Ferraria. } IRIDEX (Baker). 81 
long, with a white margin; spathes ventricose, 13-2 in. long, 
2-3-flowered ; perianth dull purple, segments with a claw not 
more than half as long as the lamina, which in the outer ones is 
deltoid, } in. broad, in the inner }in. broad; stamens and styles 
3 in. long; anthers oblong, } in. long; cells not diverging ; ovary 
cylindrical, 13 in. long, narrowed to the apex. Ourt. Bot. Mag. t. 
144 ; Jacg. Hort. Vind. t. 63 ; Cavan. Diss. vi. 343 ; Ic. t. 190, fig. 1 ; 
Red. Lil. t. 28; Ker, Gen. Irid. 28; Baker, Handb. Irid. 73. 
Morea undulata, Thunb. Diss. No. 21. F. punctata, Pers. Syn. i. 
50. Flos indicus, Ferr. Cult. 170, t. 173. Gladiolus indicus, Moris. 
Fist. ii. 344, s, 4, t. 4, fig 7.—Barrel. Ic. 1216; Rudb. Elys. ii. 49. 
fig 9; Miller Ic, 187, t. 280. 
Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div., Between Lange Kloof and Heeren Loge- 
ment Berg, Drége! Piquetberg, Drege! vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg / 
Mossel Bay Div., Rogers! Burchell, 6196! 
Introduced into the Dutch gardens about 1640. Lapeyrousia macrochlamys, 
Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 338, proves to be this plant. 
5. F. obtusifolia (Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 148); stem stout, 
erect, densely branched, attaining a height of 13 ft.; produced leaves 
short, ensiform, obtuse; upper rudimentary, ovate-amplexicaul, 
obtuse, with a minute cusp; spathes ventricose, the valves green to 
the tip; perianth brownish-purple, 14 in. diam. when expanded, the 
claw of the segments not more than half as long as the blade, the 
outer segments deltoid, 4 in. broad, the inner lanceolate, } in. broad ; 
ovary cylindrical, not rostrate; filaments 4 in. long, united in a 
column nearly to the top; anthers small, with parallel cells, Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 106; Handb. Irid. 73. 
SovrH Arnica: without locality. 
Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn from a plant that 
flowered in Mr. Colvill’s nursery at London, in 1838; introduced from the Cape 
by Mr.’ Synnot. 
6. F. atrata (Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1356); stem 3 ft. long, densely 
fastigiate; produced leaves about 4, ensiform, firm in texture, 
strongly ribbed, falcate, overtopping the stem, a foot long, } in. 
broad ; spathes ventricose, 3—4-flowered, 1}-2 in. long; the valves 
acute, firm in texture, green to the apex, the flowers protruding from 
the side; perianth bright dark purple, 1}—2 in. diam. when fully 
expanded, segments 13 in. long, the outer three deltoid, acuminate, 
} in. broad, with a claw not more than half as long as the blade, 
three inner rather smaller ; stamens 3 in. long; filaments free in the 
upper half; anthers oblong, with parallel cells. Baker in Journ, 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 106 ; Handb. Irid. 73. 
Katanari Reeion: Victoria West; Buffels Bout, Burchell, 1599! 
IV. HEXAGLOTTIS, Vent. 
Perianth cut down to the ovary, rotate, twisting up spirally in 
fading; segments subequal, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse. /ilaments 
