Lapeyrousia. | CXXXVI, IRIDEZ (BAKER). 351 
**ANOMATHECA. Produced leaves several, thin, form- e 
ing a distichous rosette. 
Perianth-tube about 1 in. long. 
Flowers less than 1 in. diam. 
Perianth-segments 1 lin. broad, lilac . : . 15. L. holostachya. 
Perianth-segments 11-2 lin. broad, red : . 16. L. cruenta. 
Flowers large, bright red : : ‘ ; . 17. L. grandiflora. 
Perianth-tube 4-5 in. long . : : : : . 18. Z. Monteiroi. 
1. L. coerulea, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Branden. xxxi. 212. 
Corm ovoid, } in. diam. ; tunics thick, cancellate. Produced leaves 1-2, 
suprabasal, arcuate, narrowly linear, 6—9 in. long, 4 lin. broad, with a 
thick stramineous midrib. Stem 1 ft. long including the inflorescence, 
very slender, terete, branched from the middle. Inflorescence a lax 
panicle, with few-flowered corymbose branchlets; outer spathe-valve 
oblong, } in. long, green with a brown tip. Perianth lilac-blue ; tube 
scarcely longer than the spathe ; segments oblanceolate, }—} in. long. 
Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-limb; anthers lanceolate. 
Style-branches overtopping the anthers. 
Lower Guinea. German South-West Africa: Hereroland; Otjitambe, Belek, 
50, Ombale, Schinz, 13! and without precise locality, Liideritz. 
2. L. abyssinica, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 155. Corm 
ovoid, 4—2 in. diam. ; tunics thick, reticulated. Produced leaves 3~4, 
basal or the upper suprabasal, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, 3-6 in. 
long, 4-} in. broad. Stem 4-1 ft. long including the inflorescence, 
compressed, acutely angled in the lower part, usually branched from 
about the middle. Spikes lax, 2—6-flowered ; outer spathe-valve oblong- 
lanceolate, greenish-brown, jin. long. Perianth lilac ; tube cylindrical, 
as long as the spathe; segments oblanceolate, 4 in. long. Stamens 
more than half as long as the segments; anthers shorter than the 
filaments.—Handb. Irid. 168; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 178. 
Geissorhiza abyssinica, R. Br. in Salt, Trav. App. lxii.; A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 308. Montbretia abyssinica, Hochst. and M. gallabatensis, 
Schweinf. ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 155. 
Nile Land. Galabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth! Abyssinia: Tigre; near 
Adowa, Schimper, 329! and without precise locality, Schimper, 563! Parkyns ! 
3. L. erythrantha, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 155. Corm 
ovoid, 2 1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, fibrous. Produced basal leaves 1-2, 
linear, erect, glabrous, rather thin, 1 foot or more long, }—} in. broad. 
Stem including inflorescence 1-2 ft. long, compressed, acutely angled, 
branched from below the middle. Branches of the panicle long, corym- 
bose ` spathe-valves oblong, membranous, $ in. long, the inner bifid. 
Perianth bright red ; tube cylindrical, 4—4 in. long; segments oblanceo- 
late, not longer than the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth- 
segments; anthers oblong.—Handb. Irid. 168. Ovieda erythrantha, 
„Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 516, t. 58. 
ySouth Central. Congo Free State: Upper Congo ; Katanga, Cornet. 
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