338 A. Beguinot. 



Habitat. Prom. B. Spei.: Eckl. et Zeyh. n. 595, sub Rom, tabu* 

 taris Eckl. in Hb. Berol. (autoptica videntur, unde nomen servatum): io 

 eodem herb, et loco specimina vidi lecta a cl. Berg i us, n. 587 sub. Trick 

 cmciatum Klatt; Mund et Mairb, n. 587, sub eod. nom.\ Lalandb, in 

 Hb. Kunth, Sub eod. nom.\ Zugh. in Hb. Bach (mixta cum R. rosea Eckl.) 

 et sine loco a Zeyher, u. 59 i, sub Trick, speciosum Klatt — FI. Cap.: 

 Zeyher, n. 503, in Hb. Webb. — Gap.: Zwackher (Hb. Kammer}, in Hb. 

 Mon. sub Tiich. roseum. — Cape Town, Table mountain: Scbikz, sub 

 Rom. rosea v. parviflora Bak. in Hb. Turic. — Prope Capstadt, Green- 

 point: Wilms, PI. afr.-austr. n. 3716, sub Romulea sp. (mixta cum R. rosea 

 var.), in Hb. Turic, Wien et Barbey-Boissier. 



Observ, Species extricatu difficilis, cum varietatibus parvifloris R. roseae Eckl. 

 piuriescommutata: sed foliorum structura ad stirpcm j?. bulbocodioides Bak. adscrihenda. 



22. Romulea Zeyheri Eckl. n. nud. 



R. cormo ovato, mediocri, tunicis castaneis tecto; scapo 

 fere toto vaginis foliorum exserto . . . 6 — 12 cm longo; foliis 

 cylindrico-compressis, basi late vaginantibus, suberectis, flacci- 

 dis ? I 1 2 — 2 mm diam. latis, floralibus 3—4 basi pedunculos 

 amplexantibus; pedunculis floribus duplo longioribus, spathis 

 ova to- lanceo latis, flaccid is, levibus, foliolo inferiore her- 

 baceo, su peri ore anguste marginato; perigonio spathis sub- 

 duplo longiore, ad 30 mm longo, tubo brevi, laciniis lanceolate- 

 oblongis, acutis, basi intense luteo, in media parte roseo- 

 violaceo, in parte superiore pailide violaceo; staminibus 

 perigonio subdimidio brevioribus; stylo antheras non excedente. 



R. Zeyheri Eckl. Top. Verz. 4827, p. 19 (nom. tantum). 



Syn. Trichonema speciosum Klatt, in Hb. Berol. — Rom. rosea 

 Eckl. var. Zeyheri Bak. Handb. of Irid. 1892, p. 103. — Oeissorhixa 

 Zeyheri, in Hb. Zeyher ex Bak. et in Hb. Berol.! 



Habitat. Prom. B. Spei: Eckl. et Zbyic. n. 682; Dregs, n. 6* 5 t 

 Hb. Zeyher, n. 565, in Hb. Berol sub Trickon. speciosum KJatt. — 

 Locus?: Zb?her (Hb, Bach), sub Geissorkixa Zeyheri Spr. ined. in 

 Hb. Berol. 



Observ. (Jt synonyma vel varietas ad ILroseam reiata: sed foliorum structura 

 potius ad stirpem J?, bulbocodioides Bak. pert! net. 



23. Romulea ambigua Bog. hybrid, nov. 



R. scapo exili, subflexuoso, 1— 2-floro, illo R< hirsutae 

 simili; foliis omnibus basilaribus, rigidis, bicostatis, cryp* lS 

 stomatiferis glabris sulcatis, It. roseae forma et structura, 

 spathis R. roseae fabrica; perigonio plus minusve inte* 15 

 roseo-purpureo, faucc maculo rhomboidali purpureo~f* sC , 

 ut in B. hirsuta. 



R. rosea Eckl. X R. hirsuta Eckl. 



