30 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Ferrara. 
amplexicaul, upper bract-like leaves, firm in texture, acute, strongly 
ribbed, 2 in. long; spathes inflated, 2-33 in. long; valves closely ribbed, 
pale green, firm in texture, flowers smaller than in F. undulata, dull, 
greenish-purple, 1-1} in. diam. when expanded, the claw of the 
segments about as long as the blade; anthers sagittate, with divari- 
cating cells; capsule narrowed into adistinct beak. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. Irid. 72. F. viridiflora, Andr. Bot. Rep. 
t. 285. F. Ferrariola, Willd. Sp. Plant. iii.581; Dryand in Att. Hort. 
Kew, ed. 2,iv. 136; Ker, Gen. Irid 28. F. minor, Pers, Syn. i. 50. 
Morea Ferrariola, Jacq. Collect. iv. 141; Hort. Schoenbr. t. 450. 
F, viridis, Hort. 
Coast Reaion: Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Malmesbury Div. ; Groenekloof, 
Ecklon, 305 ! 
F. angustifolia, Sweet, Hort. Brit. 499, is said to have a flower like 7. an- 
therosa, and linear-subulate leaves. 
2. F. divaricata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 192); stem flexuose, 
attaining a height of 14 ft.; produced leaves firm in texture, ensi- 
form, glaucous, strongly ribbed; upper bract-like leaves, firm in 
texture, ovate-amplexicaul, acute, 2 in. long; spathes cylindrical, 
2 in. long, 3—4-flowered; perianth dull brownish purple, 2 in. diam. 
when expanded, the segments 1} in. long, with a claw nearly as 
long as the blade, the three outer rhomboid, } in. broad, the three 
inner narrow ; ovary rostrate ; filaments as long as the claw of the 
segments, united in a tube nearly to the top; anther cells divari- 
cated. Loudon, Ornam. Bulbs, tab. v., fig. 3; Baker in Journ, Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. frid. 73. 
Sout Arrica: without locality. 
Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn from a plant that flowered 
in Mr, Colvill’s nursery in 1838, sent from the Cape by Mr. Synnot. 
3. F. uncinata (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 161); stem short, 
little branched; produced leaves 2-3, linear, } in. broad, 
acute, overtopping the stem, pale green; upper rudimentary ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, 1} in. long; spathes ventricose, 13 in. long, 
2-flowered ; perianth greenish, the segments an inch long, the claw 
not more than half as long as the very acuminate blade, the outer 
4 in. broad, the inner lanceolate, } in. broad; ovary cylindrical, ros- 
trate; filaments under 3 in. long, united in a tube nearly to the tip; 
anthers small, with nearly parallel cells. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. Irid. 73. 
SourH Arrica: without localitr. 
Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn in Mr. Colvill’s nursery 
in 1838, from a plant introduced from the Cape by Mr. Synnot, 
4. F. undulata (Linn. Sp, Plant. 1353); stem stout, erect, sometimes 
above a foot long ; basal leaves ensiform, above a foot long, thinner 
in texture, more finely veined than in F. antherosa, flat, }-} in. 
broad above the dilated clasping base ; upper passing gradually into 
the ovate-amplexicaul bracts, which are scariose in texture, 13-2 in. 
