352 CXXXVI. IRIDEZ (BAKER). [ Lapeyrousia, 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta; Kongoni River, 
Kirk, 318! near the River Shire, between its mouth and Morambala Mountain, 
Kirk, 16! Lower Zambesi; Shupanga, Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; 
Manganja Hills, Kirk! Waller! 
4, L. Sandersoni, Baker, Handb. Irid. 169. Corm ovoid, }—? in. 
diam. ; tunics of thick wiry strands. Produced basal leaves 2-3, linear, 
erect, moderately firm, 4—1 ft. long, 4—4 in. broad. Stem including the 
inflorescence 1-14 ft. long, branched from the middle or below it, com- 
pressed and acutely angled, with reduced leaves from the lower forks. 
Inflorescence a lax panicle, with long corymbose branches ; spikes 2—4- 
flowered ; outer spathe-valve ovate or oblong, submembranous, 4$-} in, 
long. Ferianth lilac or whitish ; tube slender, }—4 in. long; segments 
oblanceolate, as long as the tube. Stamens and style rather shorter 
than the perianth-segments.—F]. Cap. vi. 95. 
Lower Guinea. Hereroland; Otjitambe, Belch, 50! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 50! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 338! aud without 
precise locality, Buchanan, 426! Rhodesia: Matabeleland, Scott-Elliot ! Leshumo 
Valley, Holub, 830! 832! 834! 
Also in the Transvaal. 
5. L. Welwitschii, Baker, Handb. Irid. 168. Corm ovoid, $ in. 
diam., with thick reticulated brown tunics. Produced leaves 2, supra- 
basal, narrowly linear, arcuate, 4 ft. long, 1 lin. broad. Stem slender, 
terete, flexuose, 8-12 in. long including the inflorescence, branched 
from below the middle. Inflorescence a lax panicle with few-flowered 
corymbose branchlets; outer spathe-valve ovate, submembranous, § in. 
long. Perianth lilac; tube } in. long; segment oblanceolate, as long as 
the tube. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers 
Ze oblong.—Z. abyssinica, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
$ 212. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, 2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch, 1531! 
6. L. Bainesii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 338. Corm not seen. 
Leaves 3-4, erect, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 1-14 ft. long. 
Stems and branches quadrangular, slightly compressed, 14-2 ft. long 
including the inflorescence. Flowers very numerous, “strongly 
scented” (Zugard), forming a corymbose panicle, 1-2 at the end of each 
branch ` spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, green or 
rosy, }-4 in. long. Perianth white, with chocolate spots at the base of 
the lower segments ; tube slender, 14 in. long; segments of the limb 
oblanceolate, 4 in. long. Stamens shorter than the perianth-segments. 
—FI. Cap. vi. 95. 
Mozamb. Dist. Ngamiland: between Kobis and Shaw Valley, Baines , 
Kwebe, Lugard, 179! near Bachakuru, Lugard, 242! 
Also in South Africa. 
7. L. caudata, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Branden, XXX}. 
213. Corm globose, 4 in. diam. Produced leaves linear; basal leaves Se 
ascending, narrowly linear, firm, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, E mm. broad, 
above the base. Stem including the inflorescence 1-1} ft. long, fe - 
