354 CXXXVI. IRIDEÆ (BAKER). | Lapeyrousta. 
12. L. odoratissima, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 
i. 273, t. 36, figs. 2-3. Corm ovoid, 4 in. diam.; tunics rigid, nearly 
black, reticulated. Produced basal leaves 2, linear, erect, moderately 
firm, 4 ft. long, 4—4} in. broad. Stem simple, very short. Spike dense, 
simple, many-flowered; spathe-valves linear, green, herbaceous, the 
outer 3-5 in. long. Perianth white, very fragrant; tube cylindrical, 
4-5 in. long; segments lanceolate, very acute, 1}-1} in. long. Fila- 
ments very short ; anthers linear, } in. long.—Handb. Trid. 173. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilila; subtemperate region, among bushes in 
sandy and stony places near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1551! 
13. L. cyanescens, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 272. 
Corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics coarsely cancellate. Produced basal 
leaves 4, linear, rigid, erect, strongly nerved, 1-14 ft. long, $-§ in. 
broad. Stem 1} ft. long including the inflorescence, branched from the 
middle, acutely angled. Panicle very long ; spikes 1-2-flowered ; spathe- 
valves green, rigid, lanceolate, the outer 14 in. long. Perianth white, 
tinged with violet ; tube slender, 4-5 in. long ; segments oblong, 1 m. 
long. Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers large, linear. 
—Handb. hid. 172. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; subtemperate region, hills near Humpata, 
in spongy places, Welwitsch, 1553! 
14. L. littoralis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 272. 
Corm not seen. Stem much branched, 3 in. long, furnished with 2 
linear, firm, glabrous leaves below the inflorescence ; rhachis acutely 
angled, flexuose ; branches 1—3-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 
subequal, 1 in. long. Flower not seen. Capsule obovoid-oblong, 4—4 in. 
long.—Handb. Irid. 172. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes, on sandy hills by the seashore, Wel- 
witsch ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
15. L. holostachya, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 391. Corm 
ovoid, } in. diam.; tunics of matted fibres, dark brown. Produced 
leaves 4—5, contiguous, erect, thin, linear, glabrous, the largest 6-8 1m. 
long, }~} in. broad. Stem slender, simple, 1 ft. long. Flowers 4-5, 1m 
a very lax simple erect spike; spathe-valves green ; outer the longest, 
lanceolate, }-} in. long. Perianth lilac ; tube slender, erect, 1 in. long ; 
segments lanceolate, half as long as the tube. Stamens just exserted 
from the tube. Style-branches spreading, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 14 of 
1893 collection ! 
16. L. cruenta, Baker, Handb. Irid. 173. Corm ovoid, with finely 
reticulated fibrous brown tunics. Leaves about 6 in a distichous 
rosette, linear, thin, glabrous, $-1 ft. long. Flowers 3-12 mm 4 lax 
secund spike ; outer spathe ovate, green, 4—4 in. long. Perianth pale 
red; tube slender, cylindrical, 1-14 in. long; segments of the limb 
oblong, 4-4 in. long, the three lower with a dark spot at the base. 
