen. Plant. loc. cit. Coast Recton : Uniondale Div: ; Lange Kloof, Burchell, 4954! 4967! 4978! eee Div.; Grass Ridge, between Coega R. and Sunday R., Zeyher: CenTRAL Recion: Graaff Reinet Div.; Sneeuw Berg, 5000 ft., Bolus, 1817 ! Colesburg Div. ; near Hondeblats River, Burchell, 2702! between Riet Fontein and Plettenbergs Beacon, Burchell, 2727! and without precise locality, Bolus, 1817! Albert Div., Cooper, 575! Drége, 3517! Hopetowa Div., Burchell, 2683. V. CARPOLYZA, Salisb. Perianth with a short funnel-shaped tube above the ovary ; seg- ments linear-oblong, subequal, patent, laxly 3-nerved in the middle. Stamens inserted in the perianth-tube; filaments short, filiform ; anthers subglobose, minute, basifixed. Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules few in a cell, superposed; style filiform, tricuspidate at the stigmatose apex. Capsule globose, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds few in a cell, subglobose, greenish, Disteis, Monotypic, endemic, 1. C. spiralis (Salisb. Parad. t. 63); bulb ovoid, }-2 in. diam., with a long neck; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 4-6, contemporary with the flowers, subulate, very slender, 2-4 in. long; peduncle fili- form, spirally twisted, 2—4 in. long ; flowers 1-3, rarely 4-6 ; pedicels 1-2 in. long; spathe-valves 2, small, linear, membranous; perianth pinkish-white ; tube 4} in. long ; segments 3 in, long ; stamens emerg- ing but little from the perianth-tube ; ovary globose, 1; in. diam. ; cap- sule in. diam. Salish. Gen. 119; Herb. Amaryll. 292, t. 29, fig. 9; Baker, Handb, Amaryllid. 23. Hessea spiralis, Berg. in Linnea 1826, 252. Strumaria spiralis, Ait. Hort. Kew. edit, 2, ii. 213; Carpolyza.] AMARYLLIDEX (Baker), 193 Gal. in Bot. Mag. t. 1383. Haemanthus spiralis, Thunb. Prodr. 58 ; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 296. Crinum spirale, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 92. C. tenellum, Jacq. Ic. ii, 14, t. 363. Amaryllis spiralis, L’Herit. Sert. Angl. 10, ¢. 13. Coast Reaton: vicinity of Cape Town; Lion Mountain, Thunberg! Bur- chell, 837-2! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 295! and 1385! MacOwaa, 2572, Drége / Sea Point, 200 ft., Bolus, 3730! VI. ANOIGANTHUS, Baker. Perianth with a short infundibuliform tube above the ovary and 6 oblong-lanceolate, subequal, ascending segments, Stamens biserial, 3 inserted in the perianth-tube and 3 at its throat; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, erect, deeply sagittate. Ovary oblong, 3-celled ; ovules numerous, superposed ; style filiform, with 3 short, falcate, clavate, stigmatose forks. Capsule globose, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds numerous, flat. Distr. Endemic; monotypic. 1, A. breviflorus (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 76) ; bulb ovoid, 1 in, diam., with a short neck and brown membranous tunics; leaves 3-4, contemporary with the flowers, lorate, obtuse, erect, glabrous, 3-1 ft, long, -4:in. broad ; peduncles 3-12 in. long ; flowers 2-10, umbellate ; pedicels erect, 1-2 in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate; perianth yellow or milk-white ; tube 4-4 in. long; segments }-} in. long, with about 5 ribs; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments ; Ovary green, glabrous, oblong; style overtopping the anthers ; capsule 4 in. long. Bot. Mag. t. 7072; Handb. Amaryllid. 27.. Cyrtanthus breviflorus, Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 139. Var. 8, minor (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. ag & dwarf, 1-2-flowered, with short pedicels and narrow perianth-segments. A. luteus, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 77. Cyrtanthus luteus, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 66. Coast Reaton: Stockenstrom Div. ; Katberg, 4000-5000 ft., Drége! Scully, 150! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 255! Crentrat Region: Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 2133! Graaff Reinet Div. ; Koudevelds Berg, 5000 ft., Bolus, 2577! _ EasteRN Ree@ron: Tembuland; mountains near Bazeia, 2500-3000 ft., Baur, 248! Griqualand East ; near Kokstad, 4700 ft., Tyson, 1548! Natal; Inunda, Wood, 175! Weston, Rehmann, 7358! Table Mountain, Krauss, 255! and without precise locality, Plant, 106! Sanderson, 692! Swazieland; Havelock Conces- sion, 4000 ft., Saltmarshe in Herb. Galpin, 1097! Var. 8, Tewbuland; moun- tains near Bazeia, ft., Baur, 248! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 230! and without precise locality, Buchanan ! VII. GETHYLLIS, Linn. Perianth hypocrateriform, with a long, slender, cylindrical tube and 6 equal, spreading, oblong acute segments. Stamens 6 or many, in- serted in a single row at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments short, sometimes bearing 2—5 anthers ; anthers linear, basifixed, twist- ing up spirally when the flower expands. Ovary 3-celled, hidden by 194 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [Gethyllis the spathe and amongst the sheaths of the bulb-neck; ovules numerous, superposed ; style long, filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit clavate, indehiscent, succulent. Seeds globose, immersed in pulp; testa loose, hyaline. Acaulescent herbs, with the habit of Crocus; leaves generally contemporary with the fruit, produced after the flowers, which are delicate in texture, whitish, and fugitive ; spathe monophyllous, membranous, amplexicaul, clasping the ovary and lower part of the perianth-tube; berry yellowish, fragrant, edible. Distris. Endemic. Stamens 6 : Style falling short of the tip of the perianth- segments ; Leaves glabrous, spirally twisted all down... (1) spiralis. Leaves glabrous, rolled back _ spirally towards the tip 3 Ty ... (2) verticillata, Leaves densely hispid ... ee a ... (3) villosa. Style exserted, declinate ... re sed ... (4) longistyla. Stamens numerous: Leaves linear, glabrous, spirally twisted: : Stamens 9-12 ,., cs os ‘Tr ee (6) often: Stamens in 6 bundles, several in each bundle (6) britteniana. Leaves linear, hairy a eee =. - (73 ciliaris. Leaves lanceolate, very much crisped_.,. .. (8) undulata. Leaves lorate, glabrous, twisted ... oa +» (9) latifolia. 1. @. spiralis (Linn. fil. Suppl. 198); bulb globose, 1-1} in. diam. ; tunics produced 1-2 in. above its top ; leaves 4—6, produced after the flower, linear-subulate, glabrous, very much spirally twisted all the way down, 4—6 in. long; perianth-tube 2-3 in. long; limb 1-14 in. long, whitish, tinted red on the outside; segments oblong- lanceolate, }-4 in. broad at the middle; stamens 6, about 4 in. long ; filament equalling the anther; style straight, rather overtopping the anthers; fruit clavate, 2-3 in. long, under 4 in. diam., narrowed to the base. Thunb. Diss. 15; Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 302; Bot. Mag. t. 1088; Herb. Amaryllid. 185; Baker in Journ. Bot, 1885, 225; Handb. Amaryllid. 24. Papiria spiralis, Thunb. in Act. Iund, i. 2, 111. Soutn Arrica: without locality, Masson! Harvey ! Burchell! Coast ReGion: Cape Flats, Rogers! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1644! 1710! Uniondale Div. ; Lange Kloof, Thunberg ! Flowers at the Cape in December and fruits about February. @. rosea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 4, is a small form with a red tinted perianth-limb. 2. G. verticillata (R. Br. Prodr. 290); bulb small, ovoid, with a spotted cylindrical neck 13-2 in. long; leaves 4-5, narrow linear, glabrous, not spirally twisted, but rolled up like a watch-spring towards the tip, 4-6 in. long; perianth pure white; tube slender, 3-4 in. long; segments lanceolate, acute, reflexing, an inch long ; stamens 6 ; filaments filiform, as long as the anthers; style a little overtopping the stamens; fruit yellow, clavate, contemporary with the leaves, 1} in. long, 4 in. diam. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. vii. 781 ; Gethyllis.] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 195 Herb. Amaryllid. 186, t. 25, fiy. 6; Kunth, Enum. v. 697; Baker tn Journ. Bot. 1885, 226, t. 259, fig. 2 ; Handb. Amaryllid. 24. Coast Region: Piquetberg, Masson ! 3. G. villosa (Linn. fil. Suppl. 198) ; bulb small, ovoid ; tunics pro- duced an inch or more above its apex; leaves 5-10, developed after the flowers, linear, 2-3 in. long, 2 in. broad, twisted spirally, clothed with dense ascending or deflexed whitish and bristly hairs ; perianth- tube pilose, 2-4 in. long ; limb tinged with pink, about an inch long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, + in. broad; stamens 6, one-third the length of the segments ; anthers about as long as the filaments ; style straight, reaching to the top of the stamens ; fruit clavate, yellowish, contemporary with the leaves, 2 in. long, 4 in. diam. Thund. Diss. 15 ; Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 303; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii, 104; Herb. Amaryllid. 186 ; Kunth, Enum, v. 697 ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 226; Handb. Amaryllid. 24, Papiria villosa, Thund. in Act. Lund, i. 2, 111, eum icone. Sourn Arrica : without locality, Masson ! Coast Keaion: Mossel Bay Div.; Attaquas Kloof, near Ganse Kraal, Thunberg { 4. G. longistyla (Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 396); bulb ovoid or subglobose ; inner tunics pale reddish, produced some distance above its apex; leaves 12-18, produced after the flowers, linear from a dilated base, acuminate, ciliated, 3-4 in. long, } in. broad, covered with linear, white, lacerated, centrally-affixed scales; perianth-tube 2 in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about an inch long, z in. broad; stamens 6, about 4 in. long; anther longer than the filament ; style exserted, }-$ in. beyond the segments, stout, sub- angular, thicker gradually towards the base. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 226; Hundb. Amaryllid. 24. _ Centrat Recion: Graaff Reinet Div.; Snecuw Berg avange, 4000 ft., Tyson in Herb, Bolus, 842! 5. G. afra (Linn. Sp. Plant. 633); bulb globose, 13-2 in. diam., with brown membranous tunics produced 2-3 in. over its apex; leaves 12-20, as long as the flower, linear, twisted, strongly ribbed, glabrous ; perianth-tube 3-4 in. long; limb whitish, 1}-2 in. long ; segments oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, acute, varying from 4 to fin. broad ; stamens 9-12, about 14 in. long; anthers equalling the fila- — ments ; style straight, rather overtopping the anthers ; fruit yellowish, clavate, edible, with an agreeable scent. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1016 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. vii. 780; Herb. Amaryllid. 185; Kunth, Enum, v. 696 ; Baker in Journ, Bot. 1885, 226; Handb. Amaryllid, 24. Coast ReGron: Clanwilliam Div.; Lange Vallei and Berg Vallei, Zeyher, 1663! Riversdale Div.; near Heidelberg, Burchell, 7209! 6. G. britteniana (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 227, t. 260); bulb globose, 2~3 in, diam., with a thick spotted neck 1} in. long; leaves 12~15, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, spirally twisted, 196 AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). [Gethyllis. 4-6 in. long, 3,-} in. broad; perianth pure white; tube stout, 2-3 in. long, its base hidden by the sheathing membranous bract ; segments oblong-lanceolate, 2 in. long, ¢ in. broad ; stamens very numerous, arranged in 6 clusters; filament about as long as the anther. Handb. Amaryllid. 24. G. bivaginata, Masson MSS. Centra Rraion: Karoo, Masson! I have described this from Masson’s three sketches, and named it after Mr. Britten, to whom we are indebted for seeking out and rendering available for use the series of drawings by Masson on which I have mainly relied in characterizing the species of this genus, The same plant is in Herb. Bolus, but the locality is doubtful. 7. G. ciliaris (Linn, fil. Suppl. 198) ; bulb globose, 13 in. diam., with the tunics produced beyond its apex in a cylindrical sheath 4-5 in. long ; leaves 20 or more, produced after the flowers, linear, spirally twisted, conspicuously ciliated; perianth-tube 2-3 in. long ; limb whitish, } in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, 4-3 in. broad ; anthers numerous, linear, }-} in. long; filaments very short, confluent ; style straight, not longer than the stamens ; fruit clavate, yellow, 2-8 in. long, above 3 in. diam. Thunb. Diss. 15; Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 302; Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 41, t. 79; Herb. Amaryllid. 185 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 696; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 227 ; Handb. Amaryllid. 25. Papiria ciliaris, Thunb. in Act. Lund, i.2,111. G. polyanthera, Solander MSS, SoutnH ArFagica: without locality, Masson / Coast ReGion : near Cape Town, in sandy places, Thunberg ! Jacquin describes this species ss having 6 filaments, with 3 anthers to each. There is a single flower in Thunberg’s herbarium marked G. cuspidata, with 6 filaments, with 2 anthers to about two of them, and one only to the others, and the same plant or a near ally is in Herb. Bolus, No. 4383, gathered in Basutoland in 1880. Solander’s full original description will be found in a paper by Mr. Britten in Journ. Bot, 1884, p. 148. 8. G. undulata (Herb. Amaryll. 186, t. 25, fig. 5); bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam., with a neck 2-3 in. long; leaves 12~20, lanceolate, spreading, villose, much undulated, 5-6 in. long, 4-3 in, broad ; perianth pure white; tube stout, 2-3 in. long; segments oblong- Janceolate, 1} in. long ; stamens numerous ; filaments short, filiform ; style not much overtopping the stamens. Kunth, Enum. v. 697; Baker in Journ, Bot. 1885, 227 ; Handb. Amaryllid. 25. Coast ReGion: Zeekoe Vallei, March, 1794, Masson / 9. G. latifolia (Masson ex. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 228, t. 259, fig. 1); bulb globose, 13 in. diam. with a cylindrical neck 8-9 in. long ; leaves 10-12, spreading, lorate, twisted, glabrous, 4-5 in. long, in. broad; perianth-tube stout, 2~3 in. long ; segments pinkish, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long, 4 in. broad; stamens about 20, all distinct, }-4 in. long; filaments filiform, as long as the anthers. Handb. Amaryilid, 25. Bd gsc Reqion: Little Namaqualand; Meerhofs Kasteel, Sept., 1793, Deseribed from Masson’s drawing. Apodolirion. } AMARYLLIDE (Baker). 197 VIII. APODOLIRION, Baker. Perianth infundibuliform, with a long cylindrical tube rather dilated at the apex, and 6 subequal, ascending, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate segments. Stamens biseriate, 3 inserted at the throat, and 8 below the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments filiform, about as long as the linear, rather recurving, basifixed anthers. Ovary 3-celled, hidden down amongst the sheaths of the bulb-neck ; ovules numerous, superposed ; style filiform, obseurely lobed at the stigmatose apex. Fruit and Seeds unknown, Bulbous herbs, with the habit of Crocus; leaves usually not produced till after the flowers, linear or lanceolate ; flowers white or red. Distr. Endemic. Perianth-tube 1-1} in. long: Anthers} in. long... Pe ie bas + (1) lanceolatum, Anthers fin. long... ove a Ss + (2) Etter. Perianth-tube 2—4 in. long : Perianth-segments lanceolate _.., ae: ... (3) Buchanani. Perianth-segments oblong : Leaves plane pe Sy, os ... (4) Bolusii. Leaves crisped ... ate ost — ..» (5) Macowani. Perianth-tube 6-8 in. long pe sa 2 ... (6) Mackenii. 1. A. lanceolatum (Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 722); bulb globose, 3 in, diam., with brown membranous tunics produced 1-1} in. over its apex ; leaf solitary, lanceolate, contemporary with the flower, 2 in. long, 4 in. broad, narrowed from the middle to both ends, moderately firm in texture, crisped at the edge; perianth-tube an inch long ; limb whitish, $-1 in. long; segments oblanceolate, acute, 4 in. broad ; anthers linear, 3 in. long; ovary hidden in the produced tunics of the bulb. Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 26. Gethyllis lanceolata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 198; Thunb. Diss. 15 ; Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 303. Paptria lanceolata, Thunb. in Act. Lund, i. 2, 112, cum icone. Soura Coast: without locauty, Harvey / Set Coast Reeion ; Swellendam Div. ; Buffeljaghts River, Thunberg ! 2. A. Ette (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 26); bulb globose, } in. diam. ; outer tunics brown, membranous, produced an inch above its neck ; leaves linear, glabrous; peduncle and spathe hidden in the neck of the bulb; perianth-tube cylindrical, 3 in. long ; limb 1-11 in. long, white, tinged with red; segments 4 in. broad ; anthers in two superposed rows opposite the lower part of the segments, } in. long. — Katauari Raion ; Transvaal; mountain tops near Barberton, 4000-5000 ft., Galpin, 436! . Easvern RxGion: Natal, on a grassy hill at Imbumbulu, Umlaas Location, Wood, 3193! 8. A. Buchanani (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 75) ; bulb globose, 1 in. diam, with the white membranous tunics produced 1-1} in. 198 amanyitmpnx (Baker). [Apodolirion? above its apex ; peduncle-about 3 in. long; leaves unknown ; spathe of one membranous valve an inch long, wrapped tightly round the perianth-tube ; perianth-tube very slender, about 2 in. long ; limb whitish, 1} in. long ; segments oblanceolate, acute, } in. broad above the middle; -longer stamens, reaching nearly halfway up the perianth-limb ; anthers linear, } in. long. Handb. Amaryllid. 26 ; Hook. Ic. t. 1338. Oyphonema Buchanani, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 66. Eastern Recron: Natal; hills near Pietermaritzburg, Krauss, 449! and without precise locality, Buchanan ! 4, A. Bolusii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 75); bulb not seen; — leaves 3, contemporary with the flower, linear, erect, glabrous, rather twisted, with a green blade 3-4 in. long, 4 in. broad, dilated at the base into a clasping hyaline membrane 2 in. long ; perianth-tubo 2-3 in. long; limb whitish, 13-2 in. long; segments obovate-oblong, subacute, permanently imbricated, 4 in. broad ; upper stamens reaching almost halfway up the perianth-limb ; anthers linear, }-? in. long ; ovary oblong, 4 in. long. Handb. Amaryllid. 26. Central Reaton: Cave Mountain near Graaff Reinet, 4300 ft., Bolus, 717! 5. A. Macowani (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 26) ; bulb globose or ovoid, 1 in. diam., with membranous whitish tunics produced 1-13 in. over its top ; leaves produced after the flowers, only seen in a young state, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, very much erisped ; perianth-tube 3-4 in. long; limb whitish, 1-1} in. long; segments oblanceolate-oblong, subacute, 4-4 in. broad above the middle ; longer stamens reaching } up the perianth-limb; anthers linear, 3 in. long ; ovary hidden in the basal sheaths. Coast Recton: Uitenhage Div. ; sandy places by Coega River, MacOwan, 1928! Port Elizabeth, Holland in Herb. Ae ety 1928! 6. A. Mackenii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 75) ; bulb globose, } in. diam., with white membranous tunics produced 14 in. above its apex; leaves unknown; perianth-tube reddish, 6-8 in. long; limb 1}~-2 in. long, bright red ; segments oblanceolate-unguiculate, acute, $-} in. broad above the middle ; anthers linear-oblong, 4 in. long. Handb. Amaryllid, 26. Eastern ReGIon : Natal ; Great Noodsberg, 2500 ft., McKen,1! Wood, 110! 4147! Lorengo Marquez; Lobombo Mountains, Mrs. Saunders ! IX. CRINUM, Linn. Perianth (in the Cape species) infundibuliform, with a cylindrical tube above the ovary, which is generally as long as the limb, and 6 equal, connivent, oblong segments. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments long, filiform, declinate ; anthers linear, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary oblong, 3-celled; ovules few in a cell, superposed, sessile or immersed in the thick placenta; style i li Crinum. ] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 199 long, filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit a globose capsule, bursting irregularly. Seeds few, large, bulbiform. Bulb large, tunicated; leaves few or many, linear or lorate, persistent; flowers umbellate, white or tinged, or striped with red; spathe of two large deltoid valves, DistRr1B. Species about 60, spread through the tropical and warm-temperate regions of both the Old and New worlds. ; Perianth-tube short : Perianth-segments acute : ; Leaf linear ws tas a ae ... (1) lineare. Leaf lorate, acuminate .., os eee .. (2) variabile, Perianth-segments obtuse .., Kes pe ... (3) campanulatum, Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long : Perianth-segments obtuse... : A es imbricatum. Perianth-segments subacute... 5) Moorei. Perianth-segments acute : Perianth-segments white, with a distinct keel of red: é Leaves ciliated 5 ave er ... (6) forbesianum. Leaves scabrous on the margin... .. (7) longifolium. Perianth-segments pink, without a distinct keel ofred ... os od - ont (8) Macowani. 1. C. lineare (Linn. fil, Suppl. 195); bulb small, ovoid; leaves linear, 13-2 ft. long, about 3 in. broad, glaucous green, weak in texture, channelled down the face, glabrous and entire on the margin; scape slender, subterete, about a foot long ; flowers 5-6 in an umbel; pedicels 3-2 in. long; spathe-valves small, lanceolate- deltoid; perianth-tube curved, slender, 13-23 in. long ; segments 2-3 in. long, oblanceolate-oblong, acute, about } in. broad, tinged with red in the centre; stamens much shorter than the perianth- segments ; anthers } in, long; ovary oblong, } in. long; style nearly straight, reaching to the top of the perianth-segments. Thunb. Prodr.59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 801; Kunth, Enum, v.582; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 92. C. revolutum, Herb. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 2121; Amaryllid. 267. Amaryllis revoluta, L’Herit. Sert. Angl. t.14; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 915. A. revoluta var. gracilior, Bot. fa: t.623. Crinum algoense, Herb. Amaryllid. 272; Kunth, Enum. . C8t. ‘ Coast Reaion : Uitenhage Div. ; between Van Stadens River and Zwartkops River, Thunberg ! 2. ©. variabile (Herb. Amaryllid. 268, t. 44, fig. 23); bulb ovoid, 3-4 in. diam., without any distinct neck ; leaves 10-12 to a bulb, linear, green, weak in texture, glabrous, entire on the margin, the outer reaching a length of 2 feet and more, and a breadth of 2 inches ; scape erect, compressed, 1-1} ft. long, } in. thick at the base; flowers 10-12 to an umbel; pedicels }-1 in. long; spathe- valves deltoid, 2-3 in. long; perianth with a curved greenish tube about 14 in, long; segments oblong, acute, 2}-3) in. long, 3 in. broad, tinged with red down the keel ; filaments red, an inch shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers } in. long; ovary oblong, 3 in. 200 AMARYLLIDEX (Baker). [Crinum. long; style reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments. Kunth, Enum. v. 578; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 92. Amaryllis variabilis, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 14, t. 429 ;: Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 866. Re, 4) ee Cyrtanthus. } AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 219 Leaves about an inch broad : Perianth 2-2} in. long ag Sie ve -» (2) carneus, Perianth 14-14 in. long a Ae ee ww. (3) Elliotii. Leaves 4—# in. broad & ack at a A ee Subgenus Monzrua. Leaves linear, ;-} in. broad. Flowers many in an umbel, usually pendulous. Flowers red : Perianth 3-1} in. long: Segments nearly as long asthe tube ... +» (5) brachyscyphus. Segments short ... oe oe oe « (6) parvifiorus. Perianth usually 14, rarely 2, in. long: Perianth-tube very slender in the lower half: Leaves straight ... Ss wat .. (7) collinus, Leaves spirally twisted ... waa ... (8) spiralis. Perianth-tube not so slender in the lower half: Perianth-segments 4 as long as the tube: Flowers drooping ep fe, « (9) pallidus. Flowers suberect ah ws ave (10) -reetiflorus. Perianth-segments about } as long as the tube: Perianth-tube about an inch long ... (11) Macowani. Perianth-tube 14 in. long... «. (12) OBrieni. Perianth usually 2, rarely 3, in. long: Perianth-segments linear-oblong; tube 4 in. diam. at its throat... Aes ge «.» (18) odorus. Perianth-segments oblong ; tube }—} in. diam. at its throat : : .Perianth-segments spreading ; Flowers bright red oi a ipa ... (14). angustifolius. Flowers red striped with yellow ... (15) striatus. Perianth-segments connivent _... «. (16) Tuckii. Flowers yellow... sss reat yeu er lutescens, Flowers white ies cae sk sil ve ... (18) Mackenii, Subgenus GasrRoNEMA. Flowers 1 or few in an umbel, erect or slightly Gonrred, Perianth-tube more dilated in the upper half, with a throat 4-1 in. iam. Flowers white, with 6 red or green stripes: Leaves linear : Perianth 14-2 in. long: Leaves straight =... aay i ... (19) uniflorus. Leaves spirally twisted ... sae .. (20) helictus. Perianth 3-4 in. long: Segments } in, long ine oe .. (21) vittatus. Segments 1 in. long os aa .. (22) smithianus, Flowers bright red : “Wits Leaves lanceolate, petioled ... ist as --. (23) sanguineus. Leaves linear ... —... so wt. on ey One, 1. C. obliquus (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 414); bulb ovoid, 3-4 in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous ; leaves 10-12, erect-faleate, produced after the flowers, distichous, lorate, obtuse, 372 ft. lo 1-2 in. broad, twisted, glaucous, with a smooth reddish margin ; peduncle subterete, mottled, 1-2 ft. long, }-$in. diam. ; flowers 6-12 in an umbel, very drooping, inodorous ; pedicels 3-1 in. long ; spathe-valves 4, lanceolate, reflexing ; perianth curved, 2-3 in. long, yellow at the base, bright red upwards tipped with green ; tube twice as long as the segments, dilated gradually to a throat }—} in. diam. ; segments oblong, much imbricated, $-1 in. long, 3-4 in, 220 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [Cyrtanthus. broad ; stamens biseriate, inserted low down in the perianth-tube ; filaments #-1 in. long; anthers small, oblong, reaching about half- way up the segments ; ovary green, oblong, } in. diam. ; style reach- ing to the tip of the segments; stigma capitate; capsule oblong- triquetrous, an inch long. Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 39, t. 75; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 265; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1133; Red. Ini. t. 381; Lodd. Bot, Cab. t.947-; Herb. Amaryllid. 128; Kunth, Enum. v. 584; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 54, Crinum obliquum, Linn. fil. Suppl. 195; Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult, 301. Amarylilis Umbella, L’ Herit. Sert. 15, ¢t. 16. Timmia obliqua, Gmel. Syst. Nat. ii. 538. C. varius, Roem. Amaryllid. 48. Coast Recion: Humansdorp Div.; hills near Kabeljouw River, Thunberg ! Bathurst Div. ;, Riet Fontein, between Port Alfred and Theopolis, Burchell, ted and between Riet Fontein and the source of Kasuga River, Burchell, Centrat Recron : Somerset Div.; Commadagga Mts., Burchell! and Bosch Berg, 2300 ft., MacOwan ! 2. C. carneus (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1462); bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. diam. ; leaves 8-10, lorate, obtuse, produced after the flowers, glaucous, twisted, 14 ft. long, about 1 in. broad; peduncle subterete, glaucous, twisted, a foot or more long; flowers 8-10 in an umbel, very cernuous ; pedicels j-+ in. long; spathe-valves 3-4, lanceolate, greenish, 14-2 in. long; perianth 2—2} in. long, rather curved, bright red ; tube twice as long as the segments, dilated gradually from the base to a throat 4 in. diam. ; segments oblong, much imbricated, 3 in. broad ; stamens inserted low down in the perianth-tube; fila- ments an inch long; anthers oblong, reaching halfway up the segments; ovary oblong, 4 in. diam.; style reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments; stigma capitate. Herb. Amaryllid. 129; Kunth, Enum. v. 535; Baker, Handb, Amaryllid. 54, Sourn Argrica: without locality, Thom! Coast Recion: onthe Zwartberg, near Caledon, Templeman in Herb. Mac- Owan, 2619! Alexandria Div. ; between Hoffmans Kloof and Drie Fontein, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! : 3. C. Elliotii (Baker); leaves lorate, flaccid, above a foot long, . an inch broad; peduncle stout, above a foot long; flowers bright red, many in an umbel, cernuous; pedicels 1-2 in. long; spathe- valves oblong, brownish, 2 in. long; perianth 13-14 in. long; tube revit 2 at the base, 3 in. diam. at the throat; segments oblong, } in. ong. ; Coast Rzcion: Stockenstrom Div.; bank of stream on the south slope of Katberg, Elliot, 149! 4. C. Huttoni (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 55) ; leaves lorate, con- _ temporary with the flowers, a foot long, }-} in. broad, narrowed to an obtuse point; peduncle above a foot long, 1-2 in. diam. ; flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels slender, erect, }—1 in. long; spathe-valves 2, oblong-lanceolate, whitish, membranous, 14 in. long ; perianth about an inch long, pale red; tube much curved, widening from @ Cyrtanthus.] AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). 221 subeylindrical base to a throat 3-1 in. diam.; segments oblong, half as long as the tube; stamens biseriate ; filaments very short; anthers oblong, yellow, the three lower scarcely, the three upper a little exserted from the perianth-tube; style reaching halfway up the segments ; stigma distinctly tricuspidate. Sourn Arrica: without locality, Hutton !/ Described from a single specimen in the Kew herbarium, that flowered at Kew in May, 1864. : 5. C. brachyscyphus (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 55) ; bulb ovoid ; leaves about 3, contemporary with the flowers, linear, 9-10 in. long, 4 in. broad; scape slender, terete, as long as the leaves; umbel 6-8- flowered ; pedicels 3—? in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, an inch long; perianth pale red, under an inch long, with a funnel-shaped tube 3 in. diam. at the throat, a little longer than the oblong- lanceolate segments; stamens as long as the segments; anthers oblong, ;', in. long. ; Eastern Ree@ion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 295! Described from a plant flowered in July, 1886, by Mr. J. H. Tillett, of Sprowston, near Norwich, who introduced it from Pondoland. 6. C. parviflorus (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1891, ix. 104); bulb ovoid, under ? in. diam.; leaves linear, flaccid, above a foot long; peduncle slender, 3-1 ft. long; flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels }-1 in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, 1-1} in. long; perianth bright red, 1-1} in. long; tube slightly curved, slender at the base, 2 in. diam. at throat ; segments broad oblong, 4 in, long. Coast Rreion: Port Elizabeth, Hort. Dawson Paul! Hort. Strickland / ~ Tparpenies Div. ; garden at Fort Seymour, Scully, 59! Komgha, Flanajan, Kananart Rea@ion: Transvaal; Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 4000- 4500 ft., Galpin, 477! ee wane Recion: Griqualand East; near Fort Donald, 4500 ft., Tyson, 7. C. collinus (Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 162); bulb ovoid, 12 in. diam.; leaves 3, produced with the flowers, linear, glau- cous, weak in texture, not twisted, 6-9 in. long, $4 in. broad ; peduncle slender, subterete, glaucous, about a foot long ; flowers 6-10 in an umbel, bright scarlet, inodorous; pedicels slender, suberect, 1-1 in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, about an inch long ; perianth bright red, 13-2 in. long ; tube curved, very slender in the lower half, dilated gradually to a throat ¢ in. diam. ; segments oblong, obtuse, } in. long ; stamens almost uniseriate at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments under ; in. long ; anthers small, oblong ; style reaching halfway up the perianth-segments ; stigma tricuspidate. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 898 ; Kunth, Enum, v. 536 ; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 56. Monella glauea, Herb. App. 29. IM. collina, Salish, Gen. 139. — Coast Reaton: Caledon Div.; Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7783! Alexandria Diy.; Zuurberg Rauge, Cooper, 3223 ! 222 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Cyrtanthus. 8. C. spiralis (Burch. ex Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 167, excl. syn.) ; bulb ovoid, 14 in. diam.; leaves 2-3, produced after the flowers, linear, several times spirally twisted, weak in texture, glaucous green, 6-9 in. long, }-} in. broad at the middle; peduncle slender, reddish, terete, glaucous, 9-12 in. long; flowers 4-6 in an umbel, inodorous ; pedicels slender, ascending, 3-1 in. long; spathe-valves 2, greenish, lanceolate, an inch long; perianth bright crimson-red, 14-2 in, long, tube curved, dilated from a subcylindrical base to a throat } in. diam. ; segments oblong, patent, 4-3 in. long; stamens a little exserted from the perianth-tube; filaments 14 in. long; anthers oblong, yellow ; ovary oblong, under , in. diam. ; style overtopping the stamens ; stigma tricuspidate. Reich. Fl. Exot. t. 42; Herb. Amaryllid. 129; Kunth, Enum. v. 537 ; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. - 55. Monella spiralis, Herb. App. 29 ; Salish. Gen. 139. Coast Reaion: Port Elizabeth Div.; near Bethelsdorp, Zeyher, 347! Burchell! 9. C. pallidus (Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2471) ; bulb ovoid, 1} in. diam., produced into ashort neck; leaves 5, produced after the flower, linear, green, not twisted, ¢ in. broad; peduncle subterete, purplish, ft. long; flowers 4-5 in an umbel, pale red; pedicels slender, 1 in. long ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish ; perianth 1} in. long; tube dilated gradually to a throat + in. diam.; segments oblong, } in. long ; stamens and style exserted from the perianth- tube. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 897 ; Herb. Amaryllid. 129; Kunth, Enum. v. 536; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 56. South Arrica: without locality. Introduced into cultivation by Villette in 1822. Known to me only from the figure cited, 10. C. rectiflorus (Baker) ; bulb ovoid, 13 in. diam.; leaves 2, contemporary with the flowers, linear, flaccid, straight, green, }—} in. broad at the middle ; peduncle slender, 1-14 ft. long; flowers 8-10 in an umbel, red ; pedicels slender, ascending, 2-1 in. long ; spathe- valves 2, lanceolate, not exceeding the pedicels; perianth straight, erect, scarcely over an inch long, the tube dilated gradually from the base to a throat 4 in. diam.; segments oblong, half as long as. the tube ; stamens distinctly biseriate ; filaments very short; anthers minute, oblong, the 3 lower placed one-third of the way down the perianth-tube, the 3 upper at its throat; style reaching to the tip of the segments ; stigma obscurely tricuspidate. Coast Recion: King Williamstown Div.; mountains near Perie, Tidmarsh in Herb. MacOwan! 11. C. Macowani (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1875, iv. 98) ; bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam.; tunics brown; leaves 1-3, contemporary with the — flowers, linear, green, straight, erect, 3-1 ft. long, 4-} in. broad ; peduncle slender, terete, purplish, about a foot long ; flowers 6-8 in an umbel, bright scarlet, inodorous, cernuous ; pedicels 4-2 in. long ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, 1-1} in. long; perianth 1}-1} Cyrtanthus.} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 223 in. long; tube curved, gradually dilated from the base to na throat 4 in. diam. ; segments ovate, spreading horizontally, acute, 3-4 in. long; stamens distinctly biserial; filaments very short; anthers oblong, yellow, the 3 lower a short distance down the tube and the 3 upper at its throat ; ovary oblong, $—-} in. diam.; style just exserted from the perianth-tube; stigma tricuspidate. Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 56; Regel, Gartenfl. xxviii. 1, t. 960. Coast Recton: Fort Beaufort Div. ; Winterberg, Bowker ! Centra Reeron: Somerset Div.; summit of Bpsch Berg, 4700 ft.; Mac Owan, 1635! Graaff Reinet Div.; Koudevelds Berg, 5000 ft., Bolus, 1309! Introduced into cultivation in 1875. 12. C. O’Brieni (Baker in Gard. Chron, 1894, xv. 716) ; bulb ovoid, middle-sized ; leaves linear, contemporary with the flowers, a foot long, 4-4 in. broad, flaccid, bright green ; scape terete, longer than the leaves; flowers 7-8 in an umbel; pedicels $3 in. long; spathe- valves lanceolate, scariose, 1} in, long; perianth pale bright searlet ; tube curved, above 1} in. long, 4 in. diam. at the throat, narrowed gradually to the base; lobes ovate, in. long; stamens and style included in the perianth-tube. Eastern Reeion: Natal; Drakensberg, Hort. J. O’ Brien! crevices of rocks, valley of Buffalo River, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 4812! and the same or a very nearly allied form from Griqualand East; Vaal Bank, near Kokstad, Haygarth im Herb. Wood, 4203! Intermediate between C. angustifolius and C. Macowant. 13. C. odorus (Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 503); bulb ovoid, brown, 1} in. diam. ; leaves 2-3, linear, as long as the peduncle, straight, green, ;}, in. broad; peduncle 3-1 ft. long; flowers 4-10 in an umbel, drooping, bright red, fragrant; pedicels slender, ascending, 1-1} in. long ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, 13-2 in. long ; perianth 2-23 in. long; tube curved, slender, dilated gradually from the base to a throat tin. diam. ; segments linear-oblong, }-} in. long; stamens exserted frém the perianth-tube ; filaments 3-} in. long; anthers oblong, yellow; ovary oblong, 4 in. diam.; style sometimes protruded beyond the tip of the perianth-segments ; stigma tricuspidate. Herb. Amaryllid. 129; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 895 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 539; Baker, Handb. Amaryl- lid. 56. Monella odora, Herb. App. 29. Kustpho odora, Salisd. Gen. 139. : without locality, Villette ! ee cig ep Ea Krauss, 266! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 548! 14. C. angustifolius (Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 414) ; bulb ovoid, 13-2 in. diam, ; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 2~3, usually contem- porary with the flowers, linear, flaccid, green, straight, 1-1} ft. long, it in. broad at the middle ; peduncle terete, 1-15 ft. long; flowers 4-10 in an umbel, bright red, inodorous; pedicels slender, ascend- ing, 1-14 in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, 13-2 in. long; perianth 14-2 in. long; tube curved, dilated gradually from 224 AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). [Cyrtanthus. the base to a throat 1 in. diam.; segments oblong, patent, 4-3 in. long; stamens exserted from the perianth-tube; filaments 4-j in. long; anthers oblong, yellow ; ovary oblong, $-4 in. diam.; style sometimes protruded beyond the perianth-segments ; stigma tricus- pidate. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 271; Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 368; Red. Lif. t. 388; Herb. Amaryllid. 129; Kunth, Enum. v. 538; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 57. Crinum angustifolium, Linn. fil. Suppl. 195; Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 300. Amaryilis cylindracea, L’Herit. Sert. Angl. 15. Timmia angustifolia, Gmel. Syst. Nat. ii. 538. Monella angustifolia, Herb. App. 29. Eusipho angustifolius, Salish. Gen. 139. Var. 8, grandifiorus (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 57); peduncle stouter; perianth 24-3 in. long, with a throat + in. diam. Var. +, C. ventricosus (Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 49); perianth-tube more dilated, ventricose in the upper half. Herb. Amaryllid. 129; Kunth, Enum, v. 537. C. angustifolius, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 40, t. 76. Monella ,ventricosa, Herb. App. 29. = Soutn Arrica: withont locality, Thunberg! Masson! Oldenburg ! Coast Reaion: near Kasteel Poort on Table Mountain, 2500 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb, Norm., 502! King Williamstown Div., near Perie Mountains, Tidmarsh, 528! Queenstown Div, Cooper, 3272! Var. 8, British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1805! Var. +, Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 1520! Bathurst Div.; between Blauw Krans and the source of Kasuga River, Burchell, 3903 ! CrentTEAL Kecion: Cave Mountain near Graaff Reinet, 3800 ft., Bolus, 179! ‘Karanazi Reeion: Basutoland, Cooper, 3224! Transvaal, Sanderson ! EasTgrRN ReEGiIon: Natal; Pietermaritzburg, 2000-3000 ft., Sutherland ! Inanda, Wood, 469! Var. 8, Tembuland; Bazeia, 2000 ft., Baur, 5382! Gri- ualand East, near Kokstad, 5000 ft., Tyson, 1555! Natal; Mooi River Valley, 2000-3000 ft., Sutherland! Var. y, Natal; Pietermaritzburg, 2000- 3000 ft., Sutherland ! 15. C. striatus (Herb. in Bot. Mag. t. 2534); bulb ovoid, 12 in. diam.; leaves 2, green, linear, straight, contemporary with the flowers, a foot long, }—} in. broad at the middle, narrowed to both ends ; peduncle slender, terete, reddish, under a foot long; flowers 2-3 in an umbel, pendulous ; pedicels slender, 3-1 in. long ; spathe- valves 2, lanceolate, greenish ; perianth 2} in. long, bright red, with yellow ribs ; tube curved, gradually dilated to a throat 3 in. diam. ; segments oblong, }—} in. long ; stamens exserted from the perianth- tube; filaments } in. long ; style overtopping the stamens; stigma tricuspidate. Herb. Amaryllid. 129 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 898; Kunth, Enum. v. 538. Sourg Arrica:; without locality. Known to me only from the figure cited. Probably a mere variety of C. angustifolius. . 16. C. Tackii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 183); bulb ovoid, 1} in. diam., with tunics produced some distance above its top ; leaves 2, contemporary with the flowers, linear, erect, straight, green, 1-1} ft. long, 4-4 in. broad ; peduncle 1-13 ft. long, }-4 in. diam. ; flowers’ 10-12 in an umbel; pedicels slender, cernuous or subereet, 1—23 in. long ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, green, 3-34 in. long; perianth Cyrtanthus.] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 225 13-2 in. long, yellowish at the base, passing gradually upwards into deep blood-red ; tube curved, dilated gradually from the base to a throat 4 in. diam: ; segments oblong, }-3 in. long, persistently con- nivent ; stamens biseriate, the three lower not exserted from the perianth-tube ; filaments as long as the anthers; ovary oblong, } in. diam.; style just overtopping the anthers; stigma tricuspidate. Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 57; Gard. Chron. 1892, xii. 155, fig. 28. CenTrat REGion: Somerset Div.; summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., Mac- Owan, 2133 ! 17. C. lutescens (Herb. Amaryllid. 129, t. 33, fig. 14); bulb globose, about 1 in. diam. ; leaves 2—4, produced with or after the: flowers, linear, green, straight, flaccid, a foot long, } in. broad; peduncle slender, 3-1 ft. long; flowers 2-3 to an umbel; pedicels slender, erect, }—} in. long; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, #~1 in. long ; perianth subereet, yellowish, 2 in. long; tube slightly curved, very slender in the lower half, dilated gradually to a throat 3 in. diam. ; segments oblong, +-} in. long; stamens distinctly biseriate ; filaments very short; anthers minute, oblong, the three upper placed at the throat of the perianth-tube, the three lower a short space below; style exserted from the perianth-tube; stigma tricuspidate. Kunth, Enum, v. 539; Baker, Handb, Amaryllid, 58. C. alboluteus, Burch. MSS. Monella ochroleuca, Herb. App. 29. Van. Cooperi (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 58) ; peduncle more robust; umbel sometimes 6—-10-flowered; pedicels and spathe-valves longer; perianth-segments ovate, not more than $-} in. long, more spreading. C. lutescens, Hoek. ia Bot. Mag. t. 5374. Coast Reeron : Riversdale Div.; on or near the Lange Bergen, Burchell, 7144! Var. 6, mountains near King Williamstown, Mrs. Barber ! y Flanagan, 294! 300! Stockenstrom Div.; southern spurs of Katberg, Mrs. Barber ! Hutton! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1806! 3225! Mrs. Hutton! Karanari REGion: 'l'ransvaal; mountain , Barberton, 5000-5500 ft., Galpin, 654! and without precise locality, Sa nf : Eastern RuGion : Var. 8, Tembuland; Bazeia, in low moist places, 2000 ft., Baur, 242! 18. ©. Mackenii (Hook. fil. in Gard. Chron. 1869, 641, with figure) ; bulb ovoid, 1-1} in. diam. ; tunics brown, membranous ; leaves 2-6, contemporary with the flower, linear, green, suberect, straight, 9-12 in. long, }-} in. broad; peduncle about a foot long, subterete, slightly glaucous, red-brown towards the base; flowers 4-10 in an umbel, pure white; pedicels slender, erect, j-1 in. long ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, 1-14 in. long; perianth sub- erect, 2in. long; tube slightly curved, dilated gradually esd the base toa throat 2 in, diam. ; segments oblong, ascending, {-j in. long ; stamens distinctly biseriate ; filaments very short ; anthers ae oblong, the 3 upper placed opposite the throat of the tube, the _ lower a little below it ; ovary oblong, 4-4 in. diam. ; style exserted from the perianth-tube ; stigma tricuspidate. Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 355. a