Cyanella.] HEMODORACEX (Baker), 7 
3. C capensis (Linn. Sp. Plant. 443); corm globose, with a neck 
3-6 in. long ; basal leaves 6-8, linear, moderately firm, 3-1 ft. long, © 
finely ribbed; peduncle 1-1} ft. long, including the inflorescence, 
often with several arcuate branches; racemes very lax ; pedicels 
arcuate, lower 1-I} in. long, with a linear bracteole at the middle ; 
bracts lanceolate ; perianth white or pale red, }-4 in. long; segments 
oblong, outer 5-nerved, inner 1l-nerved; stamens 5, arcuate, with 
shorter anthers, 1 declinate with an anther } in. long; capsule 
globose, adnate in the lower third. Thunb. Pro/r. 65; Fl. Cap. 
edit. Schult. 330; Bot. Mag. t. 568; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 141; Jacq. 
Hort. Vind iii.t. 85; Red Lil. t.373; Kunth Enum. iv. 636 ; Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 498. C. ewrulea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 4. 
Coast Reeton: Clanwilliam Div., Ebenezer, Drége, 8606! Lion Mt., 
Burchell, 129! 135! ‘Table Mt., Macgillivrzy, 478! Mountains above Simons 
Bay, Milne, 142! Groenekloof, Zeyher! 1718! Riversdale Div., between 
Valsche RB. and Zoetmelks R., Burchell, 6532 ! 6534! 
4. C. lutea (Linn. fil. Suppl. 201); corm ovoid, 3 in. diam., with 
a neck 1-6 in. long; basal leaves linear, 4—6 in. long, about 3 in. 
broad ; peduncles 6-18 in. long, including the inflorescence, often 
branched ; racemes many-flowered, lax or dense, 2—4 in. long; lower 
pedicels 1-1} in. long, with a bracteole at the middle, and a large 
lanceolate bract at the base; perianth milk-white, }—-$ in. long; 
segments oblong-lanceolate; stamens, 5 arcuate, with anthers 4 in. 
long ; 1 declinate, with an anther } in. long ; capsule.globose, adnate 
in the lower third. Thunb. Prodr. 65; Act. Holm. 1794, 175, t. 7,. 
fig.1; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 330; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1252; Kunth 
Enum. iv. 6389; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 498. C. lineata, 
Burchell Travels ii. 589. OC. odoratissima, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 
231%; 
Var. 8, rosea (Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 259). Flowers pale red. C. rosea, 
Eckl, MSS. 
Coast REoton: Malmesbury Div., Drége! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4256! 
Mossel Bay Div., Burchell, 6174! George Div., Burchell, 6100! Bathurst Div., 
Burchell, 4148! (C. lineata, Queenstown, Cooper, 270!) Var. 8, Zoetmelks R., 
Gill! Near Grahamstown, Galpin, 369! 
CrenTRAL RecGion : Somerset Diy., Drége, 8604! 
WestEgN Recion: Var. 8, Namaqualand, Scully, 177! 
Karanart Reeion: Near the Orange R., Burchell, 1630! Bechuanaland, 
Burchell, 2346! (C, lineata, Bechuanaland, near Moshowa R., Burchell, 2256-2! 
Basutoland, Cooper, 2273 !) : 
Orper CXXXIV. IRIDEZ, 
(By J. G. Baker.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or irregular. Perianth superior, 
corolline, with or withont a tube above the ovary; lobes biseriate, 
equal or unequal. Stamens 3, placed opposite the outer lobes of the 
perianth, divaricated equally from the style, or more or less distinctly 
unilateral ; filaments filiform and free, or sometimes united in a tube ; 
