350 CXXXVI, IRIDEZ (BAKER). [ Dierama. 
long.—Handb. Irid. 159; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 174. D. 
ensifolium, K. Koch & Bouché in Walp. Ann. vi. 43. D. cupuliflorum, 
Klatt in Decken’s Reisen Bot. 73, t. 3. Iaia pendula, Thunb. Diss. 
15. Sparaxis pendula, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1482; Bot. Reg. t. 
1360. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 8000-—10,000 ft., Johnston, 
22! Volkens, 983! between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika, 6000-8000 ft., 
Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mlanje Plateau, McClounie! Nyika 
Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 250! Mpata and commencement of the Tanganyika 
Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte! 
Also widely spread in South Africa. 
8. LAPEYROUSIA, Pourr. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 705. 
Perianth-tube short or long, subcylindrical, slightly ciliated at the 
throat; segments oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, subequal, spreading. 
Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, unilateral, close, 
arcuate; filaments short; anthers basifixed. Ovary 3-celled; ovules 
many, superposed ; style filiform, with short spreading bifid branches. 
Capsule small, globose or oblong, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, 
globose or angled by pressure.—Rootstock an ovoid corm with matted 
tunics. Leaves distichous, subterete or linear, usually only 1-2 to each 
stem. Inflorescence various; spathe-valves usually green. Flowers 
usually small, various in colour. 
Species 34, the others all South African. 
*OvIEDA. Produced leaves usually 1-2, not forming 
a basal rosette. 
Perianth-tube 4—4 in. long. 
Perianth-tube scarcely longer than the spathe-valves. 
Perianth-tube 4 in. long 1. L. cærulea. 
Perianth-tube 4 in. long F S $ 2. L. abyssinica, 
Perianth-tube longer than the spathe-valves. 
Perianth bright red S 5 S 3. L. erythrantha, 
Perianth lilac or white. 
Produced leaves basal 4. L. Sandersoni. 
Produced leaves suprabasal 5. L. Welwitschii. 
Perianth-tube 134-2 in. long. 
Perianth-segments oblanceolate 6. L. Bainesii. 
Perianth-segments linear-subulate S 7. L. caudata. 
Perianth-tube 4-6 in. long. 
Perianth-segments lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 
Outer spathe-valve 3-3 in. long 
Outer spathe-valve 1-2 in. long. 
. L. congesta. 
Perianth-tube 4—4} in. long. - 9. L. fragrans. 
Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long. 
Spathe 1—14 in. long . 10. L. edulis. 
Spathe 1}-2 in. long . : . 11. Z. porphyrosiphon. 
Outer spathe-valve 3-5 in. long ; . 12. L. odoratissima. 
Perianth-segments oblong 13. Loge 
Flowers unknown 
. L, littoralis. 
